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HARVARD LAW LIBRARY.
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Philippine Commission.
[Ads Nos. 425-949, inclusive.]
BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS^ TAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTONj
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OmCE.
1904.
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NOTE.
The acts of the Philippine Commission numbered from 1 to 263,
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 numbered from 264 to 424, inclu-
sive, passed during the period embraced between October 14, 1901,
and July 1, 1902, was published in the Annual Reports of the War
Department for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1902 (Vol. XI).
The present volume contains acts numbered from 425 to 949, inclu-
sive, passed during the period embraced between July 2, 1902, and
October 20, 1903, and are transmitted to Congress in accoraance with
the provisions of section 86 of the act approved July 1, 1902, entitled
"An act tenii>orarily to provide for the administration of the affairs
of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes."
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page.
No. 425. An act authorizing provincial boards to fix the number and dates of
conventions to be neld in each year in the provincial capital by the
monicipal presidentes of their respective provinces I
No. 426. An act increasing the salary of the fiscal of the province of Marin-
dnqne from $800 to $1,000, in money of the United States. I
No. 427. An act authorizing the loan of $7,050, in local currency, to the prov-
ince of Neuva^ija 2
No. 428. An act authorizing the loan of $6,000, in local currency, to the prov-
ince of Samar 2
No. 429. An act making temporary provisions for the care of invalid civil
employees at Bagmo, in the province of Benguet, pending the estab-
ment of a government sanitarium 3
No. 430. An act appropriating the sum of $2,823,705.28, in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part
compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903,
and for other purposes 6
No. 431. An act providing for the incorporation of the tNurio of Salinas, now
a part of the municipality of Bariaya, province of Tayabas, into the
municipality of Lucena 45
No. 432. Anactremovmgthe political disabilities of Pedro Pastor and author-
izing payment for the service heretofore rendered by him as clerk
of the court of first instance in the province of Batanjgas 46
No. 433. An act changing the name of the municipality of Nagaba, in the
province of Hoilo, to that of Jordan 46
Na 434. An act extending the time for the payment of the land tax and of
the cedula tax for the year 1902 47
No. 435. An act providing that officials and employees of the provincial ^v-
emment of Samar shall not come within the provisions of the civil-
service act until March 1, 1903 47
No. 436. An act amending act No. 341, annexing certain territory to the city
of Manila, so as to provide for the valuation of real estate in the
annexed territory, and prescribing the time and method of com-
pleting such valuation and collection of taxes 48
No. 437. An act appropriating the sum of $22,934.45, in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for certain expenses
of the Insular government durine the fiscal year ending June 30,
1903, and other designated periods 49
No. 438. An act providing for the incorporation of the barrio of Quilbay, now
a pait of the municipality of Guinayangan, province of Tayabas,
into the municipality of lUgay, province of Ambos Camarines 51
No. 439. An act providing for the payment of lawyers appointed by the supreme
court to examine candidates for admission to the bar 52
No. 440. An act amending General Orders, No. 58, office of the military gov-
ernor, series oi 1900, relating to criminal procedure, so as to allow
the court under certain conditions to assign counsel who are not
members of the bar to aid respondents in their defense 52
No. 441. An act amending act No. 422, organizing a provincial government
in the province of Paragua, so as to provide that the duties of fiscal
of that province shall be performed by the fiscal for the four-
teenth judicial district 53
No. 442. An act amending act No. 390 so as to authorize the pa3rment of the
traveling exx>ense6 of certain officials and employees of courts of
first instance when sessions are held at other places than those fixed
for regular sessions 53
V
VI CONTENTS.
No. 443. An act authorizing the provincial board of any province organized
under "the provincial government act" to use portions of the pro-
vincial funds in certain cases for the construction and repair of roads
and bridges within the inhabited parts of the municipalities 54
No. 444. An act creating the office of consulting engineer to the Commission. . 66
No. 445. An act providing for the establishment of civil governments in the
settlements of the non-Christian tribes of the province of Abra 56
No. 446. An act amending section 40 of "the Municipal Code'' by authorizing
the expenditure of municipal funds for the support of two persons
while receiving training for positions as pubhc school teachers in
the municipality 57
No. 447. An act amending the Manila charter by increasing the number of city
districts to 13 and providing for the representation of the districts
of Santa Ana and Pandacan upon the advisory board of the city of
Manila 57
No. 448. An act so amending act No. 80 that the provisions thereof relating to
leaves of absence shall be applicable to heads of bureaus and pro-
vincial officers, and that the leeal representatives of civil servants
dying in the civil service shall be entitled to compensation for the
eam^ leaves of absence to the credit of the deceased 58
No. 449. An act amending act No. 413, entitled "An act providing for the con-
trol and management of provincial jails and of the prisoners therein,"
so as to allow provincial boards, when necessary, to make contracts
for feeding prisoners confined in the provincial jail at a rate exceed-
ing 20 cents, local currency, per diem 59
No. 460. An act making the province of Neuva Vizcaya a separate judicial dis-
trict and authorizing the governor to perform the duties of judge of
the court of first instance therein 60
No. 461. An act abolishing the use of the garrote aa a means of executing
criminals hereafter condemned to death and substituting in place
thereof execution by hanging 60
No. 452. An act providing for an examination of the collection accounts of clerks
of the courts of first instance and a certificate of their correctness,
and a certificate as to the correctness of pay rolls and vouchers for
disbursements of the courts of first instance 61
No. 453. An act providing for the publication by the insular government of an
official gazette under the general direction of the department of
public instruction 62
No. 454. An act amending act No. 238, fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor and
providing for the police jurisdiction thereof and for the anchorage
of vessels therein 63
No. 456. An act for the relief of W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the province of
Leyte 63
No. 456. An act amending rule 50 of section 1 of act No. 90, relative to the man-
ner in which the treasurer of the archipelaeo shall keep his accounts
and render the same to the Secretary of War, and repealing that
part of section '3 of act No. 430 which prohibits the making of con-
tracts payable only in United States currency 64
No. 457. An act providing for the exemption of the lands in the province of
Bataneas from payment of the land tax for the year 1902, and
extending the date for the appraisement and assessment of land in
said province for one year 65
No. 468. An act amending act No. 103, extending the provisions of "The pro-
vincial-government act " to the province oi Tayabas 66
No. 459. An act amending sections 4 and 12 of act No. 337, or^nizing the prov-
ince of Nueva Vizcaya, and section 5 of act No. 422, organizing the
province of Paragua 66
No. 460. An act appropriating $10,000 in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Auditor for the
Philippine Archipelago to prepare for the Secretary of War for
transmittal to Congress at its ensuing regular session special detailed
reports of the receipts and expenditures of the government of the
archipelago for the fiscal year 1902 66
CONTENTS. Vn
Ftce.
No. 461. An act amending act No. 175, entitled ''An act providing for the
organization and government of the insular constabulary, and for
the inspection of the municipal police/' so as to provide for the
maintenance of the present telegraphic system in the archipelago,
80 far as may be desirable and practicable *. 67
No. 462. An act chan^^g the title of *' Department of Posts " to ** Bureau of
Posts," and the title of ** Director-General of Posts " to " Director
of Posts" 68
Ka 463. An act authorizing provincial boards, in their discretion, to extend the '
time for the payment of the land tax for the year 1902 to a date not
later than January 1. 1903 69
No. 464. An act vesting the insular treasurer with power to increase or diminish
the bonds of public officials, with the approval of the civil governor . 69
Na 465. An act amending act No. 157, providing lor the establishment of a
boEurd of healtn for the Philippine Islands, by striking out the pro-
vision that the sanitary engmeer shall be the city engineer of
Manila 70
No. 466. An act amending act No. 358, providii^ for a per diem for traveling
examiners of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Philippine Archi-
pelago, by requiring such per diem to be paid from provmcial funds
when an examiner or deputy of the insular treasurer is acting as a
provincial treasurer 70
Na 467. An act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands 71
No. 468. An act authorizing the provincial board of the province of Capiz to
divert $10,000, local currency, of the funds loaned to that province
by the insular government by virtue of act No. 196, as loans to the
municipalities of the province for the prevention and suppression
of the cholera epidemic 78
Na 469. An act authorizing provincial boards to hear and determine contro-
versies arisinff in municipalities by reason of municipal ordinances
regulating religious processions or closing municipal cemeteries ... 79
No. 470. An act authorizing the loan of $10,000 in money of the United States
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the
province of Batangas '. 79
No. 471. An act authorizing the loan of $50,000, local currency, to the prov-
ince of Iloilo, to enable the provincial board to maxe loans to the
various municipalities of the province for the suppression of
cholera and for the relief of the inhabitants from starvation and
sufiEering 1 80
No. 472. An act repealing section 1 of act No. 251, prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating biverages in the municipality of Iligan, province of
Misamis 80
Na 473. An act authorizing the loan of the equivalent in local currency, at
the authorized ratio, of $2,500 in money of the United States to
the province of Marinduque out of the treasury of the Philippine
Archipela^, for the benefit of the island of Mindoro 81
Na 474. An act providing for the stamping of counterfeit coin in such manner
that it^iall not be available for circulation 81
No. 475. An act amending section 9 of '*the provincial-government act," as
amended by paragraph 4 of section 1 of act No. 133, bv striking out
from paragraph (a) of said section 9 the words **the provincial
treasurer snail forward to the insular auditor a true copy of the
tax lists of this province" 82
No. 476. An act amending act No. 183, entitled '*An act to incorporate the
dty of Manila," and amending act No. 185, entitled *' An act regu-
lating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal serv-
ice of Manila," by increasing the number of assistants in the office
of the prosecuting attorney of Manila from three to four, and by
increasinff the salary of the prosecuting attorney from $3,500 to
$4,500 and fixing the salaries of the four assistants 83
Na 477. An act to repeal acts Nos. 180, 232, and 373, amendatory of act No.
74^ establisning a department of public instruction, to repeal a cer-
tain paragraph in act No. 430 relating to night schools, and to
amend act No. 74 b^ providing for the division of the archipelago
into 36 school divisions, to amend section 13 of ''the provmdal-
govemment act" No. 83, as amended, and for other purposes 84
Vni CONTENTS.
Page.
No. 478. An act fixing the salaries of the presidents of the provincial boards
of health of Nueva Vizcayaand Samar 88
No. 479. An act authorizing collectors of customs in the Philippine Archipelago
to receive cert^n accepted or certified checks and certain bank
notes in payment of customs duties 89
No. 480. An act to punish unlawful maintenance of cockfightin^ and cockpits,
attendance apon the same, and gambling in a cockpit 90
No. 481. An act so amending section 17 of act No. 422, providing for the
organization of a provincial government in the province of Paragua
and defining the limits of that province, as to extend for three
months the periods of time named in said section 91
No. 482. An act authorizing provincial boards to appropriate provincial funds
for the purchase of draft animals for br^ing purposes 91
No. 483. An act appropriating the sum of $6,000 local currency for repairing
the wharf at Jolo 92
No. 484. An act providing for the granting of a franchise to construct an elec-
tric street railway on the streets of Manila and its suburbs and a
franchise to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat,
and power sj^stem in the city of Manila and its suburbs, after
competitive bidding 92
No. 485. An act authorizing the provincial board of Ilocos Norte to divert
$2,500 local currency of provincial funds as loans to municipalities
of that province to relieve the inhabitants thereof suffering from
I hunger 102
No. 486. An act to amend act No. 467, entitled "An act to provide for taking
a census of the Philippine Islands" 103
No. 487. An act amending act No. 82, entitled **The municipal code," and act
No. 303 amendatory thereof 104
No. 488. An act making an appropriaton of the sum of $65,965.65 in local
currency for expenditure in the discretion of the civil governor in
the provinces of Batangas and La Laguna and the island of Min-
doro. and authorizing the sale, rental, or distribution of articles
purchased thereunder, and for other purposes 105
No. 489. An act appropriating the sum of $784 local currency for Claro
Jaramillo, for compensation for services rendered by him from
May 1, 1898, to and including June 30, 1899, in caring for the light-
house at Cape Melville 108
No. 490. An act appropriating the sum of $3,137,542.33 in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part
compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903,
and for other purposes 108
No. 491. An act appropriating the sum of $163.33 United States currency, pay-
able in local currency at the authorized rate of exchange at the
time of payment, to Jacob C. Mulder, in lieu of salary from Feb-
ruary 1, to March 19, 1902, while awaiting transportation in the
United States to Manila i48
No. 492. An act authorizing the provincial treasurer of Albay to pay the sum
of $80 local currency for hire of a launch in May, 1902, to trans-
port the provincial treasurer and his deputy from L^^aspi to Tabaco
to inspect the suboffice of Virac 149
No. 493. An act making the provisions of act No. 449 retroactive so as to apply
to contracts for feeding prisoners in provincial jails, entered into
prior to the passage of act No. 449 149
No. 494. An act authorizing the collector of customs for the Philippine Archi-
pelago to grant a temporary license to the vessel San Nicolas, now
in the harbor of Manila loaded with rice, to proceed to the province
of Ambos Camarines and there to discharge said rice, take on a
cargo, and return to Manila 150
No. 495. An act appropriating the sum of $2,000,000 local currencjr for expenses
in connection with the purchase and distribution of nee to innabit-
ants of the Philippine Islands in provinces suffering from scarcity
of food, and for other purposes 150
No. 496. An act to provide for the adjudication and r^istration of titles to
lands in tne Philippine Islands 151
No. 497. An act to repeal all laws imposing a tax on splaries 187
CONTENTS. IX
Page.
Na 498. An act amending act No. 145, authorizing the appointment of dis-
boraing derh'^ in the various civil bureaus and aepartments 188
No. 499. An act annes ; the province of Marinduque to the province of
Tayabas, am^^ding act No. 103, entitled **An act extending the
provisione of the provincial government act to the province of
Ta}rabas," and repealing act No. 125 and all amendments thereto. 188
No. 500. An act providing for the organization of a provincial government in
the island of Mindoro. defining the limits of that province, and
repe^ing act 423, entitled '* An act extending the provisions of the
provincial government act and its amendments to the island of
Mindoro and incorporating that island with the province of
Marinduque ** 190
Na 501. An act transferring the province of Tayabas from the sixth to the
seventh judicial district, and the province of Mindoro from the
seventh to the sixth judicial district, providing for the holding of
the terms of court for Tavabas at the towns of Tayabas and Boac,
and amending act No. 140 198
No. 502. An act amending '*the municipal code'' by authorizing the civil
goVemor to pmtpone general municipal elections under certain
circumstances 199
No. 503. An act amending act No. 183, entitled '* An act to incorporate the
city of Manila'^ 199
No. 504. An act amending act No. 145, entitled ''An act authorizing the
appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil departments,
bureaus, and offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks
and fixing their compensation as such'' 200
No. 505. An act to repeal section 8 of act No. 247, entitled *' An act providing
for the establishment of a civil hospital at Manila" 200
No. 506. An act providing for a loan of $6,000, local currency, to the province
of Paragua 201
No. 507. An act amending act No. 467, entitled ''An act to provide for taking
acensus of the Philippine Islands" 201
No. 508. An act amending act No. 450j making the province of Nueva Viz-
caya a separate judicial distnct, and lor other purposes 202
No. 509. An act authorizing the provincial board of the provmce of Sorsogon
to expend from the provincial treasury the sum of $3,500, local
currency, for rice for the support of volunteers engaged in sup-
pressing ladronism during March, April, and May^ 1902 203
No. 510. An act authorizing the provincial board of the province of Albay to
pay the sum ot $350, United States currency, for the hire of a
launch in July, 1902, to enable the provincial governor to visit the
island of Catandnanes 203
No. 511. An act fixing the salaries and wages of officers and crews of the
coast-guard fleet 203
No. 512. An act transferring the Agricultural College in the island of Negros
from the bureau of education to that of agriculture, and making
an appropriation for the establishing and carrying on of same and
of an experiment station 205
No.513. An act amending rule 48 of act No. 90 208
No. 514. An act creating a commission to secure, organize, and make an
exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, ethnology, and
education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held at St.
Louis, in the United States, in 1904 208
No. 515. An act to amend act No. 80, entitled "An act to regulate the hours
of labor, leaves of absence, and transportation of appointees under
the Philippine civil service" 211
No. 516. An act authorizing the removal of prisoners from the provincial jail
of Rizal to Bilibid prison on account of the unhealthfulness and
insecurity of the provincial jail of Bizal 212
No. 517. An act to provide against the danger of famine in the provinces of
thePhihppine Archipelago 213
No. 518. An act defining highway robbery or brigandage, and providing for
the punishment tnerefor *. 215
No. 519. An act defining vagrancy and providing for punishment therefor . . * 216
X CONTENTS.
Page.
No. 520. An act permitting the issuing of special licenses to engage in the
coastwise trade of the Philippine Islands until July 1, 1904, to
' vessels not entitled to general coastwise-trade licenses under the
customs administrative act, and authorizing the fixing of maxi-
mum rates for transportation of merchandise and passengers in the
coastwise trade 216
No. 521. An act authorizing the provincial hoard of any province organized
under ^*the provincial government acf to call special meetings
of municipal presidents to consider matters of urgent importance
to the province or the municipalities 222
No. 522. An act empowering the civil governor to authorize any provincial
governor or the chief of the Philippines constabulary to offer a
reward of any sum not exceeding |2,500, local currency, for infor-
mation leading to the capture and conviction of the perpetrators
of any murder or robbery or of the members of any Iwuid of bri-
gands in the archipelai^) / 223
No. 523. An act repealing section 44 of act No. 136, amending section 46 of
said act by providing for the publication of the opinions^ of the
Attomev-General, and amending section 47 of said act, as amended
by acts Nos. 325 and 378, by providing for five assistant attorneys
and for special assistant attorneys and counsellors at law in the
office of the attorney-general 223
No. 524. An act amending section 12 of act No. 59 regulating the sale of intox-
icating liquors within the city of Manila and its adjacent barrios. . 225
No. 525. An act amending act No. 74, establishing a department of public
instruction, and section 13 of **The provincial government act,"
No. 83, as amended by act No. 477 226
No. 526. An act authorizing a temporary increase in the number of employees
in the custom-house at Manila 227
No. 527. An act amending the municipal code and the provincial government
act and the acts amendatory thereof, so lar as concerns the collec-
tion and disbursement of internal-revenue taxes 227
No. 528. An act amending the municipal code by authorizing the resignation
of elective municipal officers in the interest of the public service . . 229
No. 529. An act amending the provincial government act, and act No. 133
amendatory thereof, by authorizing additional clerical assistance
in the office of the provincial secretory 229
No. 530. An act defining the jurisdiction of the civil and of the militory
authorities over lands reserved by the President of the United
Stotes for militarv purposes 230
No. 531. An act to provide for the loan of $1,000 to the province of Rizal for
the purtJose of destroying the pests of locusts now ravaging the rice
fields of that province 231
No. 532. An act appropriating the sum of $650, local currency, for the recon-
struction of school buildings destroyed by storm in the province of
N ue va Eci ja 231
No. 533. An act providing for the employment of a master builder by the
bureau of architecture and construction of public buildings 232
No. 534. An act to provide additional employees in the bureau of the Philip-
pines constebulary 232
No. 535. An act authorizing the court of first instonce of the city of Manila
to toke co^zance of certoin claims made against the Government
of the United Stotes on account of cascoes seized in and about the
harbor of Manila for the use of the Navy at various times subse-
quent to May, 1898, and of claims for rentol for the use of such
cascoes 233
No. 536. An act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertok-
ings, and to allow certoin corporations to be accepted as surety
thereon 234
No. 537. An act repealing section 2 of act No. 430 and section 2 of act No. 490,
and providing for disbursement of local currency appropriated for
obligations expr^sed in United Stotes currency 237
No. 538. An act to amend act No. 536, relating to recognizances, stipulations,
bonds, and imdertokings, and to cdlow certain corporations to be
accepted as surety thereon 237
CONTENTS. XI
Page.
Na 539. An act to amend act No. 467, entitled *'An act to provide for takinff
a censos of the Philippine Islands,'' as amendea by acts Nos. 486
and 507 238
No. 540. An act authorizing the provincial board of Leyte to rent and maintain
a jail at Maasin, in that province 239
No. 541. An act authorizing a loan of $2,000 in money of the United States, or
its equivalent in local currency, at the authorized ratio, to the
province of Abra 239
No. 542. An act to authorize the provincial boards of provinces to use the gen-
eral funds of the provmce for the suppression of locusts 240
No. 543. An act enabling the civil governor to perform the duties and exercise
the powers of the head of a department in the absence or disability
of the head of the department 240
No. 544. An act providing for the incorporation of the pueblo of Cala^gafian,
province of Amboe Camarines, as a barrio of the municipaBty of
Daet, province of Ambos Camarines 241
No. 545. An act fixing the salary of the president of the provincial board of
health of Mindoro 241
No. 546. An act providing for a popular representative of the Tinguianes resi-
dent in the province of Abra 241
No. 547. An act providing for the establishment of local civil governments for
the Manguianes in the province of Mindoro 242
No. 548. An act providing for the establishment of local civil governments for
the Negritos in the province of Bataan 243
No. 549. An act providing for tne establishment of local civil governments for
the Negritos in the province of Zambales 244
No. 550. An act providing for the establishment of local civil governments
for the Negritos in the province of Tarlac 246
No. 551. An act to amend section 63 of act No. 82, ** the municipal code,** so as
to enable the board of assessors to reduce the assessment on any
land which has suffered a permanent loss in its value by flooa,
storm, or other casualty 246
No. 552. An act transferring the province of Bataan from the fifth to the sixth
judicial district, and amending act No. 140 246
No. 553. An act amending section 13 of act No. 190, as to the admission of
persons to practice law in the courts of the Philippine Islands 247
No. 554. An act conferring a franchise upon the Manila Kailwajr Company
(Limited) to construct and operate a railroad from Guiguinto, on
the present line of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad, to Cabana-
tuan, in the province of Nueva £cija, an estimated distance of 71
kilometers - 247
No. 555. An act to authorize the construction by the Manila Railway Com-
panv (Limited) owning and operating the Manila and Dagupan
Kailway, of two branches, one connecting Mabalacat with the main
line and one connecting Bayamban^ wim the main line 255
No. 556. An act to amend act No. 52 by providing for the closing of banks in
case of their insolvency, or when, in the opinion of the civil gov-
ernor, their continuance in business may involve loss to tneir
depositors ' 256
No. 557. An act punishing prize fighting and sparring or boxing exhibitions. . 257
No. 558. An act changing the name of the pueolo of Binangonan de Lampon,
in the province of Tayabas, to tnat of Infanta 258
No. 559. An act authorizing theprovincial board of the province of Pangasinan
to pay to F. W. Darby, sheriff of Pangasinan, the sum of ^S34.49,
United States currency, for services rendered by him in May, June,
• andJuly, 1902 258
No. 560. An act providing for the appointment in the attorney-general* s office
of a oeputy supervisor of provincial fiscals 259
No. 561. An act amending act No. 636 as amended by act No. 538 259
No. 562. An act amending act No. 495, appropriating |2, 000, 000, local cur-
rency, for expenses in connection with the purchase and distribu-
tion of rice 260
No. 563. An act appropriating the sum of $108,326.60, in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for expenses of
the insular ^vemment during the fiscal year 1903, and other des-
ignated periods 260
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No. 664. An act authorizing a loan of $25)000 in local currency to the province
of Samar for the purpose of enabling that province to construct
roads and give employment to needy persons 261
No. 565. An act so amendii^ act No. 148 as to authorize the board of trustees
of the colle^ of San Jo86 to pay F. C. Fisher |188, in local currency,
for his services as translator 262
No. 566. An act amending act No. 410, providing for the oiganization of the
province of Lepanto-Bontoc, oy increasing the samry of the secre-
tary-treasurer in said province to |1,300 and the salary of the Heu-
tenant-govemor of the subprovince of Bon toe to $1,500 per year . . 263
No. 567. An act amending act No. 422, providing for the organization of a
provincial government in the province of Para^^^ and defining the
limits of tmit province by fixing new boundaries for the province
of Paragua 263
No. 568. An act changing the titles of the inspectors of the Philippines con-
stabulary 264
No. 569. An act exempting the districts of Infanta and Principe and the island
of Polillo, now a peut of Tayabas Province, from payment of the
land tax for the year 1902 264
No. 570. An act for the relief of Juan Araneta 265
No. 571. An act to amend section 65 of act No. 183, entitled **An act to incor-
porate the city of Manila,'' by providing that the advisory board
shall hold regular meetings once a week instead of once every two
weeks 266
No. 572. An act to postpone the going into effect of act No. 496, entitled "The
land-registration act^'^ until February 1, 1903 266
No. 573. An act directing the custodian of the silver and other metal seized
from the steamer Don Juan by officers of the Spanish Government
in the month of July, 1893, to deliver to the respective cLsdmants
and owners thereof the portion of the same adjudged to be theirs
by the courts of the Philippine Islands 266
No. 574. An act amending act No. 417 by fixing boundaries for the districts
of Infanta and Principe, province of Tayabas 267
No. 575. An act authorizing juages of courts of nrst instance and justices of
the supreme court holding a session, special or general, of the court
of first instance of any province to prepare and sign judgments in
the cases tried by them outside of the province where sucn sessions
were held 268
No. 576. An act authorizing the extension of the time for the payment of the
land tax in the province of Leyte for the year 1902 to April 1,
1903 269
No. 577. An act authorizing the extension of the time for the payment of the
land tax in the town of Narbacan, Ilocos Sur, for tne year 1902 to
February 1, 1903 269
No. 578. An act amending act No. 22 and act No. 101, providing for the
improvement oi the port of Manila 270
No. 579. An act providing for the establishment of local civil government for
the non-Christian tribes other than Moros in the province of
Misamis 271
No. 580. An act making an indefinite appropriation of amounts necessary for
the return to the provinces of forestry collections made outside the
province in which the timber is cut, as contemplated by section 18
of act No. 83 as amended by paragraph 8 of section 1 of act No. 133. 271
No. 581. An act to provide for the revision of the assessment upon real estate
in the city of Manila 272
No. 582. An act to provide for the partial revision of the assessments upon real
estate in the municipalities in the Philippine Islands outside the
city of Manila 276
No. 683. An act amending act No. 73, relating to the examination and licensing
of applicants for the positions of master, mate, and patron of sea-
going vessels, as amended by act No. 316 278
No. 584. An act creating the bureau of engineering 279
No. 585. An act to amend section 8 of the provincial government act, No. 83,
by providing for the filling of permanent or temporary vacancies
in tne office of provincial governor 281
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Na 586. An act to provide for the appointment of a railroad engineer and an
assistant to make a report (for use in the United States) upon fea-
sible railroad lines in the Philippine Islands and to encourage the
investment of capital 282
No. 587. An act amending act No. 85, extending the provisions of the pro-
vincial government act to the province of Pampanga, by increasing
the salary of the provincial secretary to $1,350 282
No. 588. An act amending act No. 25, providing for the appointment and
removal of subordinate officers and emplovees in certain depart-
ments and bureaus of the government of the Philippine Islfuids,
and acts Noe. 301 and 329 amendatorv thereof 283
No. 589. An act amending act No. 5, entitled '^An act for the establishment
and maintenance of an efficient and honest civil service in the
Philippine Islands, ' ' and acts Nos. 167 and 306 amendatory thereof. 284
Na 590. An act so amending act No. 194, relating to preliminary investieations
of criminal offenses by justices of the peace, and portions of €ren-
eral Order No. 58, as to authorize justices of the peace in the cap
itals of provinces to hold preliminary investigations in regard to
offenses alleged to have been committed in any portion of the
province .'. 288
Na 591. An act to amend sections 135 and 141 of the Philippine customs
administrative act '. 289
No. 592. An act authorizing the secretar^r of commerce and police to establish
harbor lines where he deems it necessarv on the shores of harbors,
bays, and navigable lakes or rivers of the Philippine Islands ana
to appoint a conmiission for the purpose 290
Na 593. An act regulating the practice of dentistry in the Philippine Islands. 291
No. 594. An act postponing the date of payment of the loans of $2,500 each,
money of the United States, made to the provinces of Albay,
Antique, Bataan, Capiz, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, La Union,
Masbate, Pancasinan, Rizal, Surigao, and Zam bales, under the pro-
visions of act No. 134, to December 31, 1903 296
No. 595. An act appropriating the sum of $6,634,253.50, in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part
compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903,
and for other purposes 296
Na 596. An act authorizing the extension of the time for the payment of the
land tax in the towns of Malinao and Tiui, province of Albay, for
the year 1902 to not later than March 1, 1903 335
No. 597. An act regulating the practice of pharmacy in the Philippine Islands. 336
No. 598. An act amendi^ act No. 595, appropriating funds for the expenses
of the insular government ana of the city of Manila for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1903 342
No. 599. An act making the provisions of act No. 448 retroactive, so as to
apply to all estates now in the hands of the treasurer of the Phil-
ippine Archipelago, as public administrator, for settlement 343
No. 600. An act reappropriating tne sum of $1,117.30, in local currency, for
the purpose of estabushing and maintaining schools in the Island
of Labang 343
No. 601. An act authorizing the provincial board of Cavite to divert the sum
of $4,400, United States currency, from the funds by law devoted
to the improvement of roads and bridges, for general provincial
expenses 344
No. 602. An a!ct so amending section 54 of act No. 136 as to allow courts of first
instance to hold but one session dailv under certain circumstances. 344
Na 603. An act amending^ act No. 98, entitled '* An act to regulate commerce
in the Philippme Islands" 346
No. 604. An act extending the time for payment of the land tax in the prov-
inces of BohoT, Cebu, Ilocos Norte, Masbate, Misamis, Rizal. and
Zam bales for the year 1902 until April 15, 1903, and providing
for the refund of penalties already paid 346
No. 606. An act for the relief of E. B. Cook, disbursing officer for the bureau
of customs and immi^ation 346
Na 606. An act fixing the salanes of the register of deeds and the examiner
of titles for the city of Manila, to be appointed in accordance with
the provisions of act No. 496, entitled * '^The land registration act ' ^ . 347
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No. 607. An act amending acts Nos. 156 and 157, by incorporating the vaccine '
institute with the serum institute, and bv transferring the serum
institute from the board of health for the Philippine Islands to
the bureau of Government laboratories under the name of the
serum laboratory, and by authorizing certain employees for the
serum laboratory 347
No. 606. An act providing for the conversion into the insular treasury of
Spanish seized funds^ returns at the mint, returns at the treasury,
and special deposits in the hands of the treasurer, and authorizing
the sale of sucn assets as have an ascertainable value and the con-
version of the proceeds thereof into the insular treasury, and for
the disposition of those that may be without monetary value 349
No. 609. An act consolidatinj^ the executive bureau and the office of the sec-
retary of the Philippine Commission 351
No. 610. An act to amend act No. 175, entitled '*An act providing for the
oi^ganization and government of an insular constabulary and for
the inspection of the municipal police '' as amended 353
No. 611. An act authorizing the civil governor to issue passports to citizens of
the Philippine Islands ..^ 356
No. 612. An act amending act No. 183, entitled **An act to incorporate the
city of Manila ' as amended by acts Nos. 267 and 476 and amend-
ing act No. 185, entitled ''An act regulating the salaries of officers
and employees in the municipal service of Manila,'' as amended by
said act No. 476 366
No. 613. An act amending section 17 of act No. 183, entitled "An act to incor-
porate the city of Manila" . 359
No. 614. An act providing for the appointment of an assistant clerk of the
court of land registration 360
No. 615. An act authorizing the provincial government of the province of
Oapiz to appropriate tne sum of $94.90, local currency, to reim-
burse Governor Jugo Vidal for expenses incurred by him while
traveling on official business 360
No. 616. An act appropriating the sum of $42, in money of the United States,
to B. F. R^Euny, former treasurer of the province of Abra 361
No. 617. An act to reimburse Henry D. Woolfe in the sum of $300, local cur-
rency, for loss incurred by him in furnishing the insular govern-
ment with certain goods superior in quality to those contracted
for 361
No. 618. An act amending act No. 175, providing for the organization and
government of an insular constabulary and for the inspection of
the municipal police, by providing for five instead of four assistant
chiefs of constabulary, and for other purposes 362
No. 619. An act to promote good order and discipline in the Philippine con-
stabulary 363
No. 620. An act returning the sum of $8,264.12, local currency, to Bernardino
Monreal, of Sorsogon .* 368
No. 621. An act authorizing the employment of an inspector of buildings in
the depEutment of engineering and public works in the city of
Manila 369
No. 622. An act authorizing the provincial government of Albay to establish
a provincial subtreasury office at Virac, island of Catanduanes 369
No. 623. An act authorizing the loan of $6,000, in money of the United States,
from the insular treasury to the province of La Union, to be used
for the construction of a road from the municipality of San Fer-
nando to Naguilian and thence to the foothills on the trail to
Bagnio, in the province of Bengnet 370
No. 624. An act prescribing regulations governing the location and manner of
recording mining claims, and the amount of work necessary to hold
possession of a mining claim, under the provisions of the aot of
Congress approved July 1, 1902, entitled "An act temporarily to
provide for tne administration of the affairs of civil government in
the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes*' 370
No. 625. An act amending section 5 of act No. 355 375
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50. 626. An act providing that when any official or employee of the govern-
ment shall be designated to perform the duties of another official
or employee, in accordance with act No. 408, he shall be reim-
borsed for such additional expenses as he shall be obliged to incur
for bond by reason of such designation; and making this act retro-
active 375
No. 627. An act to bring immediately under the operation of "the land regis-
tration act'' all lands lying within the boundaries lawfully set amrt
for military reservations, and all lands desired to be purchased by
the Government of the United States for military purposes 376
No. 628. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provin-
cial supervisor of the province of Antic|ue 378
No. 629. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provin-
cial supervisor, and the offices of provincial secretary and provin-
cial fiscal, of the province of Abra 379
No. 630. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Misamis 380
No. 631. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Capiz 381
No. 632. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Zambales 382
No. 633. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Isabela 382
No. 634. An act providing for the establishment of a government rice farm
under the bureau of agriculture 383
No. 635. An act amending act No. 82, entitled "A general act for the organi-
zation of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands,'' and
act No. 364, amendatory thereof 384
No. 636. An act creating a government reservation at Baguio, in the province
of Benguet 385
No. 637. An act regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaugh-
ter of laSge cattl e 385
No. 638. An act authorizing and directing the civil governor to appoint an
electrical engineer and a hydraulic engineer for the purpose of
preparing plans and specifications for the conversion ot the water
G»wer at tne Botocan waterfall, in the province of La Laguna, near
ajayjay, into electrical current to be conveyed to the citv of
Manila 391
No. 639. An act to amend act No. 543, entitled "An act enabling the civil gov-
ernor to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the head of
a department in the alienee or disabilitv of tne head of the depart-
ment" ■ 392
No. 640. An act authorizing the improvement of the port of Cebu 393
No. 641. An act authorizing the improvement of the port of Iloilo 394
No. 642. An act amending section 789 of act No. 190, "the code of procedure
in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands,"
so as to make an allowance of $3 per day, in money of the United
States, for attendance of officers of the court upon the sessions of
the court of first instance 395
No. 643. An act amending section 4 of act No. 80, as amended, and repealing
paragraph (6) of section 1 of act No. 338, relating to salaries and
traveling expenses of appointees to the Philippine civil service re-
siding in the United States, and repealing act No. 224, relating to
certain conditions of appointment in the service 395
No. 644. An act amending act No. 273, creating a bureau of archives, by stat-
ing more in detail the duties of the chief of said bureau, by pro-
viding for the fees to be collected by the chief of the bureau for
copies of documents or papers in the archives furnished to private
persons, and for other purposes 397
No. 645. An act providing for the appointment of an assistant chief of the
bureau of non-Christian trioes 398
No. 646. An act amending act No. 637, entitled "An act regulating the regis-
tration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of large cattle," by
fixing the requirement which must be obiserved and complied with
in the conveyance of carabaos, horses, and cattle that nave been
seized and declared to be of unknown ownership 399
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No. 647. An act repealing tariff 7 B, article 7, of the internal-revenue laws of
the Philippine Archipelago, whereby an industrial tax is imposed,
upon notaries public 400
No. 648. An act authorizing the civil governor to reserve for civil public pur-
poses, and from sale or settlement, any part of the puolic domain
not appropriated by law for special public purposes, until other-
wise directed by law, and extending the provisions of act No. 627
so that public lands desired to be reserved by the insular govern-
ment for public uses, or private lands desired to be purchased by
tiie insular government lor such uses, may be brought under the
operation of the land-registration act 401
No. 649. An act creating certain additional positions in the bureau of agricul-
ture and making provision for tne payment of the salaries of the
positions so created 402
No. 650. An* act providing for the employment of apprentices in the bureau of
public printing, fixing their term of service and compensation, pro-
viding lor the payment of extra compensation to native craftsmen
in said bureau, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict with
this act 402
No. 651. An act appropriating the sum of $333.33, in money of the United
States, to be disbursed in local currency, at the authorized rate of
exchange at the time of payment, to Walcott Le C. Beard, former
supervisor of Pan^rasinan, in lieu of salary for leave of absence
earned by him while employed by the civil government 404
No. 652. An act amending act No. 175, entitled "An act providing for the
organization and government of an insular constabulary and for
the inspection of the municipal police,'' as amended, by providing
that in the city of Manila the chief of police, with the consent and
approval of the civil governor, shall license any resident thereof to
have firearms in his possession 404
No. 653. An act amending sections 344 and 345 of the Philippine customs
administrative act so as to provide for the enforcement of certain
fines, penalties, and forfeitures in the court of customs appeals 405
No. 654. An act providing for an appeal from the decision of a single judge in
habeas corpus proceedings 406
No. 655. An act providing additional methods of enforcing the payment of the
cedula tax; rep^ing the provisions of existing law that no person
shall be required to pay a cedula tax who pays as taxes on real
estate or industrial taxes an amount in excess of 1 peso; and
exempting certain real estate of small value from land tax 409
No. 656. An act amending act No. 445, entitled "An act providing for the
establishment of civil governments in the settlements of the non-
Christian tribes of the province of Abra," by extending the time
within which owners of^property are required to appear before the
president of the township to declare the value of property as a basis
for taxation from the 3l8t of January, 1903, until the 15th of May,
1903 410
No. 657. An act amending section 5 of act No. 139, extending the provisions
of "The provincial government act" to the province of Nueva
Ecija, and act No. 398, amendatory tliereof 411
No. 658. An act changing the name of the pueblo of Patoc, in the province of
Abra, to that of Pefiarrubia 411
No. 659. An act amending section 2 of act No. 496, * * The land registration act, ' '
so as to require that the necessary books, blanks, and stationery
for the use of the court of land registration shall be purchased at
the expense of the insular government, and not of^ the city of
Manila 412
No. 660. An act authorizing the chief of the bureau or public lands and admin-
istrator of the &n Lazaro estate to execute leases for certain lands
of said estate with Rom^ Martinez y Andueza, Vicente Cenjor y
Cano, and Mariano Velasco Ohua Chengco 412
No. 661. An act authorizing the emplojrment of school-teachers as third and
fourth class observers for the Philippine weather bureau, under
certain circumstaijces - 413
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No. 662. An act changing the botindaries of the provinces of La Union and
Ben^^oet eo that the rancheria of Galiano shall be included in the
province of La Union and ^e rancheria of Disdis shall be included
in the province of Benguet 413
No. 663. An act amending section 28 of act No. 82, entitled ''The municipal
code" 414
No. 664. An act amending act No. 453, authorizing the publication by the
insular government of an official gazette, by providing for a further
distribution of free copies of such gazette, and for other purposes. . 414
Na 666. An act to amend section 241 of act No. 190, the code of procedure in
dvil actions and special proceedings, so as to declare that the words
"public use" shall include military posts for the use of United
States forces stationed in the Phillippme Islands, and authorizing
the institution of proceedings for condemnation of lands for such
purposes in the name of the United States, and providing a method
of procedure in cases where the owners of land sought to be con-
demned are not known 416
Na 66d. An act defining propertjr in trade-marks and in trade names and pro-
viding for the protection of the same, defining unfair competition
and providing remedies against the same^ providing registration
for trade-marks and trade names, and definmg the effect to be given
to registration under the Spanish royal decree of 1888, relatmg to
the registration of trade-marks and the effect to be given to regis-
tration under this act .- 417
No. 667. An act prescribing the method of applying to governments of munic-
ipalities, except the city of Manila, and of provinces for franchises
to construct and operate street railway, electric light and power and
telephone lines, the conditions upon which the same may be
granted, certun powers of the grantees of said franchises and of
grantees of similar franchises under special act of the Commission,
and for other purposes 422
No. 668. An act appropriating $60,000 in money of the United States, to be
disbursed by the disbursing agent of the government of the Phil-
ippine Islands resident in Washington, D. C 425
No. 669. An act authorizing the improvement of the river front on the south
side of the Pasig River at the expense of the civil government by
the taking down of a part of the city wall of Manila and the erec-
tion of a river wall, and the reclaiming of land behind the same,
and providing the mode in which such work shall be done 426
No. 670. An act creating the position of local purchasing agent 428
No. 671. An act amending section 2 of act No. 522, relative to the pajrment of
rewards for imormation leading to the capture and conviction of
the perpetrators of an v murder or robbery or of the members of any
band of brigands in the archipelago 429
No. 672. An act amending act No. 74, establishing a department of public
instruction, as amended by acts Nos. 477 and 525, by providmg for
an assistant to the general superintendent of education, for the
reduction of the number of school divisions to thirty-five, for the
traveling expenses of the general superintendent, assistant to the
general superintendent, ana division superintendents, and for other
purposes ^ 429
No. 673. An act authorizing the nomination to the Director of the Census of
certain enumerators and special agents of the census, the provisions
of paragraph 2 of section 8 of act No. 467 to tiie contrary notwith-
standing 432
No. 674. An act appropriating 11,000,000 in money of the United States for
improvement of the port of Manila. 432
No. 675. An act to amend act No. 238, regulating the police control of Cavite
Harbor and vesting the same in the admiral of the United States
Navy commanding the Asiatic Station, as amended, by providing
that nothing in the act contained shall affect the customs jurisdic-
tion of the insular collector of customs .^..^ ....^ 433
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No. 676. An act to amend section 41 of act No. 82, known as ''The municipal
code/' b^ giving the provincial board of a province ]>ower to annul
acts, ordmances, or resolutions of a municipal council or an execu-
tive order of the president of a municipality when the same are
unauthorized by "The municipal code" 433
No. 677. An act authorizing the commissioner of public health, with the
approval of the civil governor, to assign presidents of provincial
boards of health and presidents of municipal boards of health to
duty outside their provinces or municipalities, providing for the
payment of their traveling ex^nses and subsistence while so
assigned, creating certain additional positions in the board of
health for the Philippine Islands, ana making provision for the
payment of the salaries of the positions so created 435
No. 678. An act to amend section 284 of tne Philippine customs administra-
tive act 436
No. 679. An act to amend act No. 584, entitled "An act creating the bureau
of engineering,*' by increasing the number of employees therein. . 437
No. 680. An act to amend section 3 of act No. 655, so as to decrease from |50
to |25 the minimum value of land or improvements upon which
the land t|ix shall be assessed or collected 437
No. 681. An act authorizing the loan of $6,000 in money of the United States
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the
province of Nueva Ecija 438
No. 682. An act appropriating the sum of $114,205.45 in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for certain exx)en8es
of the insular government during the fiscal year ending Jime 30,
1903 438
No. 683. An act creating the position of assistant solicitor-general in the office
of the attorney-general for the Philippine Islands, and fixing the
salary of such position 443
No. 684. An act providing that Charles C. Cohn, member of the board of tax
revision for the city of Manila, shall be paid salary as such officer,
although receiving a salary as reporter of the decisions of the
supreme court 444
No. 685. An act amending act No. 581, entitled "An act to provide for the
revision of the assessment upon real estate in the city of Manila,"
by providing for the compulsory attendance of witnesses before
the board of tax revision in the city of Manila 444
No. 686. An act authorizing the disbursing officer of the municipal board, city
of Manila, to pay to Frank B. Ingersoll the sum of $213.89 in addi-
' tion to the amount already allowed him for salary during leave of
absence to which he was entiUed, and in lieu of all claim against
the insular ^vemment 445
No. 687. An act authorizing the provincial board of Ilocos Sur to pay for labor
on roads and bridges m rice instead of in money, as the necessities
of the situation may demand 445
No. 688. An act authorizing the appointment of a collecting librarian of the
insular government for tne purchase, in Europe and elsewhere, of
books and manuscripts relating to the history of the Philippine
Islands, and for the making of historical researches and the taking
of copies of historical recoras 446
No. 689. An act appropriating $7,500, local currency, to complete the pier and
wharf at Calbayog, province of Samar 447
No. 690. An act creating the position of sanitarv engineer for the city of
Manila under the board of health for the Philippine Islands 447
No. 691. An act amending act No. 210, extending the provisions of "The
provincial ^vemment act" and its amendments to the province of
isabela, by increasing the salary of the provincial secretary to $1,000
per annum 448
No. 692. An act appropriating the sum of $2,250 in money of the United States
to be iMud to Daniel R. Dwyerimd Charles E. Herron, in full com-
Sensation for their services and expenses in apprehending and
elivering to the authorities of Manila William A. Wilson, b. fugi-
tive from justice --- 448
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No. 683. An act to amend acts Nos. 581 and 582 by permitting the payment of
taxes in an;^ municipality as soon as the revision of assessments
in snch monidpaiity shall have been completed and by providing
for the assessment of property not heretofore declared for assess-
ment 449
Na 6d4. An act amending act No. 218, entitled *'An act creating a bnrean of
pablic lands/' by authorizing additional employees for that bureau
and appropriating a sum sufficient for the payment of the salaries
of sucn employees for the remainder of the fiscal year 1903 450
No. 666. An act amenaing section 11 of act No. 82, entitled '*A general act for
the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine
Islands" 450
5a 696. An act authorizing the issue of 13,000,000 of certificates of indebted-
ness under and by authority of section 6 of the act of Congress
entitled *'An act relating to currency for the Philippine Islands,''
approved March 2, 1903, and making an appropriation of $2,000,000
in money of the United States immediately available for the pur-
pose of purchasing silver bullion with which to coin silver Philip-
pine pesos in accordance with section 5 of the said act of Congress
approved March 2, 1903 451
No. 697. An act to furnish transportation to the United States to officers and
employees of the insular government when it is impracticable to
secure the same on United States army transports 452
No. 698. An act authorizing the loan of $15,(KX> in money of the United States
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the
Province of fiatan^ 454
No. 699. An act to amend section 9 of * ' The provincial government act, ' * No. 83,
as amended by act No. 133 454
No. 700. An act amending act No. 496, entitled "An act to provide for the
adjudication and registration of titles to lands in the Philippine
Islands" 455
No. 701. An act requiring mutual benefit, relief, and benevolent societies and
associations to make an annual statement to the insular treasurer
of their receipts, disbursements, and financial condition, and pro-
viding for the inspection of the accounts and for the examination of
the financial condition of such societies and associations by the
insular treasurer 457
No. 702. An act to re^pilate the r^istration of Chinese persons in the Philip-
pine Archipelago, and to carry into effect and enforce the provi-
sions of section 4 of the act of Congress approved April 29, 1902,
entitled ''An act to prohibit the coming into and to reffulate the
residence within the United States, its Territories, and all territory
under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese per-
sons and persons of Chinese descent" 459
No. 703. An act conferring a franchise upon the Manila Railway Company
(Limited ) to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad from a point
on the present Manila and Dagupan Railroad 1.00005 kilometers
from what is known at the present time as the terminus of said rail-
road in the city of Manila, to Antipolo in the province of Rizal, an
estimated distance of 32 kilometers, and to construct, maintain, and
operate a spur or branch of said railroad from its crossing of the
nver 8sui Juan to a i>oint on the river Pasig opposite the munici-
pality of San Pedro Macati, in the province of Rizal, an estimated
distaxice of 3 kilometers 462
No. 704. An act amending act No. 554, conferring a franchise upon the Manila
Railway Company (Limited) to construct a branch railroad from
Guiguinto to Cabanatuan, by re(]uiring the company to pay 1} per
cent of its gross earnings to the insular government 472
No. 705. An act amending act No. 555, conferring a franchise upon the Manila
Railwajr Company (Limited) to construct two branch rowads, one
connecting^ Mabalacat with the main line and one connecting Bav-
ambang with the main line, by requiring the company to pay 1}
peroentof its gross earnings to the insular government 473
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No. 706. An act providing for oommatation of qnartere for officers of the
Philippines constabulary and telegraphic inspectors aasigned to
duty in the city of Manila, when quarters in kind are not furnished
totnem 474
No. 707. An act consolidating the munici^lities of Cayite, San Boque, and La
Oaridad, in the province of Cavite, into one municipality under
the name of Cavite 474
No. 708. An act reducing thirteen of the municipalities in the province of
Batangas to five 476
No. 709. An act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within certain
distances of land used by the United States for military purposes
and at certain camps therein named 476
No. 710. An act declaring the enumeration of census in the comandanda of
Dapitan, made prior to March 2, 1903, to be effective, and author-
izing the payment of a per diem of |i5 United States currency to
the army officer detailed as supervisor of the census for such com-
andandaor census district 478
No. 711. An act to create the office of assistant attorney-general for the bureau
of Philippines constabulary 478
No. 712. An act amending section 2 of act No. 140, by providing for an increase
in the salaries of judges of the courts of first instance . 479
No. 713. An act providing for additional employees in the office of the collec-
tor of customs for the Philippine Archipelago 479
No. 714. An act appropriating the sum of $5,000 to be expended in the discre-
tion of the collector of customs for the Philippine Archipela^ 480
No. 715. An act reducing the twenty-four municipalities of the province of
Oriental Nepros to fourteen 480
No. 716. An act reducing the thirty-four municipalities of the province of
Occidental Negroe to twenty-one 482
No. 717. An act authorizing additional employees of the Philippine dvil
service board and appropriating the sum of $800 in money of the
United States for the payment of salaries of such employees for the
remainder of the fiscal year 1903 484
No. 718. An act making void land grants from Moro sultans or datos or from
chiefe of non-Christian tribes when made without governmental
authority or consent ^ 484
No. 719. An act reciucing the fifty-one municipalities of the province of Doilo
to seventeen 485
No. 720. An act reducing the thirty-four municipalities of the province of
Capi z to twenty-two 487
No. 721. An act amending the provincial government act. No. 83, so as to pro-
vide for the deposit of surplus provincial funds in the insular
treasury 488
No. 722. An act amending act No. 640, entitled '^An act authorizing the
improvement of the port of Cebu " 489
No. 723. An act providing for an increase in the number of tel^raph oper^
ators and officers in the bureau of Philippines constabulary, and
amending acts Nos. 175, 490, and 595. 490
No. 724. An act to amend act No. 80, as amended^ by requiring that during
the heated term the hours of labor required of employees each day
may be reduced to five under certain conditions 491
No. 725. An act to authorize the commanding general in the Philippines to use
. the iMid now occupied by the ruins of the old Jesuit Church, located
at the comer of Calles victoria and Palacio, in the walled city of
Manila, for the purpose of constructing a continuation and improve-
ment of the Cuartei de Espafia 491
No. 726. An act defining the procedure to be followed in the api>ortionment
of the assets of existing mundpaUties which may be consolidated
or divided by the formation of new municipalities, or by annexation
to other existing munidpalities 492
No. 727. An act to amend act No. 672, amending act No. 74, establishing
a department of public instruction, and its amendments, as to the
status, of the assistant to the general superintendent of eaucation. . 493
No. 728. An act authorizing the provindal board of the province of Ambos
Camarines to maintain a force of volunteers during the operations
against ladrones in the province of Albay 493
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No. 729. An act authorizing and directing the Auditor for the Philippine
Archipe]i^o to transfer on the books of his office to the general
revenue account balances remaining in fiscal year appropriations
one year after the expiration of the fiscal year to which they per-
tain, or when the head of any department, bureau, or office may
certify that there are no outstanding obligations against said
appropriations - 494
No. 730. An act further to postpone the holding of the regular municipal
elections for the year 1902 497
No. 731. An act appropriating $1,000,000, in money of the United States, for
the purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed
in the coina^ of subsidiary coins for use in the Philippine Islands. 498
Na 732. An act authorizing the chief of the bureau of public lands and admin-
istrator of ihe San Lazaro estate to execute a lease for certain lands
of said estate with Nageel T. Hashim, and repealing paragraph (a)
of section 1 of act No. 660, and all other acts or parts of acts in con-
flict with the provisions of this act 499
No. 733. An act providing that the civil governor may, in his discretion, direct
an extension of the period within which the board of tax revision
in the cit^ of Manila, and provincial boards of revision, shall com-
plete their work 499
No. 734. An act authorizing the employment of school teachers as collabora-
tors of the foreedbry bureau and providing for additional compensa-
tion as such 500
Na 735. An act authorizing the superintendent of government laboratories to
sell certain public animals when they are no longer required for
use in the serum laboratories 600
No. 736. An act for the relief of George M. Havice, superintendent of the San
Ramon government farm 501
Na 737. An act to amend act No. 367, entitled *' An act to reorganize the per-
sonnel of the Philippine customs service*' 502
No. 738. An act i^>propriating the sum of $100,000, in monev of the United
States, for preliminary expenses in the purchase of draft cattle for
the relief of agricultural conditions in the Philippine Islands 502
No. 739. An act extending the provisions of section 18 of act No. 83 as amended,
and of section 2 of act No. 311, to provinces organized under the
Noeva Vizcayan acts Noe. 337 and 387, and amending section 2 of
act No. 311 503
Na 740. An act to correct an error in act No. 655, entitled "An act providing
additional methods of enforcing the payment of the cedula tax;
repealing the provisions of existing law that no person shall be
required to pay a cedula tax who pays, as taxes on real estate or
industrial taxes, an amount in excess of 1 peso; and exempting
certain real estate of small value from land tax'* 503
Na 741. An act authorizing the payment to Percy M. Moirof compensation, in
accordance with law, as supendsor of the census for the district
comprising the province of Oavite, notwithstanding the fact that he
is the provincial treasurer of the province of Cavito and^ as such,
dkborsing officer of funds for census purposes and receiving salary
and compensation for such positions 505
Na 742. An act providing that the clerk of the supreme court and the clerks
of courts of firet instance as ex officio notaries public, and other
officers, shall administer oaths to government officials and em-
ployees in the performance of official duties without charge 505
No. 743. An act appropriating the sum of $700, in money of the United States,
or so much thereof as may he necessary, to pay the salary of
Samuel B. Shiley, an employee of the insular museum of ethnol-
ogy natural history, and commerce temporarily, under the direc-
tion of the exposition board 506
Na 744. An act placing the bureau of patents, copyrights, and trade marks
under the immediate direction of the chief of the bureau of ar-
chives, subject to the executive control of the secretary of public
instruction; increasing the number of employees of said bureau of
patents, copyrights, and trade marks, and amending acts Nos.
637 and 66o 506
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PiB«e.
No. 745. An act amending act No. 345, entitled ''An act designatine the days
which shall he observed as public holidays in the Philippine
Islands,'' by adding to the days specified in such act the 30tn day
of May, to be known as Memorial Day,- in honor of the soldiers
and sailors of the United States who have sacrificed their lives for
their country 507
No. 746. An act providing that the secretary of commerce and police may, in
his discretion, direct an extension of time withm which the
consulting engineer to the commission shall advertise for bids for
the improvement of the port of Iloilo 508
No. 747. An act to amend act No. 422 as amended, by defining new limits for
the province of Paragua, and for other purposes 508
No. 748. An act authorizing the provincial board of Albay to loan the provin-
cial funds to certain municipalities of that province 509
No. 749. An act requiring officers and agents of the insular government whose
duty it 18 to receive and deposit revenues or other moneys in the
insular treasury or in a designated depository, to deposit the same
promptly, and providing a penalty for failure to do so; and also a
penalty for failure by any accountable officer of the insular ^v-
emment or provincial governments to render accounts as required
by law 510
No. 750. An act ratifying the action of the civil governor of the Philippine
Islands in directing the insular purchasing Sjgent to furnish to the
suffering inhabitants of the town of Mariquina, in the province of
Rizal, rendered homeless by the burning of a large part of that
town on the 26th day of April, 1903, 2,500 pounds of rice, 2,000
pounds of fish, and 100 tents 511
No. 751. An act to amend act No. 724, by striking out one of the conditions of
the reduction to five hours of the required number of hours of labor
per day during the heated term 511
No. 752. An act to amend paragraph (/) of section 9 of act No. 83 as amended
by act No. 133, oy adding to said para^ph a provision requiring
a committee, consisting of the provincial governor, the provincitd
supervisor, and the provincial secretary, to count the cash of the
provincial treasurer at the end of each month and to certify the
result of such count to the insular auditor and the insular treasurer . 512
No. 753. An act providing for the establishment of local civil governments for
the non-Christian tribes of the province of Paneasinan 513
No. 754. An act to amend section 32 of the municipal code, by providing for
the approval by the provincial board of tne action of tne municipal
council in expelling a member thereof for cause 513
No. 755. An act empowering the provincial board of the province of Albay to
make appropriation lor proportionate part of accrued leave of
absence earned by Ladislans Szily, late provincial supervisor of said
province, and appropriating the sum of $146.15, in money of the
United States, for proportionate part of such accrued leave due by
the improvement of the port of Manila 514
No. 756. An act empowering the provincial board of the province of Bulaoan
to make appropriation for proportionate part of accrued leave of
absence earned by Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor
of said province, and appropriating the sum of $269.37, in money
of the United States, for proportionate part of such accrued leave
due by the city of Manila 515
No. 757. An act amending act No. 429, entitled **An act making temporary
provisions for the care of invalid civil employees at B^guio, in the
province of Benguet, pending the establishment of a government
sanitarium,'' by changing the rates at the civil sanitarium, author-
izing certain additional employees, and appropriating funds for the
payment of the salaries of such employees 616
No. 758. An act amending act No. 145, entitled * * An act authorizing the appoint-
ment of disbursing clerks in the various civil departments, bureaus,
and offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing
their compensation as such," as amended by act No. 504 618
No. 759. An act authorizing provincial boards to purchase and sell rice to
laborers engaged in work on provincial public roads and bridges. . 519
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No. 760. An act to ufdend act No. 709, entitled ''An act prohibiting the traffic
in intoxicating liquors within certain distances of land used by the
United States for military purposes and at certain camps therein
named/' by prohibiting the said traffic on the island of Talim or
within a distance of 3 miles of Malahi Island^ Laguna de Bay 519
No. 761. An act providing for a loan of $3,000, United States currency, to the
province of Abra 520
No. 762. An act providing for a loan of $5,000, United States currency, to the
province of Antique 520
No. 763. An act providing for a loan of $3,000, United States currency, to the
province of Paragua 521
No. 764. An act granting earned leave of absence to P. L. Sherman for the period
during wfalcn he was an employee of the forestry bureau but not a
a member of the classified civil service 522
No. 765. An act to amend act No. 514, entitled "An act creating a commission
to secure, oiiganize, and make an exhibit of Philippine products,
manufactures, art, ethnology, and education at the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition to be hela at St. Louis, in the United States, in
1904," by dispensing with the necessity for the holding of a pre-
liminary exposition at Manila and by making allowances in lieu of
actual traveling expenses for each member of the board and the
secretary of the board while absent from their usual places of resi-
dence on the business of the board during the year 1904 522
No. 766. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor in the province of Oriental Negroe and making the presi-
dent of the provincial board of health a member of the provincial
board of the province 523
No. 767. An act appropriating $5,000, local currency, for the purpose of con-
tinuing work upon government buildings and improvements at
Baguio, province of B&ngaet 524
No. 768. An act fixing the boundary line between the subprovinces of Ambu-
rayan and Lepanto and the province of Benguet, and adding the
territory comprised in the former comandancia of Kayapa to the
latter province 524
No. 769. An act to amend section 206 of act No. 355, known as the customs
administrative act, by correcting an obvious error of omission in
the language of said section 525
No. 770. An act to provide that the appropriation of $2,000,000 made in act
No. 696 may be expended not only to purchase the silver bullion
with which to coin silver Philippine pesos, but also to pay the
expenses of such coinage and the transportation of the coins, when
corned, from the mints of the United States to the Philippine
Islands, including insurance and all other proper expenses 526
No. 771. An act to amend act No. 731, entitled " An act appropriating $1,000,000,
in money of the United States, for the purcnase of silver, copper,
and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of subsidiary
coins for use in the Philippine Islands,'' by providing that the
money appropriated may be expended not only for the purchase
of bullion needed in the coinage, but also for the making of nec-
essary dies and other expenses of coinage, for the cost of transport-
ing coins when coined from the mints of the United States to the
Pmlippine Islands, including the necessary insurance, and for all
other expenses of putting such coins into circulation 526
No. 772. An act to amend section 47 of act No. 82 and section 13 of act No. 83
by providing that the mimicipal council and the provincial board
may alter the rate per centum of the land tax to be levied in any
current year at any time before the period fixed for the collection
of the tax 527
No. 773. An act providing for certain changes in the personnel of the civil hos-
Sital at Manila and authorizing the secretary of the interior to
etail employees of the civil hospital for service at the civil sanita^
rium at Baguio, Benguet 528
No. 774. An act amending a«;]t No. 82, entitled "A general act for the oiyani-
zation of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands,^' by
imposing a tax upon sledges and making it the auty of provincial
boards to designate improved roads in the several provinces upon
which it shall DO unlawful to use certain carts and sledges 528
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No. 775. An act appropriating the sum of $50,000, local currency, from the war
emergency rice fund of the province of Batangas for the purpose of
erecting a school building and manual training schools in the munic-
ipality of Batangas 529
No. 776. An act authorizing and directing the treasurer of the province of
Bohol to make refund of penalties collected upon the delinquent
land tax in that province for the year 1902 to such taxpayers as
shall have made payment of such tax and penalties on or before the
30th day of June, 1903 530
No. 777. An act amending act No. 624, prescribing regulations governing the
location and manner of recording mining claims and the amount
of work necessary to hold poasessioh of a mining claim, by correct-
ing an error in section 3 of said act 531
No. 778. An act authorizing the collector of customs for the Philippine Archi-
pelago to commission masters and watch officers of coast-guard
vessels to make searches and seizures 531
No. 779. An act to confirm and ratify the action of municipal presidents in
administering oaths to enumerators and special agents of the
census 532
No. 780. An act providing for the examination and licensing of applicants for
the positions of master, mate, patron, and engmeer of seagoing
vessels in the Philippine coastwise trade, and prescribing the num-
ber of engineers to be emplojred by such vessels 532
No. 781. An act amending act No. 175, entitled "An act providing for the
organization of an insular constabulary and for the inspection of
the municipal police,*' and acts Nos. 610, 618, and 619, amendatory
thereof 536
No. 782. An act to amend act No. 78, entitled **An act declaring all per-
sons in arms against the authority of the United States in the
Philippine Islands, and all persons aiding or abetting them, on the
1st dav of April, 1901, or thereafter, ineligible to hold office,'' as
amended 539
No. 783. An act amending section 16 of act No. 83 as amended by act No.
133 540
No. 784. An act appropriating the sum of $750, in money of the United States,
for the payment of the salary of the collecting librarian of the
insular government 541
No. 785. An act to amend act No. 133, entitled *'An act to amend the pro-
vincial government act. No. 83," by providing that a civilian
employee in the permanent employment of t£e War or Navy
Department of the United States, who was not a resident of the
islands before his employment in such service, but was brought
here for the purpose of such employment, shall be exempt from
the payment of a cedula tax 542
No. 786. An act appropriating the sum of $250,000, in money of the United
StateSj for expenses in connection with the purchase, sale, and dis-
tribution of rice to inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in the
discretion of the civil governor 542
No. 787. An act providing for the organization and government of the Moro
Province 543
No. 788. An act authorizingthe construction of a 1,400-ton marine railway and
repair shops on Engineer Island, and authorizing the expenditure
of the sum of $140,000, United States currency, therefor 560
No. 789. An act amending act No. 242, entitled **An act amendii^ act No.
175, and establishing a supply store for the benefit of civil servants
of the insular and provincial governments stationed outside of the
city of Manila" 561
No. 790. An act empowering the provincial board of the province of Isabelato
make appropriation for the proportionate part of accrued leave of
abscence earned by J. Thomas Hurd while provincial supervisor
of said province 562
No. 791. An act to suspend the operation of act No. 637, entitled **An act reg-
ulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of
large cattle," and all amendments thereto, until the Ist day of
August, 1903 562
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Na 792. An act to anthorixe the iasae of $3,000,000 of certificates of indebted-
nees under and by authority of section 6 of the act of CSongrees
entitled '*An act relating to currency for the Philippine Islands,"
approved March 2, 1903, in addition to the $3,000,000 of certificates
of the same character already authorized by act No. 606; and
amending section 2 of act No. 696 by stricking out the requirement
that the certificates of indebtedness already issued shall state upon
tiieir face that they were issued for the purpose of purchasing silver
bullion 663
No. 793. An act to authorize a loan of $1,000, United States currency, to the
province of Batangas, to enable the provincial board to make pro-
vision, by loan or otherwise, to meet the emeif^ency in the munici-
pality of Batansas caused by a fire destroymg the market and
rendering homelees a laige number of people 464
No. 794. An act appropriating the sum of $7,500, m money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the survey of
a wagon road from Naguilian, in the province of Union, to Ba^o,
in the province of Benguet, and for the survey of the town site of
!&iguio 565
No. 795. An act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the insular gov-
ernment for the fisoEil year ending June 30, 1903, and other desig-
nated periods 566
Na 796. An act appropriating $1,500,000, in money of the United States, for
the purchase of olver bullion for the further coinage of Philippine
pesos 1 577
No. 797. An act appropriating the sum of $500,000, in money of the United
States mm the fund of $3,000,000 appropriated bv the Congress of
the United States for the relief of distress in the Philippine Lilands,
for expenditure under the direction of the civil governor upon
resolutions of the Philippine Commission 577
Na 798. An act appropriating $100,000, in money of the United States, for the
use of the insular purchasing agent 578
No. 799. An act immediately to reimburse from the insular treasury the treas-
uries of provinces which have suffered loss through defalcations
of their bonded officials, pending recovery of amounts lost on the
official bonds 578
Na 800. An act providing for the appointment of a committee of three to visit
Japan, Formosa, Upper Burmah, and Java, and such other countries
as the civil governor may designate, for the purpose of investiga-
ting the use of opium and the traffic therein, and the rules, oral-
nances, and laws regulating such use and traffic, and to make a
report of their conclusions to the Philippine Commission 579
No. 801. An act appropriating $60,000, in money of the United States, for the
payment of interest on certificates of indebtedness issued by the
govemmentof the Philippine Islands under act of Congr^s approved
March 2, 1903 580
Na 802. An act amending rule 48 of act No. 90. as amended by act No. 513 . . 580
No. 803. An act amending act No. 666 by providing that certificates of registry
of trade-marlu and trade names shall be issued under the seal of
the bureau of patents, copyrights, and trade-marks 581
No. 804. An act making appropriations lor sundry expenses of the municipal
government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1904, and other designated periods 582
Na 805. An act providing for a loan of $7,500, United States currency, to the
province of Capiz 591
No. 806. An act amending act No. 627, providing for the registration, under
the provisions of the land r^^ration act^ of all lands lying within
the boundaries lawfully set apart for military reservations, and all
lands desired to be purchased by the Government of the United
States for military purposes, by striking out therein the word
"building" 592
No. 807. An act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the insular gov-
ernment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, and other desig-
nated periods 592
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No. 808. An act appropriating $61,304.16, local currency, to pay the remainder
of the purchase price of two parcels of land situated on Calle San
Andres, in the district of Malate, city of Manila, purchased by the
insular government from Eulalia GaDriela Ignacia, and to indem-
nify certain tenants of said parcels of land 634
No. 809. An act amending act No. 496, entitled "An act to provide for the
adjudication and registration of titles to lands in the Philippine
Islands'' 635
No. 810. An act for the reUef of Fred W. Atkinson, late general superintendent
of education, by authorizing credit for certain expeditures made
by him which were not authorized by law 636
No. 811. An act amending section 22 of act No. 467 and providing that here-
after disbursements for census purposes be made by the disbursing
officer of the Census Bureau in the city of Manila 636
No. 812. An act to amend act No. 800, authorizing the appointment of a com-
mittee of three to investigate the use of opium and the traffic
therein, by providing that the civil ^vemor shall designate the
chairman oi said committee, and by increasing the compensation
of the members of the committee 637
An act amending act No. 807, entitled "An act making appropriations
for sundry expenses of the insular government for the fiscal vear
ending June 30, 1904, and other designated periods," by making
certain additions to and changes in the personnel and language as
therein contained 638
No. 814. An act to amend act No. 786, entitled "An act appropriating the sum
of $250,000, in money of the United States, for expenses in connec-
tion with the purchase, sale, and distribution of nee to the inhabit-
ants of the Philippine Islands in the discretion of the civil gov-
ernor" 639
No. 815. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
• supervisor of the province of Surigao 640
No. 816. An act to amend section 13 of act No. 702, regulating the registration
of Chinese persons in the Philippine Archipelago, by authorizing
an increase m the number of temporary employees provided for by
said act 640
No. 817. An act declaring that the presence of locusts in various provinces of
the islands so threatens the food supply for the coming year as to
present a public emergency requiring radical action, and authoriz-
mgand providing for the appomtment of a board in each province,
with full powers to call upon all able-bodied inhabitants thereof to
take united action to suppress the pest, and for other purposes 641
No. 818. An act authorizing the provincial board of Tayabas to make a loan
from provincial funds to the municipality of Lucena in that province. 643
No. 819. An act to amend act No. 83, entitled "A eeneral act for the organiza-
tion of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands," as
amended 643
No. 820. An act amending act No. 146 as amended i 644
No. 821. An act appropriating the sum of $18,699 in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the support of
the provincial government of Mindoro for the first half of the fiscal
jrear ending June 30, 1904, and other designated periods, and author-
izing the provincial supervisor-treasurer of Mindoro to employ
municipal treasurers as deputies under him for the collection of
taxes 645
No. 822. An act making further appropriation of $1,000,000 in money of the
United Stat^ for the purchase of bullion with which to com silver
Philippine pesos 646
No. 823. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Bataan 646
No. 824. An act appropriating the sum of $375,000 in money of the United
States, to be expended by order of the exposition board in con-
tinuing and completing the preparation of the exhibit of the Philip-
pine Islands to be presented at tne Louisiana Purchase Exposition . . 647
No. 825. An act to repeal act No. 53, entitled "An act to prevent discrimina-
tion against money of the United States by banking institutions " . . 648
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No. 826. An act to relieve the congeetion in the neoeesaiy translation of records
in criminal cases appealed from the various courts of first instance
to the supreme court, and appropriating $2,500 for that purpose. . . 648
No. 827. An act further to amend section 4 of act No. 614 as amended by act
No. 765, by providing that certain of the exhibits at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition owned by the Philippine government shall be
returned to Manila 649
Na 828. An act authorizing the insular purchasing agent and provincial boards
to sell carabao and other draft^ animals purehasea out of the Con-
gressional relief fund bv the insular government for the purpose
of restocking the islands with draft animals and replacing anift
animals destroyed by disease or other causes 649
No. 829. An act authoriziug the provincial boards of provinces which are oper-
ating launches for the use of their provincial officers to chaige rea-
sonable rates of fare for transportation of nonofficial passengers . . . 651
No. 830. An act appropriating the sum of $351,648 in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for certain public
Works and permanent improvements in the city of Manila 652
No. 831. An act appropriating the sum of $873,148 in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for certain public
works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of the insu-
lar government 653
No. 832. An act allowing to E. B. Brvan fifty-four days' leave of absence and
appropriating the sum of $1,050 in money of the United States, to
be paid to said £. B. Bryan in lieu of the leave so allowed in order
that his successor as general superintendent of education may be
appointed without unnecessary delay 656
No. 833. An act amending act No. 787, entitled *'An act providing for the organ-
ization and government of the Moro Province'* 657
No. 834. An act to amend act No. 817, providing for the suppression of the
locust pest by excepting from its operation certain public servants
and employees of common carriers 658
No. 835. An act appropriating the sum of $238,575 for the purpose of continu-
ing the construction of the Benguet road 659
No. 836. An act to amend act No. 633, entitled '* An act consolidating the offices
of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor of the province of
Isabela" 659
No. 837. An act to amend act No. 628, entitled *'An act consolidating the offices
of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor of the province of
Antique," by providing that the division superintendent of schools
in that province may appoint a deputy to act in his stead on the
provincial board 660
No. 838. An act to authorize provincial boards to make certain purchases to
assist in carrying into operation the provisions of act No. 774 660
No. 839. An act to amend act No. 52, entitled **An act providing for exami-
nations of banking institutions in the Philippine Islands, and for
reports by their officers" 661
No. 840. An act amending act No. 131, entitled ''An act providing for the
establishment of a weather bureau for the Philippine Islands and
appropriating $8,066.50 in money of the United States for the pur-
chase of meteorological instruments and apparatus and the instal-
lation of the same" 661
No. 841. An act amending act No. 253, creating the bureau of non-Christian
tribes for the Philippines and changing the name of this bureau
to "The ethnological survey for the Philippine Islands" 662
No. 842. An act to amend section 2 of act No. 103, entitled "An act extending
the provisions of the provincial government act to the province oi
Tayabas" 662
No. 843. An act providing that the executive secretary and the assistant
executive secretary for the Philippine Islands may administer oaths
required by law 663
No. 844. An act amending all acts heretofore enacted by the Philippine
Commission in which the words "The government of the Philip-
pine Archipelago" occur, by striking out said words and inserting
m lieu thereof the words "The government of the Philippe ie
Islands," and chan^ng the titles of all insular government officials
to conform with this amendment 663
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No. 845. An act appropriating $7,000, United States currency, for improving the
grounds of Malacafian Palace 664
No. 846. An act appropriating $400, United States currency, for repairing the
school building at Cervantes, province of Lepanto-Bontoc 664
No. 847. An act authorizing a refund of $272.50 on account of real-estate tax
collected in the city of Manila from Maria Arguilles through a
clerical error of the collecting authorities 665
No. 848. An act to amend section 1 of act No. 511, entiUed ''An act fixing the
salaries and wages of officers apd crews of the coast-guard fleet*' . . 665
No. 849. An act for the protection of buoys and beacons 666
No. 850. An act providing for the incorporation of the municipality of Aritao,
province of Nueva Vizcaya, as a barrio of the municipality of
Dupax, province of Nueva Vizcaya 666
No. 851. An act amending act No. 82, entitled '*A general act for the organi-
zation of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands^' as
amended by act No. 774... r 667
No. 852. An act appropriating the sum of $10,000, in money of the United
States, for repairs to the wharves at Zamboanga, Iligan, Parang,
and Jolo 667
No. 853. An act to amend section 2 of act No. 638, entitied "An act authoriz-
ing and directing the civil governor to appoint an electrical engi-
neer and a hydraulic engineer for the purpose of preparing plims
and specifications for the conversion of the water power at the
Botocan waterfall, in the province of La Laguna, near Majavjay,
into electrical current to oe conveyed to the city of Manila,*' bjr
providing for the additional survey of the falls of the rivers Cah-
rayaand Lomot and the surrounding country 668
No. 854. An act providing for the education of Filipino students in the United
States and appropriating for such purpose the sum of $72,000, in
money of the United States 668
No. 855. An act providing for the establishment of local civil government for
the non-Christian tribes in the province of Ilocos Norte 670
No. 856. An act authorizing any officer of the United States Army designated
by the commanding general of the division of the Philippines for
such purpose to appear as attorney before any court in the Philip-
pine islands in official matters in which the United States has an
interest 671
No. 857. An act authorizing the payment of salaries, wages, and subsistence of
so-called volunteers in the suppression of brigandage in the Philip-
pine Islands 672
No. 858. An act appropriating the sum of $10,021.23, local currency, from the
fund now in the insular treasury known as "special aeposit No.
29," for deposit in the provincial treasury of Sorsogon, to be
expended by said province in the construction of a hi^ school or
secondary school building 672
No. 859. An act amending section 5 of act No. 624, by providing for the
payment of fees for recording declarations of location of mining
cliums and affidavits accompanying the same direct to the provin-
cial treasurers instead of to tne mining recorders in provinces oigan-
ized under the provincial-government act 673
No. 860. An act appropriating the sum of $666.66, in money of the United
States, to pay the salary of a third deputy clerk of the supreme .
court for tne period from September 1 to December 31, 1903 673
No. 861. An act authorizing the provincial treasurer of the province of Iloilo
to pay the expenses incurred in the hire of a steam launch for the
provincial governor of said province while on a visit to the munici-
pality of Neuva Valencia (Guimaras) during the month of January,
1903, on official business 674
No. 862. An act to authorize the continuance in office of certain officers and
employees of the Census Bureau for tiie purpose of directing the
preparation of the Census report contemplated by act No. 467 674
No. 863. An act amending section 1 of act No. 520, Known as the ''Coastwise
trade act," bv making the minimum tonnage for vessels licensed
thereunder 50 gross tons 675
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No. 861 An act to ajnend act No. 355, known as the Philippine customs adminis-
trative act, b^ changing the membership oi the court of customs
appeals, providing fcr api)eal8 in criminal causes and for certificates
of appeal in other customs cases where there is a division of opin-
ion CHBtween the judges of the court, and specifying powers of col-
lectors of customs in cases of fine and forfeiture, and for other
purposes 676
Na 865. An act authorizing courts of first instance to order the execution of
lawful sentences of military commissions and provost courts in
criminal cases in which such sentences were confirmed by proper
authority and have not been executed and which can not be exe-
cuted by the courts imposing them because of their abolition , 682
Na 866. An act to amend act No. 315, creating a bureau of the cold-storage
add ice plant, in so far as it relates to the duties of the cashier of
said plant 683
No. 867. An act to amend and revise certain sections of acts Nos. 136, 140, and
151, relating to the organization of courts, by making new provi-
sion for a court vacation and the leaves of absence of the judges, and
for the terms, sessions, and places for holding the supreme court;
by rearranging the judicial districts of the islands and the times
and places of holding courts in each province, with special provi-
fflon assigning part of Zambales Province to jurisdiction of court of
Pan^asinan, adding two districts and providing a judge for each new
district; by revising existing provisions of law as U> special terms
and the perfecting of bills of exceptions at such terms, as to where
judges may sign judgments, as to tneir traveling expenses and those
of certain fiscals anot clerks, providing for salaries of clerks and for
appointment of clerks and deputies and fiscals in certain districts,
and for other punxwes 683
No. 868. An act for the relief of L. M. Maus, lieutenant-colonel, U. 8. Army,
late commissioner of public health, by authorizing the settlement
of his property returns without charge against him ^ 700
No. 869. An act amending act No. 813, entitled **An act amending an act num-
bered eight hundred and seven, entitled 'An act making appropria-
tions for sundry expenses of the insular government for the nscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and other
designated periods,' by making certain additions to and changes in
the personnel and language as therein contained,'' so as to provide
for tne suljsistence of officers and crew of the sanitary barge Pluto. 701
No. 870. An act appropriating the sum of 1528.90, in money of the iJnited
States, for the payment of the salary of 1 draftsman, class 8, in
the bureau of public lands, for four months and sixteen days of the
first half of the fiscal year 1904 701
No. 871. An act amending act No. 80, as amended by act No. 448, by provid-
ing that the amounts due to the estates of deceased employees for
accrued leave of absence not enjojred shall be paid to the insular
treasurer, and administered by him under act No. 290, only in
case of citizens of the United States 702
No. 872. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Bonol 702
No. 873. An act appropriating the sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, for me completion of the survey of a wf^n road
from Naguilian, in the province of La Union, to Baguio, in the
province of Benguet 703
No. 874. An act providing that act No. 787, entitled "An act providing for
the oiganization and government of the Moro Province," shall not
be so construed as to require that subordinates of the provincial
attorney who must be lawyers shall be appointed under the rules
of the civil-service law 703
No. 875. An act providing for the collection of duties on goods^ wares, and
merchandise imjported into the islands for use of the msular, pro-
vincial, or mumcipal governments 704
No. 876. An act amending section 28 of act No. 83, as set forth in section 2 of
act No. 133, and levying a penalty upon notaries public who fail
to enter in the certification of instruments acknowledged bv them
the number, place of issue, and date of the cedula certificate of
each of ^e parties to said instruments . 704
No.
881.
No.
882.
No.
883.
No.
884.
No.
886.
No.
886.
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No. 877. An act providing for provincial pounds and for keepers thereof, and
for the disposition of stolen animals and other movable property
captured or seized by the Philippines Constabulary and other peace
officers 706
No. 878. An act amending section 2 of act No. 308, entitled '*An act providing
for the establishment of municipal boards of health, and fixing
their powers and duties" 707
No. 879. An act amending act No. 655 as amended, conferring a franchise upon
the Manila Railway Company (Limited) to construct two branch
roads, ohe connecting Maoalacat with the main line and one con-
necting Bayambang with the main line, by requiring the company
to file each month with the insular auditor a sworn statement of
its gross earnings 707
No. 880. An act appropriating 2,446 pesos, Mexican currency, to reimburse
the municipality of Atimonan, province of Tayabw, for a deposit
made in the insular treasury of funds of that municipality in the
year 1900, the same to be used for the construction of a municipal
school building 708
An act providing for the relief of persons who have paid^or are liable
to pay the land tax for the year 1902 upon an excessive assessment. 709
An act extending the time for payment of the land tax in the province
of Nueva Ecija for the year 1903 until November 15 of said year 710
An act to amend section 14 of act No. 82, entitled *'A general act
for the oi^ganization of municipal governments in the Philippine
Islands" 710
An act amending act No. 619, entitled '*An act to promote good order
and discipline in the Philippines Constabulary " 711
An act authorizing the increase of the enlisted strength of the Philip-
pines Constabulary to not exceeding 7,000 men of all grades 712
An act appropriating the sum of $5,460, United States currency, to be
expenaed by the engineer oflficer, U. S. Army, in charge of the
improvement of the port of Manila, in making necessary repairs to
the walls alon^ the Pasig River 712
No. 887. An act appropriating the sum of $1,276.80, money of the United
States, to be paid to John Stringer in full compensation for his
services and expenses in apprehending and delivenng to the author-
ities of Manila Edward L. Waite, an alleged fugitive from justice. . 713
No. 888. An act to amend act No. 684, entitled **An act creating the bureau
of engineering," by increasing the number of employees therein. . 714
No. 889. An act to amend section 15 of act No. 787, entitled "An act provid-
ing for the organization and government of the Moro Province" . . 715
No. 890. An act to amend section 1 of act No. 804, making appropriations for
sundry expenses of the city of Manila for the fiscal year 1904, by
providing for an engineer in charge of the Manila sewer system. . . 715
No. 891. An act providing for a loan of 25,000 pesos, Philippines currency, to
the province of Albay 716
No. 892. An act appropriating the sum of $1,000, in money of the United
States, for the salary and expense fund of the municipal govern-
ment of the city of Manila 716
No. 893. An act appropriating $15,000, -United States currency, for the pur-
pose of contributing to the erection of the Rizal monument, and
authorizing the insular treasurer to deposit the funds already col-
lected in a bank to draw interest 717
No. 894. An act fixing the salaries of examiners of titles for the third, sixth,
eighth, and ninth judicial districts, to be appointed under the land-
registration act 717
No. 895. An act authorizing the chief of Philippines constabulary to employ
certain additional clerical assistance 718
No. 896. An act authorizing the insular purchasing agent to employ emei^gency
clerks and grant overtime pay to a specified number of employees
for a limited period, and making an appropriation to cover the sal-
aries of such emei^ncy employees and the overtime pay author-
ized 718
No. 897. An act appropriating the sum of 39,000 pesos, Philippines currency,
for the purchase and operation of the Arrastre plant for unloading,
conveying, and delivering imported merchandise at the Manila
custom-house 719
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No. 808. An act providiiig for the closing of the port of Apam as a port of
entry, creating the ports of Bongao, Cape Melville, Balabac Island,
and Paerto IMncesa ports of entry, and amending section 301 of
act No. 355 720
No. 899. An act authorizing the suspension of sentences imposed upon citizens
of the United States in certain cases, providing for the transporta-
tion of convicted vai^rants to the United States, and making a
permanent appropriation therefor 722
No. 900. An act providu^z for a loan of 5,000 pesos, Philippines currency, to
the province of Misamis , 722
No. 901. An act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial
supervisor of the province of Romblon 723
No. 902. An act to amend act No. 838, entitled '*An act to authorize provincial
boards to make certain purchases to assist in carrying into operar
tion the provisions of act No. 774 * ' 723
No. 903. An act to amend act No. 699, by making it clear that nothing in said
act contained was intended to amend or repeal the provisions of
act No. 487 724
No. 904. An act providing for a loan of $10,000, United States currency, to the
province of Ooddental Negros for the construction of a building for
a school of secondary instruction at Bacolod 724
No. 905. An act, appropriating $1,090 in mone^ of the United States, for the
payment of the ssdary of the superintendent of the insular cold
storage and ice plant from September 12 to December 31, 1903,
inclusive 725
No. 906. An act to amend section 86 of act No. 136, by providing that the
seal to be used by notaries public on official documents shall be of
metal 1 726
No. 907. An act extending the time for the pa3rment of the land tax in the prov-
ince of Batangas for the year 1903 until January 1, 1904 726
No. 908. An act to amend section 13 of act No. 83, providing for the organiza-
tion of provincial governments 727
No. 909. An act amending act No. 215, entitled ''An act establishing and regu-
lating accountability for public property in the Philippine Archi-
pela^,'' as amended, by authorizing private sales of property in
certam cases, and fixing responsibility for shortages or damage in
marine or railway shipments of public property 727
No. 910. An act amending act No. 461 by creating the office of superintendent
of the telegraphic division of the Philippines constabulary 729
No. 911. An act authorizmg the civil governor to direct any disbursmg officer
of the insular government, or of any provincial or municipal gov-
ernment thereunder, to withhold pay from any person employed
in such service when it appears to nis satisfaction that such person
is indebted to any branch of the United States Government, and
requiring disbursing officers to comply with such direction 729
No. 912. An act appropriating 4,200 pesos, Phihppinee currency, for the exten-
sion and completion of the wharf at Jolo and for the construction
of a tramway upon the wharf and pier connected therewith 730
No. 913. An act authonzing the insular auditor to transfer to the general reve-
nues in the insular treasury the sum of $5,331.80, United States
currency, and $2,045.71, Mexican currency, now standing on his
books to the credit of the war emergency rand created by act No.
488, and appropriating a likeamount for the benefitof the province
, of Batangas, to be expended by said province in the construction of
roads and bridges 731
No. 914. An act providing that the dispensing clerk of the civil sanitarium,
Bengnet, shall perform the duties of disbursing officer and prop-
erty clerk 731
No. 915. An act transferring the administration of mining pants and claims
instituted prior to April 11, 1899, from the minmg bureau to the
bureau of public lands 732
No. 916. An act reorganizing the mining bureau and prescribing the functions
thereof 732
No. 917. An act to amend section 5 of at^t No. 74, establishing a department of
public instruction, as amended, by making the province of Leyte
and the province of Samar separate school divisions ••••... 733
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XXXll CONTENTS.
No. 918. An act appropriating $25,000, in money of the United States, or so
much tnereof as may be necessary, for the construction of a waeon
road from Pasacao'to Nueva Caceres, in the province of Am bos
Gamarines ' 734
No. 919. An act providing for a loan of $7,500, United States currency, to the
province of Nueva Ecija for the construction of buildings for a
school of secondary instruction and dormitories at San Isidro 735
No. 920.- An act appropriating the sum of $84,000, in money of the United
States, lor the construction and repair of roads and bridges 73<i
No. 921. An act extending the time for the payment of the land tax in the
province of Misamis for the year 1903 until November 1, 1903, and
providing for the refund of penalties already paid 737
No. 922. An act extending the time for the payment of^ the land tax in the
province of Romblon for the year 1903 737
No. 923. An act appropriating the sum of $4,650, United States currency, or so
much tnereof as may be necessary, for the repair of quartermaster's
launch Philadelphia, assigned to the forestry bureau, and for the
maintenance thereof during the present half of the fist^l year 1904. 738
No. 924. An act amending acts Nos. 638 and 853, by providing that the work
therein direct^ to be done may be periformed by the consulting
engineer 738
No. 925. An act amending act No. 511, by providing for certain additions and
increases in the personnel and allowances for officers and crews of
the coast guard fleet 739
No. 926. An act prescribing rules and r^ulations governing the homesteading,
selling, and leasing of portions of the public domain of the Philip-
pine Islands, prescribing terms and conditions to enable persons to
perfect their titles to public lands in said islands, providing for the
issuance of patents without compensation to certain native settlers
upon the puolic lands, providing for the establishment of town sites
and sale of lots therein, " and providing for a hearing and decision
by the Philippines court of land registration of all applications for
the completion and confirmation of all imperfect ana incomplete
Spanish concessions and grants in said islands, as authorized by
sections 13, 14, and 15 of the act of Congress'* of July 1, 1902, en-
titled "An act temporarily to provide for the administration of the
affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other
purposes " 740
No. 927. An act appropriating the sum of $1,500, in money of the United
States, tor the payment of the salary of the collecting librarian of
the insular government 755
No. 928. An act to amend act No. 730, entitled "An act further to postpone
the holding of the re^lar municipal elections for the year 1902,"
by providing more in detail a method of election in certain
municipalities 756
No. 929. An act extending the time for the payment of the land tax in the
province of Albay for the year 1903 until December 1, 1903, and
providing for the refund of penalties already paid 757
No. 930. An act reducing the 17 municipalities of the province of Tarlac to 9 . 757
No. 931. An act reducing the 37 municipalities of the province of Pangasinan
to 25 758
No. 932. An act reducing the 25 municipalities of the province of Bulacan to 13 . 760
No. 933. An act reducing the 23 municipalities of the province of Nueva Ecija
to 15 761
No. 934. An act reducing the 24 municipalities of the province of Ilocos Sur
to 14 763
No. 935. An act reducing the 15 municipalities of the province of La Union to
.12 764
No. 936. An act amending the charter of the city of Manila by adding as
ex officio members to the municipal bJoard the president of the
advisory board and the city engineer 765
No. 937. An act appropriating the sum of $10,000, money of the United States,
to aid in paying the expenses of a commission of conference at
Peking, China, looking to the establishment of the gold standard
m the Orient 766
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Page.
5q. 938. An act constituting a gold-standard fund in the insular treasury to be
used for the purpose of maintaining the parity of the silver Philippine
peso with the gold-standard peso, and organizing a division of the
currency in the bureau of the insular treasury through which such
fond shall be maintained, expenditures made therefrom, and accre-
tions made thereto, and providing regulations for the exchange of
currencies and for the issue and redemption of silver certificates. . . 767
Xt". 939. An act reducing the 30 municipalities of the province of La Laguna
to 19 772
!so. 940. An act declaring the barrios of Montufeir and Manlabong, now a part
of the municipality of Bacon, and the barrio of Calao, now a part
of the municipality of Gubat, all of the province of Sorsogon, to be
a new municipality under the name of rrieto Diaz 773
5o, 941. An act reducing the 15 municipalities of the province of Isabela to 1 1 . 774
So. 942. An act reducing the 32 municipalities of the province of Rizal to 15. . 775
No. 943. An act reducing the 23 municipalities of the province of Pampanga
to 17 776
Xo. 944. An act reducing the 33 municipalities of the province of Cagayan to
22 777
\o, 945. An act reducing the 25 municipalities of the province of Zambales to
15 779
Nu. 946. An act reducing the 15 municipalities of the province of i locos Norte
to 10 780
No. 947. An act reducing the 23 municipalities of the province of Cavite to 11 . 781
No. 948, An act amending paragraph 1 of section 1 of act No. 933, entitled "An
act reducing the 23 municipalities of the province of Nueva Ecija
to 15" 782
No. 949. An act appropriating the sum of 2,500 pesos, Philippines currency, to
be usea in the suppression of epidemic or contagious diseases in the
province of Cebu, and appropriating the sum of 600 pesos, Philip-
pines currency, toward tne care and support of lepers in the province
of Occidental Negros 7S3
)
ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 425.]
AN ACT authorizing provincial boards to fix the number and dates of conventions
to be held in each year in the provincial capital by the municipal presidentes of
their respective provinces.
By atUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUipjpme
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial boards of all provinces organized under
"The Provincial Government Act" are hereby authorized to fix the
number and dates of the conventions to be held in each year by the
presidentes of the municipalities in the provincial capital pursuant to
the various special Acts organizing such provinces: Proviaed^ That in
no case shall the number or such conventions in any province be less
than one nor more than four in each year: And provided further ^ That
before fixing the number and dates of such conventions the provincial
boards shall receive and consider the recommendations of the municipal
presidentes of their respective provinces to be made at their first con-
vention after the passage of this Act. The number and dates of such
conventions may oe changed from time to time in the manner in this
section provided for fixing such number and dates.
Sec. 2. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereoy 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 2, 1902.
[No. 426.]
AN ACT increasing the salary of the fiscal of the Province of Marinduaae from eight
hondred dollars to one thousand dollars, in money of the Unitea States.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEonoN 1. The salary of the provincial fiscal of the Province of
Marinduque is hereby increased from eight hundred dollars to one
thousand dollars per year, in money of the United States, anything
in Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-five, entitled "An Act
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2 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
extending the provisions of 'The Provincial Government Act' to the
Province of Marinduque," to the contrary notwithstanding.
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, July 9, 1902.
[No. 427.]
AN ACT authorizing the loan of seven thousand and fifty dollars, in local currency,
to the Province of Nueva Ecija.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippme
Commismyn^ mat:
Section 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized to loan, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, the sum of seven thousand and fifty dollars, in local
currency, to the Province of Nueva Ecija, in accordance with a reso-
lution adopted by the provincial board of that province on the ninth
day of June, nineteen nundred and two, requesting such loan. The
monev so loaned is to be returned to the Insular Treasury on or before
the tnirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and two. The
nooney so loaned may be used by the provincial board of the province
for the general purposes of the provmcial government in accordance
with the provisions of "The Provincial Government Act."
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 9, 1902.
[No. 428.]
AN ACT authorizing the loan of six thousand dollars, in local currency, to the
Province of Samar.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippine
Coiniaission^ ihatr
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Samar is hereby
authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Government,
the sum of six thousand dollars, in local currency, or an v part thereof,
to be expended by the provincial board of the province for the general
purposes of the provincial government in accordance with the provi-
sions of ''The Provincial Government Act." The sum thus borrowed
shall be returned to the Insular Treasury by the provincial board on
or before the thirty -first day of December, nmeteen hundred and three.
Such loan shall be made to the province to the amount of six thousand
dollars, in local currency, or any less amount to be fixed in the resolu-
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tion of acceptance by the provincial board, upon receipt of the resolu-
tion of said board. The amount loaned shall be paid to the provincial
treasurer and receipted for by him, and shall be by him disbursed upon
orders of the provincial board as in other cases.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand
dollars, in local currency, to comply with the provisions of this Act.
Sfx5. 3. The public good requirmg 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 9, 1902.
[No. 429.]
AN ACT making temporary provisions for the care of ir
Ba^o, in the Province of Benguet, pending the estahiif
invalid civil employees at
__ _ » estahiifihment of a Government
sanitariom.
By authority of the United Stdtea^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ th/d:
Section 1. Pending the opening of feasible means of access to the
town of Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, and the completion of a
Crovernment sanitarium at that point, temporary provision is hereby
authorized for the care of invalid civil employees and members of their
families who may repair to Baguio for the purpose of recuperatioti.
Sec. 2. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, with
the approval and consent of the Commission, an attending physician
and surgeon to take charge of the Government buildings now con-
structed or in process of construction at Baguio who shall receive a com-
pensation at the rate of two thousand four nundred dollars per year.
Sec. 3. The attending physician and surgeon so appointed is hereby
authorized to appoint one nurse of Class D, one employee of Class D,
one employee or Class I, and one employee at forty-five dollars per
annum. The salaries in this Act mentioned shall be payable in money
of the United States or the equivalent in local currency at the legal
rate, and shall be payable monthly. The employees named shall be
furnished food and lod^ng free of charge, but the attending physician
and surgeon shall provide nis own subsistence.
Sec. 4. The attending physician and surgeon shall act as superin-
tendent of the buildings aforesaid and disbursing oflScer of the funds
to be disbursed under this Act. He shall define and supervise the
discharge of the duties of the employees aforesaid. He shall render
all necessary medical and surgical attendance to all patients in the build-
ings aforesaid and in the Ben^et Provincial Hospital. On account of
the existing lack of opportunity for purchasing medicines in Benguet,
he shall fill all prescriptions for persons not entitled to treatment at
the sanitarium as hereinafter provided, collecting a minimum charge
of twenty-five cents in money of the United States, or its equivalent
in local currency at the legal rate, for each prescription so filled, and
shall pay all funds derived from the filling of such prescriptions and
from all other sources received by virtue of this Act into tne Insular
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Treasury. The attending physician and surgeon shall have the cus-
tody of and be responsible for all personal property and supplies
available for carrying this Act into execution, and shall take over and
be accountable for all property, material, and supplies heretofore
purchased for the use of the Sanitarium at Ba^io unaer the direction
of the attending physician and surgeon of the Philippine Civil Hos-
pital at Manila.
Sec. 5. The attending physician and surgeon shall receive into the
buildings aforesaid civil officers and employees of the Insular and
Provincial Governments and of the government of the city of Manila
and the members of the families of such officers and employees upon
seasonable application being made for such reception. He shall make
weekly reports to the Secretary of the Interior covering all matters
relating to the performance of nis duties and to the occupancy of the
buildings aforesaid and to the receipt and disbursement of funds, and
shall communicate by telegraph if occasion recjuires. Persons received
in the buildings aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions of this
section, shall pay not less than two dollars nor more than four dollars,
in money of the United States, per da}^ for rooms, the amount to be
fixed for each room by the attending physician and surgeon, subject
to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Additional servants,
if needed for the comfort of persons so received, shall be provided and
subsisted by the persons desiring their services. No additional charge
shall be made for medical and surgical attendance, medical supplies,
nursing, or food to persons so received. The buildings under the
charge of the attending physician and surgeon shall be a main build-
ing provided with wards and private rooms and such separate cottages
or other buildings as have heretofore been or may hereafter be author-
ized. The attending physician and surgeon is also authorized to rent
temporarily the cottages in this section named for the use of invalid
or other civil officers and employees or members of their families at
' rentals to be fixed by the attending physician and surgeon and approved
by the Secretary of the Interior. Pei'sons occupying such cottages
may provide their own food and servants, or may, if they so choose,
be provided with meals in the main building at two dollars per day, in
money of the United States, for each person for subsistence and med-
ical attendance. The Commissioner of Public Health, upon request
by the attending physician and surgeon and approval of the Secretary
oi the Interior, shall purchase and send to Baguio medical and other
supplies needed for the purposes of this Act.
Sec. 6. Any funds appropriated to the Philippine Civil Hospital
for disbursement on account of the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio in Act
Numbered Three hundred and eighty-nine, and unexpended, shall be
available for the purposes provided by this Act, and shall be disbursed
by the attending physician and surgeon in charge.
Sec. 7. The public good requinng 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 Septemoer twenty -sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect August first, nineteen hundred
and two.
Enacted, July 14, 1902.
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[No. 430.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of two million eight hundred and twenty-three
thoQsana seven hundred and five dollars and twenty-eight cents, in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may he necessary, in part compensation for
the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three,
and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commi^on^ that:
Sechon 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the Insular
Government and of the city of Manila, for the fiscal year ending June
tliirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, this appropriation being for
the first quarter of said fiscal year unless otherwise stated. The
appropriations herein made, except for fixed salaries for the first
quarter of said fiscal year, shall be available for obligations of the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and three:
UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Salaries and wages^ United States Philippine Commission, nineteen
hundred and three: President and seven Commissioners, at five thou-
sand dollars per annum each, Secretary at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, Spanish Secretary at three thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, four private secretaries at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum each, three private secretaries at one
thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, Disbursing Officer
class five, one clerk class five, tnree clerks class six, two clerks class
seven, one clerk at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, two
clerks class eight, two clerks class nine, one clerk Class D, two clerks
Oass H, one. clerk Class I, two clerks Class J, four employees at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, twenty thousand five
hundred and eighty dollars.
Transportation Junited States Philippine Commission, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees on official business, including the hire of vehi-
cles in the city of Manila as a temporary expedient when such ti*ans-
portation can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not
to exceed thirty dollars, one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, United States Philippine Commission, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
furniture, telegrams, cablegrams, salaries and expenses of surveyors,
helpers and draughtsmen engaged in the survey of lands under the
direction of the Commission, and for other incidental expenses, twelve
thousand dollars.
In all, for the United States Philippine Commission, thirty-three
thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Civil Governor at fifteen thousand dollars per annum, Executive Sec-
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retary at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Assistant
Executive Secretary at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
private secretary to the Civil Governor at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk class three, one clerk at two thousimd
four hundred dollars per annum, three, clerks class five, six clerks class
six, seven clerks class seven, five clerks class eight, five clerks class
nine, five clerks Class A, one janitor Class B, two watchmen at seven
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, three clerks Class C, two
employees Class J, three employees at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, twelve laborers at one hundred and twenty dollars i>er
annum each, extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred
dollars per annum, per diems of seven dollars for the Executive Sec-
retary, twenty -one tnousand nine hundred and twenty-four dollars.
Contingent expenses, Malacanan Palace, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses of Malacanan Palace, including lighting of
park, and other incidental expenses, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contmgent expenses, including furniture, stationery^ electric
lights and supplies for Ayuntamiento Building, and other incidental
expenses, three thousand two himdred and fifty dollars.
in all, for the Executive Bureau, twenty -five thousand three hundred
and twenty-four dollars. .
PHILIPPINE CrVIL SERVICE BOARD.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Three members at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum each, one examiner class three, one examiner class
five, one examiner class six, one examiner class seven, three examiners
class eight, two clerks class nine, one clerk class ten, one clerk Class
B, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class F, one clerk Class G, one
employee Class J, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred dolmrs
per annum, seven thousand two hundred and thirty-two doUai's and
nftv cents.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and three : For the actual and necessary^ traveling expenses of officers
and employees and for the hire of vehicles in Manila on official busi-
ness when such transportation can not be secured from the Insular
Purchasing A^ent, not to exceed thirty dollars, two hundred dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and two: For the hire or vehicles on official business in Manila during
the fourth quarter of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, when
such transportation could not be secured from the Insular Purchasing
Agent, thirty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Civil Serve Board, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies, and
other incidental expenses, three hundred dollars.
In all, for the Philippine CivifService Board, seven thousand seven
hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.
BUKEAU OF THE INSUIAR PURCHASING AGENT.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and three: Insular Purchasing Agent at four thousand
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dollars per annain, Assistant Insular Purchasing Ag^nt at three
tbousand dollars per annum, Disbursing Officer and Cashier class four,
one clerk class five, two clerks class six, five clerks class seven,
five clerks class eight, eight clerks class nine, one clerk at one thou-
sand and fifty doll^per annum, two clerks class ten, four clerks Glass
A, two clerte Class B, one clerk Class C, three watchmen Class C.
one clerk Class D, two clerks Class H, six employees at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each, and for the hire of such foremen,
teamsters, drivers, stable-men, blacksmiths, saddlers, and additional
watchmen and laborers as may from time to time be necessary in
the Transportation Division, coal and lumber yard, and for the hand-
ling of supplies, not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars, twenty-
seven tbousand two hundred and sixty-five dollars.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and two: For the hire of foremen, teamsters, drivers,
stable-men, blacksmiths, saddlers, watchmen, and laborers during the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nineteen
hundred and three: For incidental transportation not otherwise pro-
vided for, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, incliming supjdies,
rents, repairs to transportation, forage for horses, vehicles and har-
ness, purchase of animals, medicines, veterinary supplies and attend-
ance, and other incidental expenses, twenty-three thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, fifty-one
thoasand nine hundred and fifteen dollar.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
OFFICE OF THE SEGRBTABT.
Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen
hondred and three: Secretary of the Interior at ten thousand five hun-
dred dollars x>^r annum, two clerks class eight, three thousand three
hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, one hundred and
eighty dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, three thou-
sand five hundred and five dollars.
BOABD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Salaries and wages. Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and three: Chief Health Inspector at three thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum. Sanitary Engineer at three thousand five
hundred dollars per annum. Assistant Sanitary Engineer at two thou-
sand four hundred dollars per annum. Secretary at two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, four medical inspectors class five, four
employees class six, two emploj^ees class seven, one employee class
eight, seven employees class nme, twelve employees class ten, six
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employees Class A, seven employees at seven hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each, seven employees Class D, one employee Class E, one
employee at four hundred and fifty dollars per annum, one employee
Class G, five employees Class H, fifty-one employees Class I, three
employees Class J, twenty employees at one hundred and eighty dol-
lars per annum each, two employees at one hundred and fifty dollars
Ser annum each, twenty-seven employees at one hundred and twenty
oUars per annum each, twenty -five employees at ninety dollars per
annum each, six employees at seventy-two dollars per annum each,
twenty -one emplovees at sixty dollars per annum each, president of
the board of health of Surigao at one thousand two hundrea dollars per
annum, president of the board of health of Antiaue at one thousand
two hundred dollars per annum, extra allowance tor disbursing oflBicer
at two hundred dollars per annum, twenty-four thousand nine hundred
and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents.
Salaries and wages, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and two: One employee class six, from March thirteenth to
March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, ninety dollars. *
Support of hospitals, plants, and stations. Board of Health for the
Philippines, nineteen hundred and three: For support and mainte-
nance of the Women's Department San Lazaro Hospital, Leper
Department San Lazaro Hospital, leper colonies at Cebu and Pafes-
tina, plague and smallpox hospitals, plague hospital crematory, steam
disinfecting plant, municipal dispensaries, Hospicio de San Jos6,
Colegio de Santa Isabel, veterinary department, support of indigent
natives in the provinces, vaccine station and serum institute, thirty
thousand four hundred and two dollars.
Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board
of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and three: For the
suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, rentals,
equipment and maintenance of hospitals, plants, camps, and stations
for epidemic diseases, including medicines for the same, expenses
of disposition of the dead, subsistence of inmates and employees of
hospitals, plants, camps, and stations, and so forth, subsistence of
employees sent from Manila to provincial towns, expenses incurred in
the distribution of distilled water, purchase of disinfectants, reim-
bursement for propertjr, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to prevent
the spread of epiaemics, expenses incurred in cleaning up infected
districts, medicines for indigent natives, salaries and wages for neces-
sary temporary employees engaged in the suppression of epidemics,
and per aiem allowances of one dollar and fifty cents to Army medical
officers in lieu of any loss from the discontinuance of commutations
of quarters or otherwise, owing to their detail for civil duty with the
Board of Health, and other incidental expenses, thirty-five thousand
dollars.
The funds appropiated in Act Numbered Four hundred and fifteen
for the " Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests,
Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," are
hereby made available for disbursement for the same purposes during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundrea and three: For the transportation of freight, actual and
necessary traveling expenses of officers and employees, purchase of
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ponies, harnesses, and carts for disinfecting purposes, repairs to
wagons and harnesses, rental of launches, lorchas, and bancas during
tiie cholera epidemic, rental of vehicles in Manila on official business
when such can not be supplied by the Insular Purchasing Agent, f oi*age
for horses, seven thousand six hundred and seventy dollars.
Officers of the United States Army, who, by reason of serving
under detail with the Board of Health, have been deprived of mileage
for actual official travel which they would otherwise have receiv^,
shall be entitled to such mileage, which is hereby made a proper charge
a^nstthis appropriation, and such mileage during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and two is hereby made a proper charge against the
appropriation for '^Transportation, Board of Health for the Philip-
pines, nineteen hundred and two," the provisions of section four of
Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight being hereby modified to
this extent.
Contingent expenses. Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and three: lor contingent expenses, including stationery,
supplies, repairs to office furniture, rent of telephones, cablegrams,
advertising, per diems of five dollars for the Commissioner of Public
Health in lieu of all expenses, except cost of official transportation,
and to compensate him for all commutations and allowances from which
he is excluded as an officer of the Army bv reason of his detail for civil
duty; cost of transportation herein provided being construed to include
subsistence when the same is included in transpoH^tion by commercial
steamship lines; and for other incidental expenses, two thousand four
hundred and forty six dollars.
Installation of me pail system in the city of Manila, Board of Health
for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and three: For the installation
of the pail system in the city of Manila and for the salaries of such
officers and employees as may be approved and authorized by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, twelve thousand nine hundred and thirty-three
dollars and thirty-three cents.
The difference between the amount expended for the installation of
the pail system in the city of Manila, and the amount collected therefor
from property owners and deposited in the Insular Treasury, shall be
reimbursed to the Insular Government by the city of Manila, and
when such reimbursement is fully made all property, such as launches,
barges, and so forth, purchased in carrying out the provisions of the
appropriation, shall revert to and become the property of the city of
Manila.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippines, one hundred
and thirteen thousand five hundred and six dollars and eighty-three
cents.
QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Salaries and wages. Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and three:
One officer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one officer
at two thousand two hundred dollars per annum, one officer at two
thousand dollars per annum, six officers at one thousand six hun-
dred dollars per annum each, one engineer class nine, one emplovee
atone thousand and twenty dollars per annum, four employees Class
A, two employees Class D, two employees Class F, one employee Class
H, five employees Class J, twenty employees at one hundred and
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eighty dollars per annum each^ five employees at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, crews of launches at Manila, lloilo,
and (Jebu, not to exceed one thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars,
and emergency disinfectors and temporary attendants, not to exceed
nine hundred and seventy-five dollars, nine thousand five hundred and
seventy-five dollars.
Salaries and wages, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and two:
One officer at two thousand two hundred dollars per annum from May
first to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, three hundred and
sixty-six dollars and sixty -six cents.
Transportation, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and em-
ployees, including the traveling expenses of officers from the United
States and Europe, for repairs, supplies, and miscellaneous expenses for
quarantine launches, and for towing disinfecting barges from Manila
to lloilo and Cebu. five thousand six hundred dollars.
Commutation of quarters, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred
and three: For commutation of quarters of officers of the Quarantine
Service authorized by the Regulations of the United States Treasury
Department, one thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
Support of Mariveles Quarantine Station, Quarantine Service,
nineteen hundred and three: For support of Mariveles Quarantine
Station, including subsistence, supplies, repairs to wharf and buildings
at station, and other incidental expenses, eight thousand seven hun-
dred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty -two cents.
Contingent expenses, Quarantine ^rvice, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including rent of office, furniture,
supplies, office expenses, purchase of rowboat, and other incidental
expenses, eight hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-eight cents.
In all, for the Quarantine Service, twenty -six thousand seven hun-
dred and forty dollars and sixty-six cents.
FORESTRY BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Assistant Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, Mana-
f^er of Timber Testing Laboratory at two thousand four hundred dol-
ars per annum, six foresters at two thousand four hundred dollars per
annum each, four inspectors class six, one clerk class six, two clerks
class eight, seven clerks class nine, six assistant inspectors class nine,
four clerks Class A, six assistant inspectors Class A, two clerks Class
D, ten assistant foresters Class D, twenty-five rangers Class G, forty
rangers Class I, six clerks Class I, two carpenters Class J, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, one wood-
worker at seventy-five cents per day, hire of laborers with field
parties not to exceed seven hundred and eighty dollars, twenty-two
thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars.
Transportation, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three: For
transportation of freight, and for the actual and necessary traveling
expenses of officers and employees, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contmgent expenses, including purchase of wood samples and
materials, rent of offices and telephone, purchase of books, office sup-
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plies, per diems of five dollars for the Chief of the Bureau in lieu of
all expenses, except cost of official transportation, and to compensate
him for all commutations and allowances from which he is excluded
as an officer of the Army hj reason of his detail for civil duty; cost of
transportation herein provided being construed to include subsistence
when the same is included in transportation by commercial steamship
hnes; and for other incidental expenses, two thousand three hundred
and fifty dollars.
Continent expenses, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and two:
For contm^ent expenses, including office supplies, purchase of wood
samples and materials, rent of offices and telephone, and other inci-
dental expenses, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, five
hundred aollars.
In all, for the Forestry Bureau, twenty-seven thousand one hundred
and forty -two dollars.
The net amount of the collections under the forestry laws made in
Uie provinces and in the city of Manila shall be returned, after Julv
first, nineteen hundred and two, pro rata to the provinces to which
they respectively relate, after the entire expenses of conducting the
Forestry Bureau and the service under its control shall have oeen
deducted from the gross receipts. Such returns shall be made quar-
terly as soon after the close of each quarter as the accounts of the col-
lections and disbursements of said quarter shall have been settled and
adjusted by the Auditor. Such returns of forestry collections to the
provinces shall be made, upon certification of the amount due by the
Auditor, by settlement warrant, and for this purpose a permanent
appropriation of the sums so required is hereby made. Such returns
of collections under the forestry laws shall be disposed of by each
province as provided by the Provincial Act and its amendments. AH
laws or portions of laws in conflict with the provisions of this para
graph are hereby repealed.
MINING BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three.
Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, Mining Enginech
and Assayer class six, one clerk claas nine, one clerk class ten, one
clerk Class C, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class F, two clerks Class
I, one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, one
employee at eighty dollars per annum, two thousand four hundred
dollars.
Transportation, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and employees
and the transportation of supplies, one hundred and fif tv dollars.
Transportation, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and two: For the
hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when it was impossible
for the Insular Purchasing Agent to furnish the same, fourteen dollars.
Geological and Mineralogical Surveys, Mining Bureau, nineteen
hundred and three: For the expenses in connection with the Geolog-
ical and Mineralogical Surveys, including salaries and wages of
employees, transportation of employees, and supplies, and other inci-
dental expenses in connection with the above worlc, one thousand two
hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents.
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Contingent expenses, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For continent expenses, including office supplies, books, stationery,
and other incidental expenses, six hundred and eighty -eight dollars
and fifty-five cents.
In all, for the Mining Bureau, four thousand five hundred and six-
teen dollars and eighty-four cents.
PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three: Director at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
three Assistant Directors at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum each, Secretary and Librarian at one thousand four hundred
dollars per annum, three clerks Class A, five clerks Class C, five clerks
Class D, one clerk Class G, three clerks Class I, four employees at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, nine chief observers for first-
class branch stations at six hundred dollars per annum each, nine assist-
ant observers for first-class branch stations at one hundred dollars per
annum each, fourteen observers for second-class branch stations at
three hundred dollars per annum each, twenty -two observers for third-
class branch stations at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each,
eight observers for rain stations at ninety dollars per annum each, extra
allowance for disbursing clerk at two hundred dollars per annum, eight
thousand seven hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.
Transportation, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred and
three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and the transportation of supplies, five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including rents, stationery, sup-
plies, electric lights, telephone, purchase of instruments not to exceed
two thousand two hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-eight
cents, installation of instruments in oranch stations, and other inci-
dental expenses, three thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars
and thirty -eight cents.
In all, for the Philippine Weather Bureau, twelve thousand seven
hundred and sixty dollars and eighty-eight cents.
BUREAU OP PUBLIC LANDS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at three thousand two hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class seven, one clerk class eight, one clerk class ten,
two clerks Class I, one messenger at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum, one thousand nine nundred and eighty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, seventy -five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Lands, two thousand and fifty -five
dollars.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at four thousand dollars per annum, one
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Director of Animal Industry at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, one Soil Physicist class five, one Fiber Expert class five, one
Botanist and Assistant Agrostologist class five who shall also perform
the duties of Botanist in the Forestry Bureau, one expert in charge of
plant and seed introduction class five, one superintendent of Govern-
ment farms class six, one expert in tropical agriculture class eight, one
expert in plant culture and plant breeding class nine, one expert in
&nn machinery and management class ten, one clerk class five, one
clerk class eight, two clerks claas nine, one clerk class ten, one artist
Class A, two clerks Class C, four student scientific aids Class F, one
employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one employee
at ninety dollars per annum, and local and special agents, guides, inter-
preters, and other labor required in the city of A&nila or elsewhere,
not to exceed two thousand dollars, nine thousand eight hundred and
seven dollars and fifty cents.
Transportation, Bureau of Argiculture, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and the transportation of supplies, seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including collecting and purchasing
valuable seeds, roots, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, and plants for experi-
mental cultivation and distribution; for paper, twine, gum, and all nec-
essary material required for [putting up and distributing the same: for
the investigation of the soils in the Philippine Islands, and for indica-
ting upon maps or plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such
investigations, and to map the tobacco, hemp, sugar, rice, cocoanut,
fruit, and vegetable soils of the Philippine Archipelago; for investigat-
ing methods of curing tobacco; for originating, through selection and
breeding, improved varieties of tobacco, hemp, sugar, rice, fruits, and
vegetables, and introducing foreign plants promising to be of value to
the Islands; for conducting investigations of the grasses, forage plants,
and animal foods, and the means of improving the forage supply of
Uie Islands; for carrying on investigations relating to the medicinal,
poisonous, fiber, and other economic plants, and for conducting special
mvestigations of the leading staple plant products of the Archi-
pelago; for investigating the nistory and habits of injurious and bene-
ncial insects, and the host means for destroying those found to be
injurious to agricultural crops; for conducting investigations on the
diseases of plants and methoas of preventing them; for the investiga-
tion of the live stock, dairy, and other animal industries of the Philip-
Srfnes, and the improvement of existing breeds of domestic animals:
or subscriptions to and purchase of agricultural and scientific and
technical books, periodicals, magazines, and publications necessaiy for
the work of the Bureau; for tne purchase of stationery, furniture,
cases, and all other necessary office supplies; for advertising, tele-
graphing, cabling, telephone, messenger service, and post-office
expenses: for the purchase of ice for the office in Manila; for the pur-
chase ana hire of horses, mules, and other working animals for use on
the Government farms and experimental stations ; for harnesses, wagons,
carts, and so forth; for forage for animals, blacksmith tools, forges,
and shoeing of animals; for veterinary attendance and supplies; for
the purchase of lumber, nails, agricultural tools and machinery, car-
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penter tools, and scientific instruments, and for rent of office building
in Manila, five thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Agriculture, fifteen thousand five hundred
and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Cnief of Bureau at three thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, Assistant Chief of Bureau at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum, Agent for Moro Affairs at one thousand
dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, one collector of natural his-
tory specimens class nine, one assistont collector of natural history
specimens Class F, two clerks class H, one employee at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum, one employee at ninety dollars per
annum, two thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars and nfty
cents.
Transportation, Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers,
employees, collectors, and school-teachers engaged in collecting data,
and for the transportation of supplies, four hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expjenses, including supplies, fur-
niture, books, instruments, hire of vehicles in Manila on official busi-
ness when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular
Purchasing Agent, not to exceed twenty-five dollars, and other inci-
dental expenses, six hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, three thousand seven
hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: Superintendent of Government Laboratories at
four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk class five, three clerks class
six, two clerks at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum each,
two clerks class eight, three clerks class nine, one clerk at one thous-
and and twenty dollars per annum, one clerk Class I, one employee
Class J, two employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, four employees at ninety dollars per annum each, one temporary
employee class six, from September first to September thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and two, five thousand nine huncfred and five dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees, including the traveliujg expenses of clerks from
the United States to Manila, hire of vehicles m iVlanila on official busi-
ness when it is impossible for the Insular Purchasing Agent to provide
the same, not to exceed fifty dollar, and the transportation of sup-
plies, seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including an allowance
at the Army rate for quarters for one medical officer detailed by the
Army, rent of laboratory building, chemicals, and apparatus, not to
exceed five thousand and twenty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents.
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books, not to exceed three thousand eight hundred and fifty -seven dol-
lars and fifty -five cents, surgical instruments, repairs to apparatus,
office supplies, stationery, purchase of outfit for photographer, per
diems of five dollars to the Director of the Biological laboratory in
lieu of all expenses, except cost of official transportation, and to com-
pensate him for all commutations and allowances from which he is
excluded as an officer of the Army by reason of his detail for civil
duty; the cost of transportation herein provided being construed to
include subsistence when the same is included in transportation by
commercial steamship lines; and for other incidental expenses, ten
Uiousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and thirty cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, seventeen thou-
sand four hundred and thirty dollars and thirty cents.
BUREAU OF PATENTS, OOPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE-MARES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-
Marks, nineteen hundred and three: One clerk Class A, two hundred
and twenty-five dollars.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL HOSPITAL.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred and
three: Attending Physician and Surgeon at three thousand dollars per
annum, Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon at two thousand
dollars per annum, house surgeon at one thousand dollars per annum,
one dispensing clerk class nine, one chief nurse at one thousand ana
twenty dollars per annum, one dietist Class C, ten nurses Class C, ten
ward attendants Class D, one employee Class G, three employees Class
I, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one
ambulance driver at six hundred dollars per annum, one driver at one
hundred and twenty dollara per annum, five employees at one hundred
and fortv dollars per annum each, eight employees at one hundred and
fifteen dollars per annum each, five employees at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, four employees at ninety dollars per
annum each, six thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of drugs,
medicines, lighting of nospital, subsistence or patients and employees,
c<»l, wood, rent of buildings and telephones, supplies for hospitals,
and other incidental expenses, thirteen thousana six hundred and
ninety -nine dollars and fifty cents.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Hospital, twenty thousand four hun-
dred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.
CPrUL SANITARIUM, BENGUET.
Salaries and wages. Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and three: For salaries and wages for the month of July, as follows:
Surgeon at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one super-
intendent class nine, one chief nurse Class A, two nurses Class C, two
employees Class D, one employee Class H, two employees at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, five employees at ninety dol-
lars per annum each, and for the mpnths of August and September as
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follows: Surgeon at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum,
one nurse Class D, one employee Class D, one employee Class I, one
employee at forty -five dollars per annum, one thousand three hundr^
and firt^ dollars.
Contingeilt expenses, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of drugs
and medicines, conmiissary supplies, subsistence, rent of houses at
San Fernando de la Union and JNaguUian, transportation of supplies,
and other incidental expenses, three thousana seven hundred and
seventv dollars.
In all, for the Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, five thousand one hundred
and twenty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
OFFICE OF THE SECBETARY.
Salaries and wages, Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Police,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Commerce and Police, at
ten thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight,
two thousand nine hundred and seventy -five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Office of the Secretary of Commerce and
Police, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, includ-
ing office supplies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, one
hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, three
thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
BUBEAU OF POST-OFFICES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Post-Offices, nineteen hundred and
three: Director-General at six thousand dollars per annum. Assistant
Director-General at three thousand two hundred and fiftv dollars per
annum, chief of the division of stamps and supplies class five, one
post-office inspector class five, three post-office inspectors class six,
two clerks class six, four clerks class seven, two clerks class eight, three
clerks class nine, one clerk class ten, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class
I, three employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each,
extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred dollars per
annum, nine thousand dollars.
Traveling expenses. Bureau of Post-Offices, nineteen hundred and
three: For an allowance of two dollars and fifty cents per day in lieu
of actual traveling expenses to post-office inspectors while traveling on
official business, and for the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
other employees, six hundred dollars.
Mail transportation, Bureau of Post-Offices, nineteen hundred and
three: For inland mail transpoilation, sea transportation of mails, and
for transportation of mails through foreign countries, two thousand
five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Post-Offices, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including mail equipment, supplies,
part reimbursement to employees of premium on bonds, and other in-
cidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.
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Poet-Office Service:
Salaries and wages, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and three:
One postmaster at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
assistant postmaster class four, one postmaster class five, four post-
masters class seven, two postmasters class eight, six postmasters class
nme, seven postmasters class ten, one superimtenaent of mails class five,
one superintendent money -order division class six, one superintendent
registry division class six, one superintendent free-delivery division
class six, five clerks class seven, sixteen clerks class eight, twelve clerks
class nine, fifteen clerks class ten, ten clerks Class A, one clerk Class B,
one clerk Class C, four clerks Class D, three clerks Class E, eight clerks
Class F, ten clerks Class G, six clerks Class H. four clerks Class I,
fourteen employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each,
twenty cler^ in offices outside of Manila, not to exceed an aggregate
of six hundred dollars, compensation of postmasters appointed under
the provisions of sections three and four of Act Numbered One hun-
drea and eighty -one, not to exceed five thousand dollars, and for the
employment of substitutes in places of postmasters and others granted
leaves of absence, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars,
thirty-three thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including expenses of stamp agencies
in Manila, not to exceed two dollars per month each, rent.and lighting
of post-offices, furniture, supplies, and other incidental expenses, five
thousand five nundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Post-Offices, fifty-three thousand one hun-
dred dollars.
SIGNAL SEBYICE.
Construction and maintenance of telegraph, telephone, and cable
lines. Signal Service, nineteen hundred and three: For purchases and
services in connection with the construction and maintenance of tele-
graph, telephone, and cable lines in the Philippine Archipelago, and
for the hire of operators, linemen, messengers, machinists, and cable
employees,^ thirty thousand dollars.
The sum appropriated in Act Numbered Four hundred and fifteen,
mider the heaa of ^^Construction and maintenance of telegraph, tele-
phone, and cable lines. Signal Service, nineteen hundred and two,-" is
hereby made available for disbursement for the same purpose during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
BUEEAU OF PHILIPFINES OONSTABULABT.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three:
Three assistant chiefs at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each, one adjutant at one thousand eight hundred dollars
per annum, one pavmaster at one thousand eight nundred dollars per
annum, forty-five first-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of
fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, forty-five second-
class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of eleven thousand eight
hundred and twelve dollars and fiftv cents, fifty-six third-class inspec-
tors, not to exceed an aggregate of thirteen tnousand three hundred
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dollars, fifty-one fourth-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate
of ten thousand two hundred dollars, forty subinspectors at four hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, chief of the section of infor-
mation at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one armorer
and gunsmith at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class six,
two clerks class eight, three clerks class nine, seven clerks Class A,
two clerks Class C, two detectives Class D, one teamster Class D, two
clerks Class G, two clerks Oass H, two clerks Class I, two employees
at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, two employees at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, extm compensation
at two hundred dollars per annum each for forty supply officers, and
for pay of enlisted men of all grades and of laborers, not to exceed^ an
aggregate of one hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars, two hundred
and eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty -five dollars.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and two: For
increase in the salary of one clerk promoted from class nine to class
eight, from June first to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two,
sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, Philippines Constabulary,
nineteen hundred and three: For cloth, woolens, materials and manu-
facture of clothing, equipage, purchase, repair, and preservation of
arms, anununition, and eauipment, and for clothing allowance not
drawn in kind by enlisted men on discharge, forty-seven thousand
dollars.
Barracks and quarters, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For allowances for offices, guardhouses, and arsenals,
repairs to Government buildings and stables^ construction and hire of
buildings and stables, and for fuel and illummating supplies, eighteen
thousand five hundred dollars.
Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For transportation of officers and enlisted men, prisoners,
animals, supplies, for the pui*chase and hire of draught animals, har-
nesses, wagons, carts, ana so forth, for forage for animals, black-
smiths' tools, forges, and shoeing of animals, for the purchase and
hire of horses and horse equipments for mounted service, <or veteri-
nary attendance and supplies, for the subsistence of officers and
enlisted men while on campaign or traveling under orders, and for
expenses in the maintenance of the constabulary launch, including the
salaries and wages of captain and crew, fifty thousand dollars.
Secret-service fund, rhilippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For a contingent fund to be used for secret-service pur-
poses in the discretion of the Chief or Acting Chief, nine thousand
dollars.
Commissary stores, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For the purchase and transportation of commissary stores,
fifteen thousand dollars.
The amounts appropriated for the purchase of commissary stores
for the Bureau ot Philippines Constabulary in Acts Numbered Two
hundred and sixty-four, Three hundred and thirty. Three hundred
and eighty-nine, and Four hundred and six are hereby made available
for the purchase and transportation of commissary stores during the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and three; and all moneys derived from
the sale of the commissarv supplies shall revert to the appropriation
made or rendered available by this Act, and all deposits in the Treas-
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ury by the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary on this account shall
be as repayments to said appropriation and so credited on the books
of the Auditor.
Maintenance of Municipal Police, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen
hundred and three: For pay and expenses in the maintenance of the
Municipal Police during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and two and
nineteen hundred and three, five thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent exjjenses, including stationery, furniture, office
supplies, cablegrams, special messengers, post-office expenses, purchase
of perioaicals and professionals bool^, medical treatment and medicines
for officers and enlisted men, purchase from natives of serviceable rifles,
carbines, shotguns, and revolvers, and for per diems of five dollars for
the Chief and First Assistant Chief in lieu of all expenses except cost
of official transportation^ and to compensate them for all commutations
and allowances from which they are excluded as officers of the Army
by reason of their detail for civil duty; cost of transportation herein
provided being construed to include subsistence when the same is
induded in transportation by commercial steamship lines; and for other
incidental expenses, twelve thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, three hundred
and seventy-five thousand and one dollars and sixty-seven cents.
BUREAU OP PRISONS.
Salaries and wa^es. Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and three:
Warden at three thousand dollars per annum, two Assistant Wardens
at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum each, one physician
at two thousand dollars per annum, one clerk at one thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, seven clerks class nine,
one clerk Class A, four clerks Class D, ten clerks Class I, two chaplains
at three hundred dollars per annum each, five clerks Class J, one
employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, seventeen
guards at nine hundred dollars per annum each, two sergeants at three
hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, twenty-eight guards at two
hundred and forty dollars per annum each, extra allowance for disburs-
ing officer at two hundred dollars per annum, twelve thousand seven
hundred and sixty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including subsistence of prisoners,
medicines, and supplies, support of civil prisoners in Lingayen ana
San Isidro Prisons prior to the transference of such prisons to the
provinces to which tney belong, including the payment of employees
m such prisons, electric lighting, oil, forage for horses, burial of
deceased prisoners, reimbursement to prisoners of earnings as hired
laborers outside of the prison prior to American occupation, clothing
for prisoners, and other incidental expenses, thirty thousana and sev-
enty-four dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Prisons, forty- two thousand eight hundred
and thirty-nine dollars.
OFFICE OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE PORT.
Salaries and wages. Office of the Captain of the Port, nineteen hun-
dred and three: mrbor Master at two thousand five hundred dollars
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per annum, Inspector of Boilers at two thousand two hundred and
nf ty dollars per annum. Inspector of Hulls at two thousand doUais
per annum, one clerk class nine, three clerks Class I, two thousand
two hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
Ck)ntingent expenses, Office of the Captain of the Port, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including supplies, pur-
chase of testing machines, advertising, and other incidental expenaes,
four hundred dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Captain of the Port, two thousand six
hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
BUBEAU OP COAST GUARD AND TBANSPOBTATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: One clerk class five, one clerk class six,
one clerk class seven, three clerks class eight, two clerks class nine,
two clerks Class A, one storekeeper class A, one assistant storekeeper
Class F, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum,
five employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, extra
allowance tor disbursing clerk at two hundred dollars per annum, four
thousand and seventy -seven dollars and fifty cents.
Light- House Service, Bureau of Coast (juard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For the expenses of the Light-House
Service, including construction of light-houses, salaries and wages of
keepers, boatmen, messengers, and laborers, supplies, repairs, buoy-
age, and other incidental expenses, thirty-four thousand dollars.
The construction of light-nouses shall be under the direction of the
Chief of the Bureau.
Light-House Service, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For the expenses of the Light-House
Service, including salaries and wages of keepers, messengers and
laborers, supplies, buoyage, and other incidental expenses during the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, six thousand eight hundred
dollars.
Launches, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, nineteen
hundred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of launches and
steamers, including salaries and wages of captains, engineers, crews,
and laborers, repairs and outfits^ rations, coal, oil, and including the
purchase of one launch for the Light-House Service and repairs to the
same, not to exceed forty-one ^ousand five hundred dollars local
currency, and of one stern-wheel steamer for the Bureau of Philippines
Constabulary, not to exceed twenty-eight thousand dollars local cur-
rency, forty-nine thousand and fifteen dollars and eigh^ cents.
Construction of Vessels, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For contract payments on ten Class A
steamers and on five Class B steamers, for changes in specifications,
supplies, salaries, and expenses of inspectors supervising the construc-
tion of such steamers, for the purchase of spare parts of machinery
and for aimament, two bundrea and fifty thousand one hundred and
sixty-nine dollars and twenty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen nundred and three: For contingent expenses, including sup-
plies, advertising, and per diems of three dollars and fifty cents for
the Superintendent in charge of the construction of light-houses, and
so fortn, in lieu of all expenses except cost of official transportation
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and subsistence, when the same is included in transportation by com-
mercial steamship lines, and per diems of five dollars each for the
Chief of the Bureau, the Superintendent of Li^ht-Houses, Buoys,
and so forth, and the Superintendent of the Division of CJonstruction,
Maintenance, and Operation of Vessels, in lieu of all expenses except
cost of official transportation, and to compensate them for all commu-
tations and allowances from which they are excluded as officers of the
Navy by reason of their detail for civil duty, cost of transportation
herein provided being construed to include subsistence when the same
ia included in transportation by commercial steamship lines, and for
other incidental expenses, two thousand one hundred and two dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, three
hundred and forty-six thousand one hundred and sixty -four dollars
and fifty cents.
BUREAU OP C50A8T AND GEODETIG SURVEY.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For salaries and wages, one thousand four
hundred dollars.
Expenses of steamers. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of steamers
engaged in survey work, including salaries and wages of officers and
crews, rations, supplies, coal, repairs, and other incidental expenses,
six thousand two hundred dollars.
Field expenses. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nineteen
hundred and three: For field expenses, including pay of observers,
foremen, recorders in the field, and other incidental expenses, four
thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two hundred and
fifty dollars.
Li all, for the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, twelve thou-
sand three hundred and fifty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
OFFICE OF THE SEOBETABY.
^ Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Ilnance and Justice, at ten
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eignt, two
thousand nine hundred and seventy -five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies, furniture, and other incidentfu expenses, one hundred and
twenty aoUars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, three
thousand and ninety-five dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAB TBEASUBEB.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Treasurer at six thousand dollars per annum, Cashier
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at three thousand dollars per annum, three clerks class three, three
clerks class four, two clerks class five, five clerks class six, one clerk
class seven,' two clerks class eight, five clerks class nine, one clerk at
seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, one clerk Class C, four
clerks Class D, one clerk Class H, two clerks Class I, one clerk Class
J, one employee at two hundred and ten dollars per annum, extra allow-
ance for aisbursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum, thirteen
thousand and thirty -two dollars and fifty cents.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of oflScers
and employees, per diems for deputies and examiners in official travel
in connection with the examination of accounts as provided in Act
Numbered Three hundred and fifty-eight, and for the transfer of funds
to and from the provinces, two thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Ti-easurer, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including payment of pre-
miums on bonds to the Union. Surety and Guaranty Company for the
fiscal years nineteen hundred and two and nineteen hundred and three,
and the rebate of unearned premiums when bonds have been cancelea
or transferred during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, not
to exceed eight thousand dollars, stationery, office supplies, and other
incidental expenses, ten thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, twenty -five thousand
and thirty -two dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR AUDFTOR.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hundred
and three: Auditor at six thousand dollars per annum. Deputy Auditor
at four thousand dollars per annum. Chief Clerk at two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nine clerks class five, eight clerks
class six, five clerks class seven, nine clerks class eight, ten clerks class
nine, six clerks class ten, four clerks Class A, two clerks Class B, two
clerks Class C, two clerks Class D, two clerks Class E, two clerks Class
F, two clerks Class 1, four employees at one hundred and fifty dollars
Ser annum each, extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred
ollars per annum, twenty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-two
dollars and fifty cents.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees and per diems of officers and employees in official travel
in connection with the examination of accounts as provided in Act
Numbered Three hundred and fiftv-eight, one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including stationery, and
other incidental expenses, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Audit6r, twenty-five thousand
four hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OP CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: Collector of Customs at six thousand dollars per
annum. Deputy Collector of Customs at four thousand dollars per
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annum, two additional deputy collectoi*s of customs at ttiree thousand
dollars per annum each, surveyor of customs at four thousand dollars
per annum, deputy surveyor of customs class two.
Office of the Collector of Customs:
One clerk class seven, two clerks class eight
Office of the Deputy Collector of Customs:
One clerk class seven, one clerk class nine.
Office of the Survevor of Customs:
One admeasurer class three, one clerk class seven, one clerk class
eieht, three clerks Class F.
Division of Insular Customs Accounts:
Disbursing Officer class five, one clerk class nine, one clerk class
ten. one clerk Class H, three clerks Class J, one employee at ninety
dollars per annum.
Correspondence Division:
One clerk class six, three clerks class seven, three clerks class eight,
three clerks class nine, five clerks Class A, one clerk Class C, one clerk
Class F, two employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum
each, two employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each.
Board of Protests and Appeals:
One clerk class four, two clerks class nine.
Cashier's Division:
Cashier class one, Assistant Cashier class five^ one teller class ten,
one clerk class ten, three clerks Class A, three clerks Class F, two
employees at ninety dollars per anniun each.
Appraiser's Division:
Appraiser of textiles class three, three appraisers class five, four
examiners class seven, four examiners class eight, twelve examiners
class nine, twenty examiners class ten, nine employees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars
per annum each.
Importation, Exportation, and Navigation Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, one liquidator
class eight, one clerk class eight, two clerks class nine, three clerks
class ten, two clerks Class A, two clerks Class D, three clerks Class I,
two employees at ninety dollars per annum each.
Liquidation Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class eight, two liquidators
class nine, two liquidatorsclass ten, one liquidator Class A, two liqui-
dators Class D, two liquidators Class F, two employees at ninety
dollars per annum each.
Inspector's Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, two inspectors
class eight, two inspectors clajss nine, two inspectors class ten, twenty-
six inspectors Class A, four weighers Class F, twenty guards Class I,
twelve weighers Class J, sixty guards Class J.
General Order Stores and Bonded Warehouse Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class seven, one clerk class ten,
seventeen storekeepers Class A, two clerks Class A, seven clerks
Class I, fifteen clerks Class J, twenty -five employees at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each, seventeen employees at one hun-
dr^ and twenty aoUars per annum each, two employees at ninety
dollars per annum each.
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Consular and Statistical Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, two clerks class
nine, four clerks class ten, six clerks Class A, two clerks Class F, four
clerks Class J, one employee at ninety dollars per annum.
Immigration Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, one immiCTation
inspector class eight, two immigration inspectors class nine, one Chinese
interpreter Class D, one employee Class J, two employees at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each, one employee at ninety dollars
per annum.
Passenger and Baggage Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class eight, two baggage inspec-
tors class ten, two baggage inspectors Class A, one interpreter Class D,
four employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annimi each.
Harbor Launch Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class eight, one clerk class nine,
two launch inspectors Class A, one patron Class D, three launch
inspectors Class J, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, six employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, ten employees Class F, two employees Class 1, eleven emplovees
at two hundred doUars-per annum each, twenty employees at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Division of Special Agents:
One special agei)t class three, two special agents class four, one
special agent class six, one special agent at ten dollars per day, salaries
and expenses of secret agents not to exceed five hundred dollars per
month.
Superintendent of Buildings:
One superintendent Class A, two night watchmen Class C, one janitor
Class I, ioui*teen employees at one nundred and twenty dollars per
annum each.
lloilo Custom -House:
Collector of Customs at four thousand dollars per annum. Deputy
Collector of Customs class four, Surveyor of Customs class six, one
clerk class six, one appraiser of merchandise class seven, two clerks
class eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten, four clerks Class
A, three inspectors Class A, three clerks Class D, one inspector Class F,
one engineer Class F, one harbor policeman Class G, one engineer
Class H, four employees Class I, fifteen employees Class J, three
employees at one nundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, two em-
ployees at one hundred and thirty-five dollars per annum each, one
employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, two employees
at one hundred and eight dollars per annum each, two employees at
ninety dollars per annum each.
Cebu Custom-House:
. Collector of Customs at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, Deputy Collector of Customs class five, Surveyor of Customs
class six, one clerk class six, one appraiser of merchanaise class seven,
one clerk class eight, one examiner class eight, one inspector class ten,
one inspector Class A, two clerks Class A, one clerk Class D, one clerk
Class F, two employees Class G, three employees Class H, eighteen
employees Class J, three employees at one hundred and eighty dollars
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per annum each, two employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, emergency employees not to exceed an aggregate of ten
dollars per month.
Jolo Custom-House:
Collector of Customs class three, one examiner class eight, one clerk
class eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class 1,
six employees Class J, two employees at ninety dollars per annum
each, one employee at seventy-two dollars per annum.
Zamboanga Custom-House:
Collector of Customs class ^ve, one examiner class eight, one clerk
class nine, one clerk Class A. one clerk Class I, five guards Class J,
two employees at ninety dollars per annum each, four employees at
seventy-two dollars per annum each.
Aparri Custom-House:
One Acting Collector of Customs class six, one clerk Class D, four
employees at seventy-two dollars per annum each.
Interior ports:
Twenty coast district inspectors class eight, ten deputy coast district
inspectors Class A, twenty-five clerks Class I, allowance to eighty
presidentes performing duties as inspectors of customs not to exceed
one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, claries and wages of
boat crews not to exceed one thousand one hundi*ed dollars.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and thirteen thousand
eight hundred and eighty -one dollars.
xransportation. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hun-
dred ana ihree: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees and the transportation of supplies, two thousand
and forty -seven dollars and fifty cents.
Revenue launches. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For the maintenance and expenses of launches and
revenue cutters, including salaries and wages of officers and crews,
supplies, fuel and repairs for the same, twenty-one thousand and sixty-
six dollars and twenty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Customs and Inunigration, nineten
hundred and three: For contingent expenses throughout the Archi-
pelago, including stationery, office supplies, cart and coolie hire, I'ent
of custom-houses, repairs to boathouses, boarding boats, and for the
Eayment of awaras to informers under the provisions of section three
imdred and fortv-eight Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five,
ten thousand five nundred and three dollars and eleven cents.
The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized to pay the salaries during the fourth quarter of the fiscal
iear nineteen hundred and two, of the crews of three customs
lunches purchased in Hongkong out of funds appropriated for "Sal-
aries and wages. Bureau of Customs and Inunigration, nineteen hun-
dred and two;" and he is further authorized to pay the expenses of
transportation of the crews of the above launcnes from Manila to
Hon^ong during the same period from '* Contingent expenses,
Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and two."
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Inmiigration, one hundred
and forty-seven thousand four hundred and ninety-seven dollars and
eighty-one cents.
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BUREAU OP INTERNAL REVENUE.
Salaries and wa^es, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three: For salaries and wages, five hundred and eighty-seven dol-
lars and seventy-five cents.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and two: For salaries and wages for the second and fourth quarters
of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, eight hundred ana thirty-
four dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hun-
dred ana three: For contingent expenses, including rents, office
supplies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, one hundml and
twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, one thousand five hun-
dred and forty -eight dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OP THE INSULAR COLD STOARGE AND lOE PLANT.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Ck)ld Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and three:
Office force and sales department:
One clerk class five, two clerks class six, two clerks class seven, four
clerks class eight, one clerk class nine, two clerks Class B, thi-ee clerks
Class C, two clerks Class D, two clerks Class F, two clerks Class H,
two clerks Class I, extra allowance for disbursing clerk at two hun-
dred dollars per annum.
Engineering and manufacturing cold storage department:
One chief engineer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant engineer class five, one assistant engineer class six, one
assistant engineer class seven, one electrician class seven, one machinist
class seven, one overseer cold storage class nine, one assistant overseer
cold storage class ten, one oiler class ten, one fireman class ten, one
assistant machinist class ten, two firemen at nine hundred and sixty
dollars per annum each, one oiler Class A, one assistant machinist Class
A, one pipe fitter Class A, one oiler Class B, one fireman Class B^ one
oiler at seven hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one electrician
Class C, one elevator man Class F, one assistant machinist Class G,
one elevator man Class H, four wipers Class J, four coal passers and
assistant firemen Class J, one elevator man Class J, one assistant over-
seer cold storage Class J, three ice tank and storage men Class J, four
wipers at two hundred and four dollars per annum each, four coal
passers and assistant firemen at two hundred and four dollars per
annum each, fourteen laborers at one hundred and ninety -two dollars
per annum each, six wipers at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each, four coal passers and assistant firemen at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each, eighteen ice tank and storage men
at one nundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Land transportation department:
One overseer class nine, one blacksmith class nine, one wheelwright
class ten, one teamster Class A, one teamster Class B, ten teamsters at
seven hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, four teamsters Class
C, one saddler Class D, one blacksmith's helper Class H, one black-
smith's helper Class J. twenty stablemen at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum eacn.
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.Maintenance and care of buildings and grounds:
One house carpenter class nine, one storekeeper at one thousand
and fifty dollars per annum, one assistant house carpenter cla^ ten,
two overseers class ten, four watchmen at seven hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each, two watchmen Class C, one house painter
Class D, two carpenters Class F, two laborers Class H, two painters
Class I, four laborers Class J, two assistant overseers Class J, one
assistant storekeeper at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum,
six laborers at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum each, ten
laborers at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two store
boys at one himdred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Total for salaries and wages, twenty-four thousand eight hundred
and twenty dollars and fifty cents.
Salaries and wages. Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant, nineteen
hundred and two: For extra allowance for disbursing* officer at two
hundred dollars per annum, from Januarv first to June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and two, one hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including
office supplies, coal, forage, expenses in the care and maintenance of
buildings, machinery, electrical supplies, land transportation, commu-
tation of quarters at twenty-four dollars per month for the chief engi-
neer, per aiems of five dollars for the oflScer in charge of the Insular
Cold Storage and Ice Plant in lieu of all expenses, except cost of
official transportation, and to compensate him for all conmiutations
and allowances from which he is excluded as an officer of the Army
by reason of his detail for civil duty; cost of transportation herein
provided being construed to include subsistence when the same is
mcluded in transportation by conmiercial steamship lines; and for
other incidental expenses, fiftjr-three thousand nine hundred and
twenty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents.
The payment of commutation of quarters to the Chief Engineer at
twenty -four dollars per month from June twenty-third, nineteen hun-
dred and one, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, is hereby
authorized out of any funds appropriated for the Insular Cold Storage
and Ice Plant for the periods mentioned.
Section five of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifteen is amended
so as to read as follows: ''The Cashier shall receive, and is authorized
to give receipts for. all moneys as collected and paid in for cold stor-
age, ice, or aistillea water, or other products of the plant, and inake
weekly deposit of them with the Insular Treasurer, to the credit of
the Supermtendent of the plant."
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant,
seventy -eight thousand eight hundred and forty- nine dollars and
eighteen cents.
BUKEAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
Supreme Court:
Chief Justice at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
six Associate Justices at seven thousand dollars per annum each, one
clerk of the court at three thousand 'dollars per annum, two duputy
clerks at two thousand dollars per annum each, one reporter at one
tlKKtsand dollars per annum, one employee class six, two employees
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class seven, one employee class nine, two employees Class E, five
employees Class H, six employees Class J. five employees at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each.
Court of First Instance, Manila:
Three judges at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum each,
one clerk at two thousand dollars per annum, two assistant clerks at
one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each, one duputy clerk at
nine hundred dollars per annum, four employees class seven, two
employers class eight, two employees class nine, seven employees
Class H, five employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, Chinese ana Japanese interpreters, not to exceed an aggregate of
sixty dollars.
Courts of First Instance, First District:
One judge at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, llocos Norte, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk,
Cagayan, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Isabela, at
seven hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Nueva Vizcaya, at four
hundred dollars per annum, one employee class nine, one employee
Class D, four employees Class J, four employees at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Second District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, llocos
Sur, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Abra, at seven
hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Lepanto-Bontoc, at five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one assistant clerk at four hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, one employee Class D, one emplovee at four hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum, six employees Class J, four employees
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Third District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk. Union
and Benguet, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Pangasi-
nan, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, ZsLsn-
bales, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one assistant clerk at three
hundred and sixty dollars per annum, one emplovee class eight, one
employee class nine, one employee at one hundrea and eighty dollars
per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Fourth District:
One judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, Tarkc, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one cierk, Pampanga,
at one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Nueva Ecija, at nine
hundred dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Pampanga, at three
hundred dollars per annum, one emplovee at one thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one employee Class D, two employees Class J,
four employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, three
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fifth District:
One juc^e, at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Bulacan,
at one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Bataan, at eight hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Kizal, at nine hundred dollars per annum,
one employee Class G, one employee Class J, five employees at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, three employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Listance, oixth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Laguna, at
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niae hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Cavite, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Tayabas, at nine hundred dollars per
annum, one deputy clerk, Tayabas, at five hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant clerk, La^na, at six hundred dollars per annum, one
employee Class C, one employee Class F, one employee Class H, one
employee Class I, five employees Class J, four employees at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Seventh District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Batangas,
at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Marinduque,
at seven humired dollars per annum, one clerk, Mindoro, at eight hun-
dred dollars per annum, one employee Class D, two employees Class J,
one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, four
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
(Jourts of First Instance, Eighth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Sorsogon,
at eiffht hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Ambos Camarines, at
nine nundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Masbate, at four hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Albay and Catanduanes, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one employee class nine, three employees Class J,
two employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, one
employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Ninth District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Romblon,
at five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Capiz, at nine hundred
, dollars per annum, one clerk, Iloilo, at one thousand two hundred dol-
lars per annum, one emplovee class ten, one employee Class D, two
employees Class J, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, three employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, five employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, two employees at ninetv dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District:
One jud^e at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk. Antique, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk. Occi-
dental Negros, at one thousand one hunared dollars per annum, one
clerk, Oriental Negros, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one em-
ployee Class D, two employees Class J, three employees at one hundred
ana eighty dollars per annum each, one employee at one hundred and
forty-four dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum, one emplovee at ninety dollars per annum.
Courte of First Instance, Eleventh District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Cebu, at
one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Bohol, at one
thousand dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Cebu (Barili), at six
hundred dollars per annum, one employee Class C, one employ ee Class
D, two employees Class H, three employees Class J, one employee at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, two employees at sixty
dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Twelfth District:
One Judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, l^amar. at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Leyte, at
one thousana dollars per annum, one clerk, Surigao, at eight hundred
dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Leyte (Maasin), at five hundred
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dollars per annum, one 'employee Class D, four employees Class J, four
• employees at one nundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Misamis,
at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Zamboanga, and so fortti,
at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, five deputy clerks for
the district at two hundred dollars per annum each, one &9cal at one
thousand two hundred dollars pjer annum, one employee at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum, six employees at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk at nine
hundred dollars per annum, four deputy clerks at two hundred dollars
per annum each, one fiscal at one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum.
Special court for the Island of Negros for the months of July and
August:
One judge at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk at one thousand dollars per annum, one employee class nine, one
employee Class D, three employees Class J, two employees at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, one employee at one hundred
and forty -four dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum.
Court of Customs Appeals:
One judge at four tnousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
employee class six, one employee class seven, one employee at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum.
Office of the Attorney-General:
Attorney-General at seven thousand dollars per annum, Solicitor-
General at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Assistant
Attorney -General at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant lawyer at three thousand dollars per annum, one assistant
lawyer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, two assistant
lawyers at one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each, one super-
visor of fiscals at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk at two
thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one disbursing officer class
five, one employee class five, one employee class seven, four employees
class eight, one employee class nine, one employee Class F, two em-
ployees Class G, one employee Class J, one employee at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum.
Total for salaries and wages, seventy-four thousand seven hundred
and sixty-five dollars.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and two:
Court of First Instance, Manila:
One judge at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum, from
March first to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.
Courts of First Instance, Second District:
For the salary of Doroteo Alviar while acting us clerk of the Court
of First Instance in the Province of Ilocos Sur, from July first to
August sixth, nineteen hundred and one, inclusive, at one hundred and
twenty dollars local currency per month.
Courts of First Instance, Fourth District:
One deputy clerk, Pampanga, at three hundred dollars per annum,
from June first to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ana two, one
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employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, from June first
to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.
Special Court for the Island of Negros:
Increase in the salary of the clerk from eight hundred dollars per
annum to one thousand dollars per annum, from January first to June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.
Total for salaries and wages for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
two, two thousand and forty dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of judges, employees of
ttie courts, and of the office of the Attorney -General, two thousand
five hundred dollars.
Continent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses^ including sheriffs' fees, rent of buildings
occupied as court rooms m imorganized territory, supplies, indexing
archives of the Supreme Court, not to exceed four thousand eight
hundred dollars local currency, per diem allowances of four dollars to
judges of tJie Courts of First Instance while absent from their districts
on duty in Manila, and of one dollar and fifty cents per day each for
the judges, clerks, and fiscals of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Judi-
cial Districts, under the provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred,
wad of two dollars per oay for Lieutenant Grant T. Trent while on
detail with the Bureau of Justice, in lieu of all expenses, except cost
of official transportation, and to compensate him for all commutations
and allowances from which he is excluded as an officer of the Army by
reason of his detail for civil duty; cost of transportation herein pro-
vided for being construed to include subsistence when the same is
ioduded in transportation by commercial steamship lines; and for
other incidental expenses, seven thousand two hundred and eighty
dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and two:
For per mems of four dollars and seventy-five cents for J. J. Gilmore
while acting as interpreter for the acting supervisor of fiscals in the
Province of Tayabas, said amount to include salary and all expenses,
except cost of official transportation, and for the traveling expenses of
B. S. Ambler^ judge of the Court of First Instance, Manila, for him-
self and family from Salem, Ohio, to Manila, seven hundred and
' twenty -seven dollars and fifty cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, eighty -seven thousand three hun-
dred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretarv of Public Instruction,
Dmeteen hundred and three: Secretary of Public Instruction at ten
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, two
thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
nineteen liundrea and three: Contingent expenses, including office
supplies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, one hundred and
twenty aollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction, three
thousand and ninety-five dollars.
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BUREAU OP PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Salaries and waffes, Bureau of Public Instruction, nineteen hundred
and three: General Superintendent at six thousand dollars per annum,
one clerk class four, two clerks class five, three clerks class seven, five
clerks class eight, six clerks class nine, four clerks class ten, one clerk
Class A, four employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, eight employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, wa^es of laborers handling supplies, not to exceed five hundred
dollars, eighteen division supermtendents, not to exceed an aggregate
of eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, nine hundred ele-
mentary teachers not to exceed an aggregate of two hundred and sev-
enty thousand dollars, forty secondary teachers not to exceed an aggre-
gate of sixteen thousand dollars, night school-teachers at one dollar
and fifty cents per night, teachers and employees in the Nautical
School, as follows: One instructor at one thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, three instructors at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum each, one instructor at six hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, one instructor at six hundred dollars per annum, one instructor
at five hundred dollars per annum, one employee at three hundred and
sixty dollars per annum, two employees at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each, one principal. Normal School, Manila, at dree
thousand dollars per annum, one special teacher in the Normal School,
Manila, at two thousand dollars per annum, one principal of the Trade
School, Manila, at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one
special teacher in the Trade School, Manila, at two tnousand dollars
per annum, one superintendent of the Agricultural School, Negros, at
three thousand dollars per annum, one special teacher in the Agricul-
tural School, Negros, at one thousand six hundred dollars per annum;
total for salaries and wages, three hundred and twelve thousand five •
hundred and seventy dollars.
The General Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby author-
ized to pay, out of any funds appropriated for salaries of teachers
under Acts Numbered Three hundred and thirty and Three hundred
and eighty-nine, the salaries of teachers during the first and second
Quarters of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, not exceeding
nve thousand five hundred dollars, and the salaries of the following
employees during the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and two:
Normal School, in Manila: Principal at three thousand dollars per
annum, special teacher at two thousand dollars per annum.
Trade School, in Manila: Principal at two tnousand four hundred
dollars per annum, special teacher at two thousand dollars per annum.
Agricultural School, Negros: Superintendent at three thousand
dollars per annum, special teacher at one thousand six hundred dollars
per annum.
Transportation, Bureau of Public Instruction, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of the
General Superintendent, division superintendents, employees of the
Bureau, and of teachers from the United States to their stations, five
thousand dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Public Instruction, nineteen hundred
and one: For actual and necessary traveling expenses of the General
Superintendent, division superintendents, and employees of the
I^WS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 83
Bureau and teachers from the United i^tates to their station, during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred dollan^.
School furniture and supplies, Bureau of Public Instruction, nine-
teen hundred and three: For school furniture, school books, and sup-
plies, including transportation, expenses of storage and packing, and
shipment of the same, twenty-five thousand dollars.
School furniture and supplies. Bureau of Public Instruction, nine-
teen hundred and one: For school furniture, school books, and sup-
plies, including transportation of the same, during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and one, five hundred dollars.
School furniture and supplies. Bureau of Public Instruction, nine-
teen hundred and two: For school furniture, school books, and sup-
plies, including transportation and storage of the same during the
nscal year nineteen hundred and two, the funds having already been
appropriated for this purpose, but having been erroneously turned
back into the Treasury and rendered unavailable for withdrawal, one
hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and
fifty -seven cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Instruction, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including the salaries and
expenses of the Superior Advisory Board, office supplies, stationery
for the General Superintendent and division superintendents, not to
exceed one thousand dollars, rent of buildings and storehouses, main-
tenance of pupils at Industrial School, Benguet, per diems of five
dollars for tne officer in charge of the !Nauti(^ School in lieu of all
expenses, except cost of official transportation, and to compensate him
for all commutations and allowances from which he is excluded as
an officer of the Navy by reason of his detail for civil duty; cost of
transportation herein provided being construed to include subsistence
when tiie same is included in transportation by commercial steamship
lines; tod for other incidental expenses, three thousand three hundred
and fiftv dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Instruction, four hundred and sixty-
three thousand three hundred and six dollars and fifty-seven cents.
The detail or assi^ment of any teacher to perform clerical duties
in an^ branch or division of the Bureau of Public Instruction is hereby
prohibited.
No night school shall be maintained either in the city of Manila or
elsewhere at the public expense in which the average attendance is
not at least twenty-five pupils over the age of fourteen years.
BUBEAU OF PUBLIC PBINTING.
Salaries and wages^ Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: Public Pnnter at three thousand five nundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class four, four clerks class five, four clerks class
six, five clerks class seven, one clerk class eight, two clerks class nine,
two watchmen Class D, two employees at one hundred and fiftv dol-
lars per annum each, and for temporary, clerical, technical, ana pro-
fessional emplovees, skilled and unskilled laborers, and cai*penters,
masons, and so forth, not to exceed twenty-four thousand one hundred
and nine doUars, ana for contingent work, night work, and overtime
ay, not to exceed five thousand dollars, thirty-seven thousand six
ondred and seventy-one dollars and fifty cents.
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34 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPIlfB COMMISSION.
Transportation, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred and
three: For lij^hterage and land transportation of material and supplies
from the United States, and transfer of supplies now in rented ware-
houses to main building, two thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including material, supplies,
rents, repairs to machinery, stationery, furniture, oflSce equipment,
and hire of vehicles for employees on official business when such vehi-
cles can not be provided by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to
exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, and for other incidental expenses,
twenty-two thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars.
In all. for the Bureau of Public Printing, sixty -two thousand three
hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty cents.
The following Bureaus are authorized to order from the Bureau of
Public Printing such printing and binding as may be approved by the
Civil Governor or by the heSd of the Executive Department to which
they respectively belong, not exceeding in cost the amounts set oppo-
site the names of the respective Bureaus:
United States Philippine Commission, three thousand dollars;
Executive Bureau, five hundred dollars;
Philippine Civil Service Board, two hundred dollars;
Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, one thousand dollars;
Board of Health for the Philippines, two thousand five hundred
dollars;
Quarantine Service, two hundred dollars;
orestry Bureau, four hundred and fifty dollars;
Mining Bureau, two hundred and^fty dollars;
Philippine Weather Bureau, one thousand dollars;
Bureau of Public Liands, twenty-five dollars;
Bureau of Agriculture, three hundred dollars;
Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, fifty dollars;
Bureau of Government Laboratories, five hundred dollars;
Philippine Civil Hospital, seventy-five dollars;
Bureau of Post-Offices, one thousand five hundred dollars;
Signal Service, three hundred dollars;
Philippines Constabularv, three thousand dollars;
Bureau of Prisons, one hundred dollars;
Office of the Captain of the Port, two hundred dollars;
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, two hundred dollars;
Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, two hundred and fifty dol-
lars;
Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, eighteen thousand dollars;
Bureau of the Insular Auditor, seven hundred and fifty dollars;
Bureau of Customs and Immigration, four thousand five hundred
dollars;
Bureau of Internal Revenue, five hundred and twenty dollars;
Bureau of Justice, three hundred dollars;
Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant, eight hundred dollars;
Bureau of Public Instruction, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings, one
hundred and fifty dollars;
Bureau of Archives, one hundred dollars;
Bureau of Statistics, one hundred and fifty dollars;
Philippine Museum, forty dollars;
City of Manila, three thousand six hundred and fifty aoUars.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPIirE COMMISSION. 35
BITREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS*
Salaries and wa^, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: Chief of Bureau at four
thousand dollars per annum, Superintendent of Construction class six,
two clerks dass seven, five clerks class eight, three clerks class nine,
two clerks Class G, three clerks Class H, one employee at two hun-
dred and ten dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, fiVe thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For the actual and necessary
traveling expenses of oflicers and employees and for the hire of
vehicles on official business in Manila when the same can not be fur-
nished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Maintenance of public buildings, Bureau of Architecture and Con-
struction of Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For main-
tenance, repairs, and construction of the following public buildings,
not exceeding in cost the amounts set opposite the names of the respec-
tive buildings:
Government Laboratory, ten thousand two hundred dollars;
Treasury vaults, sixteen thousand four hundred dollars;
Central Exposition Building, four thousand dollars;
Building for the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant, thirteen thou-
sand eight hundred dollars;
Custom-House, seventy -eight thousand one hundred and one dollars
and thirty -two cents;
Casemates in the city wall for the Constabulary and buildings for the
Constabulary, two thousand one hundred dollars;
Buildings for the Bureau of Agriculture, one thousand four hundred
and fifty dollars;
Semaphore signal station for Captain of the Port, eight hundred
dollars;
Repairs to furniture and buildings, MalacaSan Palace, one thousand
one hundred and fifty dollars;
Storeroom and offices for the Bureau of Architecture and Construc-
tion of Public Buildings, eight thousand dollars;
Storehouse and testing rooms, for Forestry Bureau, three hundred
dollars;
Shed for warehouse for Insular Purchasing Agent, four hundred
dollars;
Extension to Sanitarium at Benguet, including construction of roads
and dam, four thousand five hundred dollars;
Storehouse for Bureau of Public Instruction, one hundred dollars;
Philippine Civil Hospital, one thousand one hundred dollars;
Intendencia Building, one hundred and thirty dollars;
Buildings for Board of Health, two thousand five hundred and
twenty-five dollars;
Building supplies and skilled and unskilled laborers for small jobs,
twenty-seven thousand dollars.
In all, for maintenance, repairs, and construction of public build-
ing, one hundred and seventy-two thousand and fifty -six dollars and
tiurty-two cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent
36 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
expenses, including office supplies, books, drawing instruments, adver-
tising, and other incidental expenses, one thousand and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, one hundred and seventy -eight thousand seven hundred and
twenty -six dollars and thirty-two cents.
BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class seven, two clerks class nine, two clerks Class
F, two clerks Class H, one clerk Class I, three clerks Class J, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, two thou-
sand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, one hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Archives, two thousand four hundred and
seventy-five dollars.
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and three:
One clerk class eight, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, two hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Statistics, five hundred and eighty -seven
dollars and fifty cents.
PHILIPPINE MUSEUM.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Museum, nineteen hundred and three:
One clerk class eight, three nundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Museum, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including expense of collecting objects
illustratingthe ethnology, natural history, and commerce of uie Phil-
ippine Islands, caring for and preserving these objects, and other
incidental expenses, one thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Museum, two thousand three hundred and
ten dollars.
AMERICAN CIRCULATING LIBRARY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and three: Librarian at one thousand two hundred aollars
per annum, three hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, American Circulating Library of Manila,
nineteen hundred and three: For rent of library building at one hun-
dred dollars per month, three hundred dollars.
In all, for the American Circulating Libraiy of Manila, six hundred
dollars.
LAWS OF UNTITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 37
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INTENDENCIA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and three: Superintendent at two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, six laborers at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, two hundred and eighty dollars.
Contingent expenses, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen nundrea and three: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of supplies, additional electric ins^llation, and other incidental
expenses, four hundred and fifty-five dollars.
In all, for the superintendent of the Intendencia Building, seven
hundred and thirty-five dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, ISABELA DE BASILAN.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nineteen
hundred and three: One clerk Class D, one clerk at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum, one launch captain at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, one boatswain and one chief engineer at
four hundred ana eighty dollars per annum each, one assistant engineer
at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum, one quartermaster at
one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, three firemen at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each, four sailors at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, one thousand one hundred and seven-
teen aollars ana fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including rations of
captain and crew of the launch '* Basilan," rent, repairs, supplies, coal
for launch "Basilan," repairs to bridge between Isabela and Tabuc,
not to exceed one thousand dollars, and other incidental expenses, one
thousand nine hundred and forty -six dollars and fifty cents.
In aU, for the district conunander, Isabela de Basilan, three thousand
and sixty-four dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, POLLOK, MINDANAO.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nineteen
hundred and three: One clerk at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum, one medical officer at one hundred and eignty dollars per
annum, one teacher at one hundred and eight dollars per annum, one
teacher at ninety dollars per annum, one hundred and thirty-nine
dollars and fifty cents.
Continfi'ent expenses, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nine-
teen hundred ana three: For contingent expenses, including lighting
of offices, subsistence of prisoners, and other incidental expenses,
seventy-eight dollars.
In all, for the district commander of Pollok, Mindanao, two hun-
dred and seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
38 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENGUET.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, includ-
ing the repair of the road from Naguilian to Baguio, not to exceed
seven hunared and fifty dollars, two thousand five hundred and thiT-
teen dollars and fifty cents.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
For salaries and wages authorized by Act Numbered Four hundred
and ten organizing the provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, and
for general provincial expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
For salaries and wages authorized by Acts Numbered Three hun-
dred and thirty -seven and Three hundred and eighty -eight and for
general provincial expenses, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Pay of iniei*preters. Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen hundred and three: For the pay of interpreters in
unorganized territory on civil business, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
Sines, nineteen hundred and three: For subsidies authorized by the
iates Treaty, at four hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents per
month, salary of the United States representative at Caga^an de Jolo,
at thirty-two dollars and fifty cents per month, construction of wharf
at Iligan not to exceed four thousana seven hundred and fifty dollars,
repairing wharf at Siassi not to exceed four hundred dollars, repair-
ing schoolhouse at Puerta Princesa not to exceed two hundred and
seventy dollars and seventy-five cents, construction of wharves at Jolo
and Parang-Parang, including the hire of draftsmen, divers and other
incidental expenses in the above work not to exc^ied twenty thousand
five hundred dollai's local currency, fifteen thousand seven hundred
and fifty -five dollars.
The amount appropriated in Act Numbered Three hundred and
eleven, under the neaa of ''Contingent expenses. Chief Quartermaster,
Division of the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," is hereby
made available for the construction and repair of the roads mentioned
in that appropriatian and of the roads mentioned in Acts Numbered
Three hundred and eightv-nine and Four hundred and fifteen amend-
ing such appropriation, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
three.
In all, for the Chief Quailermaster, Division of {he Philippines,
seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars.
LAWS OF CJiaTED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 39
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sums, or so much thereof as may be found to be due
on settlement of the respective claims by the Auditor, are hereby
appropriated for the purposes specified:
For Prudencia Garcia, ffovemor of Surigao, for compensation at
the rate of one hundred doUars local currency per month for services
rendered at Surigao under the direction of the militarv authorities,
from February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and one, to May fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and thirty doilai-s.
Insular salary and expense fund, nineteen hunared and three: For
the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials which are prop-
erlv chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of employees
from the United States to Manila, five thousand dollars.
Insular salary and e^mense funa, nineteen hundred and two: For the
payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials which are properly
chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise specifically providea for,
including half salary and traveling expenses of employees from the
United ^tes to Manila during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
two. five thousand dollars.
Tne provisions of section one (b) of Act Numbered Three hundred
and thirty -eight are hereby made retroactive in effect so as to entitle
all employees who entered the Philippine Civil Service after Januar}^
twenty -sixth, nineteen hundred and one, to the reimbursement therein
provided, and the appropriation last above named is hereby made
available for the payment of such reimbursement.
There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient for the payment
of claims for refunds on coal imported into the Philippine Islandis used
for fuel on board of steam vessels in accordance with the provisions of
section two hundred and twenty-four of Act Numbered Three himdred
and fifty-five.
CITY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages. Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: Three members at four thousand five hundred
dollars per annum each, one secretary at three thousand dollars per
annum, one disbui*sing officer at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, two clerks class six, four clerks class seven, one clerk class
eight, five clerks class nine, one clerk class ten, two clerks Class A,
four employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each,
secretary of the Advisory Board at one thousand four hundred dollars
per annum, fees of the Advisory Board, not to exceed three hundred
and thirty dollars, ten thousand six hundred dollars.
Salaries and w^es. Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and two: For the salary of the acting secretary of the Advis-
ory Board from August twelfth to September sixth, nineteen hundred
and one, at one thousand four hunared dollars per annum, ninety-
seven dollars and twenty-two cents.
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, coolie hire, care of civil prisoners, music for the Luneta,
40 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE OOHHISSION.
and for the hire of vebicleH on official business in the city, of Manila
when such vehicles can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing
Agent,^ not to exceed twenty dollars, ten thousand four hundred and
twenty dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: Assistant City Engineer
at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Superintendent of
Streets at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Superin-
tendent of Buildings and Illumination at two tnousand five hundred
dollars per annum, two second assistant engineers class six, one assistant
superintendent of streets class six, one chief engineer at pumping*
station class six, one chief inspector of streets class six, one employee
class six, two employees class seven, five employees class eight, fourteen
employees class nine, two employees class ten, four employees Class
A, five employees Class C, twelve employees Class D, one employee
Class E, two employees Class F, one employee Class G, five employees
Class H, sixteen employees Class I, four employees Class J, one
employee at one hunarea and twenty dollars per annum, emergency
employees for completing survey work as follows: Two employees
class eight, five employees Class G, six employees Class I, unclassified
employees in streets, parks, rock quarry, disposal of garbage, launch
crews, transportation, cemeteries, pumping station, shops, reservoir,
municipal and public buildings, and coal piles, not to exceed sixty-
three tnousand three hundred and thirty -two dollars and fifty cents,
eighty- two thousand eight hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty
cents.
Salaries and wages. Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and two : One employee Class A,
from October first to October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, one
employee Class D, from April twenty -first to June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and two, and for half salaries of employees of the city of
Manila while en route from San Francisco to Manila, three hundred
and fifty-five dollars.
Maintenance and repairs. Department of Engineering and Public
Worksj city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For repairs to
city bridges, purchase and transportation of road material, purcnase of
forage for horses and animals, repairs to drains and sewers, repairs to
city stables and corrals, purchase of coal for crematory, quarry, launch,
and so forth, purchase of tools, hose, and miscellaneous supplies,
repairs to harness, carts, wagons, launch, and so forth, purchase of
material for shoeing horses and mules, maintenance and repairs of
public groimds and parks, exoense of removal of rock crusner, im-
proving Calle Iris, repairs on ISantolan Road, repairs to markets and
municipal buildings, supplies, cleaning and care of municipal and
public buildings, maintenance of electric-light service at harbor, on
streets, and in municipal and public buildings, materials for. repairs
and increase to. electrical service, petroleum for lights in puolic and
municipal buildings, expenses in the operation and repair of the pump-
ing station, pipe Tine, and reservoir, increasing and maintaining the
city water service and distribution system, purchase of coal, forage,
and general simplies for the water system, alteration and ref^drs to
the Arranque Market, labor and material for repairs to the Bridge of
Spain, completion of the city pound, repairs to the Santa Cruz fire
station, completion of city shops on Calle Arroceros, construction of
Ic^WS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 41
school buildings, purchase of stone crushers, hire of bulls, carts, and
drivers for street work, siipplies and materials for cemeteries, ninety
thousand four hundred and four dollars.
Maintenance and repairs, Department of Engineering and Public
Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and two: For maintenance
and repairs, includii^ steel work on the Santa Cruz Bridge and material
and repairs for the Bridge of Spain, four thousand six hundred and
six dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of ^£uiila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
including office supplies, burial of pauper dead, rent of municipal ana
public buildings, market sites, and so forth, rent of sites, settlement of
claims, and clearing of grounds for improvements, and for hire of
vehicles in Manila on official business when the same can not be fur-
nished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed six hundred
and fifty dollars, labor and material for making map of the city of
Manila, and per diems of five dollars for the City Engineer in lieu of
all expenses, except cost of official transportation, and to compensate
him for all commutations and allowances from which he is excluded as
an officer of the Army by reason of his detail for civil duty; cost of
transportation herein provided being construed to include subsistence
when the same is included in transportation by commercial steamship
lines; and for other incidental expenses, fourteen thousand seven hun-
dred and sixty-eight dollars.
Contii^ent expenses. Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and two: For expenses of emplovees
on transports from the United States, and per diems of five dollars
from May twenty -sixth to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two,
for the City Engineer, in lieu of all expenses, except cost of official
transportation, and to compensate him for all conunutations and allow-
ances from which he is excluded as an officer of the Armj by reason
of his detail for civil duty, cost of transportation herein provided
being construed to include subsistence when the same is included in
transportation by commercial steamship lines, two hundred and thirty
dollars.
Salaries and wages. Department of Assessments and Collections, city
of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: City Assessor and Collector at
four thousand dollars per annum. Chief Deputy Assessor at three
thousand dollars per annum, Chief Deputy Collector at three thousand
dollars per annum, one clerk class five, one clerk class six, three clerks
class seven, one clerk at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
six clerks class eight, nine clerks class nine, one clerk class ten, one
clerk Class A, three clerks Class C, four clerks Class G, ten clerks
Class J, twenty clerks Class J, thirty-seven employees at one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum each, six employees at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, and for the employment of emergency
clerks in the assessment of taxable real estate in the city of Manila,
for the issuance of certificates of registration, and for the preparation
of tax rolls and delinauent rolls of real-estate taxpayers, not to exceed
six thousand one hunored and forty-two dollars and fifty cents, twenty
tiiousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Continent ex]^nses. Department of Assessments and Collections,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
including office suppUes, coolie hire, repairs to office furniture, adver-
42 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COBCMI88ION.
tising, and for the hire of vehicles in the city of Manila on official
business when the same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchas-
ing Agent, not to exceed one hundred and eighty dollars, one thousand
nine hundred and nine dollars.
Salaries and wages, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Chief at three thousand dollars per annum, Deputy
Chief at one thousand eight hunered dollars per annum, one electrician
class six, one chief engineer at one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class nine, six captains class nine, two lieutenants
Class A, four lieutenants Class D, four engineers Class D, three driv-
ers Class J, thirty -one pipemen at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each, eleven truckmen at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each, and the following temporary employees: One clerk cla^
nine, two engineei's class nine, two linemen class ten, six drivers Class
A, twenty -six employees Class A, fourteen thousand nine hundred and
ninety-five dollars.
Equipment, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and
three: For equipment for fire apparatus and for firemen and for repairs
and maintenance of apparatus, one thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Contingent expenses. Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including supplies, for-
age for horses, hire of vehicles in the city of Manila on official busi-
ness when the same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing
Agent, not to exceed twenty dollars, and other incidental expenses,
two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Salaries and wages. Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: City Attorney at three thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, Assistant City Attorney at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum. Prosecuting Attorney at three thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Second Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Third Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at two thousand dollars per
annum, twQ judges of municipal courts at three thousand dollars
Ser annum each, Sheriff at three thousand dollars per annum, two
eputy sheriffs at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each,
two deputy sheriffs at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, two deputy sheriffs at two hundred and forty oollars per
annum each, two deputy sheriffs at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, two justices of the peace at one thousand dollars per
annum each, two clerks, municipal courts, at one thousand dollars
Ser annum each, two deputy clerks, municipal courts, at one thousand
ollars per annum each, two deputy clerks of munici^l courts at six
hundrea dollars per annum each, two clerks of justice of the peace
courts at three hundred dollars per annum each, two clerks of justice
of the peace courts at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, three employees class six, one employee at one thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, four employees class eight, five employees
class nine, one employee Class C, one employee Class D, one employee
Class J, eleven employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, fourteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars
and fifty cents.
rAWS OF IINITED STATES PHILIPPINB COMMISSION. 43
Contmgent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, advertising, assessors' fees in Courts of First Instance of
Manila, interpreters' fees in the Courts of First Instance of Manila,
not to exceed seventy-five dollars, interpreters' fees in municipal
courts not to exceed fifty dollars, court costs, hire of vehicles in
Manila on official business when such transportation can not be secured
from the Insular Purchasing Agent not to exceed one hundred and
fifty dollars, and for other incidental expenses, * two thousand six
hundred and seventy -four dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: Chiei of Police at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, one Inspector and Assistant Chief of Police at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one Assistant Inspector at
two thousand dollars per annum, one Chief of Secret Service at three
tliousand dollars per annum, one surgeon at one thousand eight hun-
dred dollars per annum, one assistant surgeon at one thousand two
hundred dollars x>er annum, one clerk class six, five clerks class eight,
four clerks class nine, two clerks Class A, seven clerks Class D, three
emplovees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, and
for salaries and wages of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, roundsmen,
patrolmen^ detectives, crew of launch for River and Harbor Police,
and laborers at the public pound, not to exceed one hundred and
twenty -seven thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty
cents, and for salaries of special policemen during the cholera epidemic
not to exceed ten thousand dollars, one hundred and forty-five thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty -seven do11ai*s and fifty cents.
Salaries and wages. Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and two: For laborers in the public pound during the months
of May and June, for unpaid salary of one patrolman during the month
of August, nineteen hundred and one, and for salaries of special police
employed during the cholera epidemic, ten thousand seven hundred
and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
The payment of extra compensation to teachers for services as special
policemen of the city of Manila during the cholera epidemic during
the fiiscal year nineteen hundred and two is hereby authorized, any-
thing in Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Equipment, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and three: For eauipment of police force, including horses, harness,
and wagons, one thousand five nundred and thirty dollars.
Equipment, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and two: For equipment of police force during the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and two, including the purchase of horses and equipment, seven
hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
subsistence of prisoners, forage for horses and for the public pound,
transportation, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when the
same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to
exceed one thousand two hundred dollars, coal, repairs^ and supplies
for River and Harbor Police launch, and for a secret-service fund not to
exceed six hundred dollars, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
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Contingent expenses, Department of Police, city of Manilji, nineteen
hundred and two: For contingent Expenses, including office supplies,
hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when the same could not
be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, and other incidental
expenses, one thousand four hundred and eighty- eight dollars.
Salaries and wages. Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred and three: One clerk class seven, two clerks class
nine, one clerk Class G, one employee at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum, and salaries and wa^es of teachers and employees
in night schools and native teachers m the city of Manila, not to
exceed twenty-five thousand two hundred and three dollars, twenty-six
thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars.
Contingent expenses, Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies, stationery, and other incidental expenses, seven hundred and
seventv-five dollars.
In all, for the city of Manila, four hundred and sixt3'^-six thousand
two hundred and sixty-two dollars and twenty-two cents.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, two million eight hundred
and twenty-three thousand seven nundred and five dollars and twenty-
eight cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may
be necessarv.
Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasuiy in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time of
such withdrawal, and so disbursed.
Sec. 3. All balances to the credit of appropriations prior to this
Act on the books of the Auditor and available for withdrawal are
hereby made available for withdrawal in local currency at the author-
ized rate at the time of such withdrawal, except such appropriations
as may have been made payable in United States currency, and all
available local currencv heretofore appropriated and in the hands of
disbursing officers shall be available for disoui'sement at the authorized
ratio at the time of payment. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed as authorizmg the pavment of any amount in local currency
in excess of the amount originally made payable in such local currency
for a specific purpose by the Act appropriating the money for the
pavment thereof.
No monevs appropriated by this Act are available for withdrawal in
other than local currency. In any case where it appears to the satis-
faction of the Secretary of Finance and Justice that any obligation of
the Philippine Government entered into by contract, or otherwise, is
legally payable only in United States currency, and the appropriation
available therefor is in local currency, the iSecretary of Finance and
Justice may authorize the Treasurer of the Archipelago to transfer to
the proper disbursing officer the amount of United States currency
requirea for said payment in exchange for the equivalent amount of
local currency at the authorized rate of exchange at the time such
exchange is made. Notice of such exchange with the authority there-
for shall be given forthwith to the Auditor by the Treasurer and
disbursing officer concerned.
No contract or obligation of the Insular Government entered into
by the head of any Department, Bureau, or Office shall hereafter be
niade payable only in United States currency, but may be made pay-
able in United States currency or its equivalent in local currency, at
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the ratio authorized by the Civil Governor at the time of payment, at
the option of the Government.
Sec* 4. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to return
to the Sultan of Jolo, the Sultan HadjeeMd. and Joo Hai, the amounts
collected from them for duties on goods consigned to them by the
steamer "Nam Yong" arriving at JoTo on February seventh, nineteen
hundred and two.
Sec. 5. The provincial treasurer of the Province of Sorsogon is
hereby authorized to pay out of provincial funds the sum of two hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars local currency for hire of the launch
^'Eegineta" for three days during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
two for the purpose of enabling tne governor of said province "to visit
certain mumcipalities of the province.
The provincial treasurer of the Province of Tayabas is hereby author-
ized to pay Captain H. H. Bandholtz, United States Army, governor
of Tayabe^, a per diem of five dollars out of provincial funds, in lieu
of all expenses, except cost of official transportation, and to compen-
sate him for all commutations and allowances from which he is
excluded as an officer of tne Army by reason of his detail for civil
duty; the cost of transportation herein provided for being construed
to include subsistence when the same is included in transportation by
commercial steamship lines.
The provincial treasurer of the Province of Cebu is hereby author-
ized to pay out of provincial funds commutations of quarters at the
Army rate to Lieutenant F. S. Young, from June first, nineteen hun-
dred and one, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and from
August first, nineteen hundred and one, to the time he was relieved
from his detail for duty in connection with the provincial affairs of
Cebu.
The provincial treasurer of the Province of Cebu is hereby author-
ized to reimburse Lieutenant F. S. Young, late treasurer of the Prov-
ince of Cebu, with the difference, not exceeding the sum of eighty-nine
dollars local currency, between an amount of funds in the hands of
his authorized deputy at El Pardo, in said province, when the build-
ing in which the funds were kept was destroyed by the United States
troops in September, nineteen hundred and one, and the amount
realized from the burnt silver recovered.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is nereby expedited in
accoroance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septem-
ber twenty-six, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted July 14, 1902.
[No. 431.]
AN ACT providing for the incorporation of the barrio of Salinas, now a part of the
municipality of Sariaya, Province of Tayabas, into the municipality of Lucena.
By aiUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. The barrio of Salinas, now forming a part of the munici-
pality of Sariaya, Province of Tayabas, is hereby separated from said
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municipality and is incorporated as a barrio of the municipality of
Lucena, in the same province.
Sec. 2. All moneys that have heretofore been collected for munici-
pal purposes in the said barrio of Salinas shall belong to the treasury
of the municipality of Sariaya, and all moneys that shall accrue from
^axes hereafter collected in said barrio, whether assessed before the
passage of this Act or subsequently, shall belong to the treasury of
the municipality of Lucena.
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, 1902.
[No. 432.]
AN ACT removing the political disabilities of Pedro Pastor and authorizing payment
for the service heretofore rendered by him as clerk of the Court of First Instance in
the Province of Batangas.
By authority of the United States^ he it ermcted hy the Philippine
Cmiiinission^ that:
Section 1. The political disabilities of Pedro Pastor, of the munici-
pality of Batan^, in the province of Batangas, are hereby removed,
and ne is authorized to take the civil-service examination without taking
the oath prescribed in the application for a civil-service examination,
and he is hereby made eligiole for appointment to civil office upon
passing the civil-service examination and upon taking the oath of office,
notwithstanding his prior disqualification.
Sec. 2. The disbursing officer of the Bureau of Justice is hereby
authorized to pay to said Pedro Pastor the salary pertaining to the
office of the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of
Batangas during the time in which he has been performing the duties
of that office, notwithstanding the fact that he was not eligible for
appointment at the time he commenced performing such service.
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, 1902.
[No. 433.]
AN ACT changing the name of the municipality of Nagaba, in the Province of Holio,
to that of Jordan.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippme
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Upon the application of the Municipal Council of the
municipality of rJagaba, in the Province of lloilo, the name of said
municipality is changed from Nagaba to Jordan.
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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, July 22, 1902.
[No. 434.]
AN ACT extending the time for the payment of the land tax and of the cedula tax
for the year nineteen hundred and two.
By authjority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Gmmission, that:
Section 1. Whereiis, owing to the severe epidemic of cholera, it
has been rendered impossible to collect the land tax and the cedula tax
for the year nineteen nundred and two by the thirty-first of July, as
required bv Act Numbered Three hundred and seventy-seven amend-
ing Acts Numbered Eighty -three and One hundred and thirty -three,
tlie time for the payment without penalty of the land tax for the ^rear
nineteen hundrea and two is hereby extended until October first, nine-
teen hundred and two, and the time for the payment without penalty
of the cedula tax for the year nineteen hundred and two is hereby
extended until November first, nineteen hundred and two, anything
in previous Acts to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided^ however^
That this Act shall not apply to the city of Manila.
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 theorder of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'^ passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Seo. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 22, 190 .
[No. 435.]
AN ACT providing that officials and em]>loyee8 of the provincial government of
Samar shall not come within the provisions of the Civil Service Act until March
first, nineteen hondi-ed and three.
By (mtho7%ty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
(hmmission^ that:
Section 1. The provisions of ''The Provincial Government Act"
and its amendments placing certain officials and employees of provin-
cial governments unaer the provisions of the Civil Service Act after
March first, nineteen and two, shall not apply to the officials and
employees of the provincial government of Samar until March first,
nineteen hundred and three.
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, July 23, 1902.
[No. 436.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-one, annexing certain
territory to the city of Manila, so as to provide for the valuation of real estate in
the annexed territory, and prescribing the time and method of completing such
valuation and collection of taxes.
By authority of the United States ^ be it enacted hy the PkUippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-one, whereby
new boundaries are fixed for the city of Manila, is hereby amended
by renumbering sections five and six of said Act, so that they shall be
numbered respectively six and seven, and by insertmg a new section
to be numbered section five and to read as follows:
" Sec. 5. The taxable real estate in the territory hereby annexed to
the city of Manila shall be valued and listed, for the purposes of taxa-
tion, and the taxes thereon shall be assessed and collected in the man-
ner provided in Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, incor-
poratingthe city of Manila, except as hereinafter provided:
^\a) i^ovidtd^ That in making a list of all taxable real estate in the
territory by this Act added to the city of Manila, the City Assessor
and Collector may dispense with sworn statements made by the owners
of the property:
''(i) And prov^ided further^ That a tax of one-half of one per centum^
instead of a tax of one per centum, on the assessed v^ue of all real
estate in the territory hereby added to the city of Manila subject to
taxation, is hereby levied for the year nineteen hundred and one; and
that the time within which payment may be made of taxes on real
estate in the territory in this section referred to, without sufferinc" the
penalty for nonpayment, is extended to December first, nineteen nun-
dred and two, in the case of such taxes for the years nineteen hundred
and one and nineteen hundred and two, and that the lien upon the real
estate in said territory for taxes levied for the years nineteen hundred
and one and nineteen hundred and two shall attach upon and after the
twenty-fifth day of July, nineteen hundred and two:
"(^ And provided further^ That the date when the City Assessor
and Collector shall complete the listing and valuation of all the real
estate within the territory in this section referred to is extended to
the first day of August, nmeteen hundred and two, so that such listing
and valuation is required to be completed on or before that date:
"(c?) And proviaed further^ That in the published notice informing
the public tHat the list of real estate situated within the territory in
this section referred to and the assessed value thereon has been com-
pleted and is on file, the date fixed on which the City Assessor and
Collector will be in his oflBce for the purpose of hearing complaints
shall not be later than the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred
and two:
^^(e) And provided further^ That the Board of Tax Appeals shall
meet on the first Monday of September, nineteen hundred and two.
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for the pui-pose of hearing all appeals duly transmitted to it relating
to the listing and valuation of real estate in the territory in this section
referred to:
"(/) And provided further^ That the assessment first made of the
real estate in the territory in this section referred to shall continue
■in force so long, and only so lon^, as the assessment first made in the
other districts of the city of Manila shall continue:
"(^J And provided farther^ That the City Assessor and Collector
shall deposit one-half of all the taxes on real estate in the territory in
this section referred to, for the year nineteen hundred and one, in the
Insular Treasury to the credit of the Provincial Treasurer of the Prov-
ince of Rizal for the general uses of that province, in accordance with
the provisions of 'The Provincial Government Act,' and the remaining
one-naif thereof shall belon^j to the city of Manila, like all other taxes
assessed in other parts of said cit^."
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 24, 1902.
[No. 437.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of twenty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-
foar dollars and forty-five cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, for certain expenses of the Insular Government during the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and other designated
periods.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy tfie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1, The following sums, in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purposes and objects herein named, for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and other
designated periods:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PIULIPPINES.
Installation of the pail system in the city of Manila, Board of Health
for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and three: For the purchase of
trucks, commodes, and other incidental expenses in connection with
the installation of the pail system, thirteen thousand dollars.
The difference between the amount expended for the installation of
the pail system in the city of Manila and the amount collected therefor
from property owners and deposited in the Insular Treasury, shall be
reimbursed to the Insular Grovernment by the city of Manila, and
when such reimbursement is fuUy made, all property, such as launches,
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barges, trucks, commodes, and so forth, purchased in carrying out
the provisions of the appropriation, shall revert to and become the
property of the city of Manila.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU or THE INSULAR COLD STORAGE AND ICE PLANT.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and three: For salaries and wages for the
first quarter of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, as follows:
Water Transportation Department:
One overseer class eight, one assistant overseer Class A, one engi-
neer Class F, one patron Class H, one assistant engineer Class H, six
patrons Class I, one boatswain at two hundred and sixteen dollars per
annum, two firemen at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum
each, six timoneros at one hundred and ninety-two dollars per annum
each, sixteen sailors at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each,
twenty-four sailors at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars per annum
each, three thousand five hundred and three dollars.
The Superintendent of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant is
hereby authorized, whenever it shall be found impi*acticable to obtain
a qualified electrician to fill the position of electrician class seven, in
the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Cold Storage Department,
authorized in Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty, to employ, in
lieu of the electrician class seven, one electrician Class D and one electri-
cian Class E.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: For expenses in grading and laying out the grounds about
the public printing building, incluaing filling and sodding and the hire
of laborers in the above work, one thousand tour hundred and seventy-
five dollars and twenty cents.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sum, or so much thereof as may be found to be due
on settlement of the claim by the Auditor, is hereby appropriated for
the purpose specified:
For reimbursement to Captain John T. Knight, United States Army,
for a payment for coal purchased in May, nineteen hundred, and erro-
neously paid bv him out of United States funds, four thousand nine
hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, twenty-two thousand nine
hundred and thirty-four dollars and forty-five cents, in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from the
Treasury in local currency at the rate authorized at the time of such
withdrawal, and so disbursed, except the amount appropriated under
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the head of miscellaneous expenses for reimbursement to Captain John
T. Knight, United States Army, which shall be disbursed in United
States currency.
Sec. 3. The General Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby
authorized to expend out of the funds appropriated for '' Contingent
expenses, Bureau of Public Instruction, nmeteen hundred and three,"
the sum of one thousand dollars local currency for the purpose of
establishing and equipping in Bontoc, Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, a
school for the instruction of Igorrotes in agricultural and other manual
work.
The provincial board of the Province of Surigao is hereby authorized
to direct the provincial treasurer of that province to pay compensation
from provincial funds to Michael Luery, a public school-teacher, for
services he has rendered as interpreter for that province from Septem-
ber first, nineteen hundred and one, to date, ana hereafter as his serv-
ices may be required from time to time by the province, at the rate of
twenty-five dollars United States currency or its equivalent in local
currency, per month, and the said Michael^ Luery is hereby authorized
to accept such compensation from the province in addition to the salary
he receives from the Insular "Government as a public school-teacher:
Pnmided^ That his services as interpreter shall not in any way inter-
fere with his work as a public school-teacher, and that the permission
given him to act in this capacity may be at any time revoked by the
General Superintendent of jPublic Instruction.
The funds appropriated in Act Numbered Four hundred and fifteen,
under the head of "Contingent expenses. Chief Quartermaster, Divi-
sion of the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," are hereby made
available for expenditure for the same purposes during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accoroance with section two of "An Act prescribing the oraer 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, July 31, 1902.
[No. 438.]
AN ACT providing for the incoiporation of the Barrio of Quilbay, now a part of the
monidpality of Uuinayan^, Frovince of Tayabas, into the municipality of Ra^y,
Province of Amboa Gamarines.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cemmimon^ that:
Section 1. The barrio of Quilbay, now forming a part of the munic-
ipality of Guinayangan, Province of Tayabas, is hereby separated from
said municipality and is incorporated as a barrio of the municipality of
Ragay, Province of Ambos Gamarines.
Sec
!>Ec. 2. All moneys that have heretofore been collected for munic-
ipal purposes in the said barrio of Quilbay shall belong to the treasury
of the municipality of Guinayangan, and all moneys uiat shall accrue
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from taxes hereafter collected'in said barrio, whether assessed before
the passage of this Act or subsequently, shdl belong to the treasury
of the municipality of Ragay.
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-six, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 31, 1902.
[No. 439.]
AN ACT providing for the payment of lawyers appointed by the Supreme Court to
examine candidates for aamission to the bar.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Seotign 1. Each attorney hereafter appointed by the Supreme Court,
under the provisions of section two of the Rules of the Supreme
Court for the Examination of Candidates for Admission to the Practice
of Law, to act as a member of any examination committee appointed
as therein provided, .shall be paid the sum of twenty dollars, United
States currency, for his services on such committee in the examination
of all candidates who may properly come before it for examination.
Sec. 2. This compensation shall be made bjr the disbursing oflBcer
of the Bureau of Justice out of the appropnation for ''Contingent
expenses, Bureau of Justice," against which it is hereby made a proper
charge, on presentation of a certificate of the clerk of the Supreme
Court that such person was a member of such committee, acted as such,
and that the committee has finished its labors.
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 4, 1902.
[No. 440.]
AN ACT amending General Orders Numbered Fifty-eight, office of the military
governor, series of nineteen hundred, relating to criminal procedure, so as to allow
me court under certain conditions to assign counsel who are not members of tiie
bar to aid respondents in their defense.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Conmiission^ that:
Section 1. Section seventeen of General Orders Numbered Fifty-
eight, issued from the Office of the United States Military Governor
in the Philippine Islands on the twenty-third day of April, nineteen
hundred, relating to criminal procedure, is hereby amenaed by adding
at the end thereof the following words:
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"The counsel so employed or assigned must be a dul}^ authorized
member of the bar: Provided^ nevertheUm^ That in provinces where
duly authorized members of the bar are not available, the court may,
in its discretion, admit or assign some person, resident in the province
and of good repute for probity and ability, to act as counsel for the
defendant, although the person so admitted or assigned be not a duly
authorized member of the bar."
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 4, 1902.
[No. 441.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, oi^ganizinff a pro-
vindal fl;ovemment in the Province of Paragua, bo as to provide that the duties of
fiscal of that province shall be performed by the fiscal for the fourteenth judicial
district
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippi/ne
Commission^ that:
Seohon 1 . Section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-
two, entitled *'An Act providing for the organization of a provincial
government in the Province of raragua^ and defining the limits of that
province," is hereby amended by striking out therefrom the words:
''and a provincial fiscal at a salary of one thousand dollars per year."
Sec. 2. The duties imposed hj said Act Numbered Four hundred
and twenty-two upon the provincial fiscal for the Province of Paragua
shall be perf ormea by the fiscal for the Fourteenth Judicial Distnct,
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered One
hundred and sixty.
Ssa 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 4, 1902.
[No. 442.1
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety so as to authorize the
payment of the traveling expenses of certain officials and employees of courts of
nrst instance when sessions are held at other places than those fixed for regular
By cmthorUy of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tJtat:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety,
entitled ''An Act amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty so
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as to authorize judges of Courts of First Instance to hold special terms
of their several courts at places within their respective districts other
than those fixed in said Act," is hereby amendea by adding at the end
thereof the following words:
"In case special terms are held at other places within the several
districts created by Act Numbered One hundred and forty, as provided
in this section, the actual and necessary traveling expenses and sub-
sistence expenses, the latter not to exceed one dollar, local currency,
per day, of the clerk, escribiente, stenographer, and interpreter, if
such employees are necessary, shall be paid in the same manner as are
the other expenses of the Department of Justice."
Sec. 2. Tne provisions of section one shall be held retroactive, so as
to apply to the special session of the Court of First Instance for the
Thirteenth Judicial District, held at Jimenez, in the Province of
Misamis, in January, nineteen hundred and two, by direction of the
Commission.
Sec. 3. The names of the persons entitled te such compensation, and
the amount of the compensation, shall be certified to by the judge who
presided at the special session.
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, August 6, 1902.
[No. 443.]
AN ACT aathorizing the provincial board of any province organized under "The
Provincial Grovemment Act** to use portions of the provincial funds in certain
cases for the construction and repair of roads and bndges within the inhabited
parts of the municipalities.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Comini8»lon^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of any province organized under
''The Provincial Government Act" is hereby authorized, in its discre-
tion, to expend a portion of the funds in the provincial treasury for
the construction and repair of roads and bridges in the inhabited parts
of the province whenever the board shall determine that the munici-
pality within the inhabited parts of which such roads and bridges are
situated is financially unable to make the construction or repairs
referred to, and that the construction or repair of such roads and
bridges is of general importance to the province and ought to be made
in whole or in part out of provincial funds, anything in existing legis-
lation to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. In case the provincial board shall determine that a road or
bridge of general importance to the province, within the inhabited
portion of a municijpality, is in need of repair, and shall notif v the
municipal council or the municipality in which such road or bridge is
situated of the necessity of such repairs, and the municipal council
shall fail for thirty days to proceed to make the repairs required, the
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provincial board is hereby authorized to make such repairs out of pro-
vincial funds and to assess the whole or any ecjuitable part of the
expense thus incurred against the delinquent municipality, taking into
consideration in such assessment the ability of the municipality to bear
the whole or any portion of the expense, and the utility of the road or
bridge for the general interests oi the province: Provided^ That the
authority granted in this and the preceding section shall not apply to
purely local roads or bridges. It shall be the duty of the municipal
treasurer to pay to the provincial treasurer such sum or sums as ma^
be assessed against the municipality by virtue of the provisions of this
section.
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, 1902.
[No. 444.]
AN ACT creating the office of Consulting Engineer to the Commiaeion.
By axUhority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commismm^ that:
Section 1. The office of Consulting Engineer to the Conunission is
hereby created. The incumbent thereof shall be appointed by the
Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Conmiission, and shall
be paid at the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars for the first
year and at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum thereafter.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Consulting Engineer to advise
the Civil Governor and the Commission upon all matters pertaining to
enjginee ring work as to which his advice may be desired oy the Com-
mission. He shall also make any reconnaissances, surveys, or do other
work requiring engineering skill that may be directed by the Civil
Governor or tne O^nmiission. He may also be placed in personal
charge and direction of any work of harbor or nver improvement,
sewer construction, or other engineering work provided to oe done by
the Commission. He may also in the discretion of the Civil Governor
be given general supervision and direction of the provincial supervisors
in so far as relates to the laying out and construction of roads, public
building, or other engineering work.
Sec. 3. The Consulting En^neer shall for the present have the fol-
lowing assistants to be appointed by him: One civil engineer, class
seven, and one clerk, class nine, both to be in the classified service and
to be selected according to the provisions of the Civil Service Act.
Sec. 4. The Consulting Engmeer and the assistant engineer, when
absent from the city of Manila on duty, shall be allowed their actual
and necessary traveling expenses and actual subsistence expenses, the
latter not to exceed two dollars, money of the United States, per day.
When transportation by steamship. Government transport, or other-
wise, includes subsistence, no per diem shall be paid or allowed for
Buch portion of the journey.
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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, August 7, 1902.
[No. 445.]
AN ACT providing for the establishment of civil governments in the settlements of
the non-Christian tribes of the ftovince of Abra.
By authjority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
" A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the
Philippine Islands," and all Acts amendatory thereof, of Act Num-
berea Two hundred and six, extending the provisions of "The Pro-
vincial Government Act" and its amendments to the Province of Abra,
and of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled ''A general Act for the
organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," and
all Acts amendatory tnereof , shall not apply to the non-Christian
tribes of the Province of Abra. The powers and duties prescribed
for the pro\dncial governor, the provincial secretary-treasurer, the
provincial supervisor, the provincial fiscal, and the provincial board
of Nueva Vizcaya, respectively, by Act Numbered Three hundred and
thirty -seven, entitled ''An Act providing for the organization of a
provincial government in the rrovince of Nueva Vizcaya," by Act
Numbered Three hundred and eight3'^-eight amendatory thereof, and
by Act Numbered Three hundred and eight v-seven, entitled '* An Act
providing for the establishment of local civil governments in the town-
ships and settlements of Nueva Vizcava," are hereby confeiTed upon
the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, the provincial super-
viior, the provincial fiscal, and the provincial board of the Province
of Abra with reference to the non-Christian tribes of that province.
Sec. 2. The provisions of sections one to sixty-seven, inclusive, of
Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven are hereby made
applicable to the settlements 6f Manabo, San Andres, Villa Viciosa,
Pat6c, and Mayabo, in the Province of Abi-a.
Sec. 3. The provincial board shall definitely fix the limits of the
settlements mentioned in section two, and shall further fix the limits
of such additional settlements as it may deem desirable in order to
include as nearl v as may be all the members of the tribe known as
Tinguianes resident in the Province of Abra; and the provisions of
sections one to sixty-seven, inclusive, of Act Numberea Three hun-
dred and eighty-seven shall become applicable to each such settlement
as soon as its hmite have been fixed by the provincial board.
Sec. 4. The provisions of sections sixty-eight to seventy-one, inclu-
sive, of Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty -seven, are hereby
made applicable to the remaining members of non-Christian tribes in
the Province of Abra not included within the limits of any one of the
settlements provided for in sections two and three of this Act.
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Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
liie 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 8, 1902.
[No. 446.]
AN ACT amending section forty of ''The Monicipal Code," by aathorizin^ the
ex^diture of manidpal funds for the support of two persons while receiving
traming for positions as public school-teachers in the municipality.
By autJwTvty of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section forty of "The Municipal Code," Act Numbered
Eighty -two, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing paragraph :
"(/) 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 the expenditure from the school funds estab-
lished in accordance with paragraph {JA of section forty-three of this
Act, or from any other municipal funas not otherwise appropriated,
of not more than forty pesos per month during the school year, to be
used in e<][ual parts toward the support of two residents of the munici-
pality while receiving training for positions as public school-teachers
m the municipality at any pubfic secondary school established under the
Department of Public Instruction. The persons thus supported shall
be one voung man and one young woman, whose respective ages shall
be not less ^n fifteen nor more than twenty- five years, and whose
parents are not able to my their expenses while attending schools of
secondary instruction. They shall be appointed by the president, by
and with the consent of the majority of all the members of the coun-
cil, subject to confirmation, after one month's attendance, by the prin-
cipal of the school in which they are appointed to receive 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.
Skc. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 15, 1902.
[No. 447.]
AN ACT amending the Manila charter by increasinff the number of city districts to
thirteen and providing for the representation of 5ie districts of Santa Ana and
Ptodacan upon the Advisory Board of the city of Manila.
By a/tUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section sixty- five of Act Numbered One hundred and
righty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," as
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amended by section three of Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-
one, is hereby amended by increasing the number of city districts
provided for therein to thirteen.
Sec. 2. The former municipality of Pandacan, now forming a part
of the city of Manila, is hereby constituted a new district of the city
of Manila, with the following boundaries: Beginning at the point of
intersection of the middle lines of the Pasig Eiver and Estero Lapenta
(or Pandacan), thence following the center lines of the Pasig Kiver
and Esteros Concordia and Lapenta (or Pandacan) to the first point
Sec. 3. The districts of Santa Ana and Pandacan are hereby granted
representation upon the Advisory Board of the city of Manila, and
the Civil Governor is authorized to appoint, by and with the consent
of the Commission, one member from each of said districts upon such
Advisory Board.
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 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, August 15, 1902.
[No. 448.]
AN ACT so amendinj^ Act Numbered Eighty that the provimons thereof relating to
leaves of absence shall be applicable to heads of Bureaus and provincial officers,
and that the legal representatives of civil servants dying in the civil service shall
be entitled to compensation for the earned leaves of absence to the credit of the
deceased.
By authoriPy of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eighty, entitled "An Act
regulating the hours of labor, leaves of absence, and transportation of
appointees under the Philippine Civil Service," is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof tne following words:
''The provisions of this section shall also be applicable to all heads
of Bureaus and provincial officers not embraced therein, in computing
their leaves of absence. Leaves of absence of provincial officers and
of heads of Bureaus reporting directly to the Cfivil Governor shall be
granted by him and of neads of other Bureaus by the Secretary of the
Department embracing the Bureau in accordance with the provisions
of Act Numbered Two hundred and twenty-two. In case the head of
a Bureau, provincial officer, or employee of any Bureau shall die while
in the service, having to his credit earned leave of absence, the salary
that would have accrued to the deceased by reason of such earned leave
of absence, and during the period thereof, shall be paid to the Treas-
urer of the Philippine Archipelago, and be by him aaministered in the
manner provided in Act Numbered Two hundred and ninety, entitled
'*An Act providing an inexpensive method of administration upon the
estates of civil employees oi the Philippine Government who are citi-
zens of the Unitea States, and who die in the service of the Insular
Government, leaving small estates upon which no regular administra-
tion is deemed advisable." But, in addition to the purposes for which
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snch estate may be applied by the Treasurer, as provided by section
one of the last-named Act, the Treasurer is also authorized to pay the
expenses of the transportation of the remains of the deceasea to the
United States, if such transportation is desired bv the surviving rela-
tives, so far as the funds m his hands will enable him to pay such
expenses: Provided^ nevertfieless^ That if there should be a regular
administration upon the estate of the deceased, then the sum due to
the deceased, by reason of earned leave of abg^ence standing to his
credit, after the payment of unpaid funeral expenses and transporta-
tion of the remains, if desired, to the United States, if any, shall be
turned over to the regular executor or administrator of the estate of
the deceased."
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 its passage.
Enacted, August 30, 1902.
[No. 449.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and tlurteen, entitled "An Act
providing for the control and management of provincial jails and of the prisoners
therein," so as to allow provincial boards, when necessary, to make contracts for
feeding prisoners confinm in the provincial jail, at a rate exceeding twenty cents,
local currency, per diem.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of any province is hereby author-
ized and empowered, when necessary to the proper maintenance of
prisoners confined in the provincial jail, to make contracts for feeding
such prisoners at the lowest practicable rate, although such rate may
be in excess of twenty cents, local currency, per diem; and the pro-
vincial board is also authorized and empowered, in case it is not
deemed advantageous to the interests of the province to make con-
tracts with other persons for the feeding of the prisoners, to allow the
governor of the province such sum as may be necessary for feeding
provincial prisoners, although it may be in excess of said sum of
twenty cents, local cun*ency, per diem.
Sec. 2. So much of section tnree of Act Numbered Four hundred and
thirteen, entitled '^ An Act providing for the control and management
of provincial jails and of the prisoners therein," as is in conflict with
section one hereof is 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 30, 1902.
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[No. 450.]
AN ACT making the Province of Nueva Vizcaya a separate judicial district and
authorizing the governor to perform the duties of judge of the Court of First Instance
therein.
By aidhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Province of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby detached from
the First Judicial District and made a separate judicial district, under
the name of the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya; and so much of
section one of Act Numbered One hundred and forty, defining the
Sidicial districts of the Philippine Islands, as makes the Province of
ueva Vizcaya a part of the Firet Judicial District is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The governor of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya is nereby
authorized and directed to exercise within that province all the powers
of a judge of the Court of First Instance as provided by law, without
additional compensation. The procedure in tne Court of First Instance
in that province shall be the same as in the Court of First Instance in
other provinces, and its process, judgments, decrees, and records shall
be of flie same effect ana validity as are process, judmients, decrees,
and records of other Courts of First Instance. The decrees and judg-
ments of that court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court
upon appeal or bill of exceptions, or otherwise, in the same manner as
are decrees and judgments of other Courts of First Instance. Process
of the Court of First Instance shall be served by the governor, acting
as an officer of the court, as in other provinces, or by anv member of
the Philippines Constabulary, or by a deputy appomted by the gov
ernor, as ne may elect
Sec. 3. The provincial secretary-treasurer for the Province of Nueva
Vizcaya shall perform the duties of clerk of the Court of First Instance of
the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya, without additional compensa-
tion. His duties and powers as clerk shall be the same as those of
clerks of Courts of Frst Instance in other provinces. So much of sec-
tion one of Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-one as provides a
salary for the clerk of the Court of First Instance of the Province of
Nueva Vizcaya is 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec 5. This act shall take effect on October first, nineteen hundred
and two.
Enacted, September 1, 1902.
[No. 451.]
AN ACT abolishing the use of the garrote as a means of executing criminals here-
after condemned to death and substituting in place thereof execution by hanging.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The use of the garrote as an instrument for the execu-
tion of criminals hereafter condemned to death is hereby abolished,
except as hereinafter provided.
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Sec. 2. All persons who shall hereafter be finally sentenced to incur
the death penalty, except as hereinafter provided, shall be sentenced
to be executed by being hung by the neck until dead, and shall be so
executed. The execution shall take place at the time and place and
by the persons prescribed by the existing law or by such law as may
be hereafter enacted.
Sec. 3. This Act shall not apply to pending prosecutions, nor to
prosecutions hereafter instituted for offenses heretofore committed,
punishment for which is the death penalty. As to all prosecutions
in this section named, the method of execution shall be such as is
provided by the existing Spanish law.
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 Conmiis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 2, 1902.
[No. 452.]
AN ACT providing for an examination of the collection accounts of clerks of the
Coarts of First Instance and a certificate of their correctness, and a certificate a^ to
the correctness of pay rolls and vouchers for disbursements of the Courts of First
Instance.
By authority of the United 8t(it%8y he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Immediately after the close of each calendar month it
shall be the duty of the treasurer and fiscal of each province to exam-
ine the collection accounts of the clerk of the Court of First Instance
in such province for the said month, and to certify on his accounts as
submitted to the Auditor that all collections actually made for fees
accruing to the Insular Government are included therein, for the
period stated, as shown by the records.
Sec. 2. It shall also be the dutv of the treasurer and fiscal to certify
to all services rendered in behalf of said Courts of First Instance on
all vouchers submitted to the disbursing oflBcer of the Bureau of Jus-
tice for payment. The certificate of the judge shall not be requii'ed
upon such vouchers.
Sk;. 3. This Act shall not apply to the Court of First Instance in
the city of Manila.
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,'°pas8ed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 2, 1902.
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[No. 453.]
AN ACT providing for the pablicatioii by the Insular Grovemment of an Official
Gazette under me general direction of the Department of Public Instruction.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The publication by the Insular Government of a peri-
odical to be known as the '^Official Gazette," under the general direc-
tion of the Department of Public Instruction, is hereby authorized,
and there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars,
local currency, to cover tne expense of such publication during the
remainder of the present quarter of the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and three.
Sec. 2. There shall be an editor of the OflScial Gazette, appointed
by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission,
who shall receive a salary at the rate of one thousand eight hiindrea
dollars per annum, United States currency, payable monthly, and who
shall have power, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion, to appoint two clerks, each of whom shall receive a compensation
not to exceed at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum. He shall
give bond to the Government of the Philippine Archipelago in such
amount as may be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, who shall approve
the sufficiency of the surety or sureties thereon, and with whom the
bond shall be filed and safely kept. It shall be the duty of the editor
to receive, collect, and prepare for publication the various laws, orders,
decisions, and other public documents which it is designed to publish
in the Gazette; to receive subscriptions for the Gazette from private
persons, corporations, and provincial and municipal governments; to
collect the amounts due for such subscriptions ana to deposit the same
in the Insular Treasury; to distribute or cause to be distributed copies
of the Gazette to the various subscribers; to cause to be made and
published an index to the Grazette every six months, and to issue the
same as a part of such Grazette; and to perform such other duties in
connection with the publication of the Gazette as the Secretary of
Public Instruction may direct.
Sec. 3. The Official Gazette shall be published weekly in two parts,
one part in English and the other in Spanish. Each part shall be
issued separate^r and shall contain all legislative acts and all resolu-
tions of a public nature of the Insular Legislature, all executive orders,
decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Customs Appeals, or
abstracts of such decisions, and such other official documents as are
usually published in an official gazette which may be designated for
publication by the Secretary of Public Instruction or which may be
recommended for publication by the editor and approved by the Sec-
retary of Public Instruction.
Sec. 4. The Official Gazette shall be delivered on subscriptions re-
ceived at the rate of six dollars, United States currency, per year,
payable in advance, and shall be sold at fifteen cents, United States
currency, per single copy. Each provincial and municipal govern-
ment shall subscribe for one copy of such Gazette and pay for the same
out of provincial or municipal funds, and such copy shall be filed and
safely kept with the public records of the province or municipality for
reference. Subscriptions may be made by the provinces and munic-
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ipaHties for such additional copies of the Gazette for distribution
among the provincial or municipal officers as they may deem necessary.
One copy snail be deposited with each of the following officers weekJy :
The Qvil Governor, the Secretaries of the several Executive Depart-
ments, the membei*s of the Philippine Commission, the justices oi the
Supreme Court, the judges of the C'Ourt of Customs Appeals and of
the Courts of First Instance, the Executive Secretary, the Secretary
of the Commissidn, the heads of the various Bureaus and Offices under
the Insular Government, and the justices of the peace. These copies
shall be the property of the Insular Government, shall remain on file
in the respective oflaces supplied, and shall be turned over by a retir-
ing incambent to his successor.
Sec. 5. The 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 2, 1902.
[No. 454.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and tbirt^-eight, fixing the limits
of GsTite Harbor and providing for the police jurisdiction thereof and for the
anchorage of veaselB therein.
By autfu/rii/y of the United States^ he it eruicted hy the Philippine
Qmniission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-
eight, en tided ''An Act fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor, vesting
the Admiral of the United States Navy in command of the Asiatic
Station with police jurisdiction thereof and providing rules and regu-
lations for governing vessels anchoring therein," is hereby amended
by striking out the letter ''L" in the tenth line of paragraph (h) of
said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the letter '' K."
Sec. 2. The public g<K)d 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
Conunission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 3, 1902.
[No. 455.]
AN ACTT for the relief of W. 8. Ctonrow, treasurer of the Province of Leyte.
Byofuthority of the United States , he it enacted hy the Philippine
Ccmmimon^ that:
Whereas, W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the Province of Leyte, did,
on Uie twenty-sb^ day of August, nineteen hundred and one, by
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order of the profincial board, paj the sum of four hundred and fifty
dollars in money of the United States to Jos^. Traviesas for the use of
the Hteamer Antonio from July third to July eleventh, nineteen hun-
dred and one, b^ the governor, treasurer, and supervisor of said prov-
ince and the division superintendent of schools, there being, however,
no law authorizing such payment; and it now appearing that the
employment of said vessel was under peculiar and exceptional condi-
tions and was in reality of great benefit to the province and the Insular
Grovemment:
Section 1. The act of W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the Province of
Leyte, in paying said sum of four hundred and fifty dollars for the use
of said steamer Antonio to her owner, Jos4 Traviesas, is hereby vali-
dated and approved, and the said Conrow will be allowed credit on \m
books as provincial treasurer for said sum.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite in accordance with section
two of *'^ Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Conmussion
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 3, 1902.
[No. 456.]
AN ACT amending rule fifty of section one of Act Nombered Ninety relative to
the manner in wnich the treasurer of the archipelago shall keep his accounts and
render the same to the Secretary of War; and repe^ing that part of section three
of Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty which prohibits the malring of contracts
payable only in United States currency.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Rule fifty of section one of Act Nimibered Ninety,
entitled ''An Act reciting an executive order of the President of the
United States, amending the executive order of May eightli, eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine, creating the oflBces of Auditor for the Elands
and chief clerk of the Auditor for the Islands of the Philippine Archi-
pelago, and enacting, with the concurrence and approval of the Sec-
retary of War first had, the rules and instructions relative to the
accounting system of the Military Government of the United States in
the Islands of the Philippine Archipelago," is hereby amended, by
authority of the Secretary of War, by striking out said rule fifty of
section one and substituting therefor the following:
" Rule 50. The accounts of the Treasurer shall ^ kept in the moneys
in which actually received and withdrawn, but in all reports made to
the Secretary of War the aggregate amount therein shall be converted
into money of the United States at the authorized rate of conversion
at the close of the month for which the account is rendered. The
Treasurer shall also show in said report the distribution of his balance
in local currency and United States currency respectively."
Sec. 2. That part of section three of Act Numbered Four hundred
and thirty whicn provides that *' No contract or obligation of the
Insular (jovemment entered into by the head of any Departments
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Bureau, or Office shall hereafter be made payable only in United States
currency, but mav be made payable in United States currency or its
equivalent in local currency, at the ratio authorized by the Civil Gov-
ernor at the time of payment, at the option of the Government," 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, September 9, 1902.
[No. 457.]
AN ACT providing for the exemption of the lands in the Province of Batangasfrom
paym^t of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two, and extending
the date for the appraisement and aseeesment of land in said province for one year.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In view of the depressed conditions prevailing in the
Province of Batangas, due to its having been recently subjected to
severe losses by reason of the war, the collection of the land tax pro-
vided by "The Municipal Code" and "The Provincial Government
Act" is hereby suspenoed in said province for the year nineteen hun-
dred and two.
Sec. 2. The date jjrescribed by section fifty-two of "The Municipal
Code" for the appraisement and assessment of lands for taxation pur-
poses is hereby postponed in the Province of Batangas for the period
of one year.
Ssa 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 11, 1902.
[No. 468.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and three, extending the provisions
of **The fiovindal Government Act" to the Province of Tayabe&
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. Section two of Act Number One hundred and three,
extending thepro visions of '*The Provincial Government Act" to the
Province of l^yabas, is hereby amended by increasing the salary of
the provincial secretary to one thousand three hundred and fifty dol-
lars per annum, in money of the United States.
WAR 1903— VOL 8 5
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of me 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, September 11, 1902.
[No. 459.]
AN ACT amending sections four and twelve of Act Numbered Three hundred and
thirty-seven organizing the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, and section five of Act
Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, organizing the Province of Paragua.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commimion^ that:
Secttion 1. Sections four and twelve of Act Numbered Three hun-
dred and thirty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization
of a provincial government in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya^" are
hereby amended by Htriking out the word "Treasurer," appearmg in
the seventeenth line of section four and in the eleventh line oi paragraph
\f\ of section twelve, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Auditor."
Sec. 2. Section five of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two,
entitled "An Act providing for the organization of a provincial gov-
ernment in the Province or Paragua, and defining the limits of that
province," is hereby amended by striking out the word "Treasurer"
m the seventeenth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the
word "Auditor."
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 15, 1902.
[No. 460.]
AN ACT appropriating ten thousand dollars in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Auditor for the Philippine Arch-
ipelago to prepare for the Secretary of War for transmittal to Ck)ngre88 at its ensu-
ing regular session special detailed reports of the receipts and expenditures of the
Government of the Archipelago for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission,, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of ten thousand
dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as mav be
necessary, for the employment of such extra service in the office oi the
Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago as may be required to enable
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the Auditor to submit to the Secretary of War, for transmittal to Con-
gress during its ensuing regular session, audited detailed statements of
the receipts and disbursements of the Government of the Archipelago,
and the provincial governments thereunder, for the iiscal year nmeteen
hundred and two.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of executing this work within the time
required the Auditor is hereby authorized to expend the sum apjjro-
priated, in whole or in part, for the payment of such overtime services
or work in excess of the number of hours of service now required by
law as may be rendered by the regular employees of his Bureau or by
the employees of other offices or Bureaus, at such rate of compensa-
tion as may seem to him equitable and proper, the provisions of Act
Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. The Auditor is further authorized to employ such additional
emergencv clerks as may be required to complete said work, such
clerks to be employed b^ selection from the eligible lists of the Civil
Service Board if a sufficient number of competent persons is available.
If a sufficient number is not available such clerks mav be selected by
any test of fitness which may be prescribed by the Auditor and
approved W the Civil Service Board.
Sec. 3. The appropriation herein made shall be withdrawn from the
Insular Treasury in loc^l currency at the rate authorized at the time
of such withdrawal, and so disbursed.
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.
Skc. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 15, 1902.
[No. 461.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and eeventy-five, entitled "An Act
-providing for the of^^anization and government of the Insular Constabulary, and for
the insp^rtion of the municipal police,** so as to provide for the maintenance of
the present telegraphic system in the Archipelago, so far as may be desirable and
practicable.
By authority of the United States^ he it enxicted hy the Philippine
Commisgiofi^ that:
Section 1. The Chief of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby
authorized and directed to take charge of all telegraph or telephone
lines heretofore operated by the Signal Corps of the United otates
Army, Division of the Philippines, which have been abandoned bj-^that
Corps or which may hereafter be abandoned or turned over to him by
it, 80 far as in his judgment it may be in the public interest to do so,
and as may be feasible and practicable. He is authorized to change
telegraph lines into telephone lines or vice versa whenever it is desira-
ble in tne interest of economy so to do. He is also authorized and
directed to receive and receipt for all telegraph and telephone lines,
or other telegraph or telephone property, which may be turned over
to him by the Signal Corps.
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Sec. 2. In order effectually to operate and maintain these telegraph
or telephone lines, he is authorizea to employ the necessary number of
experienced telegraph operators, and to appoint them inspectors of
constabulary, and to assign them to dut;^ in the Telegraphic Division
of the Philippines Constabulary, which is hereby createa. It shall be
within his aiscretion to appoint them first, second, third, or fourth
class inspectors and subinspectors, and to promote them from one
class to another, as he may deem best in the public interests. He is
also empowered to enlist, as privates, corporals, or sergeants, tele-
graph and telephone operators, to be employed as telegraph or tele-
phone operators, or in ^ny other capacity connected with the opecadon
and maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines, and to fix their com-
?Bnsation subject to the approval of the Secretarv of Commerce and
olice. He is also authorized to use such of the Philippines Constabu-
lary as are available and as he may deem necessary and desirable, in
the construction, repair and maintenance of telegraph and telephone
lines. He is further authorized to transmit messages over either the
telegraph or telephone lines under his control for private persons or
corporations, charging reasonable compensation therefor, and shall
maKe and publish a tariff of charges for such service to be approved
by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and the money received
therefor shall be accounted for by him and covered into the Insular
Treasury as other public funds are accounted for and covered into the
Treasury. He is hereby directed to make a separate Quarterly report,
through the Secretary of Commerce and Police, to tne Commission,
showing the number of inspectors and enlisted men in the Division of
Telegraphs, and the probable increase for the ensuing quarter, the
amount received by hmi from the general public as tolls for mesfi»ges
transmitted, and such other information as may be deemed of interest
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereb}^ expedited in accordance with section
two of ''An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Conmiission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 15, 1902.
[No. 462.]
AN ACT changing the title of "Department of Posts** to "Bureau of Poets/* and
the title of " Dire<!tor-General of Posts** to "Director of Posts.**
By autlwritij of tlie United States ^ he It enacted hy the PhUlppim
Commisi^io?}^ tnat:
Section 1. The title of " Department of Posts" is hereby chanijed
to that of ''Bureau of Posts," and the title of '* Director-General of
Posts" is hereby changed to that of '' Director of Posts."
Sec. 2. The powers and duties of the Director of Posts shall in all
respects be the same as those formerly exercised by the Director-
General of Posts, and the Bureau of Posts shall perform the same
functions in all respects as those heretofore performed by the Depart-
ment of Posts; and nothing herein contained shall affect existing orders
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or laws relating to the Department of Posts or Director-General of
Posts, which shall be applicable in every particular to the Bureau of
Posts and the Director oi Posts.
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 Septemoer twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, September 15, 1902.
[No. 463.]
AS ACT anthorizing provincial boards in their discretion to extend the time for
the payment of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two to a date not
later than January first, nineteen hundred and three.
By aidhority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commimon^ that:
Sechon 1. Whereas, owing to the severe epidemic of cholera, the
difficulties of transportation and the ravages caused by rinderpest, it
has been rendered impossible in many provinces to collect the land tax
for the year nineteen hundred and two by the first of October, nine-
teen hundred and two, as reauired by Act Numbered Four hundred
and thirty -four, the provincial boards of the various provinces of the
Archipelago organized under the provisions of Act Niunbered Eighty-
three are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to extend the time for
the payment, without penalty, of the land tax for the year nineteen
hundred and two to a date not later than January first, nineteen hun-
dred and three, anything in previous acts to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expeditcJd in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the oraer 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, September 22, 1902.
[No. 464.]
AN ACT vesting the Insular Treasurer with power to increase or diminish the bonds
of public officials, with the approval of the Civil Governor.
By aiUhority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Skchon 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
vested with power and it shall be his duty to increase or diminish the
penal sum or any official bond required by law when in his opinion the
circumstances or the public interest demand such change.
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Sec. 2. The power granted to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archi-
pelago in the preceding >ection shall not become effective until the
action of the Treasurer shall be approved by the Civil Governor.
Sec. 3. All pro\'lsion8 of existing law in so far as inconsistent 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 b}' the Commission
in the enactment of laws/' passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, Septeml^er 34 », 19<r2.
[No. 405.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-seven, providing for the
eHtablishment of a board of health for the Philippine Islands, by striking out the
pro\'iBion that the sanitary engineer shall be the city engineer of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enai^ted by t/ie Philippine
C(mi misHum , that:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-seven, entitled
"An Act providing for the establishment of a Board of Health for the
Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by striking out of paragraph
(J) of section two the words ''who shall be the City Engineer of
Manila," so that the paragraph shall read: "(J) A Sanitary Engineer,
at a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per 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 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, September 30, 1902.
[No. 406.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-eight, providing for a
per diem for traveling examiners of the treasurer and auditor for the Phihppine
Archipelago, by retiuiring such ])er diem to l)e paid from provincial funds when
an examiner or deputy of the Insular Treasurer is acting as a Provincial Treasurer.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Covimisnion^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-
eight, entitled ''An Act providing for the payment of per diems in lieu
of expenses to traveling examiners and otliers in the offices of the
Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are required to per-
form official travel," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following:
"When an examiner or deputy of the Insular Treasurer is acting
as a provincial treasurer under the provisions of section sixteen of
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Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered One hun-
dred and thirty -three, the per diem to which he is entitled under this
Act shall be paid from the revenues of the province where such service
is rendered auring the time such examiner or deputy is acting as prov-
incial treasurer."
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
Conmiission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on ite passage.
Enacted, October 2, 1902.
[No. 467.]
AN ACT to provide for taking a census of tiie Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy tlie Philippine
Comrrmsion^ that:
Section 1. A census of the population by name, age, sex, race or
tribe, nativity, and literacy, of school attendance, oi ownership of
homes, and o\ industrial and social statistics for each province and
municipality, and other civil divisions of the Philippine Islands, in
accordance with the Act of Congress, approved July first, nineteen
hundred and two, shall be taken in the year nineteen hundred and
three.
Sec. 2. There shall be established in the Department of Public
Instruction a Census Bureau, the chief officer of which shall be the
Director of the Census, who shall be appointed bjr the Civil Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Commission. The Director
01 the Census shall be charged with the collection, tabulation, and
publication of the statistics required by this Act. He may be, with the
consent of the President of the United States, a general officer of the
United States Army. In case a general oMcei' is thus appointed^ he
s/ioU hepaid^ in lieu of all allowance for forage, fuel ^ and quarters^ to
which Ke would he entitled undet^ the Army regulations^ the sum of ten
dMarsper diem, payable out of the Insular ireasury.
There shall also be two Assistant Directors of the Census, to be
appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Conmiission, who shall be experienced, pmctical statisticians,
and who shall be paid a salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars
per month each, and whose appointment as Assistant Directors of the
Census may be terminated by the Director of the Census as soon after
their return to the United States as may be desirable: Provided^ how-
ever, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to establish a
permanent Census Bureau.
Sec. 3. During the absence or disability of the Director of the Cen-
sus, one of the Assistant Directors, to be designated by the Director,
shall perform the duties of the Director, and at all other times the
Assistent Directors shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by
the Director of the Census.
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Sec. 4. There shall also be in the Census Bureau, to be appointed
by the Director thereof, one chief clerk, who shall receive a salary at
the rate of two thousana two hundred and fifty dollars per year; three
secretaries, each at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month:
six clerks, each at a salary of one hundred and thirty-three dollars ana
thirty -three cents per month; and such number of clerks and skilled
laborers, at a montnly salary of not more than eighty-five or less than
sixty dollars per month, to be appointed from time to time, as may be
found necessary for the prompt and proper performance of the duties
herein required.
Sec. 5. The collection of the information required by this Act shall
be made under the direction of the Director of the Census by super-
visors, enumerators, and special agents^ whose inauiries shall be
restricted to the population, schools, agriculture, ana industrial and
social statistics, separately lor each province and municipality and
other civil divisions as the census schedules, approved by the hecre-
tary of Public Instruction, may require: Promaed^ That whenever an
official registration of mortuary or other statistics is and has been
maintained, the Director of the Census may employ experts or special
agents to investigate and ascertain such statistics, whether of manu-
facturing, railroad, fishing, mining, telegraph, express, transportation,
insurance, banking, or or such otner industries, as the Secretary of
Public InstiTictioii may direct.
Sec. 6. The supervisors, enumerators, and special agents shall be
appointed by the Director of the Census, by and with flie advice and
consent of the Civil Governor: Provided^ That all insular, municipal,
and provincial officials, and such officei's and enlisted men of the Army
as may be designated by the Commanding General, Division of the
Philippines, shall be eligible to appointment.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of this census, the Director of the Census
shall divide the Philippine Islands into fifty supervisors' districts, more
or less, the boundanes of which shall, whenever practicable, conform
to the boundaries of the insular provinces. Each supervisor shall be
duly commissioned by the Civil Governor, and before entering upon
his duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath before any offi-
cial authorized to administer oaths:
''I, -- - - , supervisor of
the - supervisor's district, ao solemnly
swear that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United
States of America and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto,
and that I will, to the best of my ability, enumerate, or cause to be
enumerated, all the inhabitants of such district, and will collect, or
cause to be collected, the other statistical information within the same,
as required by law or regulation, and will faithfully perform all the
duties enjoined on me by law providing for the taking of the Census.
So help me God."
This oath, when duly executed, shall be forwarded to the Director
of the Census and duly tiled in his office.
Sec. 8. Each supervisor of the Census shall be charged, within his
district, with the performance of the following duties:
Fii-st. To consult with the Director of the Census in regard to the
division of his district into enumeration districts most convenient for
the purpose of enumeration, which districts and the limits thereof
shall be fixed by the Director of the Census.
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Second. To nominate to the Director of the Census suitable persons
as enumerators and special agents within his district, one or more for
each enumeration district, who shall be resident therein. In case it
shall occur in any enumeration district that no person is qualified and
willing to perform the duties of enumerator, the supervisor may nom-
inate any fit person to be the enumerator of that district: Provided^
That in no case shall a supervisor nominate as enumerator or special
agent his father, mother, son, daughter, niece or nephew, or any other
relative by blood or marriage within the fourth degree.
Third. To communicate to enumerators and special agents the
necessary instructions and directions relating to their duties as enu-
merators or special agents, taking care that tney are perfectly under-
stood.
Fourth. To examine thoroughly the schedules and other returns and
reports of the enumerators and special agents, causing all discrepan-
cies or deficiencies appearing on them to be corrected or supplied, and
to forward them to tne Director in such time and in such manner as
shall be prescribed by him.
Fifth. To make such visits of inspection throughout his district as
may be necessary to ascertain the progress and efficiency of the enu-
meration.
Sixth. To pi"epare and forward promptly at the close of each month
to the disbursing officer designatea to make payments in his district in
behalf of the Census, all accounts and vouchers covering the service
of himself, his clerk, his messenger, and each enumerator, as well as
for other necessary expenses, which vouchers the supervisor shall cer-
tify to be true and correct. Payments on such vouchers may be made
by check in favor of each person to whom payment is due, or in money,
as may be most convenient. All accounts of special agents and enu-
merators shall be sworn to by them as correct and just before the same
are submitted to the district supervisor for certification for payment
by the designated disbursing officer.
The duties imposed on the supervisors by this Act shall be performed
in any and all particulars in accordance with the instructions and direc-
tions of the Director of the Census, and any supervisor who may
abandon, neglect, or improperly perform the duties required of him
by this Act, may be removed b}' the Director of the Census.
Each supenasor shall receive a salary of one hundred and seventy-
five dollars per month, such sum to be in full compensation for all
services renaered and expenses incurred by him: Provided^ however^
That when he is traveling under orders or in serious emergencies aris-
ing during the progress of the enumeration in his district, or in con-
nection with the enumeration of any subdivision, he may, in the dis-
cretion of the Director of the Census, be allowed the actual cost of
transportation and one dollar and fifty cents per day, money of the
United States, in lieu of subsistence, during his necessary absence from
his place of residence in his district. He shall also be entitled to one
clerk at a salaiy of sixty dollars per month, and one messenger at a
salarv of thirty dollars per month: Provided^ That one-half of the sal-
ary (Jue each supei-visor shall be withheld and not paid him until after
the schedules or other returns and reports required of him shall have
been duly rendered to the Director oi the Census.
Sec. 9. Each enumerator and special agent shall be commissioned
by the Director of the Census, and before entering upon his duties
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shall take and subscribe to the following oath before the supervisor of
the district or any oflScial having authority to administer oaths:
''I, - - - - - , an enumerator (or special
agent) of the _ supervisor's district,
do solemnly swear that I recognize and accept the supreme authority
of the United States of America, and will maintain true faith and
allegiance thereto, and that 1 will make a true and exact enumeration
of all the inhabitants within the enumemtion district assigned to me,
and will also faithfully collect the other statistics therein in the man-
ner provided by law for taking the Census, and in conformity with all
lawful instructions I may receive, and will make due and correct
returns thereof in the manner prescribed. So help me Go<f."
This oath, when duly executed, shall be forwarded to the supervisor,
and by him to the Director of the Census, and filed in his office.
Sec. 10. Each enumerator shall be charged with the collection, in
his enumeration district, of the facts and statistics required by the
population schedules, and such other schedules as the Secretary of
Public Instruction may prescribe for use in connection witJi the
Census. It shall be the cluty of each enumei-ator to visit personally
each dwelling house in his district, and each family therein, and each
individual living out of a family in any place of abode, and by inquiry
made of the head of each family, or of the member thereof deem^
most creditable and worthy of trust, or of each individual living out
of a family, to obtain each and every item of information, and all the
Earticulars required by the Census schedules, and of such date as may
e hereafter prescribed by the Commission as the day on which the
Census shall be taken. And in case no pei'son shall be found at the
usual place of abode of such familj^, or individual living out of a fam-
ily, competent to answer the inquiries made in compliance with the
requirements of this Act, then it shall be lawful for the enumerator
to obtain the required information, as near as may be practicable,
from the family or families, or person or persons, living nearest to
such place of abode; and it shall be the duty of each enumerator to
take m person, or forward by mail, as may be most expeditious and
secure, the original schedule, duly certified, to the supervisor of Cen-
sus of his Census district, and in the event of discrepancies or deficien-
cies being discovered in his said schedule, he shall use all diligence in
correcting or supplying the same as the supervisor of his district shall
direct. As far as practicable, each enumeration district shall be coter-
minous with municipalities, entire barrios, or incorporated cities, but
when- this is not practicable, and an enumeration district shall include
a part only of a municipality, barrio, or incorporated city, it shall be
the duty of the enumerator of such district clearly and plainly to dis-
tinguish, and separate in the population schedules, the inhabitants of
all or any part of such municipality, barrio, incoraorated city, from
the inhabitants not included in his district. Eacn enumerator and
special agent shall receive a salaiy of two dollars and fifty cents per
diem, such sum to be full compensation for all services rendered, and
all expenses incurred by him, the hire of boats when actually neces-
sary excepted, for which he shall be allowed the actual and necessary
cost if approved by the supervisor of his district: Pt'ovided^ That
eight hours of active enumeration shall constituts a day's work, and
that one-half of the salary due each enumerator or special agent shall
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be withheld aod not paid him until after the schedules or other returns
or report reauired or him shall have been duly rendered to the super-
visor of his district.
Sec. 11. In the event of the death of any supervisor, enumerator,
or otiier officer or employee of the Census, after his appointment
and entrance on his duties, the Director of tne Census is authorized
to pay the legal representative of such deceased official or employee
such sum as he may deem to be just and fair for the services rendered
by said official or employee, not exceeding in any case the per diem
allowance provided in the preceding section, for the days during which
the deceased was actually emplovea.
Sec. 12. The district assignee! to an^ enumerator shall not contain
more than one thousand live hundred inhabitants for urban, or more
than one thousand inhabitants for suburban or rural districts, accord-
ing to such estimates as may be considered reasonable by the Director
of the Census, and the boundaries of all enumeration districts shall be
as far as practicable those of barrios or other civil divisions, or rivers,
roads, or other easily distinguished lines: Provided^ That enmnerators
maybe assigned for the special enumeration of institutions, when
desirable, and that competent women may be employed in taking the
Census.
Sbc. 13. Anv supervisor of the Census may, with the approval of
the Director oi the Census, remove any enumerator in bis district and
fill the vacancy thus caused or otherwise occurring. Whenever it
shall appear that any portion of the enumeration and Census provided
for in tnis Act has been negligently or improperly taken, and is by
reason thereof incomplete or erroneous, the Director of the Census
may cause such incomplete and unsatisfactory enumeration and Census
to be amended or made anew under such methods as may, in his dis-
cretion, be practicable.
Sec. 14. The Director of the Census may employ, and may authorize
and direct supervisors of the Census to employ, mterpreters to assist
the enumerators of their respective districts in the enumeration of
persons, the compensation of such interpreters not to exceed two
dollars and fifty cents per day, for each cuay actually and necessarily
enaployed.
DEC. 15. No Census clerk, interpreter, or messenger shall enter
upon his duties until he has taken and subscribed to the following
oath:
*'I, , do solemnly swear
that 1 recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United
States of America, and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto,
and that I will honestly and faithfully perform such duties in connec-
tion with the Census of the Philippines as may be intrusted to me.
So help me God."
This oath, when executed, shall be forwarded through the Census
supervisor of the proper province to the Director of the Census and
be duly filed in his office. No supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enu-
inerator, or special agent shall be accompanied oy, or assisted in the
performance of his duties by, any person not duly appointed as
an officer or employee of the Philippine Census, ana to whom the
oath or affirmation has not been duly administered. All appointees
and employees provided for in this Act shall be appointed or employed
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solely with reference to their fitness to perform the duties of the posi-
tion to which they may be appointed, and, whether practicable, shall
be natives of the Philippine Islands, and such employees and appointees
shall not be subject to the privisions of the Civil Service Act. Num-
bered Five, and the amendments thereto: Provided^ however^ Tnat the
Director of the Census is authorized to call upon the Civil Service
Board in cases in which he deems it practicable and useful to certify
an eligible list for any position to be filled by appointment in the
Bureau, and it shall then be the duty of the Census Service Board to
make proper certification as in other cases.
Sec. 16. The enumeration of the population required by this Act
shall conunence on such date as may be hereafter proclaimed by the
Civil Governor, and shall be taken as of that date. The proclamation
of the Civil Governor shall also specify general periods within which
the schedules shall be returned to the proper supervisor. And it shall
be the duty of each enumerator to complete the enumeration of his dis-
trict and to prepare the schedules and returns hereinbefore required to
be made, and cause the same to be delivered to the supervisor of the
Census of his district on or before the date which may be designated
in said proclamation of the Civil Governor.
Sec. 17. If any person shall receive or secure to himself any fee, re-
ward, or compensation for the appointment, employment, or retention
of any person as enumerator or clerk or other employee, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convicton thereof shall be
fined not more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not more
than one year, or both.
Sec. 18. If any supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, inter-
preter, special agent, or other employee, who, having taken and sub-
scribea tne oath of oflSce required by this Act, shall^ without justifi-
able cause, neglect or refuse to perform the duties enjoined on him by
this Act, or shall, without the authority of the Director of the Census,
communicate to any person, not authorized to receive the same, any
information gained by him in the performance of his duties, he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined
not exceeding five hundred dollars; or if he shall willfully and know-
ingly swear or afiirm falsely, he shall be deemed guiltv of perjury, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly; or if he shall
willfully and knowingly make a raise certificate, or a fictitious sched-
ule, or other return or report, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction of either of the last-named offenses he shall be
fined not exceeding two thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding twoyears.
Sec. 19. ^ch and every person more than twenty years of a^
belonging to any family residing in any enumeration district, and m
case of the absence of the heads and other members of any such family,
then any representative of such family, shall be, and each of the*m
hereby is, required, if thereto requested by the proper supervisor, or
enumerator, or special agent, to render a true account, to the best of
his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family in the
various particulars required, and whoever shall willfully fail or refuse
to render such true account shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hunm*ed
dollars. And every president, treasurer, secretary, director, agent, or
other officer of every corporation, and of every establishment of pro-
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ductive industry, or social or relieious institution, whether conducted
as a corporate body, limited liability company, or by private individ-
uals, or the owner, lessee, agent, or manager of any farm, plantation,
or hacienda, from whom answers to any of the schedules, inquiries, or
statistical interrogatories, provided for by this Act, are herein required,
who shall, if thereto requested by the Director, an Assistant Director,
a supervisor, an enumerator, or a special agent, willfully neelect or
refuse to give true and complete answers to any inquiries aumorized
by this Act, or shall willfully ^ive false information, shall l>e guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment for
a period not exceeding one year. No person shall be required to
answer any questions for the Census or shall be punished for willful
failure to answer the same under this section ir, upon demand, the
person asking the same shall not first produce his lawful commission
as supervisor, enumerator, or special agent authorizing him to make
such mquiries. Any person falsely impersonating a supervisor, enu-
merator, or special agent, or other Census oflScer or employee for the
purpose of getting access to private premises or eliciting information
or any other purpose, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars or imprisoned not more than one year, or botn, in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 20. The Director of the Census may authorize the expenditure
of the necessary sums for the per diem and traveling expenses of the
supervisors, enumerators, and special agents as hereinbefore limited,
and also for the per diem and traveling expenses of other officers ana
employees of the Census to be allowed for the puiposes of this Act
ana the amount thereof to be fixed in the discretion of the Director of
the Census.
Sec. 21. All mail matter of whatever class, relative to the Philippine
Census and addressed to the Director, Assistant Director, or any super-
visor or enumerator of the Census, and indorsed ''Oflicial business,
Philippine Census," shall be transported free of postage; and all tele-
gnuns relative to the Philippine Census sent or received by the officials
aforesaid, over all telephone and telegraph lines under public control
in the Islands, shall be free of charge; and if any person shall make
use of the postal or telegraph f rankmg privileges herein granted, to
avoid the payment of postage or telegraph charges on a private mes-
sage, letter, package, or other matter sent by mail or telegraph, the
person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a
nne of three hundred dollars. The Director of the Census is authorized-
to employ, in his discretion, couriers, at a compensation to be fixed by
him, for the purpose of expeditiously conveying official Census mail of
any class to any locality.
Sec. 22. The disbursements in behalf of the Census Bureau in Manila
shall be made by a disbursing officer appointed in accordance with the
provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and fortv-five. The dis-
bursements in each Census district outside the city of Manila shall be
made by the provincial treasurer located in that Census district. In
each Census oistrict outside of an organized province an officer of the
United States Army shall be designated by the Civil Governor, with
the consent of the Commanding General of the Division, to act as
disbursing officer, and no bond shall be required of such Army officer.
Provincial treasurers and other disbursing officers shall perform
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tfaeir duties in accordance with bw and render acoounts to the Auditor
for the Arthipeliigo in aeix»rdaoce with the provi^ons of Act Numbered
Ninety mod it« amendments
Each prorincial treaLMirer who performs the duties of a disbursing
officer under the provL?ions of this Act >hall receive from the appro-
priationii for the Census Bureau compensiation e<}nal to seven per cent
of his annual salary as such treasurer in addition to his salary as
provincial treasurer from provincial funds.
Sec. 23. All insular, provincial, and municipal officials, if required,
shall render such assistance to the Director, Assistant Directors,
supervisors, enumerators, and special agents of the Census as may be
practicable and necessary- to enaUe the latter to execute the provisions
of this Act.
Sec. 24. The public ^ood reauiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is nereby expeoitedin 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. 25. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 6, 11*02.
[No. 468.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Capiz to divert ten
thousand dollare, local trurrency, of the fund? loaned to that province by the Insu-
lar (iovemment by ^^rtue of Aft Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, as loans
to the municipalities of the province for the prevention and suppreaedon of the
cholera epidemic.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the JPhilippine
Cmnmission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Capiz is hereby
authorized to divert ten thousand dollars, local cun'ency, of the funds
loaned to that province by the Insular Government, by virtue of Act
Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, as loans to the municipalities
of the province for the prevention and suppression of the epidemic of
cholera. The loans made by the province to the municipalities under
this Act shall be used by the municipalities solely for the prevention
•and suppression of the cholera epidemic, and shall be expended under
the direction and supervision of the provincial board of health; such
loans to the municipalities shall be without interest, and shall be paid
by the latter to the province within two years from the date of the
making of such loans by the province.
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, 8. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, October 6, 1902.
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[No. 469.1
AN ACT authorizing provincial boards to hear and determine controversies arising in
municipalities b]^ reason of municipal ordinances regulating religious processions
or closing municipal cemeteries.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In all cases of municipal ordinances regulating religious
processions or closing municipal cemeteries an appeal may be token
TTom the enforcement of such ordinance or ordinances to the provin-
cial board of the province by the persons interested therein. The
provincial board, upon a sufficient notice to the interested parties and
upon hearing, shall confirm, modify, or nullify such oiflinance or ordi-
nances asitmay deem best for thepublic interest, itsdecision in the matter
to be final: Provided^ ho%oever^ Tnat where such ordinance or ordinances
have been enacted not for the public good but in bad faith and because
of prejudice or hatred, the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction
of the municipality and province shall have power, upon complaint
properly filed, to enjoin tne enforcement of such ordinance or ordi-
nances in whole or in part because of such bad faith, prejudice, or
hatred only. Upon Questions involving" the public health the opinion
of the president of the provincial board of health shall be requested
by the provincial board, out his opinion shall be advisory only.
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 6, 1902.
[No. 470.]
AN ACT authorizing the loan of ten thousand dollars in money of the United
States or its equivafent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the Province of
Batangas.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Batangas is
hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Govern-
ment, the sum of ten thousand dollars in money of the United States,
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio, to be
expended by the provincial board for the general purposes of the
provincial government in accordance with the provisions of '^The Pro-
vincial Government Act." The sum thus appropriated shall be repaid
to the Insular Treasury in three equal annual installments on the first
days of January of the jears nineteen hundred and four, nineteen
hundred and five, and nmeteen hundred and six, without interest.
He amount of the loan shall be paid to the provincial treasurer upon
receipt of the resolution of the provincial board, and shall be by him
disbursed upon order of the provincial board as in other cases.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dol-
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their duties in accordance with law and render accounts to the Auditor
for the Archipelago in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Ninety and its amendments.
Eacii provincial treasurer who performs the duties of a disbursing^
officer under the provisions of this Act shall receive from the appro-
priations for the Census Bureau compensation ecjual to seven per cent
of his annual salary as such treasurer in addition to his salary as
provincial treasurer from provincial funds.
Sec. 23. All insular, provincial, and municipal officials, if required,
shall render such assistance to the Director, Assistant Directors,
supervisors, enumerators, and special agents of the Census as miiy be
piucticable and necessary to enaole the latter to execute the provisions
of this Act.
Sec. 24. The public good reauiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is nereby expedited in accordance with
section two ot "An Act prescribing the order of procedure b^ the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septemoer twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 25. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 6, 1902.
[No. 468.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Capiz to divert ten
thousand dollars, local currency, of the funds loaned to that province by the Insu-
lar Government by virtue of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, as loans
to the municipalities of the province for the prevention and suppression of the
cholera epidemic.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Co^nmission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Capiz is hereby
authorized to divert ten thousand dollars, local cun*ency, of the f uncJs
loaned to that province by the Insular Government, by virtue of Act
Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, as loans to the municipalities
of the province for the prevention and suppression of the epidemic of
cholera. The loans maae by the province to the municipalities under
this Act shall be used by the municipalities solely for the prevention
•and suppression of the cholera epidemic, and shall be expended under
the direction and supervision of the provincial board of health; such
loans to the municipalities shall be without interest, and shall be paid
by the latter to the province within two years from the date of the
making of such loans by the province.
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 6, 1902.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 79
[No. 469.1
AN ACT authorizmg provincial boards to hear and determine controversies arising in
mnnicipalities by reason of municipal ordinances regulating religious processions
or dosing municipal cemeteries.
By authjority of the United States, he it enucted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Secthon 1. In all cases of municipal ordinances regulating religious
processions or closing municipal cemeteries an appeal may be token
from the enforcement of such ordinance or ordinances to the provin-
cial board of the province by the persons interested therein. The
provincial board, upon a sufficient notice to the interested parties and
upon hearing, shall confirm, modify, or nullify such ordinance or ordi-
nancesasit may deem bestforthepublic interest, itsdecisionin the matter
to be final: Provided^ however^ That where such ordinance or ordinances
have been enacted not for the public good but in bad faith and because
of prejudice or hatred, the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction
of the municipality and province shall have power, upon complaint
properly filed, to enjoin tne enforcement of such ordinance or ordi-
nances in whole or in part because of such bad faith, prejudice, or
hatred only. Upon questions involving the public health the opinion
of the president of the provincial board of health shall be requested
by the provincial board, out his opinion shall be advisory only.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby e^cpedited in accordance with section
two of '*An Act prescribing the oraer 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 6, 1902.
[No. 470.]
AN ACT authorizing the loan of ten thousand dollars in money of the United
States or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the Province of
Batangas.
By authority of the United Stiates^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Batangan is
hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Govern-
ment, the sum of ten thousand dollars in money of the United States,
or its eauivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio, to be
expendea by the provincial board for the general purposes of the
provincial government in accordance with the provisions of '^The Pro-
vincial Government Act." The sum thus appropriated shall be repaid
to the Insular Treasury in three equal annual installments on the first
days of January of the years nineteen hundred and four, nineteen
hundred and five, and nineteen hundred and six, without interest.
The amount of the loan shall be paid to the provincial treasurer upon
receipt of the resolution of the provincial board, and shall be by him
disbursed upon order of the provincial board as in other cases.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dol-
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lars in money of the United States or its equivalent in local currency
at the legal rate, in order to comply'with the provisions of this Act
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speeoy 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 6, 1902.
[No. 471.]
AN ACT aathorizing the loan of fifty thousand dollaiv, local currency, to the Prov-
ince of Iloilo, to enable the provincial board to make loans to the various munici-
palities of the province for the suppression of cholera and for the relief of the
inhabitants from starvation and suffering.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section. 1. The provincial board of the Province of Iloilo is hereby
authorized to borrow, by i*esolution, from the Insular Government,
the sum of fifty thousand dollars, local currency, for the purpose of
enabling the provincial board to make loans to the various municipali-
ties of the province for the suppression of cholera and for the relief of
the inhabitants of the municipalities from starvation and suffering.
The sum thus borrowed shall be repaid to the Insular Treasurer by the
provincial board on or before the expiration of two years from the date
of the loan, without interest; the loans from the province to the munici-
palities to be repaid bv the latter to the province within the same period,
without interest. The amount loaned shall be paid to the provincial
treasurer upon receipt of the resolution of the provincial board request-
ing such loan, and shall be by him loaned to the municipalities upon
request of the respective councils, upon orders of the provincial board.
The expenditure of the money loaned shall be under the supervision
and direction of the provincial board.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fiftv thousand dol-
lars in local currency to comply with the provisions 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act sliall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 6, 1902.
[No. 472.]
AN ACT repealing section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and fifty-one, pro-
hibiting the sale of intoxicating beverages in the municipality of Iligan, Province
of Misamis.
By authority of the United States^ he it eruicted hy tne Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and fifty-
one, entitled '*An Act prohibiting the sale of intoxicating beverages
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in the municipality of Iligan, Province of Misamis, and providing the
oonditions under which prospectors may visit territory in that province
inhabited bv Moros," is hereby repealed.
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 6, 1902.
[No. 478.]
AN ACT anthorizing the loan of the equivalent m local cmrency, at the authorized
ratio, of two thousand five hundred dollars, in money of the United States, to the
Province of Marinduque out of the Treasury of the Pnilippine Archipelago, for the
benefit of the Island of Mindoro.
By autJwrity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commmian^ toot:
Section 1. The Treasurer of the Philipi)ine Archipelago is hereby
authorized to loan to the Province of Marinduque, tor the benefit of
the Island of Mindoro, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the equivalent in local currency, at the author-
ized ratio, of two thousand five hundred dollars in money of the United
States, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be expended by the
provincial board of the province for the general purposes of the pro-
vincial government of the^ Island of Mindoro, m said province, as
established by Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-three. The
sum thus borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasury from the
treasniT of the Province of Marinduque on or l)efore the thirty-first
day of December, nineteen hundred and three, without interest. The
repayment of the sum so loaned shall be a special charge upon the
revenues of the Province of Marinduque accruing from that portion
thereof which was annexed to said province hj Act Numbered Four
hundred and twenty -three. This loan is made in pursuance of a reso-
lution adopted^by the provincial board of the Island of Mindoro, in
the Province of Marinduque, on the twenty-fifth day of August,
nineteen hundred and two.
Sbc. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is herebv expeditea in acx^ordance with section
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 6, 1902.
[No. 474.]
^ ACT providing for the stamping of counterfeit coin in such manner that it shall
not be available for circulation.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commimon, that:
Section 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
directed to procure suitable stamps for stamping upon all false or
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ooanterfeit coins that are presented at or come into the Treasury of
the Philippine Archipelago the word *' false," and it is made his duty
and that of each employee in the Bareau of the Treasury to Tvhoin
such coins shall be presented^ or into whose possession they shall come
in the performance of official duties, to stamp upon each coin so pre-
sented, when received, with the stamps aforesaid, the wotd "false."
The stamps shall be of such size and the impression upon the coin
shall be such that the word " false " is clearly apparent from a mere
casual inspection to any person receiving the coin.
Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the manajger or managers or
directors of any bank or banking association doing business in the
Philippine Islands to procure stamps of the character named in the
preceding section and to stamp in the manner therein provided all
raise or counterfeit coins presented at such bank or banking associa-
tion or its place of business, or in the possession of such bank or bank-
ing association. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago shall
prescribe the form and size of the stamps provided for in this section
and the manner of their use.
Sec. 3. The Insular Treasurer, or an^ employee of his Bureau, or
any cashier, treasurer, director, receiving or paying teller, or anv
other officer or employee of any bank or banking association who shall
knowingly neglect or refuse to stamp any false or counterfeit coin
that sh^l come into his possession or custody in such bank or banking
association, or its place of business, by virtue of his official relation
thereto or employment therein, in the manner provided in this Act,
shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
by impnsonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion
of the court, for each such neglect or failure.
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 6, 1902.
[No. 475.]
AN ACT amending section nine of "The Provincial Government Act" as amended
by paragraph four of section one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three,
by striking out from paragraph (a) of said section nine the words "The Provincial
Treasurer shall forward to the Insular Auditor a true copy of the tax lists of this
province.'*
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Ckytnmismm^ that:
Section 1. Section nine of '^The Provincial Government Act,'' as
amended by paragraph four of section one of Act Numbered One
hundred and thirtv-three, entitled ''An Act to amend 'The Provincial
Government Act, No. 83,' is hereby amended by striking out from the
last two lines of paragraph {a) of said section nine the following
words: "The provincial treasurer shall forward to the Insular Auditor
a true copy of the tax lists of this province."
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedj^ 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, October 6, 1902.
[No. 476.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and eiehty-three, entitled "An Act
to incorporate tlie city of Manila," and amending Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-nve, entitled **An Act regulating the salariea of officers and employees in
the municipal service of Manila," by increasing the number of assistants in the
office of the prosecuting attorney of Manila from three to four, and by increasing
the salary of^the prosecuting attorney from three thousand five hundred dollars to
four thousand five hundred dollars and fixing the salaries of the four assistants.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila,"
enacted July thirty -first, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended
so as to provide that there shall be four Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
neys, who shall assist the Prosecuting Attomejr as he shall direct, instead
of three such assistants, as in said section thirty-nine provided.
Sec. 2. Section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
five, entitled *'An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees
in the municipal service of Manila," enacted August third, nmeteen
hundred and one, is hereby amended so as to provide that the Prose-
cuting Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of four thousand
five hundred dollars; the First Assistant shall receive an annual salary
of three thousand five hundred dollars; the Second Assistant shall
receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the
Third Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars; and the Fourth Assistant shall receive an
annua] salary of two thousand dollars; instead of the salaries of the
Prosecuting Attorney and his assistants as in said section twelve pro-
vided.
Sec 3. The parts of section thirty-nine of the Act to incorporate
the city of Manda, and section twelve of the Act regulating the sala-
ries of officers and employees in the municipal service of Manila, incon-
sistent with the provisions of 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws,' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. *
Enacted, October 7, 1902.
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[No. 477.]
AN ACT to repeal Acts numbered One hundred and eighty, Two hundred and thirty-
two, and Three hundred and seventy-three, amendatory of Act Numbered Seventy-
four, establishing a Department of Fublic Instruction, to repeal a certain paragraph
in Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty relating to night schools, and to amend
Act Numbered Seventy-four by providing for the division of the Archijpelago into
thirty-six school divisions, to amend section thirteen of "The Provincial ^vem-
ment Act" Numbered Eighty-three, as amended, and for other purposes.
By cmthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Coinmissionj that:
SEcrnoN 1. Acts Numbered One hundred and eighty, Two hundred
and thirty-two, and Three hundred and seventy-three, amendatory of
Act Numbered Seventy-four, and the following paragraph in Act Num-
bered Four hundred and thirty: ^'No night school snail be maintained
either in the city of Manila or elsewhere at the public expense in which
the average attendance is not at least twenjy-five pupils over the age of
fourteen years," are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of
Public Instruction, is hereby amended as follows:
{a) By striking out wherever it is used in said Act the words
"Department of Public Instruction" and inserting in lieu thereof the
words "Bureau of Education."
(J) By striking out sections numbered one, three, five, six, nine,
and fifteen and inserting in lieu thereof the following sections:
"Section 1. A Bureau of Education for the Philippine Islands,
under the executive control of the Department of Public Instruction,
is hereby established, the central office of which shall be in the city of
Manila. All primary instruction in the schools established or main-
tained under this Act shall be free, and all secondary instruction in
the schools established by the several provinces shall be free at least
to the pupils resident in the provinces in which the schools are
establisned.
"Sec. 3. The chief officer of this Bureau shall be denominated the
General Superintendent of Education and shall be appointed by the
Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission.
His annual salary shall be six thousand dollars, payable monthly.
He shall have the following powers and duties, to be exercised and
discharged under the general supervision of the Secretary of Public
Instruction:
"(a) He shall establish primary schools in every pueblo in the
Archipelago, where practicable, and shall reorganize those already
established where sucn reorganization is necessary.
"(5) He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction, a city superintendent of schools for Manila, and
division superintendents of schools for other parts of the Archipelago,
and the teachers and clerks authorized bylaw, and shall prescribe
the duties of such teachers and clerks.
"(c) He shall fix the salaries of teachers within the limits estab-
lished by law.
"(^) lie shall fix a curriculum for primary, secondary, and other
public schools.
"(^) He shall prescribe the authority to be exercised by the prin-
cipal teacher of each school over the other teachers, if any, and his
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duties as teacher actually engaged in the work of instruction and in
caring for the schoolhouse and school property.
"(/) He shall approv3 plans made by the Chief of the Bureau of
Architecture, for the construction of schoolhouses to be built by the
municipalities or provinces, shall fix the amount of land required in
each case, and shall prescribe rules of hygiene which shall be observed
in connection with the schools of the Archipelago.
"($r) He shall have power to determine the pueblos in which
English teachers, to be paid out of the Insular Treasury, shall teach.
He may exercise this discretion in favor of those pueblos which shall
construct and maintain suitable schoolhouses by local taxation or
contributions.
" (A) In case of a vacancy in the office of a division superintendent
or that of the city superintendent of schools for Manila, he may dis-
charge all the duties of such position durinjg the vacancy, or he may
designate a subordinate of the Bureau to discharge such duties tem-
porarily in the same manner and with the same limitations as are pro-
vided in section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and eight.
^^(t) He shall examine and pass upon all estimates made for funds
by division superintendents and forward them, with his recommenda-
tion, to the Secretary of Public Instruction for submission to the Com-
mission.
"(y) On or before September first of each year he shall make a
report of his administration for the previous twelve months to the
Secretary of Public Instruction, who may call for special reports from
tune to time. In the regular annual report it shall be the auty of the
Superintendent to recommend changes in the school law wnich he
deems expedient.
" (k) He shall exercise general supervision over the entire Bureau
and shall prepare and promulgate rules for the examination and deter-
mination of the qualincations of applicants for positions of division
superintendents and teachers, and for the guidance of the teachers and
omcers of the Bureau, adapted to carry out this law and not incon-
sistent with its provisions.
"(?) He shall have authority to establish night schools, but no night-
school class shall be maintained at the expense of the city of Manim or
the Insular Government in which the average nightly attendance in
each school month under each teacher is not at least fifteen pupils over
the age of fourteen years. If it is found at the end of any month that
the average nightly attendance of any class has been less than fifteen,
such class shallbe discontinued. The teacher of such class shall, how-
ever, be entitled to pay for each night of actual teaching during the
month even if the average attendance has been less than fifteen, but a
class discontinued for lack of the required attendanpe shall not again
be organized except with the consent of the division superintendent
and unless at least twenty-five pupils shall have been enrolled and shall
have signified their intention or becoming regular members of the
class. Teachers of night-school classes shall be- paid only for nights
of actual teaching.
" Sec. 6. The ArchipeWo shall be and is hereby divided into thirty-
six school divisions. In the First Division (the city of Manila and its
barrios) there shall be a city superintendent of schools, and in each
of the other divisions, except the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-
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fifth, and Thirty-sixth, there shall be a regularly appointed division
superintendent. The divisions and the annual salaries of the superin-
tendents thereof shall be as follows:
''First Division, the city of Manila and its Iwirrios, three thousand
dollars.
" Second Division, Albay and Sorsogon, one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
"Third Division, Ambos Camarines, two thousand dollars.
"Fourth Division, Antique, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Fifth Division, Batangas, two thousand four hundred dollars.
"Sixth Division, Bohol, two thousand dollars.
"Seventh Division, Bulacan, one thousand six hundred dollars.
" Eighth Division, Cagayan and Isabela, two thousand two hundred
and fifty dollai*s.
"Ninth Division, Capiz, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Tenth Division, Cavite, one thousand six hundred dollars.
"Eleventh Division, Cebfi, two thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
"Twelfth Division, Ilocos Norte, two thousand dollars.
" Thirteenth Division, Ilocos Sur and Abi*a, two thousand two hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
"Fourteenth Division, Iloilo, two thousand five hundred dollars.
"Fifteenth Division, La Laguna, two thousand dollars.
"Sixteenth Division, La Union, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Seventeenth Division, Ley to and Samar, two thousand four hun-
dred dollars.
"Eighteenth Division, Marinduque and Mindoro, two thousand
dollars.
"Nineteenth Division, Masbate, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Twentieth Division, Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception of
M isamis and SurigaoJ, two thousand five hundred dollars.
"Twenty-first Division, Misamis, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Twenty-second Division, Nueva Eciia, two thousand dollars.
"Twenty-third Division, Occidental Negros, two thousand two hun-
dred and tifty dollars.
"Twenty-fourth Division, Oriental Negros, one thousand six hundred
dollai^s.
"Twenty-fifth Division, Pampanga and Bataan, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
"Twenty -sixth Division, Pangasinan, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
"Twenty -seventh Division, Rizal, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Twenty-eighth Division, Rorablon, one thousand five hundred
dollai-s.
"Twenty-ninth Division. Surigao. one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Thirtieth Division, Tarlac, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Thirty-first Division, Tayabas, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
"Thirty -second Division, Zambales, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
"In the Thirtjr-third, Thirty -fourth. Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth
Divisions, comprising the Provinces of Benguet, Lepanto-fiontoc,
Nueva Vizcaya, and Paragua, the respective governers snail act, with-
out additional compensation, as division superintendents.
"Sec. 6. Whenever the business of his office renders it necessary,
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each division superintendent may select a clerk in accordance with
Civil Service rules, who shall be appointed by the General Superin-
tendent and approved by the Civil Governor on the recommenaation
of the Secretary of Public Instruction. The respective salaries of the
clerks in the Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seven-
teenth, Twentieth, Twenty -third. Twenty -fifth, andTwenth-sixth Divi-
sions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per
annum; the respective salaries of the clerks in the Second, Third, Sixth,
Twelfth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty -second, and Thirty-first Divi-
sions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of nine hundred dollars per
annum; and the respective salaries of the clerks in the Fourth, Seventh,
Ninth, Tenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-seventh, Twenty -eighth. Twenty -ninth. Thirtieth, and Thirty-
second Divisions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of six nundred dol-
lars per annum.
'''Sec. 9. Each division superintendent shall, subject to rules pre-
scribed by the General Superintendent under section three (wi), ap{>oint
the native school-teachers to serve in the schools within his division
and shall fix their salaries from year to year within the limits prescribed
by law, care being taken that only such teachers shall be appointed and
such salaries fix^ as the funds of the province or municipality con-
cerned may warrant. He shall examine the schoolhouses occupied for
public instiniction within his division with a view to determining their
suitableness and hygienic condition. Should the schoolhouse in which
any school is conducted appear to the division superintendent to be
UDSuitable and dangerous to the health of the children, and should no
other schoolhouse be available, he shall have power, subject to the
approval of the General Superintendent, to discontinue such school,
ana it shall be unlawful thereafter to use the schoolhouse thus con-
demned for public school purposes. He shall make careful investiga-
tioDs into the agricultural conditions existing in his division and shall
make reports thereon to the General Superintendent of Education.
He shall see to it by personal visits and by requiring reports from the
prineinal teacher of each school that the curriculum for primary and
seconoary schools prescribed by the General Superintendent of Elduca-
tion is complied with. He shall make himself familiar with the sup-
plies and text-books needed in each school in his division and shall
inake report of the same at as early a date as possible to the General
Superintendent, who may furnisn the supplies needed. He shall
appoint one-half of the local school board in each pueblo in his divi-
sion as provided in section ten. He shall have and maintain his resi-
dence and keep his office in the town in which the provincial school is
established, if such school exists, and if no such scnool exists he shall
have and maintain his residence and keep his office in one of the large
towns in his division, from which all or the pueblos in such division
can be most conveniently reached.
"Sec. 15. Authority is hereby given to theGeneml Superintendent
of Education to establish a force of trained teachers, not to exceed one
thousand in number, for the primary schools, such force to be made
up of teachers obtained in the United States or in the Philippine Islands
at salaries at the rate of not more than one thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, payable monthly. Authority is also hereby given to
the General SupJerintendent to obtain such other additional trained
teachers as may be necessary for the provincial schools of secondary
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iDiitmction at salaries at the rate of not more than one thousand eight
handred dollars per annum, payable monthly. ITie exact salary of
each teacher shall be fixed by the General Superintendent of Education
in accordance with the efficiency of the teacher in question and the
importance of the position held. These teachers shall be maintained
in the senrice of the Insular Goyemment until such time as the finan-
cial condition of the prorinces and the municipalities may warrant
theb payment from proFindal or municipal funds, as may be deter-
mined by the Commission. ITie appointment of jpersons residintr in
the United States to senrice in the Bureau of Education after the
passaf^e of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of section four of
Act Numbered Eighty, as amended by Act Numbered Three hundred
and thirty -eight."
Sec. 3. Section thirteen of the Provincial Government Act Num-
bered Eighty-three, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding
at the end thereof the following paragraph, designated (o):
'* (o) To provide for the division supermtendent of schools the neces-
sary room or rooms for his office and for use in storing and distributing
supplies. In case anv division embraces more Uian one province, such
room or rooms shall be provided by the province in which the division
superintendent maintains his residence.''
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 November first, nineteen hun-
dred and two: Provided^ That the existing division superintendents
shall continue in the exercise of their present lawful functions until
the division superintendents authorizea by this act shall have been
appointed.
Enacted, October 8, 1902.
[No. 478.]
AN ACT fixing the ealaries of the presidents of the provincial boai^s of health of
Naeva Vizcaya and 8ainar.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted h/ the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The salary of the president of the provincial board of
health of Nueva Vizcava shall be at the rate of nine hundred dollars
per year; the salary of the president of the provincial board of health
of ^mar shall be at the rate of one thousand three hundred and fifty
dollai-s per year, both in money of the United States, or its equivalent
in local currency at the authorized ratio.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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 passtige.
Enacted, October 8, 1902.
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[No. 479.]
AN ACT aathorizing collectors of customs in the Philippine Archipelago to receive
certain accepted or certified checks and certain bank notes in payment of customs
duties.
By avthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Phnlippvne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Collectors of customs at ports in the Philippine Archi-
pelago are hereby authorized to receive in payment of customs duties
either United States money or such coins now in circulation in the
Philippine Islands as are prescribed by section eight of the Tariff
Revision Law of nineteen hundred and one, enacted by the Congress
of the United States March eighth, nineteen hundred and two, in tiie
form of accepted or certified checks drawn on the banking institutions
or corporations in this section named and accepted or certified by the
corresponding banking institution or corporation in each case, or in
the form of regular l»nk notes issued hy El Banco EspaHol-Filipino
in the city of Manila, or both. The banking institutions or corpora-
tions to which this section shall apply shall be as follows:
(1) Any banking institution or corporation doing business in the
Philippine Islands which is a depository of the United States Govern-
ment or of the Government of tne Philippine Islands.
(2) El Banco Espafiol-f ilipino.
Sec. 2. Such accepted or certified checks or bank notes, as the case
may be, of the above banking institutions or corporations shall be
received at the ports of entry m the Philippine Archipelago for the
payment of customs duties, and shall likewise be received by the
Tr^surer of the Philippine Archipelago in the deposits of customs
duties made with him oy the collectors of customs m the Philippine
Archipelago; and the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is
hereby aumorized and directed to give regular receipts for customs
duties deposited with him in the form of such accepted or certified
checks or bank notes in the same way as for customs duties deposited
in coin or currencj^, and such receipts shall relieve the depositing
officers above mentioned from anv responsibility so far as tine pay-
ment of said checks or bank notes by the corresponding banking insti-
tutions or coi'pomtions is concerned. And in case the corresponding
hanking institution or corporation refuses to pay any one of its accepted
or certified checks or bank notes presented to it for collection or
deposit by the Government of the Philippine Islands through the
Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, or any other lawful ag^ent,
said Treasurer or lawful agent shall be relieved of any responsibility
80 far as the payment of said check or checks, or bank notes, by the
corresponding banking institution or corporation is concerned, and
the Government of the Philippine Islands shall have the right to pro-
ceed to the recovery of the amount of said unpaid check or checks,
hank note or bank notes, from said defaulting banking institution or
^corporation either from the bonds, guaranties or deposits given as such
Government depositories, or by any other lawful me^ns within its
power, and the person wno made payment in such check or checks,
hank note or notes, shall be liable for the duties for which the same
were received, and to make immediate payment thereof. In case of
Eyment by the original person against whom the duties were assessed
shall be entitled to the return of the note or check as received.
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Sec. 3. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago
is further authorized and directed to discontinue the receipt of pay-
ment of customs duties by collectors of customs at other ports of accepted
or certified checks or Iwink notes drawn on or issuea by the banKing
institutions or corporations mentioned in section one of this Act, unless
each of said banking institutions or corporations hereinbefore men-
tioned shall cash or receive for deposit, on presentation and demuxl
by the Government of the Philippine Islands, through its lawful agents,
any check accepted or certified by said banking institution or corpora-
tion at anv place in the Philippine Islands where it is at present estab-
lished or has a branch bank, or make good any bank note described in
section one of this Act without loss, discount, payment of ooinmission
or exchange of any kind, or unnecessary delay.
Sec. 4. All existing decrees, laws, regulations, or orders of the United
States Philippine Commission or of the former Military Government
of the Philippine Archipelago, or parts thereof, inconsistent with 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 Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixUi, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, OcU)ber S, 1902.
[No. 4S0.]
AN ACT Uy punish unlawful maintenaDce of cockfightine and cockpits, attendauce
upou the same, and gambling in a cockpit.
^y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUipjpine
Conuuissioii^ that :
Section 1. Any person who shall maintain a cockpit for the fighting
of cocks, or who shall engage in cocktighting in a cockpit, or who shaU
attend as a spectator of cockfighting m a cockpit, on any day when
cockfighting is not lawfully licensed to take place by the municipality
in which the cockpit is situate, shall be punished by a fine not exceed-
ing two hundred aoUars, in money of the United States, or by impris-
onment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion or the
court.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall maintain or take part in a game of
chance in a cocKpit, whether the cockpit be lawfully licensed or not,
shall be punished Tby a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, in money
of the United States, or by imprisonment for not exceeding six montlis,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 16, 1902.
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[No. 481.]
AN ACrr 80 amending section seventeen of Act Numbered Foot hundred and twenty-
two, providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Province of
Paragua and defining the limits of that province, as to extend for three months
the periods of time named in said section.
By authjority of the United States ^ he it enacted hy the PhUipphe
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Four hundred and
twenty -two, entitled *'An Act providing for the organization of a
provincial government in the Province of Paragua, and defining the
liinits of tlmt province," is hereby amended by extending for a period
of three months all the limitations of time mentioned m said section
for making declarations as to the value of property for the purposes
of taxation, subjecting parties to fines for failure to make such declara-
tions, for preparing the lists of persons from whom taxes are due, for
the period within which taxes may be paid, and for the date on which
unpaid taxes shall become delinc[uent.
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 (!!onmiis8ion
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 15, 1902.
[No. 482,]
AN ACT authorizing provincial boards to appropriate provincial funds for the pur-
chase of draft animals for breeding purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the supply of draft animals in the Philippine
Islands has been greatly depleted by rinderpest and other diseases,
provincial boards are hereby authorized to appropriate provincial
funds for the purchase of draft animals for breeding purposes, for the
payment of transportation charges upon such animals, and for their
maintenance.
Sec. 2. Draft animals purchased by provincial boards shall be used,
under such rules and regulations as tne several provincial boards may
prescribe, and the Chief of the Bureau of Agnculture may approve,
to restock provinces with breeds heretofore commonly in use, or to
improve the breeds of such animals, or to introduce new breeds.
Sec. 3. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture shall aid provincial
boards in their selection of draft animals with such information as he
may be able to furnish relative to the breeds likely to give the best
results in the several provinces, the places where they may be obtained,
and the probable cost of purchase and transportation.
Sec. 4. Where animals are purchased outside the Philippine Archi-
pelago they shall be obtained through the Insular Purchasing Agent,
who shall deliver them at cost to the several provincial boards which
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order them, inclading expense of transportation, the provisions of
Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty -one to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Sec. 5. Homed cattle imported bv the Insular Purchasing Agent
under the provisions of this Act shall be inununized against rinder-
pest at the Serum Institute at Manila and without charge.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereoy expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by tiie
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty -sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 16, 1902.
[No. 483.]
AN ACT appropriating the earn of six thoosaiKl dollars, local currency, for repair-
ing the wharf at Jolo.
By autlwrity of th^ 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 six thousand
dollars, local currency, for repairs to the wharf at Jolo, including
wages of laborers, purchase of material, and other expenses incident
to the above work.
The work shall be done under the direction of the Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Archipelago. In cariying on the work
the Collector of Customs is directed to avail himself of the services of
competent Army engineers if they are available for detail for this
purpose.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of flie same is hei-eby 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 twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 17, 1902.
[No. 484.]
AN ACT providing for the granting of a franchise to construct an electric street rail-
way on the streets of Manna and its subarbe and a franchise to construct, main-
tain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system in the city of Manila
and its suburbs, after competitive bidding.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There shall be granted by the Municipal Board to the
person or persons making the most favorable bid, as nereinafter pro-
vided, a franchise to construct and maintain in the streets of Manila
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and its suburbs an electric street railway and a franchise to construct,
maintain, and operate an electric light, neat, and power system in the
city of Manila and its suburbs.
Sec. 2. Subject to the necessary amendments to be fixed by the
terms of the successful bid, the foi*m of the franchise to be granted
hereunder shaU be in the words and figures following:
" Fhanchise.
"A franchise is hereby granted to
- , for the period of
\n/>t rnm'e than fifty years frmn
the date hereof ^^ to construct, maintain, and operate an electric street
railroad in the city of Manila and its suburbs, over the streets,
thoroughfares, bridges, and public places set forth in part one hereof:
and to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, ana
power system for the purpose of generating and distributing for sale
light, heat, and power throughout the city of Manila and its suburbs;
all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the two
parts hereof, respectively (the terms and conditions in part one apply-
ing only to the franchise therein referred to, and the terms ana con-
ditions in part two applying only to the franchise therein referred to),
and the laws and ordinances, not inconsistent herewith, now or here-
after in force.
''PaktOne.
^" Pabagbafh 1. The grantee shall have the right and privilege, and
is hereby authorized, subject to the laws and ordinances now or here-
after in force, not inconsistent herewith, to make all needful excava-
tions and constructions in or upon any of the streets, thoroughfares,
bridges, and public places desigfnatea in the next succeeding para-
gjraiSi for the purpose of placing, removing, and repairing tracks,
sidings, curves, switches, ana connections, and erecting poles, wires,
and other overhead structures for the maintenance and operation of an
electric street railroad, and for the generation, conduction, and dis-
tribution of electric current for said street railroad and for building,
maintaining, and operating power houses therefor.
Par. 2. The streets, thoroughfares, bridges, and public places upon
which the grantee is authorized to make such excavations and construc-
tions are the following:
"(a) Commencing at the southerly end of the Bridge of Spain,
to and along Calzada de Magallanes. across the Plaza de Martires to
Calle Santo Tomas, thence to Calle Cabildo, thence to Calle Fundici6n,
thence to Calle Palacio, thence through the wall and across the moat
to Paseo de Vidal, thence aloqg Paseo de Bagumbayan to Calle San
Luis, thence along Calle Real to Calle Cabanas, thence over the Bridge
of San Antonio, and to the Pasay race track.
'* (5) From the easterly end of Calle Aduanas to Calle Palacio, thence
to Calle de Fundici6n.
" (c) From the southerly end of the Bridge of Spain to Paseo de
Vidal, along said paseo to its junction with Calzada de Nozaleda, along
said calzada to its junction with Calzada de San Marcelino.
"(d) From the junction of Calzada de Vidal and Calle Concepci6n
to Calzada de San Marcelino, along the latter calzada to its junction
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with Calle de Nozaleda, thence to Calle Real (Paco), and along said
street to Santa Ana.
'' {e) From the southerly end of the Bridjife of Spain to the Brid^
of Santa Cruz, across the Bridge of Santa Cruz through Plaza Goiti
to Calle Echague, thence to Cafie'San Miguel, thence to Calle General
Solano, thence to Calzada de Aviles, and along Calzada Santa Mesa to
Santa Mesa.
" (/) From Plaza Goiti to Plaza Santa Cruz, thence to Calle Enrile,
thence to Calle Lacoste, thence to Calle Carballo, thence to Calle
Nueva, to and across the Bridge of Spain.
*'(^) From the intersection of Calle San Jacinto and the Elscolta,
along Calle San Jacinto to Calle Sacristia, thence across the Bridge of
Binondo to Calle San Fernando, thence to Calle Madrid, thence to
Calle Aceyteros, thence to Calle de Sagunto, thence to Paseo de
Azcfirraga, thence to Calle General Izquierdo, thence to Calle San
Bemaldo, thence to Calle Paz, thence to Calle Bilibid, thence to Calzada
de Iris to Plaza Santa Ana, thence along Calle Alix to the Rotunda de
Sampaloc.
"(A) From the intersection of Paseo de Azcdrraga and Calle Ylaya
alon^ the latter street around Plaza Lfcon XIII, to and along Calle de
Sande to the Reina Bridge.
" {{) From the intersection of Paseo de Azc&rraga, along Calle de
Reina Regente, across the Bridge of Maura to the intersection of the
line on Calle Saciistla.
"(^') From the intersection of Calle San Bemaldo (Calle Paz) and
Calle Arranque to the intersection of Calle Arranque and Calle Lacoste.
*'(i) From the intersection of Calle de Bilibid and Calle Cervantes,
along said Calle Cervantes to the San Ldzaro race track.
"(2) From the northerly end of the Bridge of Spain along the
Escolta, across the bridge over the Sibacon Estero to Plaza Santa
Cruz.
"Pab. 3. The grantee shall have the right to lav double tracks upon
each of the streets, thoroughfares, bridges, and public places mentioned
in the last preceding paragraph, except the following, upon which,
except with the express consent of the Municifyal Board to the laying
of a double track, only single tracks shall be laid:
''Calle Enrile, Calle I^acoste, Calle Carballo, Calle Sacristia, where
these streets are less than twenty-four feet wide between curb lines;
also Calle San Jacinto, Calle Nueva (Binondo), Calle de Cabafios; also
Calle Cabildo, Calle Santo Tomas, Calle de Fundici6n, Calle Palacio,
Calle Aduana^ these last four being the streets within the Walled City:
J^*ovided. That the grantee shall have the privilege, under the direc-
tion of tne Municipal Board, of i)lacing upon all of the foregoing
streets the necessary turn-outs, switches, and- sidings: And promdM
farther^ That in all streets, thoroughfares, bridges, and public places
the tracks, rails, and other consti*uctions of the grantee shall be so laid
and located as to leave a clear driveway between the tracks and tiiie
curb line on at least one side of such tracks, where the width of the
street between the curves makes it physically possible.
''Pab. 4. The system of electric railroad to be installed hereunder
by the grantee shall be the 'overhead trolley system,' but the grantee
shall have the right and privilege to modify, improve, and change such
system in such manner as the progress of science and improvements in
and the development of motive power may make reasonable and proper;
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and at any time after twenty-five years from the date hereof the grantee
may be required, by ordnance or law, to remove all of its overhead
wires and other structures, if reasonably practicable, and to substitute
therefor underground wires, or other approved conductor or motive
power.
"Pab. 5. Standard T-rails of at least sixty pounds weight per yard
may be used, and where used shall be laid ana maintained true to the
finished grade of the street or place, so that the grade of the street or
place and the top of the rails shall present an unbroken surface, except-
ing tiiat on the inner side of the rails of each track not more than suf-
ficient space shall be left to allow the free passage of the car wheel
flanges: Provided^ Iwwever^ That at least two miles of such tracks shall
be laid with grooved rails of the most approved pattern, weighing not
less than seventy pounds per yard, the Municipal Board to specify the
streets or parts of streets where such grooved rails shall be laid: And
provided x^rther^ That whenever in the future the Municipal Board
shall pave streets or places in which the T-rail is laid, with blocks of
stone, wood, or other material the grantee agrees to substitute for the
T-rail in such streets, parts of streets or places, the grooved rail above
described, if required to do so by tiie Municipal Board.
'^Par. 6. The gauge of all tracks laid or maintained hereunder shall
be four feet eight and one-half inches.
"Par. 7. The grantee shall in all cases lay and maintain its tracks
so as to conform to the grades of tiie streets, thoroughfares, bridges,
and public places along or across which said tracks may be constructed,
and whenever such grades shall hereafter be established or altered by
the municipal autliorities of the city of Manila the grantee shall imme-
diately relay and maintain its tracks to such established grades at its
own expense: Provided^ That if any grade at which any such track is
now laia is altered by the said municipal authorities within seven years
from the date hereof, the city of Manila shall not only furnish the
material to enable the grantee to conform the bed of its tracks to the
altered grade, but shall also furnish the material necessary to recon-
stract the cement substructure of the track of the grantee at the new
grade: And jpromded further^ That whenever the grade at which any
such track is laid is altered by the said municipal authorities after
more than seven years from the date hereof, the city of Manila shall
fnniish the material to enable the grantee to conform the bed of its
tracks to the altered grade, less the cement substructure of the track.
"Pab. 8. The tracks, wires, and other constructions of the grantee
shall be supported by and cross all bridges in the manner directed by
the municipal authorities.
"Par. 9. The grantee shall pave and keep in good and permanent
repair the surface of the street between its rails and between its tracks
and for eighteen inches on each side of its tracks under the super-
vision of the municiml authorities and in such manner as they shall
prescribe: Provided^ That if the municipality shall order a change of
the kind of pavement with which any street or place over which the
litie of the grantee runs is paved the materials necessary to enable the
grantee to change the pavement of so much of the surface of the
skeet as it is hereunder required to keep in good and permanent repair
in order to conform to the change ordered by the municipal authori-
ties shall be furnished by the municipal authorities to the grantee.
"Par. 10. The poles erected by the grantee for the operation of its
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railroad shall be of such height and shall be so located and painted as
the municipal authorities shaU direct. The poles shall not oe of such
crooked or uneainly appearance as to disfigure the streets.
''Par. 11. The trolley wires of the grantee may be suspended by
span wires or brackets, shall have double insulation, ana shall be
strung at such heights above the ground as the municipal authorities
shall direct. Feeder wires shall be of the insulated type known as
'triple braid weather proof,' and no overhead wire or conductor shall
carry a potential greater than five hundred and fifty volts.
"rAJEL 12. The grantee shall at all times keep its tracks, rolling
stock, and other constructions in good condition. Two classes of cars
shall be run, and at least sixty per cent of the cars run shall be second-
class cars. The grantee hereoi shall at all times furnish cars of both
classes sufficient to satisfy the public demand and carry comfortably
all the members of the public desiring to ride thereon: Provided^ That,
after one year of operation, the Municipal Board shall have the power,
with the concuiTcnce of the grantee of this franchise, to amend this
paragraph so as to require that only one class of cars shall be run, upon
which tne lower rate of fare shall be charged.
'^Par. 13. Every motor car run by the grantee shall be equipped
with a fender of a type to be approved by the municipal authorities.
" Pab. 14. The maximum rate of speed at which the grantee may
operate its cars shall be fixed by the municipal authorities.
'* Pak. 15. The fare charged by the grantee shall not exceed
cents in monev of the United States on a first-class car, or cents
* in money of the United States on a second-class car, for one continuous
ride from one point to another on the railway system of the grantee
within the city limits as now or hereafter established, whether it be
necessary to transfer the passenger from one car or line of the grantee
to another during said nde or not: Provided ahoays^ That where a
change of cars is necessary there shall be established by the grantee a
method of transfers not unreasonably burdensome in its restrictions to
the transferred passengers; and in case of a failure to comply with
the foregoing requirement as to transfers it may be^enforced upon
application of the Municipal Board by mandamus to the proper Court
oi First Instance or the Supreme Court: And provided hirther^ That
on lines running outside of the city limits an additional fare or fares
maj" be chargea at the rate of five cents in money of the United States
on first-class cars, or three cents in money of the United States on
second-class cars, for each two miles or fraction thereof beyond the
then city limits: And provided further^ That the grantee shall for four
years from the date hereof accept local currency in lieu of money of
the United States in payment for any ride or fare at the ratio of two
cents local currency for one cent in money of the United States, until
such time as there shall be established for these islands a gold standard
coinage and money thereunder shall be made legal tender, after which
time Qie fares to be charged shall be the equivalent of those stated
above in money of the United States: And provided further^ That
pending the adoption of the gold standard, if the official ratio existing
between the money of the United States and local currency shall ex-
ceed two dollars and forty cents of local currency for one dollar of
money of the United States, then and in that case, the grantee may
require from the passengers the payment for fares of sufficient local
currency to be the equivalent of the fares above fixed in money of the
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United States at the official ratio: Afid provided further^ That at any
time after twenty-five years from the date hereof, upon due notice
from the city oi Manila to the grantee, the fares charged by the
prantee may be readjusted on a reasonable basis by three arbitrators,
one to be chosen by the city, one by the grantee, and the third to be
selected by the two so chosen if they can agree, but if not, then to be
selected by the Chief Executive or the Islandn. The award of the
majority of such arbitrators shall be final. \No hlds on this franchise
shall he received for fares exceeding seven and one- half cents on afrst'
class car or fve cents on a second-class car in money of the United
States.']
'*Par. 16. Members of the Police and Fire Departments of the city
of Manila wearing official badges shall be entitled to ride free upon the
cars of the grantee, subject to such reasonable and proper restrictions
as may be imposed. The fares charged children under seven years of
a^ and children under sixteen years of age going to and from school
snail not exceed half the ordinary rates of fare. Children in arms
shall ride free. The gi'antee shall have the power to establish reason-
able regulations for identifying those children going to and from
school.
"Pail 17. Until such time as the fares herein fixed shall be read-
justed the grantee shall place on convenient sale lots of one hundred
tickets at the rate of in mone}^ of the
United States per one hundred, each of which shall be good for one
first-class continuous ride on the cars of the grantee within the limits
of the city of Manila; and lots of six tickets at the rate of
- in money of the United States per six, each of which
shall be good for one second-class continuous ride on the cars of the
grantee within the city limits: Provided^ That the grantee may issue
such tickets subject to such reasonable restrictions as to the grantee
may seem proper. {No bids will he received which shall Jix the price
of iirst'clais tickets in lots of one hundred at the rate of more than six
adlars in money of the United States^ or %chich shall Jix the price for
lots of six secona-class tickets at the rate of more than twenty-Jive cents
in money of the United States.]
"Par, 18. In compliance with the franchise held by the Companfa
de los Tranvias de Filipinas, the grantee herein shall pay to said Com-
paflia de los Tranvias ae Filipinas five per cent of one peseta jper pas-
senger for each kilometer of the line oi said Companfa ae los Tranvias
de Filipinas, and a proportionate amount for each fraction of a kilo-
meter of said line over which said passenger is transported.
**Par, 19. The grantee shall be liable to pay the same taxes on its
real estate, buildings, plant (not including roadbed and track, rolling
stock, poles, and wires), machinerv, and personal property as other
persons are now, or hereafter by law may be required to pay. The
erantee shall further pay to the municipal government of the city of
Slanila per cent of the Fares collected and ticKets
sold within the limits of the city of Manila, and the same percentage
of fares collected and tickets sold without the said limits to the proper
manicipality or municipalities of the Province of Rizal. Said percent-
age shiul be due and payable by the grantee monthly, and shall be in
lieu of all taxes and assessment^ of whatsoever nature, and by whatso-
ever authority, upon the priviliges, earnings, income, franchises, road
bed, track, rolling stock, poles, and wires of the grantee, from which
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taxes and assevssments the grantee is hereby expressly exempted. [No
bids m!U he received for triis franchise which do not provide for tlte
paunient of at l^ast one and one-half per cent of the fares collected and
tickets sold.]
'^Par. 20. The grantee shall keep a record of all fares collected and
tickets sold, which shall be subject to the inspection of the municipal
authorities, who shall audit and approve the accounts of the compsmy
at the end of each month before the payment of the percentage tax.
The accounts when audited and approved as herein provided shall be
final and conclusive evidence of the liability of the compan}' under the
provisions of paragraph nineteen.
"Par. 21. The grantee shall begin the construction of the road
within the City of Manila within six months from the date of the grant-
ing of the franchise, and shall complete the construction of the road
and commence the operation of the same within twenty months after
the expiration of said period of six months, unless prevented by an act
of Goo, or the public enemy, usurped or military power, martial law,
riot, civil commotion, or inevitable cause, and shall thereafter main-
tain a first-class street-railway service in every respect. The failure
of the grantee to complv with the conditions of this paragraph shall
render the franchise in this part described liable to forfeiture.
"Par. 22. Upon the award of this electric street railway franchise
and before the same is finally gi'anted, the grantee shall pay to the
Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, to the credit of the city of
Manila, the sum of one hundred ana seventy-five thousand dollars,
money of the United States, in securities to be approved by the Civil
Governor of the Philippine Islands, as security for the performance of
the bid: Provided^ That the said sum shall be repaid bv the said Treas-
urer to the grantee in the event of the faithful performance by the
grantee of all the conditions of this franchise and of all the obligations
herein imposed on the grantee, whenever, within the period herein-
before fixed, three-fourths of the mileage of the road covered by this
franchise shall have been constructed. If, however, the grantee shall,
within the time required, fail to perform the obligations of his con-
tract, then the city may, by appropriate action, recover the sum so
deposited as liquidated damages for the breach. If the deposit of one
hundred and seventy -five thousand dollars shall be investea in interest-
bearing securities, the interest shall be collected by the Trea^^urer and
shall be turned over to the grantee as it accrues and is collected, until,
and unless, the grantee shall fail to perform the obligation of his con-
tract, when the thereafter accruing interest shall be regarded as part
of the liquidated damages.
"Par. 23. The grantee shall hold the city of Manila harmless from
all claims, account, demands, or actions arising out of accidents or
injuries, whether to property or persons, caused by the construction
or operation of the road.
"Par. 24. All reasonable or proper or necessary changes on the
lines or routes of the grantee may be made by the grantee, with the
approval of the municipal authorities and the consent of the Civil
Governor.
"Par. 25. The violation or the infringement by the grantee of any
of the conditions or the terms as above set foiln in part one hereof
shall not subject or render liable to forfeiture the franchise more par-
ticularly described in part two hereof.
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'Par. 26. Whenever any franchise or right of way is granted to any
other street railway company, now or hereafter in existence, over por-
tions of the lines and tiucks of the grantee herein, the terms on which
said other company shall use such right of way, and the compensation
to be paid to the grantee herein by such other company for said use,
shall be fixed by the membera of the Supreme Court, sitting as a board
of arbitrators, the decision of a majority of whom snail be final.
"Par. 27. Failure by the grantee to maintain a first-class street-rail-
way service in every respect over any portion of its lines or tracks shall
constitute an abanaonraent of such portion, and the grantee may be
required by the city of Manila to remove tne lines or track so aban-
doned, or the said city may cause such lines or tracks to be removed at
the grantee's expense: Pramdedy That should an}^ part of these lines
be abandoned by the company without the consent of the municipal
authorities such abandonment may constitute a ground of forfeiture of
the entire street railway franchise herein conferred.
"Par. 28. At any time after twenty-five years from the date hereof
Uie city of ]Manila may purchase, ana the grantee shall sell to the city
of Manila all of its hues, tracks, cars, real estate, buildings, plant,
rights under this franchise, and otner property used by it in tne opera-
tion of a street railway in the city of Manila, at a valuation based upon
the net earnings of the grantee, the valuation to be determined, after
hearing evidence, by the Supreme Court of the Islands, sitting as a
board of arbitrators, whose decision, by a majority of tne members
thereof, shall be final.
"Part Two.
"Par. 1. The grantee shall have the further right and privilege, sub-
ject to the laws and ordinances now or hereafter in force, not incon-
sistent herewith, of erecting, extending, and maintaining in and along
the streets, thoroughfares, bridges, and public places of the city of
Manila and its suburbs the necessary poles, wires, cutouts, transform-
ers, and other appurtenances and overnead structures for the conduct-
ing and distributmg of electric cuiTentsfor light, heat, and power, and
the furnishing and selling the same to any person, corporation, or public
authority: Ii^mnded^ That such electric current for the f urnishmg of
light, heat, and power shall be furnished under regulations of the
Manicipal Board to any person within the corporate limits of the city,
residing or doing business within such distance from the main lines con-
vevmg such current as the Municipal Board shall decide to be reason-
able: And provided further^ That tne Municipal Board may require the
extension of the mam lines of current in any direction within the city
limits in its discretion.
"Par. 2. The Municipal Board, with the approval of the Advisory
Board and the Commission, shall have authority to fix,, from time to
time, by ordinance, the prices at which such current shall be furnished
to private persons or corporations and to the city and the Insular Gov-
ernment: Provided always^ That the prices so fixed shall be reason-
able; and in case the Municipal Board shall disagree with the Advisory
Board as to reasonable rates, then the Commission shall fix them.
''Par. 3. All poles erected by the grantee shall be of such height
and shall be so located and painted as the municipal authorities shall
direct The poles shall not be of such crooked or ungainly appearance
as to disfigure the streets.
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'*Pak. 4. All the wire^i of the grantee shall have double insulation
and nhall l>c strung at such heights above the ground as the municipal
authorities shall direct. Feeder wires shall be of the insulated type
known a« * triple braid weather proof.'
"Par. 5. Tne system used by the grantee shall be that known as
the 'alternating current system': Prmnded^ That where it is desired
to furnish heat, power, or arc lighting, direct currents may be used:
And provided jf^urther^ That in the carrying of currents, stringing of
wires, insulation, and in all other respects, the grantee shall comply
with the ruIcH and regulations adopted or hereaner to be adopted oy
the National Board of Underwriters of the United States for the safe-
guarding of the conduct and use of electric currents in cities.
*'Par. 6. The plant and system of the grantee shall be erected,
extended, and mamtained according to the best and most approved
type of modern electric light, heat, and power plants and systems, and
shall conform in all respects to the laws and ordinances now, or here-
after in force, not inconsistent herewith.
'•Par. 7. The grantee shall begin the construction of the system
within the city of Manila within six months from the date of the
granting of the franchise, and shall complete the construction of so
much of the system as shall be coextensive with the lines of the street
railway to be constructed under Part One hereof, and commence tiie
operation of the same within twenty months thereafter, unless pre-
vented bv act of God, or the public enemy, usurped or military power,
martial law, riot, civil commotion, or inevitable cause. The failure
of the grantee to comply with the conditions of this paragraph shall
render the franchise in this p»rt described liable to forfeiture.
" Par. 8. The city of Manila shall have the privilege, without com-
pensation, of using the poles of the grantee for the purpose of install-
ing, maintaining, and operating a fire and police telegraph system.
''Par. 9. The grantee shall be liable to pay the same taxes upon its
real estate, buildings, plant (not including poles, wires, transformers,
and insulators), machinery, and personal property as other persons
are or may be hereafter required by law to pay. In consideration of
Part Two of the franchise herein granted, to wit, the right to build
and maintain in the city of Manila and its suburbs a plant for the con-
veying and furnishing of electric current for light, heat, and power,
and to charge for the same, the grantee shall pay to the city of Manila
not less than per cent of the gross earnings
received from its business under this fi'anchise in the city and its
suburbs. Said percentage shall be due and payable at the time stated
in paragraph nineteen oi Part One hereof and after an audit like that
provided in paragraph twenty of Part One hereof, and shall be in lieu
of all taxes and assessments of whatsoever nature and by whatsoever
authority upon the privileges, earnings, income, franchises, and poles,
wires, transformers, and insulators or the grantee, from which taxes
and assessments the erantee is hereby expressly exempted. [No bids
will he received for this franchise which do not provide for the pat/-
merit of at least one and one-half per cent of the gross earnings received
hy tJie gra/nteefrom its business in the city and its sidmrhs,^
"Par. 10. The violation or infringement by the grantee of any of
the conditions or terms as above set forth in Part Two hereof snail
not subject or render liable to forfeiture the franchise more particu-
larly described in Part One.
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'Par. 11. Of the deposit of one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars of securities required in paragraph twenty-two of the first
franchise, twenty-five thousand dollars shall be held by the Treasurer
of the Philippine Archipelago for the benefit of the city of Manila, to
secure compnance with the second franchise herein granted, on the
same terms as those contained in paragraph twenty-two above.
"Part Three.
"Par. 1. The franchises herein granted shall be subject to amend-
ment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the United States, and
the right to use and occupy the streeti and other public lands herein
grant^ shall revert to the city of Manila, the provincial government
of Rizal, or to the Insular Government, as the case may be, upon the
termination of these franchises by forfeiture, repeal, or expiration in
due course.
"Par. 2. It shall be a condition of the enjoyment of these fran-
chises that the pei-son or persons to whom thev may be originally
granted, under the provisions of this Act, shall, before April first,
nineteen hundred and three, form a corporation under the laws of the
PhUippine Islands, hereafter to be passed, or under the laws of the
United States or of any State thereoi and whose charter shall comply
with the laws prevailing in these Islands, to take over these fran-
chises and to perform the terms thereof to be performed by the grantee
thereof^ in which no stock shall be issued or bonds sold except in
exchange for actual cash or for property at a fair valuation equal to the
par value of the stocks or bonds so issued or sold, and in which jio
stock or bond dividends shall be declared.
"Par. 3. The books and accounts of such corporation shall be sub-
ject to official inspection by the municipal authorities and by the
Aaditor for the Archipelago or his authorized deputies.
"Par. 4. It shall not be lawful for the grantee of these franchises,
or any vendee thereof, to use, employ, or contract for the labor of
persons claimed or alleged to be held in involuntary servitude.
"Par. 5. The coiporation to be formed by the persons originally
receiving the grant for the purpose of maintaining and operating these
franchises under the laws of the Philippine Islands shall not have
power to alienate the same except by consent of the municipal author-
ities and the approval of the Civil Governor."
Sec. 3. Immediately after the passage of this Act it shall be the
duty of the Municipal Board of Manila to advertise that such fran-
chises as above described will be granted upon competitive bidding,
and that the bids for compliance with the terms and conditions of the
franchises shall be in the form of an obligation or contract to accept
the franchises and comply with all their terms and conditions. Due
advertisement of competitive biddingfor the proposed franchises shall
be made in three newspapers printed in the English language and two
printed in the Spanish language in the city of Manila, and in two news-
papers in the city of New York, in one newspaper in the city of Chi-
cago, and in one newspaper in the city of Wasnington by two inser-
tions per week for six weeks after the passage of this Act, and a sin-
e insertion per week for the subsequent six weeks. There shall also
a weekly insertion for the six weeks following the passage of this
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Act in a leading street railway journal in the United States. The text
of this law, upon its passage, shall be immediately forwarded to the
Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, together with a copy
of the map of the city showing the projected routes and shall remain
on file in that Bureau for the information of bidders in the United
States. The text of the law and a similar map shall be on file in the
office of the Municipal Board of the city of Manila for the information
of bidders in Manila. Bids for the franchises shall be received at any
time after the passage of the Act and before the fifth of March, nine-
teen hundred and three, at the office of the Municipal Board in Manila.
On the fifth day of March, nineteen hundred and three, all bids received
shall be openea by the Munciipal Board. The competition in bidding
shall be with respect to three terms of the franchises: First, the
dumtion of the franchises, as contained in the first paragraph thereof;
second, the maximum of fares to be charged on the street railway, as
contained in paragraphs fifteen and seventeen of the street i*ailway
franchise; ana, third, the percentage of gross receipts per annum to
be paid for the franchises, as contained in paragraph nineteen of the
street railway franchise and pamgraph nine of the electric light,
heat, and power franchise. Tne Municipal Board, with the consent
of the Advisory Board and the approval of the Philippine Commis-
sion, shall determine, in its discretion, the bid most favorable to the
city and the public, and award the franchises, amended to include the
terms of the successful bid on the points in competition, to the person
or pei-sons making such bid. In case the Municipal Board and the
Advisory Board do not agree as to which bid is tne most favorable
bid to the city and the public, then the award shall be made by the
Municipal Board in accordance with the decision of the Commission.
Sec. 4. Each bidder shall deposit before his bid shall be considered
in the competition, as an evidence of good faith, the sum of seventy-
five thousand dollars in money of the United States, in cash or certi-
fied check, with the Treasurer of the Archipelago. The deposits of
unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them immediately after the
successful bidder has been determined according to law. The deposit
of the successful bidder shall be retained and he shall add thereto one
hundred thousand dollars in money of the United States to oompl}'
with paragmph twenty -two of the street railway f lunchise. The one
hundred and seventy -five thousand dollars thus deposited by the suc-
cessful bidder may be changed into the form of interest-paying secur-
ities, if approved by the Civil Governor, and shall be returned to the
conti'actor in accoraance with the terms of paragraph twenty-two of
the first franchise and paragraph eleven of the second franchise.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 20, 1902.
[No. 485.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial Ix^anl of Ilocos Norte to divert two thousand
five hundred dollars, local currency, of provincial funds as loans to municipalities
of that province to relieve the inhabitants thereof suffering from hunger.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy tlie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Secjtion 1. The provincial board of the Province of Ilocos Norte is
hereby authorized to divert two thousand five hundred dollars, local cur-
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jrency^ of provincial funds as loans to municipalities of that province
to relieve the inhabitants thereof suffering from hunger. The loans
made by the province to the municipalities under this Act shall be
used bv the municipalities solely for the relief of the inhabitants
thereof suflfering" from hunger, and shall be expended under the direc-
tion and supervision of the provincial board; such loans to the munici-
palities shall be without interest, and shall be paid b]^ the latter to the
Erovince within two years from the date of the making of such loans
y the province.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
tiie passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Conmiission
in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 24, 1902.
[No. 486.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven, entitled ** An Act
to provide for taking a census of the Philippme Islands.'^
By avihorUy of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
dnnmission^ that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-
seven, entitled '*An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine
Islands,'^ is hereby amended so that it shall read as follows:
''There shall also be in the Census Bureau, to be appointed by the
Director thereof, one chief clerk, who shall receive a salary at the i*ate
of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per year; three secre-
taries, each at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month:
six clerks, each at a salary of one hundred and thirty-three dollars ana
thirty -three cents per month; and such number of clerks at a salary of
not more than eightv-five dollars per month, to be appointed from
time to time, and such number of laborers as may be found necessary
for the prompt and proper performance of the duties herein required
at wages to be fixed by the nead of the Bureau."
Sec. 2. The last pamgraph of section eight of said Act shall be
amended so as to read as follows:
"Each supervisor shall receive a salary of one hundred and fifty
dollars per month, such sum to be in full compensation for all services
rendered and expenses incurred by him: Provided^ howevei\ That when
he is traveling under orders, or in serious emergencies arising during
the progress of the enumeration in his district, or in connection with
the enumeration of any subdivision, he may, in the discretion of the
Director of the Census, be allowed the actual cost of transportation
and one dollar and a half per day in money of the United States, in
lieu of subsistence, during his necessary absence from his place of
residence in his district, which sum may be increased by the Director
of the Census to three dollars and fifty cents per day whenever the
supervisor may be called to Manila for consultation with the Director;
he shall also be entitled to one clerk at a salary of sixty dollars per
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month, and one messenger ait a salaij^ of thirty dollars per month:
Pnmded^ That one-half of the salary due each supervisor shall be
withheld and not paid him until after the schedules or other returns
and reports required of him shall have been duly rendered to the
Director of the Census.
"The governors of provinces and other provincial oflicers shall be
eligible lor appointment as supervisors of the census in the provinces,
ana shall be entitled to receive, in addition to their regular salary as
provincial officei*s, the amount herein provided as compensation for
the supervisors."
Sec. 3. Section ten of said Act is hereby amended by providing that
each enumerator and special a^ent shall receive a salary of two dollars
per diem in money of the United States, instead of two dollars and
fifty cents, as in said section provided, and by adding at the end thereof
the following: "Municipal officials, justices of the peace, and auxil-
iary justices of the peace shall be eligible for appointment as enumer-
ators or special agents of the census, and when duly appointed may
receive the pay herein prescribed for enumerators in addition to their
regular salaries or other official compensation while so employed."
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 24, 1902.
[No. 487.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled *'The Municipal Code," and
Act Numbere<l Three hundred and three amendatory thereof.
By authority of tlie United State^^ be it enax^ted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section seventy-two of the Municipal Code, as amended
by section one {}ii) of Act Numbered Three hundred and three, is hereby
further amended to read as follows: " It shall be the duty of the pro-
vincial treasurer to be present in the municijwility, in person or by
deputy, for at least two days every Quarter during the year, prepared
to receive payment of all revenues due to the municipality from any
source whatever, except fines as provided in section eighteen, subsec-
tion (A), fees for the granting of the privilege of fisheries, the issuing
of certificates of ownership of large cattle, and of the transfer of title
to the same, tolls from ferries operated by the municipality, fees from
municipal stables, municipal pounds, municipal markets, municipal
slaughter houses, municipal bath houses, and municipal cemeteries;
license fees for theatrical performances, horse races, circuses, cock pits
and cock fighting, and the training of fighting cocks; which shall be
collected by the municipal treasurer in the manner prescribed by ordi-
nance of the minicipal council. The provincial treasurer or his deputy
shall give receipts for all municipal funds collected by him, showing
the date of each payment, the name of the person making it. the amount
of the payment, and on what account it was collected. He shall give
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notice to the president of the coming of himself or his deputj^ one week
before tiie quarterly visit of himself or deputy to the municipality, and
the president shall cause the same to be postea at the main entrance of
the manicipal building and in a public and conspicuous place in each
barrio. The municipal treasurer shall turn over to the provincial
treasurer or his deputy upon his visit to the municipality, all revenues
collected subsequent to the last visit of the treasurer or his deput}^
together with his duplicate receipts for the same. The provmcial
treasurer or his deputy shall not remove such funds from the munici-
pality, but shall pay them into the municipal treasury before leaving,
and they shall thereupon become available for appropriation by the
municipal council. The provincial treasurer or his deputy shall be at
liberty at all times to inspect th^ accounts and receipts of the municipal
treasurer, and to count the money in the municipal treasury; and he
shall audit the accounts and count the cash at least once during each
quarter of the fiscal year."
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
m the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 25, 1902.
[No. 488.]
AN ACT making an appropriation of the sum of sixty-five thousand nine hundred
and sixty-five dollars and sixty-five cents, in local currency, for expenditure in
the discretion of the Civil Governor in the Provinces of Batangas and La Laguna
and the Island of Mindoro, and authorizing the sale, rental, or distribution of
articles purchased thereunder, and for other purposes.
By authorial/ of ths United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cifimnmwn^ that:
Section 1. Whereas, there was realized from certain operations by
General J. F. Bell, the Military Commander in the Irrovinces of
Batangas and La Lagmia and the Island of Mindoro, during the recent
insurrection of a portion of the inhabitants of said territory, a profit
arising on account of sales of rice and other food products to the
p^ple of said provinces and island, amounting to the sum of sixty -five
thousand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty-five cents, local
currency, which sum will be deposited in the Insular Treasury; and
whereas, it is desirable to use the said fund for the benefit of the
people in the locality of the provinces and island wherein the said
proht accrued, the said sum of sixty -five thousand nine hundred and
sixty-five dollars and sixty-five cents, local currency, is hereby appro-
priated, to become available as soon as deposited, to be expended in
the discretion of the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands in such
Baanner and by such agencies and under such rules and regulations as
he may dii^ect, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. The said sum hereby appropriated may be expended for the
loUowing objects:
(ff) For the purchase of foodstuffs for sale or distribution.
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(b) For the purchase of farm and garden seeds and plants for sale or
distribution.
(e) For the purchase of agricultural tools, implements, and devices
for cultivating and irrigating the soil, for sale or distribution.
(d) For expenses in promoting agricultural experiments in connec-
tion with the Bureau of Agriculture, including the rent of land, houses,
and animals, and other contingent expenses in connection therewith.
(e) For the purchase of animals for breeding and domestic purposes
with a view to improving the breeds of domestic animals, for sale or
distribution.
(y) For the purchase and operation of traction engines and cars for
use in transporting freight and passengers along me roads in said
territory. *
(g) For the construction, maintenance, and repair of roads in said
provinces and island.
(A) For expenses in combating epidemics, such as plagues^ cholera,
and smallpox aflfecting people, rmderpest and other epidemic or con-
tagious diseases affecting animals, ana plagues affecting crops.
(A For the employment of sucn clencal assistance and labor of all
kinas and for the payment of such traveling expenses as may be
required for the proper execution of the purposes of this act.
(j) And for such other purposes as in the discretion of the Civil
Governor of the Philippine Islands may be deemed just and wise and
for the benefit of the people of the said provinces and island.
Sec. 3. The Civil Grovernor may in his discretion reauest the Com-
manding General of the Division of the Philippines to detail an officer
of the Army of the United States to take charge of the entire purchase,
sale, or distribution of the articles and merchandise to be purchased
under this Act, and to account to the Auditor for his transactions
thereunder. Such officer is authorized to intrust to other military
officers designated by proper military authority the purchase, sale,
and distribution of the merchandise and articles purchased hereunder.
He is further authorized to designate municipal officers,and other per-
sons to assist in the sale or distribution of the merchandise or articles
purchased under this Act in the various localities of the provinces and
island above named, and the municipal officers and other persons so
designated shall be entitled to receive such compensation as the officer
detailed and appointed as above shall deem just and reasonable com-
pensation for tneir services, and the fact that the municipal officers
may receive a regular compensation for their services as such municipal
officers shall not disentitle them to receive the compensation provided
herein.
Sec. 4. The officer or officers charged with the disbursement of the
funds herein appropriated are authorized to sell at current market
rates or to distribute, under such regulations as the Civil Governor
may prescribe, any article or articles purchased or procured under the
provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of section two, or to rent for a rea-
sonable hire any article or articles purchased or procured under the
provisions of paragraphs (c) and (f) of said section, or to sell the
same at not less than tneir cost price, or to transport freight and pas-
so.ngers, as provided in paragi*aph {/) of said section two, under such
tariff rates as may be approved by the Civil Governor.
Sec. 6. All receipts and revenues derived from such sales, rents,
and tariffs shall be aeposited in the Insular Treasury and shall revert
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to Uie appropriation made in this Act, and all deposits in the Insular
Treasury on this account shall be as repayments to said appropriation
and so credited on the books of the Auditor for the Philippine Archi-
pelago, and subject to withdrawal from the Treasury.
Sec. 6. The moneys appropriated by this Act ana derived from its
operations shall be used and expended, in the provinces and island in
which the revenue accrued, and may be withdrawn from the Treasury
in United States currency at the authorized rate, in accordance with
the provisions of section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and
thirty.
Sec. 7. The oflScer or officers charged with the disbursement of the
funds herein appropriated, and with receiving the revenues from the
sources herein named, shall render monthly accounts of their transac-
tions to the Auditor for the PhilippineArchipelaffo, in accordance with
the provisions of Act Numberea Ninety, and other Acts in harmony
therewith, and under such additional regulations as the Auditor may
Erescribe, pursuant to the provisions of rule twelve of said Act Num-
ered Ninety.
Sec. 8. In like manner, returns of property which may be purchased,
found at station or otherwise acquired, shall be rendered to the Audi-
tor in conformity to the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred and
fifteen of the Pmlippine Commission.
Sec. 9. Purchase of property may be made under the provisions of
this Act without reference to Act Numbered One hundred and forty-
six of the Philippine Commission.
Sec. 10. Any municipal officer or other person engaged in the sale
and distribution of the rice and other articles whose sale or distribu-
tion is provided for herein, may be required before accepting such
trust ana employment to give a bond in a sum to be fixed by the officer
having charge of the distribution hereunder for the province or island,
conditioned upon a faithful performance of his duty in accordance with
the regulations lawfully prescribed for his conduct. In case of a vio-
lation of the conditions of the bond, the same may be forfeited in the
discretion of the officer having charge of the transactions under this
Act for the province or island, and the penalty of the bond may be
recovered against the offending municipal officer as liquidated dama-
ges for his violation of the regulations. Any municipal officer or
other person who accepts employment and compensation as an agent
in the sale or distribution of the articles whose sale or distribution is
{provided for in this Act, who shall violate the regulations prescribed
or his conduct in accordance with the terms of this Act, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred
and fifty dollars in local currency, or by imprisonment at hard labor
for not exceeding six months, or by both, in the discretion of the
court
Sec. 11. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage 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. 12. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 25, 1902.
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[No. 489.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of seven hundred and eighty-four dollars, local cur-
rency, for Claro Jaramillo, for compensation for services rendered by him from
•May first, eighteen hundred and nmety-eight, to and including June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, in caring for the light-house at Cape Melville.
By authority of the United States^ he it eruicted hy the PhUipptne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas, Claro Jaramillo, head light-keeper at Cape
Melville in eighteen hundred and ninet}' -eight, voluntarily continued
to perform such services from May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eignt, to and including June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine, without appointment from the Government authorities in these
Islands, and protected and cared for the light-house at such i>oint, the
sum of seven nundred and eighty-four dollars, local currency, b hereby
appropriated as compensation for the said Claro Jaramillo at the rate
of fifty -six dollars, local currency, per month, for the period from
May first, eighteen hundred and ninety -eight, to and including June
thirtieth, eimteen hundred and ninety-nine.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accoixlance 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 27, 1902.
[No. 490.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of three million one hundred and thirty-eeven thoa-
sand five nundred and forty-two dollars and thirty-three cents, in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part compensation for
the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three,
and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cominiss^ion^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be respectively necessaiy, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, in part compensation for the service of the Insular Government
and of the city of Manila, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and three, this appropriation being for the second
quarter of said fiscal year, unless otherwise stated. The appropriations
herein made, except for fixed salaries for the second quarter of said
fiscal year, shall be available for obligations of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and three.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Commission, nineteen hundred and
three: President and seven Commissioners, at five thousand dollars
per annum each. Secretary at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, Spanish Secretariat three thousand five hundred dollars per
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annam, two private secretaries at two thousand four hundred dollars
per annum each, two private secretaries at one thousand eiffht hundred
dollars per annum each, three private secretaries at one thousand two
hnndred dollars per annum each, disbursing oflScer class four, two
clerks class five, two clerks class six, two clerks class seven, one clerk
at one thousand five hundred dollai's per annum, three clerks class
eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk Class D, two clerks Class H, one
clerk Class I, two employees Class J, four employees at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each, twenty thousand four hundred and
forty -two dollars and fiftv cents.
Contingent expenses, rhilippine Commission, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent emenses, including office supplies, furniture,
advertising, telegrams, cablegrams, salaries, and expenses of survey-
ors, helpers, and draftsmen engaged in surveying and making plans of
lands under the direction of the Commission, and for other mcidental
expenses, fifteen thousand dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Commission, thirty-five thousand four
hundred and forty -two dollars and fifty cents.
EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Civil Governor at fifteen thousand dollars per annum. Executive Sec-
retary at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Assistant
Executive Secretary at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
Srivate secretary to the Civil Governor at two thousand five hundred
ollars per annum, one clerk class three, one clerk at two thousand
four hundred dollai's per annum, three clerks class five, six clerks class
six, seven clerks class seven, five clerks class eight, seven clerks class
nine, five clerks Class A, one janitor Class B, two watchmen at seven
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, three clerks Class C, two
employees ClaS tf, five employees at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, twelve laoorers at one hundred and twenty dollars
Ser annum each, extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred
ollars per annum, per diems of seven dollars for the Executive
Secretary, twenty-two thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars.
Contingent expenses, Malacanan Palace, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses of Malacanan Palace, including lighting of
park, purchase and repair of furniture, improvement of grounds, and
other incidental expenses, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, includingfurniture, stationery , electric lights,
and supplies for Ayuntamien to Building, a fund not exceeding five
hundred dollars, to lie expended in the discretion of the Civil Governor,
and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
In all, for the Executive Bureau, twenty-five thousand three hun-
dred and sixty-four dollars.
PHIMPPINE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Three members at three thousand five hundred
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dollars per annum each^ one examiner class three, one examiner class
four, one examiner class five, one examiner class six, one examiner
class seven, three examiners class eight, two clerks class nine, one
clerk class ten, one clerk Class B, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class
F, one clerk Class G, one employee Class J, one employee at one hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum, extra allowance for disbursing-
ofiicer at two hundred dollars per annum, seven thousand seven hun-
dred and ninety-five dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees, two hundred dollars.
Contmgent expenses, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred ana three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, three hundred dollars.
In all. for the Philippine Civil Service Board, eight thousand two
hundred and ninety -five dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and three: Insular Purchasing Agent at four thousand
dollars per annum, Assistant Insular Purchasing A^ent at three thou-
sand dollars per annum, disbursing officer and cashier class four, one
clerk class nve, three clerks class six, four clerks class seven, five
clerks class eight, nine clerks class nine, one clerk at one thousand
and fifty dollars per annum, two clerks class ten, four clerks Class A,
two clerks Class B, one clerk Class C, three watchmen Class C, one
clerk Class D, two clerks Class H, six employees at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, and for the hire during the first and
second quaiters of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three of such
foremen, teamsters, drivers, stablemen, blacksmiths, saddlers, wheel-
wrights, and additional wat<'hmen and laborers as may from time to
time be necessary in the Transportation Division, coal and lumber
yards, and for the handling of supplies, not to exceed fifteen thousand
four hundred dollars, twenty-nine thousand and fifteen dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, incluaing sup-
Elies, rents, repairs to transportation, forage for horses, vehicles and
arnesses, purchase of animals, medicines, veterinary supplies and
attendance, and other incidental expenses, twenty-one thousand one
hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, fifty thou-
sand one hundred and sixty -five dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen
hundred and three: Secretary of the Interior at ten thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, two thousand nine
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Transportation, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen
hundred and three: For the actual and necessarv traveling expenses of
employees on official business, one hundred ancf fifty dollars.
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Transportation, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen
bundrea and two: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
employees on official business during the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and two, twenty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nine-
teen hundred ana three: For contingent expenses, including office sup-
plies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, one hundffea dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, three thousand
two hundred and forty -five dollars.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Salaries and wages, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and three: Commissioner of Public Health at six thousand
dollars per annum irom August first to September thirtieth. Chief
Health Inspector at three thousand five hunared dollars per annum,
Sanitary Engineer at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
secretary at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, four medi-
cal inspectors class five, four employees class six, two employees class
seven, one employee class eight, seven employees class nine, twelve
employees class ten, six employees Class A, seven employees at seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, seven employees Class D,
one employee Class E, one employee at four hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, one employee Class G, five employees Class H, seventy-
six employees Class I, three employees Class J, twenty emplo^^ees at
one hundred and eighty dollars per anniun each, two employees at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, twent^^-seven employees at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, twenty -five employees
at ninety dollars per annum each, six employees at seventy-two dollars
per annum each, twenty -one employees at sixty dollars per annum
each, president of the board of health of Surigao at one thousand two
hundred dollai*s per annum, president of the board of health of Antique
at one thousand two hundrea dollars per annum, extra allowance for
disbursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum, twenty-seven
thousand six hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents.
Salaries and wages. Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and two: Assistant Director of the Serum Institute at one
thousand two hundred dollai*s per annum from March thirteenth to
March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, sixty dollars.
Support of hospitals, plants, and stations. Board of Health for the
Philippines, nineteen hundred and three: For support and maintenance
of the Women's Department San Lazaro Hospital, Leper Department
San Lazaro Hospital, leper colonies at Cebu and Palestina, plague and
smallpox hospiUils, plague hospital crematory, steam disinfecting
plant, municipal dispensaries, Hospicio de San Jos^, Cole^io de Santa
Isabel, veterinary department, support of indigent natives in the
provinces, vaccine station and serum institute, and for the preparation
of the leper colony at Culion, including the construction of houses,
roads, hospitals, warehouses, water supply, quarters for officers and
attendants, crematory, and so forth, salaries and wages of necessary
temporary employees engaged in construction and care of colony,
transportation of lepers to the colony, and other incidental expenses
in the above work, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, eighty-six
thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars.
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Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pest^, Soard
of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and three: For the
suppression and externunation of epidemic diseases and pests, rentals,
equipments, and maintenance of hospitals, plants, camps, and stations
for epidemic diseases, including medicines for the same, expenses of
disposition of the dead, subsistence of inmates and employees of hos-
pitals, plants, camps, and stations, and so forth, subsistence of employees
sent from Manila to provincial towns, expenses incurred in the distribu-
tion of distilled water, purchase of disinfectants, reimbursement for
property, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to prevent the spread of
epiaemics, expenses incurred in cleaning up infected districts, medi-
cines for indigent natives, salaries and wages for necessary temporary
employees engaged in the suppression of epidemics, and per diem
allowances of one dollar and fifty cents to Army medical officers in lieu
of any loss from the discontinuance of commutations of quarters or
otherwise owing to their detail for civil duty with the Boaraof Health,
and for other incidental expenses, seventy -nine thousand two hundred
and one dollars and sixty-eight cents.
Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board
of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two: For the sup-
pression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, rentals,
equipment and maintenance of hospitals, plants, camps, and stations
for epidemic diseases, including medicines for the same, expenses of
disposition of the dead, subsistence of inmates and employees of hos-
pitals, plants, camps, and stations, and so forth, subsistence of employe ees
sent from Manila to provincial towns, expenses incurred in the distri-
bution of distilled water, purchase of disinfectants, reimbursement for
property, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to prevent the sprawl of
epiaemics, expenses incurred in cleaning up infected districts, medi-
cines for indigent natives, salaries and wages for necessary temporary
employees engaged in the suppression of epidemics, and per diem
allowances of one dollar and fifty cents to Army medical officers in lieu
of any loss from the discontinuance of commutations of quarters or
otherwise, owing to their detail for civil duty with the Board of Health,
and other incidental expenses, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
two, seven thousand five hunared dollars.
Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hun-
dred ana three: For the transportation of freight, actual and necessary
traveling expenses of officers and employees, purchase of ponies, har-
nesses, and carts for disinfecting purposes, repairs to wagons and har-
nesses, rental of launches, lorchas, and bancas during the cholera
epidemic, rental of vehicles in Manila on official business when the
same can not be supplied by the Insular Purchasing Agent, forage for
horses, eleven thousand and five dollars.
Ti-ansportation, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hun-
dred ana two: For the transportation of freight, actual and necessary
traveling expenses of officers and employees, purchase of ponies, har-
nesses, and carts for disinfecting purposes, repaii*s to wagons and har-
nesses, rental of launches, lorchas, and bancas during the cholera
epidemic, rental of vehicles in Manila on official business when the same
can not be supplied by the Insular Purchasing Agent, forage for horses,
during the fiscal year nineteen hundred andtwo, four thousand seven
hundred and ninety -eight dollars and seventy -eight cents.
Contingent expenses, Ifeard of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
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hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including stationery, sup-
plies, repairs to office furniture, rent of telephones, cablegrams, ad ver-
tisiD£^, per diems of five dollars for the Conunissioner of Public Health,
Gr djKBins of five dollars for the Chief Health Inspector, lighting of
x>rator7, removal of night soil from buildings occupied by the Insu-
lar Grovemment, and other incidental expenses, two thousand four
hundred and forty-six dollars.
Contingent expenses, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and two: For lighting of laboratory during the month of
September, nineteen hundred and one, and removal of night soil from
buildings occupied by the Insular Government, eight hundred and
forty -two dollars and eight cents.
Salaries and wages, installation of the pail system in the city of
Manila, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and
three: For salaries and wages of such officers and employees as may
be approved or authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, twelve
thousand nine hundred and thirty -three dollars and thirty -three cents.
Contingent expenses, installation of the pail system in the city of
Manila, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies, repairs to
Eails, launches, barges, and so forth, purcnase of vehicles and horses,
lacksmiths' supplies, and other incidental expenses, fifty-eight thou-
sand one hundred and thirty -two dollars.
The difference between the amount expended for the installation of
tlie pail system in the city of Manila and the amount collected therefor
from property owners and deposited in the Insular Treasury, shall be
reimbursed at the close of each fiscal year to the Insular Government
by the city of Manila, and when such reimbursement is fully made all
property, such as launches, barges, and so forth, purchased in carry-
ing out the provisions of the appropriation, shall revert to and become
the property of the city of Manila.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippines, two hundred and
ninety-one thousand and sixteen dollars and tnii-ty-seven cents.
QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Salaries and wages, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and three:
One officer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one offi-
cer at two thousand two hundred dollars per annum, one officer at two
thousand dollars per annum, six officers at one thousand six hundred
dollars per annum earh, one engineer class nine, one employee at one
thousand and twenty dollars per annum, three employees Class A, two
employees Class D, three employees Class F, two employees Class H,
five employees Class J, eighteen employees at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each, seven employees at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each, crews of launches at Manila, Jloilo, and Cebu,
not to exceed one thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars, and emer-
jjency disinfectors and temporary attendants, not to exceed nine hun-
dred and seventy -five dollars, nine thousand seven hundred and thirty
dollars.
The Chi^f Quarantine Officer is hereby authorized to pay the sala-
ries of the following emplo3'ees for the first quarter of the fiscal vear
nineteen hundred and three, out of funds appropriated in Act Num-
bered Four hundred and thirty for "Salaries and wages, Quarantine
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Service, nineteen hundred and three": One engineer Class F, one dis-
infector Class H, two attendants at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each; and he is further authorized to expend a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred and fift^ dollars for emergency dislnfectors and tem-
porary attendants in addition to the amount appropriated for that pur-
pose in Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty.
Transportation, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees, including traveling expenses of officers from the United
States and Europe, transportation of supplies, repairs, supplies, and
mivscellaneous expenses or quarantine launches, three thousand three
hundred dollars.
Commutation of quarters. Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For commutation of quarters of officers of the Quarantine Serv-
ice as authorized by the Regulations of the United States Treasury
Department, one thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
Support of Mariveles Quarantine Station, Quarantine Service, nine-
teen nundred and three: For support of Mariveles Quarantine Station,
including subsistence, supplies, purchase of coal and disinfectants and
the transfer of same, and other incidental expenses, five thousand one
hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including rent of office,' furniture,
supplies, office expenses, expenses in i*aisingand repairing disinfecting
barge wrecked by tvphoon and expenses incident in dispatching assist-
ance to the same, tor equipment of camp at Iloilo for isolating and
caring for cases of cholera and segregating contacts taken from vessels
at lloilo, and for other incidental expenses, four thousand five hundred
and seventy dollars.
In all, for the Quarantine Service, twenty -four thousand two hun-
dred and forty dollars.
FORESTRY BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Assistant Chief of Bureau at tnree thousand dollars per annum, Man-
ager of Timber Testing Laboratory at two thousand four hundred
dollars per annum, six foresters at two thousand four hundred dollars
per annum each, four inspectors class six, one clerk class six, four
clerks class eight, five clerics class nine, six assistant inspectors class
nine, four clerks Class A, six assistant inspectors Class A, one skilled
laborer Class A, two clerks Class D, ten assistant foresters Class D,
t\yo skilled laborers Class F, twenty -five rangers Class G, one drafts-
man Class H, three skilled lal)orers Class H, forty rangers Class I, six
clerks Class I, three carpenters Class J, two employees at one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum each, extra allowance to disbursing officer
from August first at two hundred dollars per annum, hire of laborers
for field parties not to exceed seven hundred and eighty dollars, twenty-
two thousand five hundred and fiftj'^ dollars.
Transportation, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three: For
transportation of freight, and for per diems of ninety cents for officials
and employees on official travel under the aame provisions as applied
to the traveling examiners of the Auditor's and Treasurer's offices by
Act Numberedxhree hundred and fifty-eight, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars.
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Contingent expenses, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including rent of oflSces, grounds, and tele-
phones, purchase of wood samples and materials, purchase of* books
and periodicals, iper diems of five dollars for the Chief of the Bureau,
and other incidental expenses, four thousand five hundred and thirty-
two dollars.
In all, for the Forestry Bureau, twenty-eight thousand nine hundred
and fifty-seven dollars.
MINING BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, Mining Engineer
and Assay er class six. one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten, one clerk
Class C, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class F, two clerks Class I, one
employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, one employee
at eighty dollars per annum, two thousand four hundred dollars.
Geological and Mineralogical Surveys, Mining Bureau, nineteen hun-
dred andthree: For the expenses in connection with the Geological and
Mineralogical Surveys,- including salaries and wages of employees,
transpor^ionof employees, and supplies, and other incidental expenses
in connection with tne above work, one hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including oflice supplies, books, stationery.
and other incidental expenses, two hundred and forty-eight dollars ana
forty-eight cents.
In all, for the Mining Bureau, two thousand seven hundred and forty-
eight dollars and forty -eight cents.
PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three : Director at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
four Assistant Directors at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum each, secretary and librarian at one thousand four hundred
dollars per annum, three clerks Class A, five clerks Class C, five clerks
Class D, one clerk Class G, three clerks Class I, four employees at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, eight chief observers for
first-class branch stations at six hundred dollars per annum each, eight
assistant observers for first-class branch stations at one hundred dollars
per annum each, twelve observers for second-class branch stations at
three hundred dollars per annum each, twenty -two observers for third-
class branch stations at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum
each, eight observers for rain stations at ninety dollars per annum
each, extra allowance for disbursing clerk at two hundred dollars per
annum, nine thousand one hundred dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred and
three : For the actual ana necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and the transportation of supplies, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including rents, stationerv, sup-
plies, electric lights, telephone, installation of instruments in Tbranch
stations, and other incidental expenses, one thousand six hundred and
twenty-five dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Weather Bureau, ten thousand nine hun-
dred and seventy -five dollars.
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BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Salaries and wa^es, Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at three thousand two hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class six, one clerk class seven, one clerk class ei^t,
one clerk class ten, two clerks Class 1, one messenger at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum, two thousand four hundred and thirty
dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
three: For contmgent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, seventy -five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Lands, two thousand five hundred
and five dollars.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at four thousand doUai-s per annum, one Di-
rector of Animal Industry class three, one Soil Physicist class five, one
Fiber Expert class five, one Botanist and Assistant Agrostolo^ist class
five who snail also perform the duties of Botanist in the Forestrj'^ Bureau,
one expert in charge of plant and seed introduction class five, one
superintendent of Government farms class six, one expert in tropical
agriculture class eight, one expert in plant culture and plant breeding
class nine, one superintendent of experimental station in Manila class
nine, one expert m farm machinery and management class ten, one
clerk class nve, one clerk class seven, three clerks class eight, two
clerks class nine, one artist Class A, two clerks Class C, four student
scientific aids Class F, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollar^
per annum, one employee at ninety dollars per annum, manager of
stock farm at two thousand dollars per annum, foreman of stock
farm Class C, and local and special agents, guides, interpreters, and
other labor required in the city of Manila or elsewhere, not to
exceed two thousand nine hundred dollars, twelve thousand two hun-
dred and seven dollars and fifty cents.
Transportation, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and three:
For per diems of two dollars and fifty cents for officials and employees
on official travel under the same provisions as applied to the traveling
examiners of the Auditor's and Treasurer's offices by Act Numberea
Three hundred and fifty -ei^ht, the transportation of supplies, and for
the hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when it is impossible
for the Insular Purchasing Agent to provide the same, not to exceed
fifty dollars, one thousand three hundred dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and two:
For the hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when it was im-
possible for the Insular Purchasing Agent to provide the same, during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, twenty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three: For contmgent expenses, including collecting and purchasing
valuable seeds, roots, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, ana plants for expe-
riment, cultivation, and distribution; for paper, twine, gum. and all
necessary material required for putting up and distributing the same;
for the investigation of the soils of the Philippine Islanas, and for
indicating upon maps or plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of
such investigations, and to map the tobacco, hemp, sugar, rice, cocoa-
nut, fruit, and vegetable soils of the Philippine Archipelago; for
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investigating methods of curine tobacco; for originating, through
selection and breeding, improved varieties of tobacco, hemp, sugar,
rice, fruits, and vegetables, and introducing foreign plants promising
to be of value to the Islands; for conducting investigations of the
§r&S8^, forage plants, and animal foods, and the means of improving
le forage supply of the Islands; for carrying on investigations relat-
ing to the medicmal, poisonous, fiber, and other economic plants, and
for <!onducting special investigutions of the leading staple plant prod-
ucts of the Archipelago; for investigating the history ana habits of
injurious and beneficial insects and the best means for destroying those
found to be injurious to agricultural crops; for conducting investiga-
tions on the diseases of plants and methods of preventing them; for
the investi^tion of the live stock, dairy, and other animal industries
of the Philippines, and the improvement of existing breeds of domestic
animals; for subscriptions to and purchase of agricultural and scientific
and technical books, periodicals, magazines, and publications necessary
for the work of the Bureau; for the purchase of stationery, furniture,
cases, and all other necessary ofBce supplies; for advertising, tele-
graphing, cabling, telephone, messenger service, electric lighting, and
post-office expenses; for the purchase of ice for the office in Manila;
ror the purchase and hire of horses, mules, and other working animals
for use on the Government farms and experimental stations, for har-
nesses, wagons, carts, and so forth; for forage for animals; blacksmith
tools, forges, and shoeing of animals; for veterinary attendance and
supplies; for the purchase of lumber, nails, agricultural tools and
machinery, carpenter tools and scientific instruments, for the lease or
purchase of land near or in Manila for experimental purposes, and for
rents; fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Agriculture, twenty-eight thousand and
thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OP NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Chief of Bureau at three thousand five hundred dollars
Ser annum, Assistant Chief of Bureau at two thousand four hundred
ollars per annum, Agent for Moro Affairs at one thousand dollars per
annum, one clerk class eight, one collector of natural history speci-
mens class eight, one assistant collector of natural historv specimens
Class D, two clerks Class H, one employee at one hundred and eighty
dollarn per annum, one employee at ninety dollars per annum, two
thousana eight hundred and twenty -two dollars and fifty cents.
TransportEition, Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers,
aoDployees, collectors, and school-teachers engaged m collecting data
ana material, and for the transportation oi supplies, six hundred
dollars.
Contingent e^roenses, Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hun-
dred andSiree: For contingent expenses, including supplies, furniture,
books, instruments, rent of office, hire of vehicles in Manila on official
business when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular
Purchasing Agent, not to exceed thirty-five dollars, and other inci-
dental expenses, nine hundred dollars.
In all. lor the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, four thousand three
hundrea and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.
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BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: Superintendent of Government liaboratories, at
four thousand dollars per annum, one chemist and investigatx>r class
five, one chemist class six, one pnysiological chemist class six, one
pathologist class six, one entomologist class six, one assistant biologist
at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one assistant bacteri-
ologist at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, three clerks
class eight, one chemist and food analyst class nine, one photographer
class nine, one assistant chemist class nine, one clerk at one thousand
and twenty dollars per annum, one preparator of culture media
Class D, one curator Class 1, one clerk Class J, one employee Class J,
two employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, four
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, one
temporary employee class six from October first to November thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and two, seven thousand one hundred and ten
dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: For the actual and neceasary traveling expenses
of officers and employees, hire of vehicles in Manila on official busi-
ness when it is impossible for the Insular Purchasing Agent to provide
the same, not to exceed fifty dollars, and the transportation of sup-
plies, four hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nine-
teen hundred ana three: For contingent expenses, including an allow-
ance at the Army rate for quarters for one medical officer detailed by
the Army, rent of laboratory building, purchase of chemicals and
apparatus, not to exceed ten thousand five nundred and eleven dollars
and thirty-five cents, books, not to exceed three thousand eight hun-
dred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents, surgical instruments,
repairs to apparatus, office supplies, stationery, photographic supplies,
per diems of five dollarato the Director of the Biological Laboi-atory,
and for other incidental expenses, sixteen thousand one hundred and
ninety-three dollars and forty cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, twenty -three
thousand seven hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents.
BUREAU OP PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND ITIADE-MARKS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-
Marks, nineteen hundred and three: One clerk Class A, two hundred
and twenty-five dollars.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL HOSPITAL.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and three: Attending Physician and Surgeon at three thousand dollars
per annum. Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon at two thou-
sand dollars per annum, house surgeon at one thousand dollars per
annum, one superintendent class ei^t, one superintendent class nine
from July first to September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two,
three hundred dollars, one dispensing clerk class nine, one chief nurse
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at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum, one dietist Class C,
ten nurses Class C, ten ward attendants Class D, one employee Class
G, three employees Class I, one employee at one hundrea and eighty
dollars per annum, one ambulance driver at six hundred dollars per
annum, one driver at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, five
^nployees at one hundred and forty dollars per annum each, eight
employees at one hundred and fifteen dollars per annum each, five
employees at one hundred "and twenty dollars per annum each, four
employees at ninety dollars per annum each, seven thousand three
hundred and eighty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of drugs,
medicines, lighting of nospital, subsistence or patients and employees,
coal, wood, rent of buildings, and telephones, supplies for hospitals,
Mre of yenicles in Manila on official business when the same can not
be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed two
hundred and fiSty dollars, and other incidental expenses, fourteen
thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fafty cents.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Hospital, twentp-one thousand six
hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty cents.
CrVIL SANITABIUM, BENGUET.
Salaries and Wa^es, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and three: Attendmg Physician and Surgeon at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum, one nurse Class C, one employee Class D,
one temporary employee Class D from September tentli to September
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, one employee Class I, one
employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, two employees
atiortv-five dollars per annum each, increase in the salary of one
nurse for the month of August and September from Class D to Class
C, hire of laborers for permanent improvement of grounds not to
exceed two hundred dollars, one thousand three hundred and twenty-
five dollars and eighty -three cents.
Contingent expenses, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including furnishing of hospital
and cottages not to exceed five thousand dollars, hospital supplies,
equipment of sanitarium and cottages, commissary supplies, rent of
houses at San Fernando de la Union and Naguilian, tmnsportation of
supplies, and other incidental expenses, eight thousand two hundred
and eighty dollars.
In all, for the Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nine thousand six hun-
dred and five dollars and eighty-three cents.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
SMaries and wages, OflSce of the Secretary of Commerce and Police,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Commerce and Police, at
ten thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight,
two thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
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BUREAU OF POSTS.
Salaries and wa^es, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
Director of Posts at six tliousand dollars per annum, Assistant Direc-
tor at three thousand two hundred and firty dollars per annum, chief
of the division of stamps and supplies class live, one post-office inspector
class five, three post-office inspectors class six, two clerks class six,
four clerks class seven, two clerks class eight, thre« clerks class nine,
one clerk class ten, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class I, three employees
at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, extra allowance for
disbursing officer at two hundrea dollars per annum, nine thousand
dollars.
Tmveling expenses, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
For an allowance of two dollars and fifty cents per day in lieu of actual
traveling expenses to post-office inspectors while traveling on official
business, ana for the actual and necessary traveling expenses of other
employees, six hundred dollars.
Mail transportation, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
For inland mail transportation, sea transportation of mails, and for
transportation of mails through foreign countries, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including mail equipment, supplies, part
reimbursement to employees of premiums on bonds, and other inci-
dental expenses, four thousand five hundred dollars.
Post-Office Service:
Salaries and wages, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and three:
One postmaster at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
assisttmt postmaster class four, one postmaster class five, four post-
masters class seven, two postmasters class eight, six postmasters class
nine, seven postmasters class ten, one superintendent of mails class
fivt^, one superintendent money-order division class six, one superin-
tendent registry division class six, one superintendent free-delivery
dtvision class six, five clerks class seven, sixteen clerks class eight,
twelve clerks class nine, fifteen clerks class ten, ten clerks Class A,
one clerk Class B, one clerk Class C, four clerks Class D, three clerks
Class E, eight clerks Class F, ten clerks Class G, six clerks Class H,
four clerks Class I, fourteen employees at one hundred and fifty dol-
hii's per annum each, twenty-four clerks in offices outside of Manila,
nut to exceed an aggregate of seven hundred and fift^ dollars, com-
jK^nsation of postmasters appointed under the provisions of sections
thice and four of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty -one, not to
t'X(*eed five thousand dollars, and for the employment of substitutes in
j)laces of postmasters and employees granted leaves of absence, not to
t*xcped one thousand five hundrea dollars, thirty-three thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Post-*Office Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including expenses of stamp agencies
in Manila, not to exceed two dollars per montn each, rent and lighting
of i)ost-offices, furniture, supplies, and other incidental expenses, three
Ifiousand five hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Posts, fifty-three thousand one hundred
dt hilars.
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SIGNAI. SERVICE.
Construction and maintenance of telegraph, telephone, and cable
lines, Si^al Service, nineteen hundred and three: For purchaHCs and
services m connection with tha construction and maintenance of tele-
graph, telephone, and cable lines in the Philippine Archipelago, and
for the hire of operators, linemen, mesnengers, machinists, and cable
employees, thirty -one thousand two hundred and sixty-two dollars and
thirty-seven cents.
Construction and maintenance of telegraph, telephone, and cable
lines, Si^al Service, nineteen hundred and one: For purchases and
services m connection with the construction and maintenance of tele-
graph, telephone, and cable lines in the Philippine Archipelago, and
tor the hire of operators, linemen, messengers, machinists, and cable
employees, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hun-
dred and fifty dolmrs.
In all, for the Signal Service, thirty-one thousand four hundred and
twelve dollars and thirty-seven cents.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULABY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three: Three
Assistant Chiefs at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annmn each, one adjutant at one thousand eight hundred dollars per.
annam, one paymaster at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annam, forty-two first-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of
fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, forty-two second-class
inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of eleven thousand and twenty-
five dollars, sixty third-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of
fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, seventy fourth-class
inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of fourteen thousand dollars,
twenty telegraph inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of four thou-
sand five hundred dollars, forty subinspectors at four hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, chief of the section of information at
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one armorer and gun-
smith at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class six, three
clerks class eight, three clerks class nine, eight clerks Class A, two
clerks Class C, two teamsters Class D, two clerks Class G, two clerks
Class H, two clerks Class I, two employees at one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum each, two employees at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each, extra compensation for forty supply oflicers
at two hundred dollars per annum each, and for pay of enlisted men
of all grades and of laborers, not to exceed an aggregate of one hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars, two hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars.
The number of inspectors for the Philippines Constabulary shall
not exceed an average of five for each province, and the number of
enlisted men of all grades shall not exceed six thousand.
Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, Philippines Constabulary,
wneteen hundred and three: For cloth, woolens, materials and manu-
facture of clothing, equipage, purchase, repair, and preservation of
arms, ammunition, and eauipment, and for clothing allowance not
drawn in kind by enlisted men on discharge, thirty-nine thousand
tlollars.
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Barracks and quarters, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For allowance for offices, guardhouses, and arsenals,
repairs to Government buildings and stables, construction and hire of
buildings and stables, and for fuel and illiuninating supplies, twenty
thousand dollars.
The repair and construction of buildings for the Philippinen Con-
stabulary shall be under the direction of the Chief of Constabulary,
anything in Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-eight to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
Ti-ansportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For transportation of officers and enlisted men, prisoners,
animals, supplies, for the purchase and hire of draft animals, harnesses,
wagons, carts, and so f ortn, for forage for animals, blacksmiths' tools,
forges, and shoeing of animals, for the purchase and hire of horses
for mounted service, for veterinary attendance and supplies, for the
subsistence of officers and enlisted men while on campaign or traveling
under orders, forty thousand dollars.
Secret-service fund, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
threo: For a contingent fund to be used for secret-service purposes in
the discretion of the Chief or Acting Chief, nine thousand dollarg.
Commissary stores, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For the purchase and transportation of commiasary stores in
accordance with the terms of previous appropriations for the same
purpose, forty thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including stationery, furniture,
office supplies, cablegrams, special messengers, post-office expenses,
purchase of periodicals and professional books, medical treatment and
medicines for officers and enlisted men, construction, repair, and
maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines, subsistence of prisoners,
support of Constabulary Band, per diems of five dollars for the Chief
and First Assistant Chief, and for other incidental expenses, twelve
thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, three hundred
and seventy-five thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Pidsons, nineteen hundred and three:
Warden at three thousand dollars per annum, two Assistant Wardens
at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum each, one physician
at two thousand dollars per annum, one master mechanic at one thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, three
clerks class nine, one baker cla«s nine, one blacksmith class nine, two
inspectors class nine, one clerk Class A, two overseers Class D, two
foremen Class D, two overseers Class I, six keepers Class 1, two lios-
pitiil stewards Class I, two chaplains at three hundred dollars per
annum each, one laundryman Class J, four clerks Class J, one team-
ster at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, seventeen guards
at nine hundred dollars per annum each, two sergeants at three hun-
dred and sixty dollars per annum each, twenty-eight guards at two
hundred and forty dollars per annum each, extra allowance for dis-
bursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum, twelve thousand
seven hundred and sixty-five dollai*s.
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Contingent expenses, Bareau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including subsistence of prisoners, medicines
and supplies, electric lighting, oil, forage for horses, burial of deceased
prisoners, reimbursement to prisoners of earnings as hired laborers
outside of the prison prior to American occupation, clothing for pris-
oners, and other incidental expenses, twenty-nine thousand five nun-
dred and seventy-four dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Prisons, forty -two thousand three hundred
and thirty-nine dollars.
OFI'^CE OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE POET.
Salaries and wa^es, OflSce of the Captain of the Port, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Harbormaster at two thousand five hundred dollars
Ser annum. Inspector of Boilers at two thousand two hundred and fifty
oUars per annum. Inspector of Hulls at two thousand dollars per
annum, one clerk class nine, three clerks Class I, two thousand two
hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Office of the Captain of the Port, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, includinff supplies, adver-
tising, and other incidental expenses, one hundred aollars.
In alL for the office of the Captain of the Port, two thousand three
hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OF COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: One clerk class five, one clerk class six,
one clerk class seven, four clerks class eight, two clerks class nine,
two clerks Class A, two storekeepei*s Class A, two assistant storekeep-
ers Class F, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum,
five employees at one nundred and fifty dollars per annum each, extra
allowance for disbursing clerk at two hundred dollars per annum, four
thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.
Light-House Service, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For the expenses of the Light-House
Service, including construction of light-hoases, salaries and wages of
keepers, boatmen, messengers, and laborers, supplies, repairs, buoy-
age, and other incidental expenses, twenty-five thousana eight hundred
dollars.
Light-House Service, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and two: For the expenses of the Light-House
Service, including salaries and wages of keepers, messengers, and
laborers, supplies, ))uoyage, and other incidental expenses, during the
fiscal year mneteen hundred and two, five hundred and six dollars and
twenty-eight cents.
Launches, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of launches and
steamers, including salaries and wa^s of captains, engineers, crews,
and laborers, repairs and outfits, rations, coal, and oil, forty-five thou-
sand dollars.
Construction of vessels. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For contract payments on ten Class A
steamers anc? on five Class B steamers, for changes in specifications,
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supplies, salaries, and expenses of inspectors supervising the con-
struction of such steamers, for the purchase of spare parts of machin-
ery and for armament, three hundred and thirty-nine thousand ei|;fht
hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundrea and three: For contingent expenses, including' sup-
plies, advertising, and per diems of three dollars and fifty cents for
the Suptn'intendent in charge of the construction of light-houses, and
so forth, and of five dollars each for the Chief of the Bureau, the
Superintendent of Light-Houses, Buoys, and so forth, and the Super-
intendent of the Division of Construction, Maintenance, and Oper-
ation of Vessels, and for other incidental expenses, two thousand two
hundred and two dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, four hun-
dred and eighteen thousand and ninety-six dollars and ninety -eight
cents.
BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SUBVEY.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nineteen
hundred and three: One clerk class eight, one clerk Class D, two
clerks Class E, one clerk Class F, four clerks Class G, one apprentice
draftsman at one hundred and eighty dollai"s per annum, one employee
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one thousand four hun-
dred dollars.
Expenses of steamers, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of steamers
engaged in survey work, including salaries and wages of officers and
crews, rations, supplies, coal, repairs, and other incidental expenses,
six thousand eight hundred dollars.
Field expenses, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nineteen hon-
tJred and tnree: For field expenses, including pay of observers, fore-
Tiien, recorders in the field, and other incident^ expenses, three thoa-
sjind nine hundred dollai*s.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
i^upplies, stjitionery, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when
8uch transportation can not be secured from the Insular Purchasing
Agent, not to exceed thirty dollars, and for other incidental expenses,
two hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, twelve thou-
sand three hundred and fifty dollars.
BUREAU OF ENGINEERING.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
three: Consulting Engineer at four thousand five hundred dollars per
annum from July first. Assistant Engineer class seven, one clerk class
nine, and for salaries of such additional engineers, draftsmen, and
employees as may from time to time be necessary, not to exceed one
thousand five hundred dollars, four thousand two hundred and sixty-
two dollars and fifty cents.
Transportation, fiureauof Engineering, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and the transportation of supplies, four hundred dollars.
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Public works, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and three:
For expenses in connection witn such public works as ma'y be author-
ised by the Commission, including survey of the harbor of Cebu, eight
thoosand dollars.
CSontingent expenses, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including supplies, surveying instru-
ments, and other mcidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Engineering, fourteen thousand six hundred
and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
OFFICE OF THE SEC5RETARY.
Salaries and wages, Oflice of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Finance and Justice, at ten
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, two
thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, OflSce of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
nineteen nundred and three: For contingent expenses, including oflSce
supplies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, fifty dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, three
thousand and twenty-five dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR TREASURER.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Treasurer at six thousand dollars per annum, cashier at
three thousand dollars per annum, three clerks class three, three clerks
claas four, two clerks class five, one temporary clerk class five from
September seventeenth to October twenty-eighth, five clerks class six,
two clerks class seven, three clerks class eight, three clerks class nine,
one clerk at seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, one clerk Class
G. two clerks Class D, one clerk Class H, two clerks Class I, one clerk
Class J, one employee at two hundred and ten dollars per annum, one
employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, extra allow-
ance for disbursing officer at two nundred dollars per annum, thirteen
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and eighty-four cents.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees, per diems for deputies and examiners in official travel
in connection. with the examination of accounts as provided in Act
Numbered Three hundred and fifty-eight, and for the transfer of funds
to and from the provinces, two thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including payment of
premiums on surety bonds, and the rebate of unearned premiums on
surety bonds canceled or transferred, stationery, office supplies, pur-
chase of safes and other incidental expenses, twenty -six thousand five
hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, forty-one thousand
six hundred and sixty dollars and eighty-four cents.
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BURliAU OF THE INSULAR AUDITOli.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hundred
and three: Auditor at six thousand dollars per annum, Deputy Auditor
at four thousand dollars per annum, three clerks class three, four clerks
class four, four clerks class five, eight clerks class six, five clerks class
seven, nine clerks class eight, ten cuerks class nine, six clerks class ten,
four clerks Class A, two clerks Class B, two clerks Class C, two clerks
Class D, two clerks Class E, two clerks Class F, two clerks Class I,
four employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, extra
allowance for disbursing oflScer at two hundred dollars per annum,
twenty-four thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars.
The Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to designate a clerk
of class four as an exammer of the accounts of disbursing clerk« and
cx)llecting oflScers in the city of Manila, and to perform such other duties
as the Auditor may designate. Under the direction of the Auditor, the
clerk so designated shall examine once each quarter, if practicable, the
accounts of each officer loca-ted in the city of Manila, who collei.-ts or
disburses funds belonging to or under the control of the Insular Gov-
ernment. Such clerk shall give a bond, as provided by law, in such
amount as may be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, and in all cases where
it is deemed advisable to suspend or remove a disbursing clerk or col-
lecting officer for cause, such clerk shall be authorized by the Civil
Governor to take charge of the office of such disbursing clerk or col-
lecting officer and collect or disburse moneys as provided by law under
such assignment and shall render accounts of such transactions as pro-
vided by law. For this service no additional compensation shall be
paid to the said clerk.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Auditor; nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees and per diems of officers and employees in official
travel in connection with the examination of accounts as provided in
Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty -eight, one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including stationerv, sup-
plies, and other incidental expenses, seven hundred and fifty dfollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Auditor, twenty-six thousand
four hundred and sixty-five dollars.
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: Collector of Customs at six thousand dollars per
annum, Deputv Collector of Customs at four thousand dollars per
annum, two additional deputy collectors of customs at three thousand
dollars per annum each, surveyor of customs at four thousand dollars
per annum, deputy surveyor of customs class two.
Office of the Collector of Customs:
One clerk class seven, two clerks class eight.
.Office of the Deputy Collector of Customs:
One clerk class seven, one clerk class nine.
Office of the Surveyor of Customs:
One admeasurer class three, one clerk class seven, one clerk class
eight, three clerks Class F,
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Division of Insular Customs Acc50 mts:
Disbursing oflScer class five, one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten,
one clerk Class H, three clerks Class J, one employee at ninety dollai-s
per annum.
Correspondence Division :
One clerk class six, three clerks class seven, six clerks class eight,
five clerks Class A, one clerk Class C, one clerk Class F, two employees
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two employees at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Board of Protests and Appeals:
One clerk class four, two clerks class eight.
Cashier's Division:
Cashier class one, assistant cashier class five, one teller class ten,
one clerk class ten, three clerks Class A, three clerks Class F, two
employees at ninety dollars per annum each.
Appraiser's Division:
Appraiser of textiles class three, three appraisers class five, four
examiners class seven, four examiners class eight, twelve examiners
class nine, twenty examiners class ten, nine employees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars
per annum each.
Importation, Exportation, and Navigation Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, one liquidator
class eight, one clerk class eight, two clerks class nine, three clerks
class ten, two clerks Class A, two clerks Class D, three clerks Class I,
two employees at ninety dollars per annum each.
Lic|mdation Division:
Cbef of Division class five, one clerk class eight, two liquidators
class nine, two liquidators class ten, one liquidator Class A, two lioui-
dators Class D, two liquidators Class F, two employees at ninety dol-
lars per annum each.
Inspectors' Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, two inspectors
class eight, two inspectors class nine, two inspectors class ten, twent}^-
six inspectors Class A, four weighers Class F, twenty guards Class I,
twelve weighers Class J, sixty guards Class J.
General Order Stores and Bonded Warehouse Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class seven, one clerk class ten,
seventeen storekeepers Class A, two clerks Class A, seven clerks Class
I, fifteen clerks Class J, twenty-five employees at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, seventeen employees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars
per annum each.
Consular and Statistical Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, two clerks class
wne, four clerks class ten, six clerks Class A, two clerks Class F, four
clerks Class J, one employee at ninety dollars per annum.
Immigration Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, one immigration
i^ispector class eight, two immigration inspectors class nine, one Chi-
nese interpreter Class D, one employee Class J, two employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, one employee at ninety
dollars per annum.
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PasHenger and Baggage Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class eiffht, two baggage
inspectors class ten, two baggage inspectors Class A, one interpreter
Class D, four employees at one nundred and twenty dollars per annum
each.
Harbor Launch Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class eight, one clerk class nine,
two launch inspectors Class A, one patron Class D, tiiree launch
inspectors Class J, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, six employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, ten employees Class F, two employees Class I, eleven employees
at two hundred dollars per annum each, twenty employees at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Division of Special Agents:
One special agent class three, two special agents class four, one spe-
cial agent class six, one special agent at ten dollars per dav, salanes
and expenses of secret agents not to exceed five hundred aollars per
month.
Superintendent of Buildings:
One superintendent Class A, two night watchmen Class C. one jani-
tor Class 1. fourteen employees at one hundred and twenty aollars per
annum eacn.
lloilo Custom-Housc:
Collector of customs at four thousand doUai's per annum, deputy
collector of customs class four, surveyor of customs class six, one clerk
class six, one appraiser of merchandise class seven, two clerks class
eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten, four clerks Class A,
tiiree inspectors Class A, three clerks Class D, one inspector Class F,
one engineer Class F, one harbor policeman Class G, one engineer
Class H, three employees Class I, fifteen employees Class J, three
employees at one nundred and eight}^ dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollai-s per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and thirty-five dollars per annum each, one
employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, two employ-
ees at one hundred and eight dollars per annum each, two employees
at ninety dollars per annum each.
Cebu Custom-House:
Collector of customs at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, deputy collector of customs class five, surveyor of customs
class six, one clerk class six, one appraiser of merchandise class seven,
one clerk class eight, one examiner class eight, one inspector class ten,
one inspector Cmss A, two clerks Class A, one clerk Class D, one
clerk Class F, two employees Class G, three employees Class H, eight-
een employees Class J. three employees at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum eacn, two employees at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each, emergency employees not to exceed an aggre-
gate of ten dollars per month.
Jolo Custom-House:
Collector of customs class three, one examiner class eight, one clerk
class eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class I,
six employees Class J, two employees at ninety dollars per annum each,
one employee at seventy-two aollars per annum.
Zamboanga Custom-House:
Collector of customs class five, one examiner class eight, one clerk
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class nine, one clerk Class A, one clerk Class I, five guards Class J,
two employees at ninety dollars per annum each, four employees at
seventy-two dollars per annum each, emergency employees not to
exceed an aggregate of five dollars per month.
Aparri Custom-House :
One acting collector of customs class six, one clerk Class D, four
employees at seventy -two dollars per annum each.
Interior ports:
Twenty coast district inspectors class eight, ten deputy coast dis-
trict inspectors Class A, twenty-five clerks Class I, allowance to one
bimdred presidentes performing duties as inspectors of customs not
to exceed one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, salaries and
wages of boat crews not to exceed one thousand one hundred dollars.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and eighteen thousand
eifijht hundred and ei^htv -eight dollars and fifty-one cents.
The appropriation in Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-nine,
mider the Bureau of Customs and Immigration for salaries and wages
of employees at the Siassi Custom-House, is hereby made available tor
the payment of salaries and wages of the same number of employees
m the Aparri Custom-House for the month of June, nineteen hundred
and two.
Transportation, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees and the transportation of supplies, one thousand
nine hundred and fortv-seven dollars and fift}^ cents.
Revenue launches, liureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For the maintenance and expenses of launches and
revenue cutters, including salaries and wages of officers and crews,
supplies, fuel and repairs for the same, twenty-three thousand four
hundred and twenty -six dollars and twenty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses throughout the Archi-
pelago, including stationery, office supplies, cart and coolie hire, rent
of custom-houses, repairs to boat-houses, boarding boats, subsistence
of customs officers stationed on board United States Army Transports,
and for the payment of awards to informers under the provisions of
section three hundred and forty-eight of Act Numbered Three hundred
and fifty-five, twelve thousand six hundred and seventy-three dollars
and eleven cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, one hundred and
fifty-six thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty-two
cents.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three: For salaries and wages, five.hundred and eighty-seven dollars
»nd seventy-five cents.
Salaries and wa^es, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and two: For salaries and wages during the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and two. thirteen dollars ana thirty-three cents.
Traveling expenses, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees and the transportation of supplies, six hundred dollars.
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Contingent expenses, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including rents, office supplies,
furniture, and other incidental expenses, seventy dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, one thousand two hundred
and seventy -one dollars and eight cents.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR COLD STORAGE AND ICfi PLANT,
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant,
nineteen hundred and three:
Office force and sales department:
One clerk class five, two clerks class six, two clerks class seven, four
clerks class eight, one clerk class nine, two clerks Class B, three clerks
Class C, two clerks Class D, two clerks Class F, two clerks Class H, two
clerks Class 1, extra allowance for disbursing clerk at two hundred
dollars per annum.
Engineering and manufacturing cold storage department:
One chief engineer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant engineer class five, one assistant engineer class six, one
assistant engineer class seven, one electrician class seven, otie machinist
class seven, one overseer cold storage class nine, one assistant overseer
cold storage class ten, one oiler class ten, one fireman class ten, one
assistant machinist class nine, two firemen at nine himdred and sixty
dollars per annum each, one oiler Class A, one assistant machinist class
ten, one pipe fitter class nine, one oiler Class B, one fireman Class B, one
oiler at seven hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one electrician
Class C, one elevator man Class F, one assistant machinist Class G,
one elevator man Class H, four wipers Class J, four coal passers and
assistant firemen Class J, one elevator man Class J, one assistant over-
seer cold storage Class J, three ice tank and storage men Class J, four
wipers at two hundred and four dollars per annum each, four coal
passers and assistant firemen at two hundred and four dollars per
annum each, fourteen laborers at one hundred and ninety -two dollars
per annum each, six wipers at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each, four coal passers and assistant firemen at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each, eighteen ice tank and storage men
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Land transportation department:
One overseer class nine, one blacksmith class nine, one wheelwright
class ten, one teamster Class A, one teamster Class B, ten teamsters
at seven hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, four teamsters
Class C, one saddler Class D, one blacksmith's helper Class H, one
blacksmith's helper Class J, twenty stablemen at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each.
Water transportation department:
One overseer class eight, one assistant overseer Class A. one en^-
neer Class F, one patron Class H, one assistant engineer Class H, six
patrons Class I, one boatswain at two hundred and sixteen dollars per
annum^ two firemen at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum
each, SIX timoneros at one hundred and ninety-two dollars per annum
each, sixteen sailors at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum
each, twenty-four sailors' at one hundred ana sixty-eight dollars per
annmn each, three thousand five hundred and three dollars.
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Maintenance and care of buildings and grounds:
One house carpenter class nine, one storekeeper at one thousand and
fifty dollars per annum, one assistant house carpenter class ten, two
overseers class ten, four watchmen at seven hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, two watchmen Class C, one house painter Class D,
two carpenters Class F, two laborei-s Class H, two painters Class I,
four laborers Class J, two assistant ovei^seers Class J, one assistant
storekeeper at two hundred and sixteen dollars per'annum, six laborers
at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum each, ten laborers at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two store boys at one
hundred and eignty dollars per annum each.
Total for salaries and wages, twenty -eight thousand four hundred
and seventy-three dollars and fifty cents.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
Supreme Court:
Chief Justice at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, six
Associate Justices at seven thousand dollai*s per annum each, one clerk
of the court at three thousand dollars per annum, two deputy clerks at
two thousand dollars per annum each, one reporter at one thousand
dollars per annum, one employee class five, one employee class seven,
one employee class nine, one employee Class C, one employee Class E,
five employees Class H, six employees Class J, five employees at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each.
Court of First Instance, Manila:
Three judges at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum each,
one clerk at two thousand dollars per annum, two assistant clerks at
one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each, one deputy clerk at
nine hundred dollars per annum, five employees class seven, one em-
Slojee class eight, two emplovees class nine, eight employees Class H,
ve employees at one hundred, and fifty dollars per annum each, Chinese
and Japanese interpreters, not to exceed an aggregate of fifty dollars.
Courts of First Instance, First District:
One judge at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, Ilocos Norte, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk,
Cagayan, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Isabela,
at seven hundred dollars per annum, one employee class eight, one
employee Class D, three employees Class J, three employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Second District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Ilocos
Sur, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Abra, at seven
hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Lepanto-Bontoc, at five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one assistant clerk at four hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, one employee Class D, one employee at four hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum, six employees Class J, four employees
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Third District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Union and
Benguet, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Pangasinan,
at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Zambales,
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at eight hundred dollars per annum, one assistant clerk at three hun-
dred and sixty dollars per annum, one employee class eight, one
employee class nine, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Fourth District:
One Judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, Tarlac, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Pampanga,
at one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Nueva Ecija, at nine
hundred dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Pampanga, at three
hundred dollars per annum, one employee at one thousand nve hundred
dollars per annum, two employees Class J, four employees at one hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum each, three employees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fifth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per aniium, one clerk, Bulacan,
at one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Bataan, at eight hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Rizal, at nine hundred dollars per annum,
one employee Class D, one employee Class J, five employees at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, three employees at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Sixth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, La Laguna.
at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Cavite, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Tayabas, at nine hundred dollars per
annum, one deputy clerk, Tayabas, at five hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant clerk. La Laguna, at six hundred dollars per annum, one
employee Class C, one employee Class F, one employee Class H,
one employee Class I. five employees Class J, four employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, seventh District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Batan-
S^, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one clerk,
arinduque, at seven hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Mindoro,
at eight hundred dollars per annum, one employee Class B, two
employees Class J, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, four employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Eighth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Sorsogon,
at eight hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Ambos Camarines, at
nine nundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Masbate, at four hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Albay and Catanduanes, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one employee class nine, three employees Class J,
two employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, one
eniployee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Ninth District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Komblon,
at five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Capiz, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Iloilo at one thousand two hundred dol-
lars per annum, one employee class five, one employee class ten, one
employee Class D, two employees Class J, one employee at one hun-
dr^ and eighty dollars per annum, three employees at one hundred
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and fifty dollars per annum each, five employees at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars per
annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District:
One judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, Antique, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk. Occi-
dental Negros, at one thousand one hunared dollars per annum, one
clerk. Oriental Negros, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one
employee Class D, two employees Class J, three employees at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, one employee at one hun-
dred and forty-four dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum, one employee at ninety dollars per
annum.
Courts of First Instance, Eleventh District:
One judge al five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Cebu, at
one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Bohol, at
one thousand dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Cebu (Barili), at
six hundred dollars per annum, one employee class seven, one employee
Cla^ C, one employee Class D. two employees Class H, three employees
Class J, one employee at one nundred and twenty dollars per annum,
two employees at sixty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instence, Twelfth District:
One judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, Samar, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Leyte, at
one thousand dollai-a per annum, one cJerk, Surigao, at ei^ht hundred
dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Leyte (Maasin), at five hundred
dollars per annum, one employee Class D, four employees Class J, four
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Misamis,
at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Zamboanga, and so
forth, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, five deputy
clerks for the district at two hundred dollars per annum each, one
fiscal at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, one employee
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, six employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
. Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk at nine
hundred dollars per annum, four deputy clerks at two hundred dollars
per annum each, one fiscal at one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum.
Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya:
One clerk at four hundred dollars per annum for the month of
October, one employee Class J, one employee at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum.
Court of Customs Appeals:
One judge at four thousand five hundred per annum, one employee
class six, one employee class seven, one employee at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum.
Judges of First Instance at Large:
Four judges at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum each,
one being from August fifth, one from August fourth, and one from
August TourteentL, nineteen hundred and two, two interpreters at one
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thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, one being from July
twenty-fifth and one from August twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and
two, Judge Adolph Wislizenus at three thousand five hundred dollars
per annum from August fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two.
Office of the Attorney -General:
Attorney -General at seven thousand dollars per annum, Solicitor-
General at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Assistant
Attorney-General at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant lawyer at three thousand dollars per annum, one assist-
ant lawyer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, two
assistant lawyers at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum
each, one assistant lawyer at one thousand six hundred dollars per
annum, one supervisor of fisi^als at four thousand dollars per annum,
one clerk at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one
employee class four, one disbursing officer class five, one employee
class seven, five employees class eight, one employee class nine, one
employee Class F, two employees Class G, one employee Class J, one
employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
Total for salaries and wages, eighty-two thousand five hundred and
sixty-three dollars and seventy -six cents.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and two:
Supreme Court:
One judge at seven thousand dollars per annum from August twenty-
sixth to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one.
Courts of First Instance, Second District:
One fiscal of the former Court of First Instance at San Fernando,
Union, for the months of July and August, nineteen hundred and one,
at one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum.
The payment of the salary of such fiscal for the months afore-
mentione(l is hereby authorized.
Courts of First Instance, Ninth District:
One employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, from
October first to December thirty -first, nineteen hundred and one.
Total for salaries and wages, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and two, two thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty-four
cents.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and one:
Former court for the District of Oriental Negros for the months of
May and June, nineteen hundred and one:
One judge at one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, one
clerk at sixty-two dollars and fifty cents per month, two clerks at
thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per month each, two copyists at
twelve dollars and fifty cents per month each, three copyists and one
bailiff at seven dollars and fifty cents per month each, one defender of
prisoners at fifteen dollars per month, one employee at five dollars per
month, one employee at two dollars and fifty cents per month.
Former Court of First Instance of Bohol, for the month of June,
nineteen hundred and one:
One clerk Class D, one defender of prisoners at ninety dollars per
annum, two employees at seventy -two dollars per annum, two baihffs
at foi1iy-eight doUays per annum, one interpreter at thirty-six dollars
per annum.
Total for salaries and wages, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and one, seven hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 135
The payment of the salaries of the above-mentioned employees for
the periods mentioned in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one is
hereby authorized, because of actual service rendered in ignorance of
the fact that the courts were legally abolished prior to June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and one.
Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three: For
the actual and necessarv traveling expenses of judges, employees of
courts, of the office of the Attorney-General, and of special employees
traveling on official business, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including sheriff's fees, rent of build-
ings occupied as court rooms in unorganized territory, supplies,
indexing archives of the Supreme Court, not to exceed three thousand
dollars local currency, lawbooks, for distribution to judges of each
judicial district, per aiem allowances of four dollars for judges of the
Courts of First Instance while absent from their districts on duty in
Manila, and of three dollars local currency for the judges, clerks, and
fiscals of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Judicial Districts under the
provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred, and of two dollars and
nfty cents for a special agent ordered to Cagayan Province for the
purpose of executing certain prisoners, and for other incidental
expenses, ten thousand six hundred dollars.
The disbursing officer. Bureau of Justice, is hereby authorized to
pay out of any funds appropriated for "Contingent expenses. Bureau
of Justice, nineteen hundrea and two," a sum not exceeding four hun-
dred and nine dollars, local currency, for extra clerical assistance
enaployed in the Eleventh Judicial District during said fiscal year*
The disbursing officer of the Bureau of Justice is hereby authorized
to pay the per diems authorized in section four of Act Numbered
Three hundred, from July first, nineteen hundred and one, to June
thirtieth, nineteen hundrea and two, out of any funds appropriated for
"Contingent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundrea and two."
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, ninety -eight thousand and seventy-
nine dollars and eighty cents.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Public Instruction at ten
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, two
thousand nine hundred and seventy -five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
nineteen hundrea and three : Contingent expenses, including office sup-
plies, furniture, and other inciden^l expenses, one hundred dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction, three
thousand and seventy-five dollars.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
three: Greneral Superintendent at six thousand dollars per annum,
one clerk class four, two clerks class five, three clerks class seven,
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five clerks ciaws eight, six clerks class nine, four clerks class ten, one
clerk Class A, four employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum each, eight employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, wages of laborers handling supplies, not to exceed nve
hundred dollars, seventeen division supermtendents from October
first to thirty-first, nineteen hundred ana two, not to exceed an aggre-
gate of three thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and fifty
cents, thirty-two division superintendents from November first to
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, not to exceed an
aggregate of ten thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars; em-
ployees in the offices of division superintendents as follows: Ten em-
ployees at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, eight
employees at nine hundred dollars per annum each, and thirteen
employees at six hundred dollars per annum each; eight hundred
ana tiftv elementar}^ teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of two
hundred, and fifty-five thousand dollars, eighty secondary teachers,
not to exceed an aggregate of thirty thousand dollars, five native
teachers for secondary schools not to exceed an aggregate of seven
hundred and fifty dollars, five hundred ni^ht school-teachers at one
dollar and-fifty cents per night; teachers ana employees in the Nautical
School, as follows: One mstructor at one thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, three instructors at one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum each, one instructor at six hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, one instructor at six hundred dollars per annum, one
mstructor at five hundred dollars per annum, one employee at three
hundred and sixty dollars per annum, two employees at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each; one principal, Normal School,
Manila, at three thousand dollars per annum, one special teacher in
the Normal School, Manila, at two thousand dollars per annum, two
janitors of the Normal School building at ninety dollars per annum
.each, one principal of the Trade School, Manila, at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum, one special teacher. Trade School, Manila,
at two thousand dollars per annum, one janitor, Tmde School, Manila,
at ninety dollars per annum, one superintendent of the Agricultural
School, Negros, at three thousand dollars per annum, one special
teacher, Agricultural School, Negros, at one thousand six hundred
dollars per annum, four native teachers in the town of Magarao,
Ambos Camarines, not to exceed two hundred and forty dollars, local
currency; total for salaries and wages, three hundred and forty-two
thousanci five hundred and twenty-fave dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including salaries and expenses of the
Superior Advisory Board, office supplies and stationery tor the Gen-
eral Superintendent and division superintendents, not to exceed two
thousand five hundred dollars, rent of buildings and storehouses,
expenses in the establishing and equipping of schools for instruction
in agricultural and industrial work on the Island of Cuyo, not to exceed
one thousand dollars, per diems of five dollars for the officer m charge
of the Nautical School, and for other incidental expenses, five thousand
five hundred and ten dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Education, three hundred and forty-eight
thousand and thirty-five dollars.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 137
CENSUS BUREAU.
For expenses in connection with the taking of the census, including
salaries and wages as authorized by Acts Numbered Four hundred and
sixty-seven and Four hundred eighty-six, and other incidental expenses,
forty thousand dollars.
BUREAU OP PUBLIC PRINTING.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: Public I^rinter at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class four, four clerks class five, four clerks class
six, six clerks class seven, two clerks class eight, two watchmen Class
D, two employees at one hundred and fiftv dollars per annum each,
per diem wages at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars per
annum for actual services rendered by Frederick Power, on leave of
absence from the Post-Office Department, hereby authorized during
the months of August and September, and for temporary, clerical,
technical, and professional employees, skilled and unskillea laborers,
carpenters, ana so forth, not to exceed twenty-four thousand one hun-
dred and sixty-one dollars and eighty cents, and for salaries and wages
for contingent work, night work, and overtime pay, not to exceed five
thousand dollars, thirty-eight thousand and sixt3"-eight dollars and
seventy-five cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including material, supplies,
duplication of power plant, not to exceed eight thousand five hundred
dollars, rents, repairs to machinery, forage for horses, and other inci-
dental expenses, twenty-one thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Printing, fifty-nine thousand and
sixty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.
The following Bureaus are authorized to order from the Bureau of
Public Printing such printing and binding as may be approved by the
Civil Governor or by the hewi of the Executive Department to which
they respectively belong, not exceeding in cost the amounts set oppo-
site the names of the respective Bureaus:
United States Philippine Commission, three thousand dollars.
Executive Bureau, one thousand dollars.
Philippine Civil Service Board, two thousand dollars.
Office of the Secretary of the Interior, two hundred dollars.
Board of Health for the Philippines, two thousand seven hundred
dollars.
Quarantine Service, two hundred dollars.
Forestry Bureau, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Mining Bureau, one thousand and fifty -five dollars.
Philippine Weather Bureau, one thousand dollars.
Bureau of Public Lands, twenty -five dollars.
Bureau of Agriculture, five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Government Laboratories, four hundred dollars.
Civil ^nitarium, Benguet, one hundred dollars.
Bureau of Posts, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Signal Service, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Pmlippines Constabulary, three thousand dollars.
138 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMBaSSION.
Bureau of Prisons, three hundred dollars.
Office of the Captain of the Port, fifty dollars.
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, one thousand seven
hundred dollars.
Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, three hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of Engineering, one hundred dollars.
Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, two hundred dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, fifteen thousand dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Auditor, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Customs and Immigration, four thousand five hundred
dollars.
Bureau of Internal Revenue, eight hundred dollars.
Bureau of Justice, one thousand dollars.
Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction, two hundred dollars.
Bureau of Education, five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings, one
hundred dollars.
Bureau of Archives, one hundred dollars.
Census Bureau, ten thousand dollars.
Bureau of Statistics, fifty dollars.
Philippine Museum, one hundred and fifty dollars.
The Official Gazette, four thousand dollars.
City of Manila, four thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: Chief of Bureau at
four thousand dollars per annum. Superintendent of Construction class
six, two clerks class seven, one draftsman class seven, five clerks class
eight, one engineer class eight, three clerks class nine, two clerks
Class G, three clerks Class Ii, one employee at two hundred and ten
dollars per annum, one emplo^^ee at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, extra compensation for disbursing clerk at two hundred dollars
per annum, six thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For the actual and necessaiy
traveling expenses of officei*s and employees and for the hire of vehi-
cles on official business in Manila when the same can not be furnished
by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed seventy-five dollars,
two hundred dollars.
Public works. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For maintenance, repairs, and
construction of the following public buildings, not exceeding in cost
the amounts set opposite the names of the respective buildings:
Centml Exposition Buildings, two thousand dollars.
Public Printing Office, two thousand dollars.
Bureau of Architecture, one thousand dollars.
Cottages at Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, three thousand dollars.
Intendencia Building, five hundred dollars.
Custom-House, two thousand dollars.
Board of Health for the Philippines, ten thousand two hundred
and twenty dollars.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 139
Superintendent of Goveniment Laboratories, addition to temporary
laboratory, four hundred dollars.
Philippine Civil Hospital, eight hundred dollars.
Buildings on stock farm, Bureau of Agriculturrr, one thousand
dollars.
Building supplies and skilled and unskilled lalwrei-s for small jobs,
eighteen tnousand dollars.
In all, for public works, forty thousand nine hundred and twenty
dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Building, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent
expenses, including office supplies, furniture, technical l)ooks, drawing
instruments, advertising, telephone at warehouse, and other incidental
expenses, four hundreddollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, forty-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars.
BUREAU OF AKCnrVES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class seven, two clerks class nine, one clerk Class D,
two clerks Class F, one clerk Class H, one clerk Class I, three clerks
Class J, two employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, two thousand four hundred and thirty -five doUai's.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, one hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Archives, two thousand five hundred and
thirty-five dollars.
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and three:
One clerk class eight, one emolo^'ee at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, three hundred ana eighty -seven dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, one hundred and fifty dollars.
h\ all, for the Bureau of statistics, five hundred and thirty-seven
dollars and fifty cents.
PHILIPPINE MUSEUM.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Museum, nineteen hundred and three:
One clerk class eight, three nundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philppine Museum, nineteen Imndred and
three: For contingent expenses, including expense of collecting objects
illustrating the ethnology, natural history, and commerce of the Phil-
ippine Islands, caring for and preserving these objects, and other inci-
dental expenses^ one thousand five hundred dollars.
In all. for the Philippine Museum, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty dollars.
140 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
AMERICAN CIRCULATING LIBRARY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, American Circulating Library of Manila, nme-
teen hundred aifd Uiree: Librarian at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum, three hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and three: Rent of Library Building, three hundred
dollars.
In all, for the American Circulating Library of Manila, six hundred
dollars.
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
Salaries and wages, The Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and three:
Eklitor at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, one clerk
Class D, six hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. The Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture,
allowance of ten dollars per month to the editor in lieu of carriage
hire, and other incidental expenses, four hundred dollars.
In all, for The Official Grazette, one thousand dollars.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INTENDENCIA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and three: Superintendent at two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, six laborers at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, two hundred and eighty dollai*s.
Contingent expenses, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and tnree: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of supplies, electric installation, and other incidental expenses,
eight hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the superintendent of the Intendencia Building, one thou-
sand one hundred and thirty dollars.
BENGUET WAGON ROAD.
For expenses in carrying on the construction of the Benguet wagon
road from Pozorubio, rrovince of Pangasinan, to Baguio, Province of
Benguet, thirty thousand four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and
eighty cents.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, ISABELA DE BASILAN.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and three: One clerk Class D, one clerk at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum, one launch captain at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, one boatswain and one chief engineer at
four hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, one a^istant engi-
neer at three himdred and sixty aollars per annum, one quartermaster
at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, three firemen at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, four sailors at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, one thousand one hundred and
seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
LAWS OK UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 141
Contingent expenses, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including rations
of captain and crew of the launch Basilan, rent, repairs, supplies, coal
for launch Basilan, and other incidental expenses, nine hundred and
forty-six dollars and fifty cents.
In all, for the district commander, Isabela de Basilan, two thousand
and sixty-four dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, POLLOK, MINDANAO.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao^ nineteen
hundred and three: One medical officer at one hundred and eighty dol-
lars per annum, one teacher at one hundred and eight dollars per
annum, one teacher at ninety dollars per annum, ninety-four dollars
and fiftjr cents.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including lighting
of offices, subsistence of prisoners, and other incidental expenses,
seventy -five dollars.
In all, for the district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, one hundred
and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENGUET.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, two
thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MARINDUQUE.
For a fund to be expended by the governor of Mindoro for the pur-
chase of articles for presents to members of non-Christian tribes in
Mindoro for the purpose of bringing said non-Christian tribes in closer
contact with the Government authorities, fifty dollars.
PROVINCL\.L GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTOBONTOC.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, three
thousand dollars.
PROVINCTAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, three
thousand dollars.
The provincial governor of Nueva Vizcava is hereby authorized to
expend a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for the purcnase of articles
for presents for non-Christian tribes for the pui-pose of bringing such
non-Christian tribes in closer contact with the provincial authorities.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIP-
PINES.
^Pay of interpreters, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen hundred and three: For the pay of interpreters in
142 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
unorganized territory on civil business, one thousand eiglit tiundred
and eighty-seven dollars.
Pay of scouts, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines:
For deficiency pay of scouts during the fiscal years nineteen hundred
and one and nineteen hundred and two throughout the Division which
are properly chargeable to Insular funds, three hundred and sixty
dollars and twenty-five cents.
Contingent expenses, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen hupdred and three: For subsidies authorized by the
Bates Treaty at seven hundred and sixty dollars local currency per
month, pay to Dattos at Bongao at sixty-five dollars local currency
per month, salary of the United States representative at Cagayan de
Jolo at sixty -five dollars local currency per month, one thousand two
hundred dollars.
In all, for the Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines,
three thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars and twenty-five
cents.
CHIEF ENGINEER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Public works, Chief Engineer, Division of the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and three: For the construction of a wharf at Calbayog,
Samar, including purchase of supplies, rent of offices, hire of labor-
ers, and other expenses incidental to the above work, not to exceed
sixteen thousand and thirty dollars, construction of wharf at Coron,
Province of Paraguay not to exceed five hundred dollars, construction
and purchase of appliances for anchorage at wharf at Zamboanga, not
to exceed eight tnousand seven hundred and thirty-six dolkrs, con-
struction of wharf at Iligan, not to exceed four thousand seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars, thirty thousand and sixteen dollars.
MUNICIPALITY OF COTTABATO, MINDANAO.
For return of internal-revenue collections for the purpose of com-
pleting schoolhouse and maintaining schools in the municipality of
Cottabato, Mindanao, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and
thirty-one cents; this sum to be disbursed by Lieutenant W. L. Reed,
Tenth United States Infantry, as disbursing officer of civil funds,
Cottabato.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sums, or so much thereof as may be found to be due
on settlement of the respective claims by the Auditor, are hereby
appropriated for the purposes specified:
Insular salary and expense fund, nineteen hundred and three: For
the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials which are prop-
erly chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of employees
from the United Stetes to Manila, and for the payment to the estates
of deceased employees of salaries due such employees for the leaves
of absence to which they were entitled at the time of their deaths, in
accordance with the provisions of Act Niunbered Four hundred and
forty-eight, five thousand dollars.
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LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 143
For the payment of salaries of employees in the office of the Captain
of the Port at Dapitan, Mindanao, for the month of April, nineteen
hundred, fifteen dollars.
For the payment of claims during the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and two against the United States Prison at Lineayen which are prop-
erly chargeable to insular funds, three hundred and twenty-five
doUars.
For the settlement of claims of the Eastern Extension Australasia
and China Telegraph Company against the Insular Government for
telegrams and cablegrams sent during the fiscal vears nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen hundred and one, three hundred dollars.
For the salary of the civil secretary to the military commander of the
Province of llocos Norte from July first, nineteen hundred and one, to
August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, two hundred dollars.
For the payment of claims of owners of houses destroyed by fire by
medical officers in the town of Lumbang, Province of La Laguna, in
May, nineteen hundred and two, four thousand six hundred and
twenty-four dollars and thirty-nine cents. This appropriation shall
be expended under the direction of Brigadier-General J. F. Bell,
United States Army.
CITY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Three members at four thousand five hundred dollars
per annum each, one secretary at three thousand dollars per annum,
one disburaing officer at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
three clerks class six, four clerks class seven, one clerk class eight,
four clerks class nine, two clerks Class A, four employees at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each, secretary of the Advisory
Board at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum, fees of the
Advisory Board, not to exceed three hundred and ninety dollars, ten
thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, coolie hire, care of civil prisoners, purchase of property
for street purposes, maintenance of one hundred and fifty free beds in
San Juan de Dios Hospital, half salary and traveling expenses of
enaployees from the United States employed under the city govern-
ment of Manila, in accordance with the provisions of Acts Numbered
Eighty and Three hundred and thirty-eignt, music for the Luneta, and
for the hire of vehicles on official business in the city of Manila when
such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing
Agent, not to exceed twenty dollars, twelve thousand four hundred
and ten dollars and twenty-four cents.
Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred and three: Assistant City Engineer at two thousand
five hundred dollars per annum. Superintendent of Water Supply at
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Superintenaent of
Streets at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Superintend-
ent of Buildings and Illumination at two thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, two second assistant engineers class six, one assistant
superintendent of streets class six, one chief engineer at pumping
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station class six, one chief inspector of streets class six, one employee
class six, two employees class seven, seven employees class eight,
seventeen employees class nine, two employees class ten, three
employees Class A, five employees Class C, twelve employees Class D,
one employee Class E, two employees Class F, one employee Class G,
five employees Class H, seventeen employees Class I, six employees
Class J, one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum;
emergency employees for completing survey work as follows: Two
employees class eight, five employees Class G, six employees Class I;
unclassified employees for streets, parks, rock quarries, disposal of
garbage, launch crews, transportation, cemeteries, pumping station,
shops, reservoir, municipal and public buildings, and coal pue, not to
exceed seventy -seven thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and
fifty cents, ninety -eight thousand eight hundred and twenty-two
dollars and fifty cents.
The City Engineer is hereby authorized to pay the salary of one
employee class eight from July seventeenth to September thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and two, out of funds appropriated for unclassifiea
employees for the first quarter of the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and three.
Public works. Department of Engineering and Public Works, city
of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For repairs to city bridges,
Eurchase and transportation of road material, purchase of lorage for
orses and animals, addition to city stables in Tondo, purchase of coal
for crematory, launches, and so forth, purchase of tools, hose, and
miscellaneous supplies, repairs to harness, carts, and so forth, purchase
of materials for shoeing of public animals, maintenance of ana repairs
to public grounds and parKs, repairs to and extension of new rock
quarry, repairs to markets and municipal buildings, supplies, cleaning
and care of public and municipal buildings, maintenance of electric-
light service at harbor, on streets, and in municipal buildings, material
for repair and increase of electric-light service, petroleum for lights
in public and municipal buildings, completion of repairs to Bridge of
Spain, addition to Arranque Market building, construction of fire sta-
tion in District of San Nicolas, construction of city morgue, construc-
tion of bridge across Binondo Estero, construction of school buildings,
construction of a central fire station, construction of new garbage cre-
matory, construction of tenement houses in the San Nicolas district, not
to exceed six thousand dollars, repairs to crematories, material and
labor for floor and fittings in Anda Street Market, completion of city
shops and maintenance of same, repairs to wharves, repairs to pump-
ing station and deposito, repairs to and extension of city water supply
system, purchase of shop machinery, improvement of ground and
roads at pumping station and deposito, purchase of steam launch, con-
struction of scows for transportmg broKen stone, new construction of
streets and roadways, purchase of means of transportation, including
horses, mules, wagons, dump carts, harness, and so forth, veterinary
supplies, hire of bull carts and drivers for street work, construction
of garbage scows, supplies and materials for cemeteries, purchase of
sprinkling wagons, construction of police station, purchase of weigh-
ing machine for matadero, settlement of claims for bancas hired under
contract by the city and which were lost or became unserviceable, not
to exceed one thousand and twenty-five dollars, final payment on con-
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tract for furnishing structural material for Anda Street Market, two
hundred and forty thousand dollars.
Contingent exj)en8es, Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
including office supplies, burial of pauper dead, rent of schoolnouses,
market sites, cit}' hall, and other buildings, telephone service, purchase
of sites and settlement of claims and clearing grounds for various
municipal improvements, labor and material in making a block map of
Manila, labor and material in renumbering houses, transportation of
employees on official business when the same can not be furnished by
the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed two thousand dollars, \^v
diems of five dollars for the City Engineer, and for other incidental
expenses, seventeen thousand four hundred and eighty-live dollaiu
Salaries and wages, Department of Assessments and Collections,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: City Assessor and Col-
lector at four thousand dollars per annum, City Deputy Assessor at
ttiree thousand dollars per annum, Chief Deputy Collector at three
thousand dollars per annum, one clerk class five, one clerk class six,
three clerks class seven, one clerk atone thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, six clerks class eight, nine clerks class nine, one clerk class
ten, one clerk Class A, three clerks Class C, four clerks Class G, ten
clerks Class I, twenty clerks Class J, one foreman, public slaughter-
house, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, three waU*hmen,
public slaughterhouse, at one bundred and fifty dollars per annum each,
thirty -seven employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, six employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each,
ten laborers, public slaughterhouse, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each, and for the emj)loyment of emergency clerks in the
assessment of taxable real estate in the city of Manila, for the issuance
of certificates of registration, and for the preparation of tax rolls and
delinquent rolls of real-estate taxpayers, not to exceed five thousand
eight hundred and eighty dollars, twenty-one thousand one hundred
and fifteen dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of Assessments and Collections,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
inclndhig office supplies, coolie hire, repairs to office furniture, adver-
tising, and for the hire of vehicles in the city of Manila on official
business when the same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing
Agent, not to exceed one hundred and eighty dollars, two thousand
and forty-nine dollars.
Tax refunds, Department of Assessments and Collections, city of
Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For the refund of industrial and
land taxes erroneously collected and ordered refunded by the Municipal
Board, two hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-two cents.
The amount disbursed under the appropriation last made shall be
charged entirely to the city of Manila and the Government of the
Phihppine Islands shall not be charged with thirty per centum of this
emense.
Salaries and wages, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Chief at three thousand dollars per annum, Deputv
Qiief at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, one electri-
cian class six, one assistant electncian class seven, one chief engineer
&t one thousand five hundred dollai*s per annum, two clerks class nine,
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one engineer clasn nine, six captains class nine, three linemen class
ten, two lieutenants Class A, seventeen drivers Class A, four lieutenants
Class D, four engineers Class D, three drivers Class J, thirty pipemen
at one hundred and eight}' dollars per annum, eleven truckoien at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, thirteen thousand three
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Salaries and wages, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and two: Chief at three thousand dollars per annum from Decem-
ber twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, to March first, nineteen
hundred and two, and one clerk class nine, from June sixteenth to
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, eight hundred dollars.
Equipment, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and
three: For purchase or fire apparatus and equipment for the same,
equipment xor firemen and fire stations, repairs to and maintenance of
apparatus, thirty-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars
and eighty cents.
Contingent expenses, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including oflBce supplies,
forage for horses, construction of fire and police telegraph system,
including labor, purchase of tools, materials, and other expenses inci-
dental to the same, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, twelve thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Salaries and wages, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: City Attorney at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum. Assistant City Attorney at two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum. Prosecuting Attorney at four thousand
five hundred dollars per annum, First Assistant Prosecuting At-
torney at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Second
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at two thousand five hundred dollars
per annum. Third Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars per annum. Fourth Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney at two thousand dollars per annum, two judges of municipal
courts at three thousand dollars per annum eacn, Sheriff at three
thousand dollars per annum, two deputy sheriflfs at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum each, two deputy sheriffs at seven hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each, two deputy sheriffs at two
hundred and forty dollars per annum eacn, two deputy sheriffs at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two justicesof the peace
at one thousana dollars per annum each, two clerks, municipal courts,
at one thousand dollars per annum each, two deputy clerks, municipal
courts, at one thousand per annum each, two deputy clerks, municipal
courts, at six hundred dollars per annum each, two clerks of justice of
the peace courts at three hunared dollars per annum each, two clerks
of justice of the peace courts at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, three employees class six, one employee at one thousand
five hundrea dollars per annum, four employees class eight, six em-
ployees class nine, two employees Class A, one employee Class C, one
employee Class D, two employees Class J, eleven employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven
hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses. Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, advertising, assessors', interpreters', and other authorized
fees, court costs, purccuase of horses for prison van, harnesses, feed for
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horses, and so forth, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business
when such transportation can not be secured from the Insular Purchas-
ing Agent not to exceed fifty dollars, and for other incidental expenses,
two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: Chier of Police at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, one Inspector and Assistant Chief of Police at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one Assistant Inspector at
two thousand dollars per annum, one Chief of Secret Service at three
thousand dollars per annum, one surgeon at one thousand eight him-
dred dollars per annum, one assistant surgeon at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class six, five clerks class eight,
four clerks class nine, two clerks Class A, seven clerks Class D, three
emyloyees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, and for
salaries and wages of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, roundsmen,
patrolmen, detectives, crew of launch for River and Harbor Police,
and laborers, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-seven thousand
three hundred and forty -seven dollars and fifty cents, and for salaries
of special policemen during the cholera epidemic, not to exceed five
thousand dollars, one hundred and forty thousand eight hundred and
thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
Equipment, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and two: For the purchase of uniform material to be sold to the mem-
bers of the Department of Police, six thousand three hundred and
thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents.
The amount disbursed under the appropriation last made shall be
charged entirely to the city of Manila ana the Government of the
Philippine Islands shall not be charged with thirty per centum of this
expense.
Equipment, Depaiiment of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and three: For equipment of police force, including horses, harness,
and wagons, nine hundred and thirty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Department of Police, city of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and two: For the hire of vehicles in Manila on official
business when the same could not be furnished bv the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one
hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of Police, city of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies, subsistence of prisoners, forage for norses and for the pub-
lic pound, transportation, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business
when the same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent,
not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars, coal, repairs, and
supplies for River and Harbor Police launch, five thousand one hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
Salaries and wages. Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred ana three: One clerk class seven, two clerks class
nine, one clerk Class G, one employee at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum, and salarito and wages of teachers and employees
in night schools and native teachers in the city of Manila, not to
exceea twenty -three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and
fifty cents, twenty -five thousand and fifty -two dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses. Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen nundred and tnree: For contingent expenses, including office
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and school supplies, stationery, coolie hire, and other incidental ex-
pensen, six hundred dollars.
In all, for the city of Manila, six hundred and sixty-seven thousand
four hundred and sixtv-one dollars and eighty -six cents.
Total of appropriations for all porposes, three million one hundred
and thirty-seven thousand five hundred and forty -two dollars and thirty-
three cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may
be necessan?^.
Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from the
Treasury in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time of such
withdrawal, and so disbursed.
Sec. 3. All appropriations herein made for public works such as the
conntruction and repair of public buildings, docks, wharves, and roads,
and for harbor improvements, shall be available for withdrawal and
disbursement until the said public works are completed. All balances
remaining unexpended when any public works so appropriated for are
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 general revenues of the Islands.
Sec. 4. The puolic good requiring the speedy enactment of this ap-
propriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accord-
ance with section two of ^'An Act prescribing the order of procedure
bj the Conmiission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on it^ passage.
Enacted, October 27, 1902.
[No. 491.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of one hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-
three cents, United States currency, payable in local currency at the authorized
rate of exchange at the time of payment, to Jacob C. Mulder, in lieu of salary
from February first to March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and two, while await-
ing transportation in the United States to Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Co7nmis»ion^ that:
Section 1. The sum of one hundred and sixtv-three dollars and
thirty-threet5ents, United States currency, payable in local currency
at the authorized rate of exchange at the time of payment, is hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for payment to Jacob C. Mulder, a civil service
employee, in lieu of salary from February first to March nineteenth,
nineteen hundred and two, while awaiting transportation in the
United States to Manila.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 27, 1902.
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[No. 492.]
AN ACT aathorizing the provincial treasurer of Albay to pay the sum of eighty
dollars, local currency, for hire of a launch in May, nineteen hundred and two,
to transport the provincial treasurer and his deputy from Legaspi to Tabaco to
inspect Uie subomce of Virac.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial treasurer of Albay is hereby authorized
to pay the sum of eighty dollars, local currency, for hire of a launch
in ilay, nineteen hundred and two, to transport the said treasurer and
his deputy from Legaspi to Tabaco, Province of Albay, to enable them
to visit tne suboflSce of Virac; anything in Act Numbered One hun-
drwl and twenty-two, limiting the traveling expenses of provincial
oflScers of the Provirice of Albay to the contrary notwithstanding.
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 27, 1902.
[No. 493.]
AN ACT making the provisions of Act Nambered Four hundred and forty-nine
retroactive so as to apply to contracts for feedine^ prisoners in provincial jails,
entered into prior to the passage of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-nine.
By authority of the United States ^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and
forty-nine, authorizing provincial boards, when necessary, to make
contracts for feeding prisoners confined in the provincial jail, at a rate
exceeding twenty cents, local currency, per diem, for each prisoner,
are hereby made retroactive so as to apply to all contracts entered into
by the provincial authorities prior to the passage of Act Numbered
Four hundred and forty-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 effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 27, 1902.
150 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 4»4.]
AN ACT authorizing the (Collector of Costoms for the Philippine Archipelago to
ffrant a temporary license to the vessel San NicolaSy now in the harbor of Manila
loaded with rice, to proceed to the Province of Amboe Oaniarines and there to
discharge said rice, taKe on a cai^go, and retom to Manila.
By authority of the United StateSy he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commismm^ that:
Section 1. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipel-
ago is hereby authorized to issue a license to the vessel San Nicolas
to proceed to the Province of Ambos Camarines with the cargo of
rice she now has, and to discharge said cargo, take on a cargo from
the Province of Ambos Camannes, and to return to the city of
Manila.
Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve the vessel
San Nicolas^ or her owners, from liability to fine or other penalty
for violation of the coastwise trading laws or regulations prior to
the passage hereof.
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-
six, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 1, 1902.
[No. 496.]
AN ACT appropriating the ram of two million dollars, local currency, for expenses
in connection with the purchase and distribution of rice to inhabitants of the
Philippine Islands in provinces suffering from scarcity of food, and for other
purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of two million dollars^ local currency, is
hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for expenses in the purchase and distribution
of rice for tne innabitants of the Philippine Islands in provinces suffer-
ing from lack of food.
Sec. 2. The purchase of rice shall be made by the Insular Purchas-
ing Agent in such quantities and at such prices and times as the Civil
Governor may direct. The rice so purchased shall be distributed in
such manner and sold at such prices and in such localities as the Civil
Governor may direct; but no sale shall be made except for cash nor at
a price less than the actual cost thereof, including all expenses in con-
nection with the distribution and sale of the same, such as transporta-
tion, shrinkage, storage, and customs duties.
Sec. 3. The amounts received from the sale of such rice shall be
deposited in the Insular Treasury as soon as the same are received.
Sec. 4. 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 SepteniWr twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effe<^t on its passage.
Enacted, November 4, 1902.
[No. 4sm.]
AN ACT to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to lands in the
Philippine Islands.
By autliority of tlie United States^ he it eruicted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The short title of this Act shall be *'The Land Registra-
tion Act."
Sec. 2. A court is hereby established to be called the "Court of Land
Registration," which shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all applications
for the registration under this Act of title to land or builmngs or an
interest therein within the Philippine Islands, with power to hear and
determine all questions arising upon such applications, and also have
jurisdiction over such other questions as may come before it under this
Act, subject, however, to the right of appeal, as hereinafter provided.
The proceedings upon such applications shall be proceedings in rem
against the land and the buildings and improvements thereon^ and the
decrees shall operate directly on tne land and the buildings and improve-
ments thereon, and vest and establish title thereto.
The court shall hold its sittings in Manila, but may adjourn from time
to time to such other places as tne public convenience may require, and
may hold sessions at any time in the capital of any province. In the
city of Manila, the Municipal Board, ana in the provinces, the provin-
cial board, shall provide suitable rooms for the sittings of the Court of
Land Registration in the same building with, or convenient to, the office
of the register of deeds, and shall provide all necessary books and such
Erinted blanks and stationery for use in registration proceedings as may
e ordered by the court hereby created.
The court shall have jurisdiction throughout the Philippine Archi-
pelago, and shall always be open, except on Sundays and holidays estab-
lished by law. It shall be a court of record, and shall cause to be made
a seal, and to be sealed therewith all orders, process, and papers made
by or proceeding from the court and requiring a seal. All notices,
orders, and process of such court may run into any province and be
returnable, as the court may direct.
The court shall from time to time make general rules and forms for
procedure, conforming as near as may be to the practice in special pro-
ce^ings in Courts of First Instance, but subject to the express pro-
visions of this Act and to general laws. Such rules and forms before
taking effect shall be approved by the judges of the Supreme Court or
a majority thereof.
In this Act, except where the context requires a different construc-
tion, the word *'court" shall mean the Court of Land Registration.
Sec. 3. The Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Phil-
, ippme Commission, shall appoint two judges of the Court of Land
Begistration, one of whom snail be appointea, commissioned, and qual-
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ified as judge of the Court of Land Registration, and the other as asso-
ciate judge thereof, each of whom may be removed bv the Civil
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission,
and any vacancy shall be filled in the manner in this section provided.
Such further associate judges of the Court of Land Registration shall
be appointed in the manner in this section provided, as experience shall
prove to be necessary, but the necessity for such additional judges
shall be determined by act of the Philippine Commission.
Sec. 4. The authority and jurisdiction of the Court of Land Regis-
tration shall begin and take effect 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 busi-
ness of the court.
Sec. 5. Citations, orders of notice, and all other process issuing from
the court shall be under the seal of the court and signed by the judge
or clerk thereof, and shall be served in the manner provided for the
service of process in the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special
Proceedings, and by the officers therein designated as officers of the
court, unless otherwise specially ordered in this Act.
Sec. 6. In case of a vacancy m the office of judge of the Court of
Land Registration, or of his absence or inability to perform his duties,
the associate judge shall perform them until the vacancy is filled or
any disability is removed.
Sec. 7. The Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Philippine Commission, shall appoint a clerk, who may be removed in
the manner provided for the removal of a judge by virtue of section
three, and a vacancy in his office may be filled in the manner in that
section provided. He shall attend the sessions of the court and keep
a docket of all causes and shall affix the seal of the court to all process
or papers proceeding therefrom and requiring a seal.
Sec. 8. The clerk shall be under the direction of the court, shall
have the custody and control of all papers and documents filed wiUi
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 to it. Clerks shall have authority, subject to the provisions
of the Civil Service Law, to employ sucn deputies, assistants, trans-
lators, stenographers, typewriters, and messengers as may be neces-
sary, the number and salaries of such employees to be fixed with the
approval of the Attorney-General.
Sec. 9. The clerk may act in the city of Manila and in any province,
and after land has been registered under this Act he may make all
memoranda affecting the title, and enter and issue certificates of title
as provided herein.
Sec. 10. There shall be a register of deeds in the city of Manila and
one in each province, who shall be appointed and removed in the man-
ner providea for the appointment and removal of judges by section
three, and who, after anj land within their respective districts Iws .
been registered under this Act, shall have the same authority as the
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derk of the Court of Land Registration to make all memoranda affect-
ing the title of such land, ana to enter and issue new certificates of
title as provided herein, and to affix the seal of the court to such cer-
tificates and duplicate certificates of title; but in executing the provi-
sions of this Act the registers of deeds shall be subject to the general
direction of the clerk of the Court of Land Registration, in order to
secure uniformity throughout the Archipelago, and their official desig-
nation shall be registers of deeds for the province or for the city of
Manila, in which their duties are to be performed, as the case may be.
In case of the death or disability of the clerk of the Court of Land
Registration, the register of deeds for the city of Manila shall perform
the duties of the clerk until the vacancy is filled or the disaoility is
removed.
Sec. 11. The clerk of the Court of Land Registration and all regis-
ters of deeds shall be sworn before any official authorized to admin-
ister 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 Philip-
pine Islands for the benefit of whom it may concern in a sum to be
tixed by the court for the faithfulperformance of their official duties,
before entering upon the same. The judjge and the associate judges,
and the clerk of the Court of Land Registration and all registers of
deeds, will have jx)wer to administer oaths in all matters and cases
in which an oath is required, whether pertaining to the registration
of lands or otherwise. The clerk and nis deputy and all registers of
deeds shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received, as fees
or otherwise, wnich shall be subject to examination by the Auditor for
the Philippine Archipelago in the city of Manila, and by the provin-
cial treasurers in the several provinces, and to revision tnereof^by the
Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago, and they shall pay over such
moneys at the end of each calendar month to the Treasurer of the
Philipoine Archipelago, except such moneys as are otherwise disposed
of by the provisions of section thirteen of this act. In the case of the
death, absence, or disability of any register of deeds, the assistant
Agister, or if there is no assistant register, the person acting as clerk
in the office of register of deeds, shall perform the duties of register,
and the register, if living, shall be held responsible for him. The
clerk of the Court of Land Registration and all registers of deeds may
require bonds of indemnity from all deputies, assistants, and employ-
ees in their respective offices. Each register of deeds may appoint
such deputies, assistants, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, andtmns-
lators and at such salaries as the provincial board or the Municipal
Board of the cij^ of Manila, as the case may be^ authorize, with the
approval of the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago.
Sec. 12. The Civil Governor, with the advice and approval of the
Philippine ConMnission, may appoint one or more exammers of titles
in each of the fifteen judicial aistricts of the Philippine Archipelago,
who shall be lawyers^ and who shall be subject to removal in the man-
ner provided in section three, and vacancies therein may be filled in
the manner in that section provided.
Sec. 13. The salary of the judge of the Court of Land Registration
shall be five thousand dollars per annum, that of associate judge, and
of any associate judge subsequently appointed under this Act, shall
be four thousand dollars per annum, and that of the clerk of the court
shall be two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The salaries
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of registers of deeds and examiners of titles shall be fixed by act of the
Philippine CommisHion in proportion to the amount of business and
responsibility of their several offices to which appointments may be
made. 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 authorized
and examiners of titles, shall be paid from the Treasury of the Philippine
Archipelago, but the salaries of the registers of deeos and of all depu-
ties, assistants, or clerks duly authorized and by them appointed, and
all the expenses of every kind incident to the office of register of
deeds, including necessary books and stationery, shall be paid out of
the respective provincial treasuries or out of the Insular Treasury
from funds belonging 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 Registration and those of the examiner of titles, includ-
ing the fee for the original application, for filing plans, for index-
ing and recording an instrument while application for registration
is pending, for examining title, for notices by mail, for notices by
publication, for entry of order dismissing application, or decree of
registration and sending memorandum thereof to register of deeds,
copy of decree of registration, filing petitions in comt, and mining
certified copies of decrees, shall be paid into the Treasury of the Phil-
ippine Archipelago. 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,
making and entering new certificates of title and 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 enter-
ing any note on registration book, for registration of a suggestion of
death or notice of proceedings in bankruptcy, insolvency or the like,
for the registration of a discnarge of a lease or a mortgage or instru-
ment creating an incumbrance, for the registration of any levy or
any discharge or dissolution of attachment or levy or of any certifi-
cate of or receipt for payment of taxes or a notice of any pending
action, of a judgment or decree, for indorsing of any mortgage lien
or other instrument, memorandum of partition, certified copies of
registered instruments, shall be paid into the appropriate provincial
treasury or into the Treasury of the Philippine Arcnipelago for the
city of 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 entitled
thereto. Registers of deeds shall pay over to the provincial treasury
or to the Treasury of the Philippine Archipelago, as the case may be,
at the end of each calendar month all funds received by them in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 14. Every order, decision, and decree of the Court of Land
Registration shall be subject to appeal to the C!ourt of First Instance
of the city or province where the land lies, concerning which the
order, decision, or decree appealed from was made; but the proceeding
shall not pass to the Court of First Instance for review upon the
appeal until final determination by the Court of Land Registration of
the whole proceeding in which the order, decision, or decree appealed
from was made. The appeal shall be made and entered within thirty
days from the date of the final order, decision, or decree, and Hid
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party appealing shall, at the time of entering his appeal, file in the
Court of First Instance copies of all material papers in the case certi-
fied by the clerk. Appearances and answers shall be filed in the Court
of First Instance witnin thirty days after the appeal is entered, unless
for good cause further time is allowed, and upon motion of either party
the case shall be advanced for speedy hearing, and shall be tried by
the Court of First Instance as other actions are tried in that court.
An competent testimony which has been taken in writing before the
Court of Land Registration may be used on the trial in the Court of
First Instance. Questions of law arising in the Court of Fiist Instance
on trial of the appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court for revisions
by any party aggrieved, in the same manner as in ordinary actions in
the Court of First Instance.
Whenever the facts before the Court of Land Registration shall not
be in dispute, but a pure question of law only is determinative of the
decision or decree to be made, that court may, after its decision or
decree therein, report such decision or decree directly for the con-
sideration of the Supreme Court with so much of the case as mav be
necessary for the understanding of such questions of law, without
transmitting the same to the Court of First Instance. But the pro-
cedure last provided shall not be made in any case where any party
desires an appeal to the Court of First Instance.
Sec. 15. At the end of the proceedings on appeal, the clerk of the
appellate court in which final decision was made snail certif v to the Court
of Land Registration the final decision on the appeal, and the Court of
Land Registration shall enter the final decree in tne case, in accordance
with the certificate of the clerk of the appellate court in which fimal
decision was made.
Sec. 16. If the party appealing does not prosecute his appeal within
the time limited, the original order, decision, or decree shall stand as
if no appeal had been taken.
Sec. 17. The Court of Land Registration, in all matters over which
it has jurisdiction, may enforce its orders, judgments, or decrees in
the same manner as orders, judgments, and decrees are enforced in the
Courts of First Instance, and, upon the request of the judge of the
Court of Land Registration, the governor or sheriflf of any province
or 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.
Sec. 18. Costs shall be taxed in contested cases in the Court of Land
Registration in the same manner and for the^same items of cost as in
Courts of First Instance, where no different provision is made.
ORIGINAL REGISTRATION.
Sec. 19. Application for registration of title may be made by the
followingpersons, namely:
First, xne person or persons claiming, singly or collectively, to own
the legal estate in fee simple.
Second. The person or persons claiming, singly or collectively, to
have the power of appointing or disposing of the legal estate in fee
simnle.
Tnird. Infants or other persons under disability may make appli-
cation by their legally appointed guardians, but the person in wnose
behalf the application is made shall be named as applicant by the
guardian.
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Fourth. Corporations may make application by any officer duly
authorized by vote of the directors.
But the authority given to the foregoing four classes of persons is
subject to the following provisos:
(a) That one or more tenants for a term of years shall not be
allowed to make application except jointly with those claiming the
reversionary interest in the property which makes up the fee simple
at common law.
(b) That a mortgagor shall not make application without the consent
in writing of the mortgagee.
(c) That a married woman shall not make application without the
consent in writing of her husband unless she holds the land as her
separate property or has a power to appoint the same in fee simple,
or has obtained a decree of the court authorizing her to deal with ner
real estate as though she were sole and unmarried.
(d) That one or more tenants claiming undivided shares less than a
fee simple in the whole land described in the application shall not
make application except jointly with the other tenant owning undi-
vided snares, so that the whole fee shall be represented in the action.
But, notwithstanding the foregoinff provisos, if the holder of a
mortgage upon the land describedin the application does not consent
to the making of the application, it may be entered nevertheless and
the title registered subject to such mortgage, which may be dealt with
or foreclosed as if the land subject to such mortgage had not been
registered. But the decree of registration in such case shall state that
registration is made subject to such mortgage, describing it, and shall
provide that no subsequent certificate shall be issued and no further
papers registered relating to such land after a foreclosure of such
mortgage.
Sec. 20. The application may be filed with the clerk of the C!ourt
of Land Registration, or with the register of deeds of the province or
city in which the land or any portion thereof lies. Upon filing his
application the applicant shall forthwith cause t^ be filed with the
register of deeds for said city or province a memorandum stating that
application for registration has been filed, and the date and place of
filing, and a copy of the description of the land contained in the appli-
cation. This memorandum shall be recorded and indexed by the reg-
ister with the records of deeds. Each renter of deeds shall also
keep an index of all applications in his province or city, and, in every
case where the application is filed with him, shall transmit the same,
with the papers and plans filed therewith, and such memorandum
when recorded, to the clerk of the Court of Land Registration.
Sec. 21. The application shall be in writing, si^^ and sworn to
by the applicant, or by some person duly authorized in his behalf.
All oaths required by this Act may be administered by any oflBcer
authorized to administer oaths in the Philippine Islands. If there is
more than one applicant, the application shall be signed and sworn to
by and in behalf of each. It shall contain a description of the land
and shall state whether the applicant is married; and, if married, the
name of the wife or husbana; and, if unmarried, whether he or she
has been married, and, if so, when and how the married relation ter-
minated. If by divorce, when, where, and by what court the divorce
was granted. It shall also state the name in full and the address of
the applicant, and also the names and addresses of all adjoining owners
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and occupants, if known; and, if not known, it shall state what search
has been made to find them. It may be in form as follows:
United States of America, Philippine Islands.
To the HonorahU Judge of the Covrt of Land Registration:
I (or we), the undersigned, hereby apply to have the land herein-
after described brought under the operations of the Land Registra-
tion Act, and to have my (or our) title therein registered and
confirmed. And I (or we) declare: (1) That I am (or we are) the
owner (or owners) in fee simple of a certain parcel or land with the
buildings (if any; if not, strike out the words "with the buildings"),
situated in (here insert accurate description). (2) That said land at
the last assessment for taxation was assessed at dollars; and
the buildings (if any) at ____-- dollars. (3) That I (or we) do not
know of any mortgage or incumbrance affecting said landf, or that
any other person has any estate or interest therein, legal or equitable,
in possession, remainder, reversion, or expectancy (if anv, add " other
than as follows," and set forth each clearly). (4) Tnat I (or we)
obtained title (if by deed, state name of grantor, date and place of
record, and file the deed or state reason for not filing. If in any other
way, state it). (5^ That said land is occupied (if occupied,
state name in full and place of residence and post-office address of
occupant and the nature of his occupancy. If unoccupied, insert
" not"). (6) That the names in full and addresses as far as known to
me (or us) of the occupants of all lands adjoining said land are as fol-
lows (give streetand number wherever possible. If names not known,
state whether inquiry has been made, and what inquiry). (7) That
the names and addresses so far as known to me (or us) of the owners
of all lands adjoining the above land are as follows (same directions as
above. (8) That I am (or we are) married. (Follow literally the
directions given in the prior portions of this section.) (9) That my
(or our) full name (or names), residence and post-office address is (or
are) as follows:
Dated this _ _ day of _ _ in the year nine-
teen hundred and
(Signature) _ _
(Schedule of documents.)
Untied States of America, Philippine Islands.
Province of (or city of) (date).
Then personally appeared the above-named ,
known to me to be the signer (or signers) of the foregoing application,
and made oath that the statements therein, so far as made of his (or
theb") own knowledge are true, and so far as made upon information
and belief, that he (or they) believe them to be true, before me.
Justice of the Peace (or other officer
authorized to administer oat/is).
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Sec. 22. If the applicant is not a resident of the Philippine Islands,
he shall file with his application a jmper appointing an agent residing
in the Philippine Islanas, giving his name m full, and his post-office
address, ana shall therein agree that the service of any legal process
in proceedings under or growing out of the application shall be of the
same legal effect if served upon the agent as if upon the applicant if
within the Philippine Islands. If the agent dies or becomes insane, or
removes from the Philippine Islands, the applicant shall at once make
another appointment; and if he fails to do so, the court ma}^ dismiss
the application.
Sec. 23. Amendments to the application, including joinder, substi-
tution, or discontinuing as to parties, shall be allowed by the court at
any time upon terms that are just and reasonable. But all amend-
ments shall be in writing, signed and sworn to like the original.
Sec. 24. The application may include two or more contiguous parcels
of land, or two or more parcels constituting one holding under one and
the same title, if within the same province or city. But two or more
persons claiming in the same parcels different interests, which, collect-
ively, make up the legal estate in fee simple in each parcel, shall not
join in one application for more than one parcel, unless their interests
are alike in each and every parcel. The court may at any time order
an application to be amended by striking out one or more parcels, or by
severance of the application.
Sec. 25. If the application described the land as bounded on a public
or private way or road, it shall state whether or not the applicant claims
any and what land within the limits of the way or roaa, and whether
the applicant desires to have the line of the way or road determined.
Sec. 26. The applicant shall file with the application a plan of the
land, and all original muniments of title within his control mentioned
in the schedule of documents, such original muniments to be produced
before the examiner or the court at theliearing when required^ When
an application is dismissed or discontinued, the applicant may, with
the consent of the court, withdraw such ori^nal muniments of title.
Sec. 27. When an application is made subject to an existing recorded
mortgage, the holder of which has consented thereto, or to a recorded
lease, or when the registration is to be made subject to such mortgage
or lease executed after the time of the application and before the date
of the transcription of the decree, the applicant shall, if required bv
the court, file a certified copy of such mortgage or lease, and shall
cause the original, or, in the discretion of the court, a certified copy
thereof to be presented for registration before the decree of registra-
tion is entered, and no registration fee shall be charged for registering
such original mortgage or lease or such certified copy.
Sec. 28. The court may by general rule require facts to be stated in
the application in addition to those prescrioed by this Act, and not
inconsistent therewith, and may require the filing of any additional
papers.
bEc. 29. After the filing of the application and before registration
the land therein describea may be dealt with and instrumente I'elating
thereto shall be recorded, in the same manner as if no application had
been made; but all instruments left for record relating to such land
shall be indexed in the usual manner in the registry index and also in
the index of applications. As soon as an application is disposed of,
the clerk of the Court of Land Registration sinll make a memorandum
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stating the disposition of the case and shall send the same to the regis-
ter of deeds for the proper province or city, who shall record and index
it with the records of cieeds and in the index of applications. If the
proceedings upon the application end in a decree of registration of
title, the land included therein shall, ns soon as said decree is tran-
scribed, as hereinafter provided in section forty -one, become registered
land, and thereafter no deeds or other instruments relating solely to
such land shall be recorded with the records of deeds, but shall be reg-
istered in the registration book and tiled and indexed with records and
documents relating to registered lands.
Sec. 30. Immediatelv after the filing of the application the court
shall enter an order referring it to one of the examiners of titles, who
shall search the records and mvestigate all the facts in the application,
or otherwise brought to his attention, and file in the case a report
thereon, concluding with a certificate of his opinion upon the title.
The clerk shall give notice to the applicant of the filing of such report.
If the opinion of the examiner is acfverse to the applicant, he shall be
allowed by the court a reasonable time in which to elect to proceed
further, or withdraw his application. The election shall be made in
writing and filed with the clerk.
Sec. 31. If, in the opinion of the examiner, the applicant has a good
title, as alleged, 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 filing of the examiner's opin-
ion or the applicant's election, as the case may be, cause notice of the
filing of the application to be published once in two newspapers, one
of which newspapers shall be printed in the English language and one
in Spanish, of general circulation in the province or city where any
portion of the land lies, or if there be no Spanish or English news-
paper of general circulation in the province or city where any portion
of the land lies, then it shall be a suflScient compliance with this sec-
tion if the notice of the filing of the application be published in a daily
English newspaper and a daily Spanisn newspaper of the city of Manila
having a general circulation. The notice snail be issued by order of
the court, attested by the clerk, and shall be in form substantially as
follows:
REGI8TRA.TION 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 wham it fnay
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 following-described lanos (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 c^use, if any you have, why
the prayer of said application shall not be granted. And unless you
aH)ear at such court, at the time and place aforesaid, your default
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will be recorded and the said application will be taken as confessed,
and jou 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:
Clerk of Said Court.
Sec. 32. The return of said notice shall not be less than twenty nor
more than sixty days from date of issue. The court shall also, within
seven days after publication of said notice in the newspapers, as here-
inbefore provided, cause a copy of the publication in Spanish to be
mailed by the clerk to every person named therein wnose address
is known. The court shall also cause a duly attested copy of the
notice to be posted, in the Spanish language, in a conspicuous place
on each parcel of land included in the application, and also in a con-
spicuous place upon the chief municipal building of the pueblo in
which the land or a portion thereof is situate, by the governor or
sheriff of the province or city, as the case may be, or by his deputy,
fourteen days at least before the return dav thereof, and his return
shall be conclusive proof of such service. If the applicant requests
to have the line of a public way determined, the court shall order a
notice to be given by the clerk by mailing a registered letter to the
president of the municipal council, or to the Municipal Board, as the
case may be, of the municipality or city in which the land lies. If the
land borders on a river, navigable stream, or shore, or on an arm of
the sea where a river or harbor line has been established, or on a lake,
or if it otherwise appears from the application or the proceedings that
the Insular Government may have a claim adverse to tnat of the appli-
cant, notice shall be given in the same manner to the Attorney-Greneral.
The court may also cause other or further notice of the application to
be given in such manner and to such persons as it may deem proper.
The court shall, so far as it deems it possible, require proof oi actual
notice to all adjoining owners and to all persons who appear to have
interest in or claim to the land included in the application. Notice to
such persons by mail shall be by registered letter if practicable. The
certificate of the clerk that he has served the notice as directed by
the court, by publishing or mailing, shall be filed in the case before the
return day, and shall be conclusive proof of such service.
Sec. 33. Upon the return day of the notice, and proof of service
of all orders of notice issued, the court may appoint a disinterested
person to act as guardian ad litem for minoi*s and persons not in being,
unascertained, unknown, or out of the Philippine Islands, who may
have an interest. The compensation of the guardian or agent shall be
determined by the court and paid as part of the expenses of the court
Sec. 34. Any person claiming an interest, whether named in the
notice or not, may appear and file an answer on or before the return
day, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court The
answer shall state all the objections to the application, and shall set
forth the interest claimed by the partj^ filing the same, and shall be
signed and f worn to by him or by some person in his behalf.
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 th^
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contrary appearing, order a general default 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 defend-
ant 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 registration of the same. The court shall not
hd bound by the report of the examiner of titles, but may require
other or further proof.
Sec. 36. If in 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 one of the examiners of title, as 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 recom-
mitted to the referee for further finding: 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
durable bounds to be set, and referred to in the application, by amend-
ment. The expense of survey and bounds shall be taxed in the costs
of the case ana may be apportioned among the parties as justice may
require. If no persons appear to oppose the application, such expense
shall be borne by the applicant. It two or more applications claim the
same land, or part of the same land, the court may order the hearing
upon all such applications to be consolidated, if such consolidation is m
the interest of economy of time and expense.
Sec. 37. If in any case the court finds that the applicant has not
proper titie for registration, a decree shall be entered dismissing the
application, and such decree may be ordered to be without prejudice.
The applicant may withdraw his application at any time before final
decree, upon terms to be fixed by tne court.
Sec. 38. If the court after hearing finds that the applicant has title
as stated in his application, and proper for registration, a decree of
confirmation and registration shall be entered. Every decree of regis-
tration shall bind the land, and quiet title thereto, subject only to the
exceptions stated in the following section. It shall be conclusive upon
and against all persons, including the Insular Government and all the
branches tiiereof, whether mentioned by name in the application, notice,
or citation, or included in the general description ''To all whom it may
concern." Such decree shall not be opened!^ by reason of the absence,
infancy, or other disability of any person affected thereby, nor bv any
proceeding in any court for reversing judgments or decrees; subject,
however, to the right of any person deprived of land or of any estate
or interest therein by decree of registration obtained by fraud to file
in the Court of Land Registration a petition for review within one year
after entry of the decree, provided no innocent purchaser for value has
acquired an interest. If there is any such purchaser, the decree of
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registration shall not be opened, but shall remain in full force and
effect forever, subject only to the right of api)eal hereinbefore pro-
vided. But any person aggrieved by such decree in any case may pursue
his remedy by action for damages against the applicant or any other
person for fraud in procuring the decree. Whenever the phrase *' inno-
cent purchaser for value" or an e<iuivalent phrase occurs in this act, it
shall be deemed to include an innocent lessee, mortgagee, or other
encumbrancer for value.
Sec. 39. Every applicant receiving a certificate of title in pursuance
of a decree of registration, and every subsequent purchaser of regis-
tered land who takes a certificate of title for value in good faith, shall
hold the same free of all incumbrance except those noted on said cer-
tificate, and any of the following incumbrances which may be subsist-
ing, namely:
First. Liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or
Constitution of the United States or of the Philippine Islands which
the statutes of the Philippine Islands can not require to appear of
record in the registry.
Second. Taxes within two years after the same have become due
and payable.
Third. Any public highway, way, or private way established by
law, where the certificate of title does not state that the boundaries of
such highway or way have been determined. But if there are ease-
ments or other rights appurtenant to a parcel of registered land which
for any reason have failed to be registered, such easements or rights
shall remain so appurtenant notwithstanding such failure, and shall be
held to pass with tne land until cut off or extinguished by the registra-
tion of the servient estate, or in any other manner.
Sec. 40. Every decree of registration shall bear the day of the year,
hour, and minute of its entry, and shall be signed by the clerk. It
shall state whether the owner is married or unmarried, and if married,
the name of the husband or wife. If the owner is under disability, it
shall state the nature of the disability, and if a minor, shall state*^ his
age. It shall contain a description of the land as finally determined
by the court, and shall set forth the estate of the owner, and also, in
such manner as to show their relative priority, all particular estates,
mortgages, easements, liens, attachments, and other incumbrances,
• including rights of husband or wife, if any, to which the land or own-
er's estate is subject, and may contain any other matter properly to be
determined in pursuance of this Act. The decree shall oe stated in a
convenient form for transcription upon the certificates of title herein-
after mentioned.
Sec. 41. Immediately upon the entry of the decree of registration
the clerk shall send a certified copy thereof, under the seal of the
court, to the register of deeds for the province, or provinces, or city
in which the land lies, and the register of deeds shall transcribe the
decree in a book to be called the '' Kegistration Book," in which a leaf,
or leaves, in consecutive order shall be devoted exclusively to each
title. The entry made by the register of deeds in this book in each
case shall be the original certificate of title, and shall be sigjned by him
and sealed with the seal of the court. All certificates of title shall be
numbered consecutively, beginning with number one. The register of
deeds shall in each case make an exact duplicate of the original certifi-
cate, including the seal, but putting on it the words *' Owner's dupli-
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cate certificate," and deliver the same to the owner, or to his attorney
duly authorized. In case of a variance between the owner's duplicate
certificate and the original certificate the original shall prevail. The
certified copy of the decree of registration shall be filed and numbered
by the register of deeds with a reference noted on it to the place of
record of the original certificate of title: Provided^ however^ That when
an application includes land lying in more than one provmce, or one
province and the city of Manila, the court shall cause the part lying in
each province or in the city of Manila to be described separately by
metes and bounds in the decree of registration, and the clerk shall send
to the register of deeds for each province, or the city of Manila, as the
case may be, a copy of the decree containing a description of the land
within that province or city, and the register of deeas shall register
the same ana issue an owners duplicate therefor, and thereafter for all
matters pertaining to registration under this Act the portion in each
province or city shall be treated as a separate parcel of land.
Sec. 42. The certificate first registered in pursuance of the decree of
registration in regard to anv parcel of land shall be entitled in the
registration book, '* Original certificate of title, entered pursuant to
decree of the Court of Land Registmtion, dated at" (stating time and
place of entry of decree and the number of case). This certificate shall
take effect upon the date of the transcription of the decree. Sub-
sequent certificates relating to the same land shall be in like form, but
shall be entitled "Transfer from number" (the number of the next
previous certificate relating to the same land), and also the words
"Originally registered" (date, volume, and pa^e of registration).
Sec. 43. Where two or more persons are registered owners, as ten-
ants in common, or otherwise, one owner's duplicate certificate may be
issued for the whole land, or a separate duplicate may be issued to each
for his undivided share.
Sec. 44. A registered owner holding one duplicate certificate for
several distinct parcels of land may surrender it, with the approval of
the court, and take out several certificates for portions thereof. So a
registered owner holding separate certificates tor several distinct par-
OBls may surrender them, and, with like approval, take out a single dup-
licate certificate for the whole land, or several certificates for the dif-
ferent portions thereof. Anv owner subdividing a tract of registered
land into lots shall file with tne clerk a plan of such land, when apply-
ing for a new certificate or certificates, and the coui*t, before issuing
the same, shall cause the plan to be verified and require that aU
boundaries, streets, and passageways shall be distinctly and accurately
delineated thereon.
Sec. 45. The obtaining of a decree of registration and the entry of a
certificate of title shall be regarded as an agreement running with the
land, and binding upon the applicant and all successors in title that the
land shall be and always remain registered land, and subject to the pro-
visions of this act and all acts amendatory thereof.
Sec. 46. No title to registered land in derogation to that of the reg-
istered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession.
Sec. 47. The original certificate in the registration book, any copy
thereof duly certifi^ under the signature of the clerk, or of the regis-
ter of deeds of the province or city where the land is situate, and the
seal of the court, and also the owner's duplicate certificate, shall be
received as evidence in all the courts of the Philippine Islands and
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shall be conclusive as to all matters contained therein except so far as
otherwise provided in this Act.
Sec. 48. Every certificate of title shall set forth the names of all the
persons interested in the estate in fee simple in the whole land and
duplicate certificates may be issued to each person, but the clerk or
register of deeds, as the case may be, shall note in the registration
bc^k, and upon each certificate, to whom such duplicate was issued.
Sec. 49. The clerk, under direction of the court, shall mi^e and
keep indexes of all applications, of all decrees of registration, and shall
also index and classify all papers and instruments filed in his office
relating to applications and to registered titles. He shall also, under
direction of the court, cause forms of index and registration and entry
books to be prepared for use of the registers of deeds. The court
shall prepare and adopt convenient forms of certificates of title, and
shall also adopt general forms of memoranda to be used by registers
of deeds in registering common forms of deeds of conveyance and other
instruments, and to express briefly their effect.
VOLUNTARY DEALING WITH LAND AFTER ORIGINAL REGISTRATION.
Sec. 50. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage, lease,
charge, or otherwise deal with the same as fully as if it had not been
registered. He may use forms of deeds, mortgages, leases, or other
voluntary instruments like those now in use and sufficient in law for
the purpose intended. But no deed, mortgage, lease, or otiier volun-
tary instrument, except a will, purporting to convey or affect registered
land, shall take effect as a conveyance or bind the land, but shall oper-
ate only as a contract between the parties and as evidence of authority
to the clerk or register of deeds to make registration. The act of reg-
istration shall be the operative act to convev and affect the land, and
in all cases under this Act the registration shall be made in the office
of register of deeds for the province or provinces or city where the
land lies.
Sec. 51. Every conveyance, mortgage, lease, lien, attachment, order,
decree, instrument, or entry affecting registered land which would
under existing laws, if recorded, filed, or entered in the office of the
register of deeds, affect the real estate to which it relates shall, if
registered, filed, or entered in the office of the register of deeds in the
{)rovince or city where the real estate to which such instrument relates
ies, be notice to all persons from the time of such registering, filing,
or entering.
Sec. 52. No new certificate shall be entered or issued upon any
transfer of registered land which does not divest the land in fee simple
from the owner or from some one of the registered owners. All
interests in registered land less than an estate in fee simple shall be
registered by faling with the register of deeds the instrument creating
or transferrmg or claiming such interest and by a brief memorandum
thereof made by the register of deeds upon the certificate of title,
signed by him. A similar memorandum shall also be made on the
owner^s duplicate. The cancellation or extinguishment of such interests
shall be registered in the same manner.
Sec. 53. Where the register of deeds is in doubt upon any question
of law, or where any party in interest does not agree as to the proper
memorandum to be made m pursuance of any deed, mortgage, or other
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voluntary instrument presented for registration, the question shall be
referred to the court lor decision, either on the certificate of the regis-
ter of deeds stating the question upon which he is in doubt or upon the
suggestion in writing of any party in interest; and the court, after
notice to all parties and hearing, shall enter an order prescribing the
form of memorandum to the register of deeds to make registration in
accordance therewith.
Sec. 54. Eveir deed or other voluntary instrument presented for
registration shall contain or have indorsed upon it the full name,
place of residence, and post-oflBce address of the grantee or other per-
son acquiring or claiming such interest under such instrument, and
every such instrument shall also state whether the grantee is married
or unmarried, and, if married, give the name in f ullof the husband or
wife. Any change in the residence or post-oflBce address of such per-
son shall be indorsed by the register of deeds on the original instru-
ment, on receiving a sworn statement of such change. All names and
addresses shall also be entered upon all certificates. Notices and pro-
cess in relation to registered land in pursuance of this Act mav be
served upon anv person in interest by mailing the same to the address
so given, and shall be binding whether such pei*son resides within or
without the Philippine Islands, but the court may, in its discretion,
require further or other notice to be given in any case, if in its opinion
the interests of justice so require.
Sec. 65. No new certificate of title shall be entered, no memorandum
shall be made upon any certificate of title by the clerk, or by any reg-
ister of deeds, m -pursuance of any deed or other voluntary instru-
ment, unless the owner's duplicate certificate is presented for such
indorsement, except in cases expressly provided for m this Act, or upon
the order of the court, for cause shown; and whenever such order is
made a memorandum thereof shall be entered upon the new certificate
of title and upon the owner's duplicate.
The production of the owner's duplicate certificate whenever any
voluntary instrument is presented for registration shall be conclusive
authority from the registered owner to the clerk or register of deeds
to enter a new certificate or to make a memorandum of registration in
accordance with such instrument, and the new certificate or memoran-
dum shall be binding upon the registered owner and upon all persons
claiming under him, in favor of every purchaser for vcJue and m good
faith: Provided^ however^ That in all cases of registration procured by
fraud the owner may pursue all his legal and equitable remedies against
the parties to such fraud, without prejudice, however, to the rights of
any innocent holder for value of a certificate of title: And provided
further^ That after the transcription of the decree of registration on
the original application, any subsequent registration under this Act
!)rocured by the presentation of a forged duplicate certificate, or of a
orged deed or other instrument, shall be null and void. In case of
the loss or theft of an owner's duplicate certificate, notice shall be sent
by the owner or by some one in his behalf to the register of deeds of
the province in which the land lies, as soon as the loss or theft is
discovered.
Sec. 56. Each register of deeds shall keep an entry book in which
he shall enter in the order of their reception all deeds and other vol-
untary instruments, and all copies of writs or other process filed with
him relating to registered land. He shall note in such book the year,
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tnonth,^ day, hour, and minute of reception of all instruments, in the
order in which they are received. Tney shall be regarded as regis-
tered from the time so noted, and the memorandum of each instrument
when made on the certificate of title to which it refers shall bear the
same date.
Every deed or other instrument, whether voluntary or involuntary,
so filed with the clerk or register of deeds shall be numbered ana
indexed, and indorsed with a reference to the proper certificate of title.
All records and papers relating to registerea land in the office of the
clerk or of any register of deeds shall be open to the public, subject to
such reasonable regulations as the clerk, under the direction of the
court, may make.
Duplicates of all deeds and voluntary instruments filed and regis-
tered may be presented with the originals, and shall be attested and
sealed by the clerk or the register of deeds, and indorsed with the file
number and other memoranda on the originals, and may be taken
away by the person presenting the same.
Certified copies of all instruments filed and registered may also be
obtained at any time, upon the payment of the fees of the register of
deeds.
OONVETANCE IN FEE.
Sec. 57. An owner desiring to convey in fee his registered land or
any portion thereof shall execute a deed of conveyance, which the
grantor or grantee may present to the register of deeds in tne province
where the land lies. The grantor's duplicate certificate shall be pro-
duced and presented at the same time. The register of deeds shall
thereupon, m accordance with the rules and instructions of the court,
make out in the registration book a new certificate of title to the
grantee, and shall prepare and deliver to him an owner's duplicate
certificate. The register of deeds shall note upon the original and
duplicate certificates the date of transfer, the volume and page of the
registration book where the new certificate is registered, and a refer-
ence by number to the last prior certificate. The grantor's duplicate
certificate shall be surrendered, and the word '^ canceled" stamped upon
it. The original certificate shall also be stamped '^cancelea." The
deed of conveyance shall be filed and indorsed with the number and
place of registration of the certificate of title of the land conveyed.
Sec. 58. When a deed in fee is for a part only of the land described
in a certificate of title, the register of deeds shall also enter a new
certificate and issue an owner's duplicate to the grantor for the
part of the land not included in the deed. In every case of trans-
fer the new certificate or certificates shall include all the land
described in the original and surrendered certificates: I^ovided^ how-
ever^ That no new certificate to a grantee of a part only of the land
shall be invalid hj reason of the failure of the register of deeds to
enter a new certincate to the grantor for the remaming unconvejed
portion: And provided further^ That in case the land described in a
certificate of title is divided into lots, designated by numbers or letters,
with measurements of all the bounds, and a plan of said land has been
filed with the clerk and verified pursuant to section forty-four of this
Act, and a certified copy thereof is recorded in the registration book
with the original certincate, when the original owner makes a deed of
transfer in fee of one or more of such lots, the register of deeds may,
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instead of canceling such certificate and entering a new certificate to
the grantor for the part of the land not included in the deed of trans-
fer, enter on the onginal certificate and on the owner's duplicate cer-
tificate a memorandum of such deed of transfer, with a reference to
the lot or lots thereby conveyed as designated on such plan, and that
the certificate is canceled as to such lot or lots; and every certificate
with such memorandum shall be effectual for the purpose of showing
the grantor's title to the remainder of the land not conveyed as if the
old certificate had been canceled and a new certificate of such land had
been entered; and such process may be repeated so long as there is
convenient space upon the original certificate and the owner's dupli-
cate certificate for making such memorandum of sale of lots.
Sec. 59. If at the time of any transfer there appear upon the regis-
tration book incumbrances or claims adverse to the title of the regis-
tered owner, they shall be stated in the new certificate or certificates,
except so far as th€y may be simultaneously released or discharged.
MORTOAOES.
Sec. 60. The owner of registered land may mortgage the same by
executing a mortgage deed, and such deed may be assigned, extended,
discharged, released in whole or in part, or otherwise dealt with by
the mortgagee by any form of deed or instrument sufficient in law for
the purpose. But such mortgage deed, and all instruments assigning,
extending, discharging, and otherwise dealing with the mortgage,
shall be re^stered, and shall take effect upon the title only from the
time of registration.
Sec. 61. Re^stration of a mortgage shall be made in the manner
following, to wit: The owner's duplicate certificate shall be presented
to the register of deeds with the mortgage deed, and he shall enter
upon the original certificate of title and also upon the owner's dupli-
cate certificate a memorandum of the purport of the mortgage deed,
the time of filing and the file number of the deed, and shall sign the
memorandum. He shall also note upon the mortgage deed the time
of filing and a reference to the volume and page of the registration
book where it is registered.
The register of deeds shall also, at the request of the mortgagee,
make out and deliver to him a duplicate of the certificate of title, Tike
the owner's duplicate, except that the words "mortgagee's duplicate"
shall be stamped upon it in large letters diagonally across its face. A
memorandum of tne issue of the mortgagee's duplicate shall be made
upon the original certificate of title.
Sec. 62. Whenever a mortgage upon which a mortgagee's duplicate
has been issued is assigned, extended, or otherwise dealt with, the
mortgagee's duplicate shall be presented with the instrument assigning,
extending, or otherwise dealing with the moi*tgage, and a memorandum
of the instnunent shall be made upon the mortgagee's duplicate certi-
ficate. When the mortgage is discharged or otherwise extinguished
^e mortgagee's duplicate certificate shall be surrendered and stamped
*' canceled.'' The production of the mortgagee's duplicate certificate
shall be conclusive authority to register the instrument therewith pre-
?cnted, subject, however, to all the provisions and exceptions contamed
m section fifty-five of this Act so far as the same are applicable.
A mortgage on registered land may also be discharged, by the
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mortgagee in person, on the registration book, by indorsing upon the
original certineate of title and upon the owner's duplicate certificate a
memorandum stating that the mortgage has been satisfied and is dis-
charged, together with the date of such entry, signed by the mort-
gagee, and such discharge shall be attested by the register of deeds,
the mortgagee's duplicate certificate being at the same time surren-
dered and stamped ** canceled."
Sec. 63. Moi*tga^ of registered land may be foreclosed in the
manner provided m the Owe of Precedure in Civil Actions and
Special Proceedings. A certified copy of the final decree of the court
confirming the sale under foreclosure proceedings may be filed with
the register of deeds after the time for appeiding therefrom has
expired, and the purchaser shall thereupon be entitl^ to the entry of
a new certificate and to the issuance of a new owner's duplicate certi-
ficate, a memorandum thereof being at the same time likewise indorsed
upon the mortgagor's original certificate and the mortgagee's dupli-
cate, if any, bemg first delivered up and canceled: Provided^ Iwwever^
That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to prevent the
mortgagor or other pei*son interested from directly impeaching" by any
proper legal proceedings any foreclosure proceedings affecting regis-
tered land, prior to the entry of a new certificate of title.
LEASES.
Sec 64. Leases of I'egistered land shall be registered in the manner
provided in section fifty -two of this Act, in lieu of recording. A les-
see's duplicate certificate may be issued to the lessee upon his request,
subject to the provisions hereinbefore made in regard to a mortgagee's
duplicate certificate, so far as the same are applicable.
TRUSTS.
Sec 65. Whenever a deed or other instrument is filed for the pur-
pose of transferring registered land in trust, or upon any equitable
condition or limitation expressed therein, or for the purpose of creat-
ing or declaring a trust or other eauitable interest in such land with-
out transfer, tne particulars of the trust, condition, limitation, or
other equitable interest shall not be entered on the certificate; but a
memorandum thereof shall be entered bv the words "in trust," or
'^upon condition," or other apt words, and by a reference by number
to tne instrument authorizing or creating the same. A similar mem-
orandum shall be made upon the duplicate certificate. The register of
deeds shall note upon the^ original instrument creating or declaring
the trust or other equitable interest a reference by number to the cer-
tificate of title to which it relates, and to the volume and page in the
registration book where it is registered. If the instrument creating
or declaring a trust or other equitable interest is already recorded in
the land register of the Philippine Islands, a certified copy may be
filed by the register of deeds and registered.
Sec 66. If the instrument creating or declaring a trust or other
ecjuitable interest contains an express power to sell, mortgage, or deal
with the land in any manner, such power shall be stated in the certifi-
cate of title by the words "'with power to sell," or ''with power to
mortgage," and by apt words of description in case of other powers.
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No iEistrument transferring, mortgaging, or in any way dealing with
registered land held in trust shdl be registered, unless the power
thereto enabling is expressly conferred in the instrument of trust, or
unless the decree of a court of competent jurisdiction has construed
the instrument in favor of such power, in which case a certified copy
of such decree may be filed witn the register of deeds, and he shall
make registration in accordance therewith.
Sec. 67. When a new trustee of registered land is appointed by a
court of competent jurisdiction, a new certificate shall lye entered to
him upon presentation to the register of deeds of a certified copy of
the decree and the surrender ancTcancellation of the duplicate certifi-
cate.
Sec. OS. Whoever claims an interest in registered land by reason of
any implied or constructive trust shall file for registration a statement
thereof with the register of deeds. The statement shall contain a
description of the land, and a reference to the number of the certificate
of title and the volume and page of the registration book where it is
entered. Such claim shall not affect the title of a purchaser for value
and in good faith before its registration.
Sec. 69. Any trustee shall have authoritv to file an application for
registration of any land held in trust by him, unless expressly pro-
hibited by the instrument creating the trust.
LEGAL INCIDENTS OF REGISTERED LAND.
Sec. 70. Registered land, and ownership therein, shall in all respects
be subject to the same burdens and incidents attached by law to unreg-
istered land. Nothing contained in this Act shall in any way be con-
strued to relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights
incident to the relation of husband and wife, or from liability to attach-
ment on mesne process or levj on execution, or from liability to any
lien of any description established by law on land and the buildings
thereon, or the interest of the owner in such land or buildings, or to
change the laws of descent, or the rights of partition between copar-
ceners, joint tenants and otner cotenants, or tne right to take the same
by eminent domain, or to relieve such land from liability to be appro-
priated in any lawful manner for the payment of debts, or to change
or affect in any other way any other rights or liabilities created by law
and applicable to unregistered land, except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided m this Act or in the amendments hereof.
ATTACHMENTS AND OTHER LIENS.
Sec. 71. In every case where a writing of any description or a copy
of any writ is required by law to be filed or recorded in the registry
of deeds in order to create or preserve any lien, right, or attacnment
upon unregistered land, such writing or copy when intended to affect
'^^^istered land, in lieu of recording, shall oe filed and registered in
the office of the register of deeds for the province in which the land lies,
?nd, in addition to any particulars required in such papers for record-
l^g with records of deeds, shall also contain a reference to the num-
■^r of the certificate of title of the land to be affected, and the volume
*ndpage in the registration book where the certificate is registered,
wd also, if the attachment, right, or lien is not claimed on all the land
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in SLTij certificate of title, a description sufficiently accurate for iden-
tification, of the land intended to be affected.
Sbc. 72. In every case where an attachment or other lien or adverse
claim of any description is registered, and the duplicate certificate is
not presented at the time of registration to the register of deeds, he
shall within twenty-four hours thereafter send notice by mail to the
registered owner, stating that such paper has been registered, and
requesting him to send or produce the duplicate certificate in order
that a memorandum of the attachment or other lien or adverse claim
shall be made thereon. If the owner neglects or refuses to comply
within a reasonable time, the register of deeds shall suggest the fact
to the court, and the court, after notice, shall enter an order to the
owner to produce his certificate at a time and plac^e to be named there-
in, and may enforce the order by suitable process.
Sec. 73. Attachment on mesne process and liens of every descrip-
tion upon registered land shall be continued, reduced, discharged, and
dissolved by any method sufficient in law to continue, reduce, dis-
charge, or dissolve like liens on unregistered land. All certificates or
other instruments which are permitted or reauired by law to be recorded
in the registry of deeds to give effect to tne continuance, reduction,
discharge, or dissolution of attachments or other liens on unregistered
lands, or to give notice of such continuance, reduction, discharge, or
dissolution, shall in the case of like liens on registered land be filed
with the register of deeds and registered in the registration book, in
lieu of recording.
Sec. 74. All the provisions of law now in force relating to attach-
ments of real estate and leasehold estates on mesne process shall apply
to registered land, except that the duties required to be performed by
the present recording officer shall be performed by the register of
deeds for the province where the land lies, who, in lieu of recording,
shall register the facts heretofore required to be recorded, and for
that purpose shall keep suitable books.
Sec. 75. The name and address of the plaintiff's lawyer shall in all
cases be indorsed on the writer process where an attachment is made,
and he shall be deemed to be the attorney of the plaintiff until written
notice that he has ceased to be such shall be filed for registration by
the plaintiff.
Sec. 76. Whenever an attachment on mesne process is continued,
reduced, dissolved, or otherwise affected by an order, decision, or
judgment of the court in which the action or proceeding in which said
attachment was made is pending, or by the order of any judge or court
having jurisdiction thereof, a certificate of the entry of such order,
decision, or judgment from the clerk of the court or judge by which
such order, decision, or judgment has been rendered and under the
seal of the court or judge, shall be entitled to be registered on pre-
sentation to the register of deeds.
Sec. 77. A lien of any description on registered land shall be enf ored
in the same manner as like liens upon unregistered land. Whenever
registered land is sold on execution, or taken or sold for taxes or for
any assessment, or to enforce a lien of any character, or for any oostij
and charges incident to such liens, any execution, or copy of execu-
tion, any officer's return, or any deed, demand, certificate, or affidavit,
or other instrument made in the course of proceedings to enforce such
liens and required by law to be recorded in the registry of deeds in the
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case of nnre^tered Ian(L shall be filed with the register of deeds for
the province where the land lies and registered in the registration
book, and a noienGiorandum made upon the proper certificate of title, in
each case, as an adverse claim or incumbrance.
Sec. 78. Upon the expiration of the time, if any, allowed by law for
redemption after registered land has been soldon any execution, or
taken or sold for the enforcement of any lien of any description, the
person claiming under the execution or under any deed or other instru-
ment made in the course of proceedings to levy such execution or
enforce any lien, may petition the court for the entry of a new certifi-
cate to him, and the application may be granted: Provided^ hmoever^
That every new certificate entered under this section shall contain a
memorandum of the nature of the proceeding on which it is based:
Promded further^ That at any time prior to 3ie entry of a new cer-
tificate the registered owner may pursue all his lawful remedies to
impeach or annul proceedings under executions or to enforce liens of
any description.
PENDING SUITS, JUDGMENTS, DECREES, AND PARTITIONS.
Sec. 79. No action to recover possession of real estate, or to quiet
the title thereto, or to remove clouds upon the title thereof, or for
partition or other proceeding of any kind in court affecting the title
to real estate or tne use and occupation thereof or the ouildings
thereon, and^ no judgment or decree, and no proceeding to vacate or
reverse any judgment or decree, shall have any effect upon registered
land as against persons other than the parties thereto, unless a memo-
randum stating the institution of such action or proceeding and the
court wherein the same is pending, and the date of the institution
Uiereof , containing also a reierence to the number of the certificate of
title of the land affected, and the volume and page of the registration
book where it is entered, shall be filed and registered. This section
shall not apply to attachments, levies of execution, or to proceedings
for the prolmte of wills, or for administration of the estates of deceased
persons in the Court of First Instance: Provided^ howei^er^ That in
case notice of the pendency of the action has been duly registered it
shall be sufiicient to register the judgment or decree in such action
^thin sixty days after the rendition thereof.
Sec. 80. At any time after final judgment or decree in favor of
the defendent. or other disposition of the action such as to terminate
finally all rjgnts of the plaintiff in and to the land and buildings
involved, in any case in wnich a memorandum has been registered as
provided in the preceding section, a certificate of the clerk ot the court
in which the action or proceeding was pending stating the manner of
di^)osal thereof shall be entitled to registration.
Sec. 81. Whenever in any action to recover the possession or own-
ership of real estate or any interest therein affecting registered land
judgment is entered for the plaintiff, such judgment shall be entitled
^ reristration on presentation of a certificate oi the entry thereof from
wie clerk of the court where the action is pending to the register of
deeds for the province where the land lies, who shall enter a memo-
i^ndum upon the certificate of title of the land to which such judg-
ment relates. If the judgment does not apply to all the land described
11^ the certificate of title, the certificate of tne clerk of the court where
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the action is pending and the memorandum entered by the register of
deeds shall contain a description of the land affected by the judgroent.
Sec. 82. When in any action to recover the possession or title of
real estate or an interest therein execution has been issued directing
the officer to place the plaintiff in possession of the land affected by the
judgment on which the execution was issued, the officer shall cause an
attested copy of the execution, with a return of his doings thereon, to
be filed and registered within three months after the service, and
before the return of the execution into the office of the clerk ivhenoe
it issued, and the plaintiff, in case the judgment was that he was enti-
tled to an estate in fee simple in the demanded premises or in any part
thereof, and for which execution issued, shall thereupon be entitled
to the entry of a new certificate of title and to a cancellation of the
certificate and owner's duplicate certificate of the former registered
owner. If the former registered owner neglects or refuses within a
reasonable time after request to produce his duplicate certificate in
order that the same may be canceled, the court on application and after
notice shall enter an order to the owner to produce his certificate at
the time and place named therein, and may enforce the order by suit-
able process.
Sec. 83. Every court passing a judgment or decree in favor of the
plaintiff affecting registered land shall, upon application of the plain-
tiff, order any parties before it to execute for registration any deed or
instrument necessary to give effect to its judgment or decree, and may
require the registered owner to deliver his duplicate certificate to the
plaintiff to be canceled or to have a memorandum entered upon it by
the register of deeds. In case the person required to execute any
deed or other instrument necessary to give effect to the judgment or
decree is absent from the Philippine Islands, or is a minor, or insane,
or for any reason not amenable to the process of the court, the court
passing the judgment or decree may appoint some suitable person a
trustee to execute such instrument, anci the same when executed shaU
be registered and shall have full force and effect to bind the land to be
affected thereby.
Sec 84. In all proceedings for partition of re^stered land, after
the entry of the final judgment or decree of partition and the filing
of the report of the committee or commissioners and final judgment
thereon, a copy of the final judgment or decree, certified by the clerk
of the court rendering the same, shall be filed and registered; and
thereupon, in case the land is set off to the owners in severalty, any
owner shall be entitled to have his certificate entered to the share set
off to him in severalty, and to receive an owner's duplicate thereof.
In case the land is ordered by the court to be sold, the purchaser or
his assigns shall be entitled to have a certificate of title entered to him
or to them on presenting the deed of the commissioners or committee
for reffistrntion. In case the land is ordered by the court rendering
the judgment to be set off in entirety to one of the parties upon pay-
ment to the other parties to the action, the party to whom the land i8
thus ordered to be set off shall be entitled to have a certificate of title
entered to him on presenting a copy of the judgment or decree certi-
fied by the clerk or the court rendering the same: Promded^ howeoer^
That any new certificate entered in pursuance of partition proceedings,
whether by way of set-off or of assignment or of sale, shall contain a
reference to the final judgment or decree of partition, and shall be
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ooDcIusive as to the title to the same extent against the same person
as such judgment or decree is made conclusive by the laws applicable
thereto: And pravided^ also^ That any person holding such certificates
of title or transfer thereof snail have the right to petition the court
at any time to cancel the memorandum relating to such judgment or
decree, and the court, after notice and hearing, may grant tne appli-
cation. Such certificate shall thereafter be conclusive in the same
manner and in the same extent as other certificates of title.
Sec. 85. When a certified copy of a judgment or decree making
final partition of land or buildings is presented for registration, if a
mortga^ or lease affecting a specific portion or an undivided share of
the premises had previously been registered, the mortgagee, or tenant
claiming under the mortgagor or lessor, shall cause the mortgage or
lease and any duplicate certificate of title issued to the mortgagee or
lessee to be again presented for registration, and the register of deeds
shall indorse on each the memorandum of such partition, with a descrip-
tion of the land set off in severalty on which such mortgage or lease
remains in force. Such mortgagee or tenant shall not be entitled to
receive his own duplicate certificate of title until such mortgage or
lease has been so presented for registration.
BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY, AND ANALOGOUS PROCEEDINGS.
Sec. 86. Whenever proceedings in bankruptcy or insolvency, or
analogous proceedings are instituted against a debtor who is an owner
of registered land, it shall be the duty of the oflScer serving the notice
of the institution of such proceedings on the debtor to file a copy
thereof in the registry of deeds for the province wherein land of the
debtor lies. The assignee or trustee appointed by the court having
jurisdiction thereof in such proceedings snail be entitled to the entry
of a new certificate of registered land of the debtor upon presenting
and filing a certified copy of the order appointing him sucn assignee
or trustee, with the debtor's duplicate certificate of title; the new cer-
tificate shall state that it is entered to him as assignee or trustee in
insolvency or bankruptcy or other proceedings, as the case mav be.
Sec. 87. Whenever proceedings of the character named in the pre-
ceding section against a registered owner, of which notice has been
registered^ are vacated by decree or judgment, a certified copy of the
decree or judgment may be filed and registered. If a new certificate
has been entered to the assignee or trustee as registered owner, the
debtor shall be entitled to the entry of a new certificate to him, and
the certificate of the assignee or trustee shall be surrendered.
EMINENT DOMAIN.
Sec. 88. Whenever any land of a registered owner, or any right or
interest therein, is taken by eminent domain, the Government or mu-
nicipality or corporation or other authority exercising such right shall
file for registration in the proper province a description of the reg^is-
tered land so taken, giving the name of each owner thereof, referring
hy number and place of registration in the registration book to each
certificate of title, and stating what amount or interest in the land is
taken, and for what purpose. A memorandum of the right or inter-
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est taken shall be made on each certificate of title by the register of
deeds, and where the fee simple is taken a new certincate shall be en-
tered to the owner for the land remaining to him after sach taking,
and a new certificate shall be entered to the Government, municipality,
corporation, or other authority exercising such right for the land so
taken. All fees on account of any memorandum of registration or
entry of new certificates shall be paid by the authrity tating the land.
TRANSMISSION BY DESCENT AND DEVISE.
Sec. 89. Lands and any estate or interest therein registered under
this Act shall, upon the death of the owner, go to the executor or admin-
istrator of the aeceascd in like manner as personal estate, whether the
owner dies testate or intestate, and shall be subject to the same rules
of administration as if the same were personality, except as otherwise
provided in this Act, and except that the rule of division shall be the
same as in the descent of real property, or as shall be provided by will.
Sec. 90. Before the executor or administrator of a deceased owner
of registered land or any estate, or interest therein, shall deal with the
same, he shall file in the oflBce of the register of deeds a certified copy
of his letters of administration, or if thei*e is a will, a certified copy of
the same and of the letters testamentary, or of administration, with the
will annexed, as the case may be, and shall produce the duplicate cer-
tificate of title, and thereupon the register of deeds shall enter upon
the certificate and the duplicate certificate a memorandum thei-eof with
a reference to the letters or will and letters by their file number, and
the date of filing the same.
Sec. 91. Except in case of a will devising the land to an executor to
his own use or upon some trust or giving to the executor power to sell,
no sale or transfer of registered land shall be made by an executor or
by an administrator in the course of administration for the payment
of debts or for any other purpose, except in pui-suance of an order of
a court of competent jurisdiction obtained as provided by law.
Sec. 92. But after a memorandum of the will, letters testamentary,
or letters of administration have been entered upon the register as
hereinbefore provided, the executor or administrator may deal with
mortgages, leases, and other personal interests in or upon registered
land as if he were the registered owner thereof.
Sec. 93. Where it appears by the will, a certified copy of which
with letters testamentary is filed as provided in this Act, that registered
land is devised to the executor to his own use, or upon some trusts,
the executor ma}' have the land transferred to himself upon the regis-
ter in like manner and subject to like terms and conditions and to Bke
rights as in the case of a transfer pursuant to deed filed in the oflSce of
the register of deeds.
Sec. 94. When the will of a deceased owner of registered land, or
any estate or interest therein, empowers the executor to sell, convey,
encumber, charge, or otherwise deal with the land, it shall not be
necessary for such executor to be registered as the owner, but a cer-
tified copv of the will and letters testamentary being filed as pro-
vided in this Act, such executor may sell, convey, encumber, charge,
or otherwise deal with the land pursuant to the power in like man-
ner as if he were the registered owner, subject to the like conditions
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as to the trust, limitations, and conditions expressed in the will a.» in
case of trusts, limitations, and conditions expressed in a deed.
Sec. 95. Before making distribution of undevised registered land
the executor or administrator shall file in the office of the register of
deeds a certified copy of the final decree of the court having juris-
diction of the estate, which shall be conclusive evidence in favor of
aSl persons thereafter dealing with the land that the persons therein
named as the only heirs at law of the deceased owner are such heirs.
Sec. 96. Whenever the court having jurisdiction of the settlement
of an estate shall, for the purpose of distribution thereof or for other
purposes provid^ by law, order registered land or any interest or
estate therein to be sold by the executor or administrator, upon the
filing of a certified copy^ of the order of sale and the deeds executed
in pursuance of the same in the office of the register of deeds, a transfer
of the land, estate, or interest to the purchaser may be made upon the
register as in the case of other sales by deed, and the original certifi-
cate and owner's duplicate shall be canceled and a new certificate and
owner's duplicate be issued to the purchaser.
Sec. 97. Whenever, after the final determination of the amount of
all claims against the estate of the deceased, it shall be made to appear
to the court having jurisdiction of the estate that the estate will justify
it and the proof of heirship has been made clear to that court, it may
direct the executor or admmistrator to make over and transfer to the
devisees or heirs, or some of them, in anticipation of final distribution,
a portion or the whole of the registered lands to which they mieht be
entitled on final distribution; and upon the filing of a certitiea copy
of such order in the office of the register of deeds, the executer or
administrator may cause such transfer to be made upon the register in
like manner as in case of a sale, and a certificate and owner's duplicate
certificate shall be issued to the devisees or heirs entitled thereto as in
other cases. The land so transferred shall be held free from all liens
or claims against the estate. In the proceedings to procure such order
or directions such notice shall be given to all parties in interest as the
court having jurisdiction of the estate may direct.
Sec. 98. For the purpose of final distribution of the estate the court
having jurisdiction thereof may determine the rights of all persons in
registei-ed land, or any estate or interest therein of the deceased,
declare and enforce the rights of devisees, heirs, surviving husbands
or wives, and others, and make partition and distribution according to
the rights of the parties, and may give direction to the executor and
administrator as to the transfer of registered lands and any estate or
interest therein to the devisees or heirs, and may direct tne transfer
to be to the several devisees or heirs or tenantsln common, or other-
wise, as shall appear to the court to be most convenient, consistently
with the rights of the parties, or as the parties interested may agree.
A certified copy of the final order, judgment, or decree of the court
having jurisdiction of the estate making final distribution shall be filed
with 3ie register of deeds and thereupon new certificates and owner's
duplicate certificates shall be issued to the parties severally entitled
thereto in accordance with such order, judgment, or decree, but noth-
ing in this section contained shall in any way affect or impair existing
Requirements of law as to notice to be given to all parties interested
in the estate of a deceased person before final decree of distribution
thereof,
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ASSURANCE FUND.
Sec. 99. Upon the original registration of land under this Act, and
also upon the entry of a certificate showing title as registered owners
in heirs or devisees, there shall be paid to the register of deeds one-
tenth of one per cent of the assessed value of the real estate on the
basis of the last assessment for municipal taxation, as an assurance fund.
Sec. 100. All money received by the register of deeds under the
preceding section shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Philippine
Archipelago. He shall keep the same invested, with the advice and
approval of the Civil Governor, and shall report annually to the legis-
lative body of the Philippine Islands the condition and income thereof.
Sec. 101. Any person who without negligence on his part sustains
loss or damaf^e through any omission, mistake, or misfeasance of the
clerk, or register of deeds, or of any examiner of titles, or of any
deputy or clerk of the register of deeds in the performance of their
respective duties under the provisions of this Act, and any person who
is wrongfully deprived of any land or any interest therein, without
negligence on his part, through the bringing of the same under the
provisions of this Act or by the registration of any other person as
owner of such land, or by any mistake, omission, or misdescription in
any certificate or owner's duplicate, or in any entry or memorandum
in the register or other oflScial book, or by any cancellation, and who
by the provisions of this Act is barred or in any way precluded from
bringing an action for the recovery of such land or interest therein, or
claim upon the same, may bring in any court of competent jurisdiction
an action against the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago for the
recovery or damages to be paid out of the assurance fund.
Sec. 102. If such action oe for recoverj for loss or damage arising
only through any omission, mistake, or nusfeasance of the clerk, or of
the register of deeds, or of any examiner of titles, or of any deputy
or clerk of the register of deeds in the performance of their respective
duties under the provisions of this Act, then the Treasurer of the
Philippine Archipelago shall be the sole defendant to such action.
But if such action be brought for loss or damage arising only through
the fraud or willful act of some person or persons other than the clerk,
the register of deeds, the examiners of titles, deputies, and clerks, or
arising jointly through the fraud or wrongful act of such other person
or persons and the omission, mistake, or misfeasance of the clerk, the
register of deeds, the examiners of titles, deputies, or clerks, then
such action shall be brought against both the Treasurer of the Philip-
pine Archipelago and such person or persons aforesaid. In all such
actions where there are defendants otner than the Treasurer of the
Philippine Archipelago and damages shall have been recovered, no
final pdgment shall be entered against the Treasurer of the Philippine
Archipelago until execution against the other defendants shall be
returned unsatisfied in whole or in part, and the officer returning the
execution shall certify that the amount still due upon the execution
can not be collected except by application to the assurance fund.
Thereupon the court having jurisdiction of the action, being satisfied
as to the truth of such return, may, upon proper showing, order the
amount of the execution and costs, or so much thereof as remains
unpaid, to be paid by the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago out
of the assurance fund. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General
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in person or by deputy to appear and defend all such suits with the
aid of the fiscEtl of the province in which the land lies or the city attor-
ney of the city of Manila as the case may be: Provided^ howei^er^ That
nothing in this Act shall be construed to deprive the plaintiff of any
action which he may have against any person for such loss or damage
or deprivation of land or of any estate or interest therein without join-
ing the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago as a defendant therein.
Sec. 103. If the assurance fund at any time be not sufficient to meet
the amount called for by such judgment, the Treasurer of the Philip-
pine Archipelago shall make up the deficiency from any funds in the
Treavsury not otherwise appropnated; and in such case any sums there-
after received by the Treasurer on account of the assurance fund shall
be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury, until the amount
paid on account of the deficiency shall have been made up.
Sec. 104. In every case where payment has been made by the Treas-
urer of the Philippine Archipelago in accordance with the provisions
of this Act, the Government of the Philippine Islands shall be subro-
gated to all rights of the plaintiff against any other parties or securities,
and the Treasurer shall enforce the same in behalf of the Government.
Any sum so recovered by the Treasurer shall be paid into the Treas-
ury of the Philippine Islands to the account of the assurance fund.
Sec. 106. The income of the assurance fund shall be added to the
principal and invested, until said fund amounts to the sum of two hun-
dred tnousand dollars, and thereafter the income of such fund shall be
Slid into the Insular Treasury for the general purposes of the Insular
overnment.
The term "dollars" wherever used in this Act shall be construed to
mean money of the United States.
Sec. 106. The assurance fund shall not be liable to pay for any loss
or damage or deprivation occasioned by a breach of trust, whether
express, implied, or constructive, by any registered owner who is a
trustee, or by the improper exercise of any sale in mortgage foreclo-
sure proceedings. iNor shall any plaintiff recover as compensation in
an action under this Act more than the fair market value of the real
estate at the time when he suffered the loss, damage, or deprivation
thereof.
Sec. 107. All actions for compensation under this Act by reason of
any loss or damage or deprivation of land or any estate or interest
therein shall be begun within the period of six years from the time
when the right to bring or take sucn action or proceeding first accrued,
and not afterwards: lirovided^ That the right of action herein provided
shall survive to the personal representative of the person sustaining
loss or damage, if deceased, unless barred in his lifetime: And pro-
vided further^ That if at the time when such right of action first
accrues the peraon entitled to bring such action or take such proceed-
ing is within the age of majority, or insane, or imprisoned, such per-
son, or anyone claiming from, by, or under him, may bring the action
or take the proceeding at any time within two years after such dis-
ability is removed, notwithstanding the time before limited in that
behalf has expired.
POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
Sex;. 108. Any person may by power of attorney procure land to be
registered and convey or otherwise deal with registered land, but the
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letters of attorney shall be acknowledged before a notary public or a
judge or clerk of a court of record attested by at least one witness
and shall be filed with the clerk or register of deeds of the province
where the land lies, and registered. Any instrument revoking such
letters shall be acknowledged, attested, and registered in like manner.
LOST DUPUCATE CEETITICATE.
Sec. 109. If a duplicate certificate is lost or destroyed, or can not
be produced by a grantee, heir, devisee, assi^pee, or other person
applying for the entry of a new certificate to him or for the registra-
tion of any instrument, a suggestion of the fact of such loss or destruc-
tion may be filed by tne registered owner or other person in interest,
and registered. Tne court may thereupon, upon the petition of the
registered owner or other person in interest, after notice and hearing,
direct the issue of a new duplicate certificate, which shall contain a
memorandum of the fact that it is issued in place of the lost duplicate
certificate, but shall in all respects be entitled to like faith and credit
as the original duplicate, and shall thereafter be regarded as the orig-
inal duplicate for all the purposes of this Act.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Sec. 110. Whoever claims any right or interest in registered land
adverse to the restored owner, arising subsecjuent to the date of the
original registration, may, if no other provision is made in this Act
for registering the same, make a statement in writing setting fortti
fully his alleged right or interest, and how or under whom acquired,
and a reference to uie volume and page of the certificate of title of the
registered owner, and a description of the land in which the right or
interest is claimea. The statement shall be signed and sworn to, and
shall state the adverse claimant's residence, and designate a vl&ce at
which all notices may be served upon him. This statement shall be
entitled to registration as an adverse claim, and the court, upon a peti-
tion of any party in interest, shall grant a speedy hearing upon the
Question of the validity of such adverse claim and shallenter such
aecree therein as justice and equity may require. If the claim is
adjudged to be invalid, the registration shall oe canceled. If in any
case the court after notice and hearing shall find that a claim thus
registered was frivolous or vexatious, it may tax the adverse claimant
double or treble costs in its discretion.
surrender of duplicate CERTIFICATES.
Sec. 111. In every case where the clerk or any register of deeds is
requested to enter a new certificate in pursuance of an instrument
purporting to be executed by the registered owner, or by reason of
any instrument or proceedings which divest the title of the registered
owner against his consent, if the outstanding owner's duplicate certifi-
cate is not presented for cancellation when such request is made, the
clerk or register of deeds shall not enter a new certificate, but the
person claiming to be entitled thereto may apply by petition to the
court. The court, after hearing, may order the registered owner or
any person withholding the duplicate to surrender the same, and direct
the entry of a new certificate upon such surrender.
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If in any case the person withholding the duplicate certificate is not
amenable to the process of the court, or if for any reason the out-
standing owner's duplicate certificate can not be aelivered up, the
court may by decree annul the same, and order a new certificate of
title to be entered. Such new certificate and all duplicates thereof
shall contain a memorandum of the annulment of the outstanding
duplicate.
If in any case an outstanding mortgagee's or lessee's duplicate
certificate is not produced and surrenderea when the mortgage is dis-
charged or extinguished or the lease is terminated, like proceedings
may be had to obtain registration as in the case of the nonproduction
of an owner's duplicate.
AMENDMENT AND ALTERATION OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
Sec. 112. No erasure, alteration, or amendment shall be made upon
the registration book after the entry of a certificate of title or of a
memorandum thereon and the attestation of the same by the clerk or
any register of deeds, except by order of the court. Any registered
owner or other person in interest maj^ at any time apply by petition
to the court, upon the ground that registered interests of any descrip-
tion, whether vested, contingent, expectant, or inchoate, have terminated
and ceased; or that new interests nave arisen or been created which
do not appear upon the certificate; or that any error, omission, or
mistake was made in entering a certificate or any memorandum thereon,
or on any duplicate certificate; or that the name of any person on the
certificate has been changed; or that the registered owner has been
married; or if registered as married, that the marriage has been ter-
minated; or that a corporation which owned registerSi land and has
been dissolved has not conveyed the same within three j^ears after its
dissolution; or upon any other reasonable ground; and the court shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine the petition after notice to all
parties in interest, and may order the entry of a new certificate, the
entry or cancellation of a memorandum upon a certificate, or grant
any other relief upon such terms and conditions, requiring security if
necessary, as it may deem proper: Provided^ Imoever^ That this sec-
tion shall not be construed to give the court authority to open the
original decree of registration, and that nothing shall be done or ordered
bv the court which shall impair the title or other interest of a pur-
chaser holding a certificate for value and in good faith, or his heirs or
assigns, without his or their written consent.
Any petition filed under this section and all petitions and motions
filed under the provisions of this Act after original registration shall
be filed and entitled in the original case in which the decree of regis-
tration was entered.
SERVICE OF NOTICES AFTER REGISTRATION.
Sec. 113. All notices required by or given in pursuance of the pro-
visions of this Act by the clerk or any register of deeds, after original
re^stration, shall be sent by mail to the person to be notified at his
residence and post-office address as stated in the certificate of title, or
in any registered instrument under which he claims an interest, in the
office of the clerk or register of deeds, relating to the parcel of land in
question.
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All notices and citations directed by special order of the court under
the provisions of this Act. after original registration, may be served
in the manner above stated, and the certificate of the clerk shall be
conclusive proof of such service: Provided^ hmnevery That the coart
may in any case order diflferent or further service, by publication or
otherwise, and shall in all cases do so when the interests of justice
require such action.
FEES FOR REGISTRATION.
Sec. 114. Fees payable under this Act shall be as follows:
For every application to bring land under this Act, including index-
ing and recoraing the same, and transmitting to the clerk, when filed
with the register of deeds, three dollars.
For every plan filed, seventy -five cents.
For indexing any instrument recorded while application for regis-
tration is pending, twenty-five cents.
For examining title, five dollars and one-tenth of one per cent of the
value of the land, as fixed by the last preceding valuation for the pur-
poses of taxation.
For each notice by mail, twenty-five cents and the actual cost of
For all services by a sheriflf or other officer under this Act, the same
fees as are now provided by law for like services.
For each notice by publication, twenty-five cents and the actual cost
of publication.
For entry of order dismissing application, or decree of registration,
and sending memorandum to register of deeds, one dollar.
For copy of decree of registration, one dollar.
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 dupli-
cate or triplicate, including entering, indexing, and fifing the same,
and attesting registration thereof, and also making and attesting copy
of memorandum on one instrument or on a duplicate certificate when
required, one dollar and fifty cents.
For making and attesting copy of memorandum on each additional
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 bankruptcy,
insolvency, or analogous 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 dissolution
of any attachment or levy, or of any certificate of or receipt for the
Sayment of taxes, or notice of any pending action, or of a juagment or
ecree, fifty cents.
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For indorsing on any mortgage, lease, or other instrument a memo-
randum of partition, one dollar.
For every petition filed under this Act after original registration, one
dollar.
For a certified copj of any 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 notexpresslv provided for by the law the fees of all pub-
lic oflScers for any official auty or service under this Act shall be at
the same rate as those prescribed herein for like services: Ptmnded^
however^ That if the value of the land* sought to be registered does not
exceed one hundred dollars, the fees i)ayable for the appliciition to
bring land under this Act and for indexing and recording instruments
while application for registration is pending, for examining title, for
notices oy mail or by publication, for services by sheriff or other offi-
cer, for entry of order dismissing application or decree of registra-
tion, and for entry of original certificate of title and issuing one dupli-
cate shall be ten dollars.
PENALTIES.
Sec. 116. Certificates of title and duplicate certificates issued under
ih\& Act shall be subjects of larceny.
Sec. 116. Whoever knowingly swears falsely to any statement
reauired to be noAde under oath by this Act shall be guilty of perjury
and liable to the penalties provided by law for perjury.
Sec. 117. Whoever fraudulently procures, or assists in fraudulently
procuring or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of any certificate
of title or owners duplicate certificate, or of any entry in the register
or other book kept in the office of the clerk or of any register of deeds,
or of any erasure or alteration in any entry in any set of books or in
any instrument authorized by this Act, or knowingly defrauds or is
pnvy to defrauding any person by means of a false or fraudulent
instrument, certificate, owner's duplicate certificate, statement or affi-
davit affecting registered land, shall be fined not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars or imprisoned not exceeding five years, or ^th, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 118. (1) Whoever forges or procures to be forged or assists in
forging the seal of the clerk or of any register of deeds, or the name,
signature, or handwriting of any officer of the court or of the register
of deeds, in case where such officer is expressly or impliedly author-
ized to affix his signature; or
(2) Fraudulentty stamps or procures to be stamped or assists in
stamping any document with any forged seal of the clerk or register
of deeds; or
(3) Forges, or procures to be forged, or assists in forging the name,
signature, or handwriting of any person whosoever to any instru-
ment which is expressly or impliedly authorized to be signed by such
person under the provisions or this Act; or
(4) Uses anv document upon which an impression, or part of the
impression, of any seal of the clerk or of a register of deeds has been
forged, knowing the same to have been forged, or any document the
signature to which has been forged, knowing the same to have been
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forged, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten years or fined not exceed-
ing five thousand aollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
rrosecution for offenses for violations of any of the provisions of
this Act shall be instituted and conducted in the proper Court of First
Instance.
Sec. 119. Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells and conveys ro-
istered land knowing that an undischarged attachment or any other
incumbrance exists thereon which is not noted by memorandum on the
duplicate certificate of the title, without informing the grantee of such
attachment or other incumbrance before the consideration is paid, shall
be punished by imprisonment not exceeding three years or by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 120. No conviction for any act prohibited by this Act shall
affect any remedy which any person aggrieved or injured by such act
may be entitled to by law against the person* who has committed such
act or against his estate.
register of deeds in MANILA.
Sec. 121. Wherever in this Act the phrase *Hhe register of deeds
in the province where the land lies," or an eauivalent phrase, occurs,
it shall be construed to include and be applicable to the register of
deeds in the city of Manila.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Sec. 122. Whenever public lands in the Philippine Islands belong-
ing to the Government of the United States or to the Government of
the Philippine Islands are alienated, granted, or conveyed to persons
or to public or private corporations, the same shall be brought forth-
with under the operation of this Act and shall become registered lands.
It shall be the duty of the official issuing the instrument of alienation,
grant, or conveyance in behalf of the Government to cause such instru-
ment, before its delivery to the grantee, to be filed with the register
of deeds for the province where the land lies and to be there registered
like other deeds and conveyances, whereupon a certificate shall be
entered as in other cases of registered land, and an owner's duplicate
certificate issued to the grantee. The deed, grant, or instrument of
conveyance from the Government to the grantee shall not take effect
as a conveyance or bind the land, but shalloperate only as a contract
between the Government and the grantee ana as evidence of authority
to the clerk or register of deeds to make registration. The act of
registration shall be the operative act to convey and affect the lands,
and in all cases under this Act registration shall be made in the olfice
of the register of deeds for the province where the land lies. The
fees for registration shall be paid by the grantee. After due registra-
tion and isssue of the certificate ana owners duplicate, such lana shall
be registered land for all purposes under this Act.
Sec. 123. This Act shall be construed liberally so far as may be
necessary for the purpose of effecting its general intent.
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CONTINUANCE OF EXI8TINO SYSTEM AS TO UNBEQI8TEBED LAND.
Sec. 124. As to lands not registered in accordance with the pro-
viaions of this Act, the system of registration and recording here-
tofore established by law in these islands shall continue and remain
m force, except in so far as hereinafter modified, and the evidential
weight given oy existing law to titles registered as existing law now
provides shall be accorded to such titles in the hearings had under
this Act before the examiners and before the court. The duties of
registering and recording land titles in accordance with the law
heretofore existing shall be performed in the several provinces and
the city of Manila by the registers of deeds in this Act provided,
after such registers of deeds liave been appointed: Proviaed^ how-
ever^ That the originals of deeds, mortgages, leases, and other instru-
ments affecting the title to unregistered Etna shall not be retained bv
notaries public or other officials before whom the same are solemnized,
but after having been duly executed may be delivered to the grantee,
mortgagee, lessee, or other person entitled to the same and be by him
presented to the register of deeds for the province where the land lies for
redstration and recording, in the same manner and with the same legal
ef^t that copies thereof certified by notaries public under exist-
ing law are registered and recorded. The register of deeds upon
receiving any such deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument deaUng
with land not registered under this Act shall indorse upon the instru-
ment so received the true year, month, day, hour, and minute when
the same is received, and the same shall be aeemed to have been regis-
tered and recorded as unregistered land from the time of the indorse-
ment of such memorandum thereon. He shall also endorse thereon
the volume and page wherein the same is registered and recorded.
After the due registration and recording of such instrument the owner
thereof shall be entitled to the custody and possession of the same.
The original instrument, the record thereof in the books of the register
of dee<£, and any certified copy of such record shall be competent
evidence in any court of justice. The fees of the register of deeds for
registering and recording any such instrument shcul be the same as
those now provided by law for registering and recording a certified
copy of a notarial instrument dealing with land.
oEC. 125. Until registers of deeds shall be appointed in accordance
with the provisions of this Act, the officials performing the duties of
registrars and recorders of deeds in the several provinces and in the
ci^ of Manila shall be registers of deeds and perform the duties of
registers of deeds as defined bv this Act. Their deputies shall be
deputy registers of deeds. All laws relative to existing registrars of
deeds and recorders, their deputies, including their compensation,
clerk hire, and expenses, shall extend to registers of deeds and their
deputies under this Act so far as the same may be applicable.
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Sec. 126. All notaries public in the Islands, and all other officials
and persons having in their possession notarial books, records, pro-
tocols, archives, and other documents, shall immediately deliver to
the Chief of the Bureau of Archives all such notarial books, records,
protocols, archives, and documents in accordance with the provision
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of section eighty of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six. entitled
''An Act providing for the organization of courts in tne Pnilippine
Islands," and hereafter notaries public shall only have the powers and
perform the duties prescribed for notaries public in sections eighty-
one to ninety -one, inclusive, of said Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six.
FORMS.
Sec. 127. Deeds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, releases, and dis-
charges affecting lands, whether registered under this Act or uni-egis-
tered, shall be sufficient in law when made substantially in accordance
with the following forms, and shall be as effective to convey, encumber,
lease, release, discharge, or bind the lands as though made in accord-
ance with the more prolix forms heretofore in use: Prpmded^ That
every such instrument shall be signed by the person or persons execut-
ing the same, in the presence of two witnesses, who shall sign the
instrument as witnesses to the execution thereof, and shall be acKnowl-
edged to bo his or their free act and deed by the person or persons
executing the same, before the judge of a court of record or clerk of
a court of record, or a notary public, or a justice of the peace, who
shall certify to such acknowledgment substantially in the form next
hereinafter stated:
1. Fonn of acknowledgment hy person executina deed of conveyance^
mortga^e^ lease^ release^ or discharge affecting la7ia.
United States of America, Philippine Islands.
Province of (or city of Manila)
At the municipality of - _ _ , in said province,
on this day of _ , A. D. 19 ,
personally appeared _ . known to me to
be the same person (or persons) who executed the foregoing instru-
ment, and acKnowledge that the same is his (or their) free act and
deed.
Before me ., - -
(Notary public or other official as the case may be.)
2. Deed of l<ind registered under this Act,
I, ,of ,in
the Province of _ , in the Philippine
Islands, in consideration of _ _ _ dollars, to
me paid by , of ,
in tne Province of , in the Philippine
Islands, do hereby sell and convey to said _
and his heirs and. assigns that parcel of land, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the municipality
of - , and Province of ,
in the Philippine Islands, bounded and described as follows (here
insert boundaries and description), of which land I am the regis
tered owner in accordance with the provisions of The Land Regis-
tration Act, my title thereto being evidenced by Certificate Numbered
in the land records of said province.
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In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto signed my name on this
day of - , A. D. 19- -.
Signed in the presence of:
(To be followed by acknowledgment according to Form 1.)
3, Deed of land not registered under ihin Act^ without rot'enantn of
vmrranty.
I, , of - _ - - , in
the Province of - - - - . . . , in the Philippine
Islands, in consideration of _ - _ dollars, to
me paid by . . , of _ . ,
in the Province of , in the
Philippine Islands, do hereby sell and convey to the said
, his heirs and assigns, that parcel of
land, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon,
situated m the municipality of , in
the Province of , in the Philippine
Islands, bounded and described as follows (here insert boundaries and
description).
In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, on this
day of , A. D. 19....
Signed in the presence of:
(Acknowledgment.)
-<. Deed of land not registered under this Acty with covenants of
vxirranty,
I, , of , in
the Province of , in the Philippine
Islands, in consideration of _ . . . . dollars, to
me paid by , of . . _ ,
in the Province of . . , in the Philippine
Islands, do hereby sell and conyey to the said _ . . ,
his heirs and assigns, that parcel of land, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon^ situated in the municipality
of , in the Province of ,
in the Philippine Islands, bounded and described as follows (here
insert boundaries and description); and the said
(seller) does hereby covenant and agree with the said
(purchaser) that he is lawfully seized in fee of said
premises, that they are free from all incumbrances, that he has a per-
fect right to convey the same, and that he will warrant and forever
defend the same unto the said _
(purchaser), his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims of all
persons whomsoever (or insert otner covenants, whatever they may be).
In witness whereof, etc.
Signed in presence of:
(Acknowledgment.)
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5. Mortgage of land registered under this Act,
I, ,of ,
in the Province of , in the Philippine
Islands^ in consideration of dollars, to
me paid by , of ,
in the Province of , in the Philip-
pine Islands, do hereby, by way of mortga^, convey to the said
, his heirs and assigns, that parcel of
land, toother with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situ-
ated in the municipality of , in the
Province of , in the Philippine Islands,
bounded and described as follows (here insert boundaries and descrip-
tion), of which land I am the registered owner, in accordance with toe
Srovisions of The Land Registration Act, my title thereto being evi-
enced by Certificate Numter , in tiie lana rec-
ords of said province; provided, nevertheless, that if I, the said
(mortgagor) shall duly pay, or cause
to be paid, to the said (mortgagee) my
certain promissory notes of this date by me signed, ana payable to the
said (mor^gee), all dated on this
date, each for the sum of _ _ . dollars, and
payable in one, two, and three years from date (or otherwise, as the
case may be), with lawful interest, then this mortgage shall be thereby
discharged and of no further effect, otherwise it shall remain in full
force and be enforceable in the manner provided by law.
In witness whereof, etc.
Signed in the presence of:
(Acknowledgment. )
6, Mortgage of land not registered under this Act.
This mortgage may be in the same form as that prescribed in Form
No. 5, but omitting that portion of Form No. 6 which describes the
land as registered under the Land Registration Act, and including such
covenants of warranty as the parties may agree upon.
7. Discharge of mortgage of land registered under this Act.
I, '• ,of . ,
in the Province of _ _ . , in the Philippine
Islands, mortgagee of the land embraced in Certificate Number
in the land records of the Province of ,
by virtue of a mortgage executed by _ ,
of , in the Province of . . _
, in the Philippine Islands, on the
dav of , 19 , having received the full con-
sioeration named as the condition of said mortgage, do hereby forever
release and discharge the same.
In witness whereof, etc.
Signed in the presence of:
(Acknowledgment. )
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8. Discharge of mortgage ofhmd not registered under this Act.
The discharge in this case may be as in Form No. 7, varying the
description of the mortgage to suit the facts.
9, Lease of land registered under this Act.
\ --.-,of , ,
in the Province of - : , in the Ptiilijjpine
Islands, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained,
do hereby lease unto , of
, in the Province of , in
the Philippine Islands, and his assigns (if the lease is to be assign-
able), that parcel of land, together with all the buildings and improve-
ments thereon, situated in the municipality of _ . .
, in the Province of ,
in the Philippine Islands, bounded and described as follows (here
insert boundaries and description), of which land I am the rejgistered
owner, in accordance with the provisions of The Land Registration
Act, my title thereto being evidenced by Certificate Number
in the land records of said province, for the period of -
years from this date.
And I, the said lessee, in consideration of this lease, do hereby
promise, for myself and my heirs and assigns, that I will cause to be
paid to the said _ (lessor), an annual
rental (or monthly rental) of . . - _'. dollars
per year (or per month, as the case may be) during the whole period
of this lease, payable on the - - . . day of
of each year (or at such other times as may be agreed
upon).
(Other special agreements of the lease may be here inserted.)
In witness whereof, etc.
Signed in the presence of:
(Acknowledgment. )
10, Lease of land not registered under this Act.
This lease may be as in Form No. 9, omitting that portion thereof
that relates to the certificate of title, and inserting such covenants of
warranty as may be agreed upon.
IL Release of leased lands^ whether registered under this Act or not.
Such release may be as in Forms Nos. 7 and 8, for the discharge of
mortgages, using the term "release," instead of "discharge," and
inserting such description as fully identifies the lease.
Sec. 128. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, November 6, 1902.
[No. 497.]
AN ACT to repeal all laws imposing a tax on salaries.
By andhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SecnoN 1. Paragraph two of Tariff Number One of the Decree of
His Majesty the King of Spain, issued at Madrid June nineteenth,
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eighteen hundred and ninety, imposing a tax upon salaries in the
Philippine Islands, and which reads as follows:
"The following will pay two and one-half per cent:
"The emj)loyees of banks, stock companies, insurance, and collec-
tion companies, enterprises, banking ana private firms, whenever the
salary is six hundred dollars, yearly, or more " —
and all amendments and modincations thereof, and military orders, or
parts of military orders, imposing a tax upon the salaries of the em-
ployees therein named, are hereby repealea.
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 theC^Iommission
in the enactment of laws,'" passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, November 6, 1902.
[No. 498.1
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, authorizing the
appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil bureaus and departments.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, authorizing
the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil Bureau^ and
Departments, is hereby amended by substituting for the words "class
seven," in the ninth line of section one of said Act, the words "class
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 effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 8, 1902.
[No. 499.]
[ Tayabas," and repealing
Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-five and all amendments thereto.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The territory of the Island of Marinduque and the small
islands immediately adjacent thereto, which are known as the Province
of Marinduque, as organized under Act Numbered One hundred and
twenty -five, are hereby annexed to and included in the Province of
Tayabas, organized by Act Numbered One hundred and three, passed
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March twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, and enlarged by Act Num-
bered Four hundred and seventeen annexing certain other territory to
the Province of Tayabas, passed June twelfth, nineteen hundred and
two.
Sec. 2. The inhabitants of the territory hereby annexed to and
made a part of the Province of Tayabas shall enjoy the same rights
and privileges as if said province had been originally incorporated in
the Province of Tayabas; and the municipal officers in the towns
included in the territory so annexed shall have the same relations to
the provincial officers of the Province of Tayabas as are prescribed by
the Provincial Government Act and by Act Number^ One hundred
and three, organizing the said Province of Tayabas, for the municipal
officers of the towns of said province.
Sec. 3. There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the Island of Marin-
duque who shall be apf)ointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Commission, and who shall reside and
have his office in the municipality of Boac. The lieutenant-governor
of Marinduque shall receive a compensation at the rate of one thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly. Subject to
the supervision of the governor of Tayabas, the lieutenant-governor
of Marinduque shall exercise in the Island of Marinduque the same
powers conferred upon the governor of the Province of Tayabas by
Act Numbered One nundred and three. He shall be the deputy of the
provincial treasurer of Tayabas, but shall not receive any additional
compensation for such duties.
The office of lieutenant-governor hereby created shall terminate on
the third day of March, nineteen hundred and four.
Sec. 4. The sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, United
States currency, payable in local currency at the legal rate of ex-
change at the time of withdrawal, is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Eiyment of the indebtedness of the Province of Marinduque to the
ovemment of the Philippine Islands. This appropriation shall be
available for and used in the payment of the debts aue the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands for the sum borrowed under Act Num-
bered One hundred and thirty-four, amounting to two thousand five
hundred dollars. United States currency, and the amount due the
Insular Purchasing Agent, amounting to approximately four thousand
five hundred dollars, United States currency.
Sec. 5. Act Numbered One hundred and twenty -five and all amend-
ments thereto are hereby repealed, and section two of Act Numbered
One hundred and three, extending the provisions of the Provincial
Government Act to the Province of Tayabas, is amended so as to read
as follows:
''The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of
Tayabas shall be at the following rate per year, in money of the United
States:
'Tor the provincial governor, two thousand dollars.
" For the provincial secretary, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"For the provincial treasurer, two thousand five hundred dollars.
"For th^ provincial supervisor, two thousand dollars.
"For the provincial fiscal, one thousand five hundred dollars.
" For the president of the provincial board of health, one thousand
five hundred dollars.
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"The salaries of the provincial officers shall be payable monthly so
that one-twelfth of the annual salary shall be paid on the last day of
each calendar month.
"Each provincial officer shall be allowed his necessary and actual
traveling expenses, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day,
in money oi the United States, while absent from the capital of the
province on official business. The allowance shall be made by the
provincial board upon certificate of the officfer that the travel was
necessary for the puolic business and shall not be paid until the accoant,
accompanied by the resolution of the board approving the same, shall
be forwarded to the Insular Treasurer and by him approved."
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enachnent 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, November 10, 1902.
[No. 500.]
AN ACT providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Island of
Mindoro, defining the limite of that province, and repealing Act Numbered Four
hundred and twenty-three, entitled " An Act extending the provifiions of the pro-
vincial government act and its amendments to the Island oi Mindoro and incor-
porating that island with the Province of Marinduque.**
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the PhUippins
Commission^ that:
Section 1. A provincial government is hereby established in the
Province of Mindoro, and Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-
three, extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act and
its amendments to the Island of Mindoro and incorporating that island
with the Province of Marinduque, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The Province of Mindoro shall consist of the Island of Min-
doro and the small islands adjacent thereto, including the Island of
Lubang.
Sec. 3. The oflBcers of the provincial government of Mindoro shall
be a provincial governor, at a salary of two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars per annum; a provincial secretary, at a salary of one thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum; a provincial supervisor- treasurer,
at a salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty aollars per annum;
and a provincial fiscal, at a salary of one thousand four hundred dol-
lars per annum; all in money of the United States or its authorized
equivalent in local currency.
No person shall be eligible to any of these offices who is not a citizen
of the United States, or a citizen of the Philippine Islands, and no per-
son shall be eligible for any of these offices, who, having taken the oath
of allegiance to the United States, shall have violated the same. Non-
residence in the province shall not render the person appointed or
elected to office ineligible.
Sec. 4. The officers of the province shall be appointed by the Civil
Governor by and with the advice and consent of tne Philippine Com-
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mission, and may be removed by him with the like advice and consent.
They shall reside and have their offices in the municipality of Calapan,
Island of Mindoro, until suitable accommodations can be constructed
at Puerto Galera, which is hereby made the capital of said province.
Their successors shall be appointed and removed in the manner as in
Uiis section provided.
Sec. 6. After March first, nineteen hundred and three, the pro-
vincial secretary and the provincial supervisor-treasurer, as vacancies
occur, shall be selected under the provisions and restrictions of the
Civil Service Act. The provincial secretary shall be able to speak
and write the Spanish lan^age, and after January first, nineteen nun-
dred and six, the English language also. Before the provincial super-
visor-treasurer can qualify he shall give a bond to the Government of
the Philippine Islands, for the benefit of whom it may concern, with
suflScient security, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, the surety or
sureties to be approved by the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipel-
ago. The bond shall be conditioned to secure the faithful perf oim-
ance of the duties of the office as now or hereafter prescribea by law,
and for the accounting for all funds coming into his hands as super-
visor-treasurer or into those of his authorized deputies during his
incumbency in case of deatti or removal^ until the settlement of his
accounts by the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago. His bond
shall, after its approval, be filed with the Treasurer of the Philippine
Archipelago, who shall record the same in a book to be kept for the
purpose, and shall safely keep the same. The Treasurer of the Philip-
pine Archipelago shall exercise the same supervision over the office of
the sujpervisor-treasurer as he exercises over the offices of the pro-
vincial treasurers in provinces organized under the Provincial Govern-
ment Act.
Sec. 6. Before assuming office, each provincial officer shall take and
subscribe the following oath or affirmation:
"I, _ - -., having been
appointed •- , in the Province of
Mindoro, do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and
truly perform all the duties of said office; that I will faithfully
account for all moneys coming iiito my hands as such officer; that I
will bear true faith and allegiance to the Government of the United
States; and that I take this oath without any mental reservation what-
soever. So help me God."
The oadis of office may be administered to provincial officers by a
member of the Philippine Commission, its secretary, the governor of
the province, any United States Army officer stationed in the province,
the judge of the Court of First Instance within whose judicial district
the said province lies, or any other judicial officer having jurisdiction
therein. The oath shall be med in the office of the supervisor-treasurer
for the province.
Sec. t. The duties and powers of the provincial governor shall be
the same as those provided for the provincial governor of the Province
of Nueva Vizcaya, by virtue of section six of Act Numbered Three
hundred and thirty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organi-
zation of a provincial government in the Province of rfueva Vizcaya,"
as amended by Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-eight, but he
shall not exercise the powers of a judge of the Court of First Instance.
Sec, 8. The provincial secretary shall attest all the official acts of the
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provincial governor under tlie seal of the province and shall record all
those of the governor's a^*ts which are reauired by law to he recorded.
He shall be the custodian of the provincial seal. He shall receive from
the provincial governor and file in his oflSce all reports to the provincial
governor required by law, and shall index the same, and he shall gen-
erally act as custodian of all provincial records and documents. He
shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all public records and
documents, for which he may charge as personal comp)en8ation, in
addition to his regular salary, the amount of ten cents, local currency,
per one hundred words, including the certificate. In case of a vacancy
in the office of governor, or the absence of the governor from the pro-
vince, the secretary shall discharge the duties of the governor daring
such vacancy or absence or until the vacancy shall be filled as provided
in this Act.
Sec. 9. The supervisor-treasurer shall be the chief financial officer
of the province. He shall fix the day or days during each month from
January fifteenth to June thirtieth of each year on which the people
of the several townships may appear before him or his deputies to pay
their taxes: Provided^ That the last day so fixed shall be the thirtieth
of June of each year. He shall in person, or by authorized deputy,
supen^ise the appraisement and assessment of real property in all the
townships or settlements of the province in the manner provided in
"An Act providing for the establishment of local civil governments
in the townships and settlements of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya,"
except where otherwise especially provided. He ^all by himseff or
deputy, collect all taxes imposed upon property or persons in the prov-
ince either by the township or settlements of the province, except fees
for the granting of the privileges of fisheries, the issuing of certificates
of ownership of large cattle, and of the ^transfer of tiUe to the same,
tolls from ferries operated by the township, fees from township stables,
township pounds, township markets, township slaughterhouses, town-
ship batn nouses, and township cemeteries; license fees for theatrical
pe^ormances, horse races, circuses, cockpits,*and cock-fighting, and
the training of fighting cocks; which shall be collected by the town-
ship treasurer in the manner prescribed by ordinance of tne township
council. It shall be his duty to procure a certified copy of the tax
assessment list from each township or settlement of the province, and
file the same in his office, and to make an alphabetical index thereof,
which list and alphabetical index shall be a public record. He shall
have power to employ such deputies and assistants in discharginjp^ his
duties as he maj'^ deem necessary, subject to the approval of the
provincial board, and their salaries shall be fixed by the provincial
supervisor-treasurer, with like approval. The number and salary of
such employees shall be reported by the supervisor-treasurer to the
Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago at the close of each month,
who shall have power to abolish such offices or reduce salaries so as to
secure economy of expenditure, and no increase shall be made in tiie
number of employees or the amount of the salaries after having been
once fixed by the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago before his
approval of the proposed increase shall have been obtained: Provided^
That March first, nineteen hundred and three, such deputies and clerks
shall be selected in accordance with the rules and restrictions of the
Civil Service Act. The provincial supervisor-treasurer shall have
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authority to require a bond from each of his deputies in a penal sum
equal to the largest amount of public funds of every kind that such
deputy is likely to have in his custodv at any one time.
He shall be the custodian of the nmds of the province, and shall
Say no money out of the provincial treasury except upon warrants
rawn in accordance with law, which, duly indorsed bv the payee
named therein, shall be his voucher for their payment. He shall ren-
der an account before the fifth of each month to the provincial board
of the transactions of his oflBce for the preceding month, and shall
include, among other things, the amount of cash on nand at the begin-
ning of the month and the receipts during the month from every source,
the payments during the month and on what accounts paid, and the
balance on hand at the close of the last day of the month. The pro-
vincial board shall examine such accounts^ -and, if found correct, snail
80 certify on the face of the accounts. He shall forward a copy of his
monthly accounts, so approved, to the Treasurer of the Pnilippine
ArchipeWo, and another to the Auditor for the Philippine Archi-
pelago. The reports or accounts-current submitted to tne Auditor
shall be accompanied by all their supporting vouchers to enable the
Auditor to settle and adjust the same and certify the balance thereon.
Such accounts-current, vouchers, and paid warrants shall be as pre-
scribed by the rules prepared under tne Provincial Government Act
as amended. The provincial supervisor-treasurer shall retain a copy
of his accounts-current and of their supporting vouchers.
He shall also perform the duties of registrar of property pending
the appointment of such registrar for the province under the Land
Registration Act.
The provincial supervisor-treasurer shall have supervision of the
construction, repair, and maintenance of the roads, bridges, and ferries
of the province. He shall also have charge of the construction and
repair of public buildings and the offices of the provincial government,
and shall be the custodian thereof under direction of the provincial
board. All contracts for the construction, repair, and maintenance of
buildinjgs, roads, bridges, or ferries shall be let by the provincial
supervisor-treasurer, with the approval of the provincial board, and
no payment, partial or final, upon any contract made for such work
shall be made except upon the certificate of the supervisor-treasurer
Aat the same is due. Before a contract is let for work it shall be the
duty of the supervisor-treasurer to prepare proper plans and specifi-
cations and to make an estimate of tne cost tnereof , and to submit the
same to the provincial board. Copies of all contracts made by the
supervisor-treasurer, with the approval of the provincial board, shall
be forwarded by the supervisor-treasurer to the Auditor for the Phil-
ippine Archipelago. He shall make monthly reports to the provincial
board as to the condition of the roads, bridges, and public buildings
of the province, and shall recommend to the board the repairs and new
construction which are necessary. It shall be the duty of the provin-
cial supervisor-treasurer to see that the roads, bridges, and public
buildings of the province are kept in proper repair. All stationary
and office supplies of every character shall oe purchased by him, upon
the order of the provincial board, for the use of the provincial officers.
He shall keep a property account, in which he shall charge the pro-
vincial officers with the furniture or other personal property delivered
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to them ana hold or used by thom for public purposes, and shall take
receipts for all supplifvs thus deliverod ny him.
Sec. 10. The duties and powers of the provincial fiscal shall be such
as are provided for the provincial fiscal of the Province of Nueva Viz-
caya hy virtue of section nine of Act Numbered Three hundred and
thirty-seven; and in case of the absence or neglect, or failure from
neglect or refusal to discharge his duties by reason of illness or per-
sonal interest in the proHOcution, or for any other cause, a temporary
fiscal may be appointed in the manner provided in said section nine of
said Act Nmnbered Three hundred and thirty-seven, with the powers
therein defined.
Sec. 11. The salaries herein provided shall be paid monthly, so that
one-twelfth of the annual salary shall be paid on the last day of each
calendar month. Each provincial officer snail be allowed his necessary
and actual traveling expenses, not exceeding three dollars per day,
money of the United States, while absent from the capital of tne prov-
ince on official business; the allowance shall be made by the provincial
board upon the certificate of the officer that the travel was necessary
for the public business, and shall not be paid until the account, accom-
panied by a resolution of the board approving the same, shall be for-
warded to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, and by him
approved.
Sec. 12. The provincial governor, the provincial secretary, and the
Srovincial supervisor-treasurer shall constitute the provincial board,
he governor shall be the presiding officer of the board. The secre-
tary shaD be its secretary and keep the minutes.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the provincial board:
(a) To provide by construction, purchase, or renting suitable ofiSces
for the provincial officers, and a courthouse containing a room or rooms
suitable for the holding of court and for offices for the court officers,
and a provincial jail in the municipality fixed by law as the capital of
the province. The provincial building shall first be used for tbe pur-
pose of affording sufficient office room to all the provincial officers. If,
after supplying this necessary office room, the ouilding affords suffi-
cient accommodation for the residence of the governor of the province,
he may occupy the building for this purpose. The assignment of
rooms for offices and the residence of tne governor in the provincial
building shall be made by the provincial board.
(J) To furnish a suitable vault or safe to the provincial supervisor-
treasurer, in which he shall keep the provincial or other public funds
as long as they are in his custody, except as hereinafter provided.
(c) To order, in its discretion, the construction, repair, or mainte-
nance of roads, bridges^ or ferries within the province on the recom-
mendation of the provincial supervisor-treasurer, and to approve or
reject contracts for such construction or repair, and the construction
or repair of provincial buildings let by the provincial supervisor-
treasurer. No contract for the construction of a roadj bridge, or of
a public building shall be entered into until the provincial supervisor-
treasurer shall certify that there is in the provincial treasuiy a sum
sufficient to meet the estimated cost of the construction of the improve-
ment which may be lawfully devoted to such purpose; and after such
certificate shall oe made ana filed and the contract entered into, the
provincial supervisor-treasurer shall treat the sum thus certified as not
subject to warrant except to meet the obligations of the contract
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All work of repair, construction, or equipment of roads or buildings
involving a greater cost than five hundred dollars in money of the
Dnited btates shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after ten
days public notice of the letting by advertisement in a paper of general
circulation in the province, or, if there is no such p«per, by a notice
posted for ten days in the main entrance of the provincial supervisor-
treasurer's oflSce in the capital of the province. If the provincial
board shall regard the contract to be let and the work to be done of
sufficient ma^itude, it maj authorize the supervisor-treasurer, in
addition to giving the public notices above required, to advertise for
bids in a newsj»per published in the city of Manila. The supervisor-
treasurer is authorized to reject any or all bids, and, if the bids are
too high, he may recommend to the board that he be allowed to pur-
chase the material and hire labor and himself supervise the work, and
the board may then authorize such a course.
{d) To direct, in its discretion, the bringing or defense of suits on
behalf of the provincial government of Mindoro, and to compromise
the same on the recommendation of the provincial fiscal and the
approval of the judge of First Instance for tne district.
U) To order the monthly payment of all salaries, provided by law,
ana the payment of all lawfully contracted indebtedness, by directing
the issue of warrants upon the provincial treasury. Every warrant
shall be drawn by the governor and countersigned by the supervisor-
treasurer, and shall recite the cause and purpose of drawing the same,
the date of the resolution authorizing it, and the page of the minutes
of the board's proceedings on which it is recordea. Should the pro-
vincial supervisor-treasurer deem any warrant drawn to be for an
unlawful or unwarranted purpose, he ma^ suspend payment and refer
the (]^ue8tion to the Treasurer of the Pnilippme Arcnipelago, whose
decision shall be mandatory upon him.
(/) To authorize the provincial supervisor-treasurer to deposit so
much of the provincial funds as may not be needed in the near future
for public use in a bank of deposit of approved standing in the Islands.
All interest paid on such deposit shall inure to the benefit of the pro-
vincial treasury, and no funds shall be deposited in the bank by the
supervisor-treasurer until there shall be spread upon the minutes of
the board a resolution reciting and approving the exact terms of the
contract or deposit in the bank. The bank shall certify the weekly
balances of provincial funds held by it to the provincial governor and
to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago.
(g) To hold regular weekly meetings upon a day to be fixed by the
board, and specialmeetings upon the call of the governor. The meet-
ings of the board shall be open to the public.
(A) To provide for the appointment of subordinate emplovees by
the various provincial officers, and to approve or disapprove their sal-
aries; but such order of the board shall not have effect until notice
thereof shall have been given to the Treasurer of the Philippine Arch-
ipelago and it shall receive his approval.
(») To adopt rules regulating the hours of employment of the subor-
dinates in the various offices.
{i) To provide an official seal for the province.
bEc. 14. All the provisions of section thirteen of Act Numbered
Three hundred and tnirty-seven, relating to absence of provincial offi-
cials from the province, and to suspension, removal, or reinstatement
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of sucQ officials, the appointment of temporary officials^ and their com-
p>ensat]on, and the filling of vacancies in provincial offices created by
removal, resignation, or death, are hereby made applicable to the
Province of Mindoro.
Sec. 15. {a) The actual and necessary traveling expenses of the dep-
uties, subordinates, and other employees of provincial officers engaged
in traveling in the province on official business shall be paid from the
provincial treasury when authorized by the provincial board and
approved by the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago. The same
limitation as to the amount of the expenses per day which applies to
the traveling expenses of the provincial officers shall apply to those
herein authorized.
(b) In applying the statutory limitation upon the amount per day
which can be actually expended and reimbursed to provincial officers
and their subordinates for expenses in traveling on official business for
the province, the total actual traveling expenses for each quarter shall
be added together and divided by the number of days of the quarter
during which the officer or his subordinates has been absent on public
business in the province from the capital thereof; and if the amount
per day thus calculated and averaged for the quarter does not exceed
the limitation of maximum per diem e3rpenses hereinbefore authorized,
the whole amount actually expended shall be allowed to the officer or
his subordinate.
Sec. 16. It shall be the duty of the provincial board, immediately
after its organization, to proceed with the organization of all the pueblos
of. the province which have, in their opinion, a sufficient Christian or
civilized population to warrant the maintenance of a municipal gov-
ernment therein, and upon completing such organization, shall make
a report to the Civil Governor of the names of the pueblos so organ-
ized into municipalities, with the estimated civilized population in them
and the manner m whicn the boundaries thereof have been designated.
If the boundaries adopted by the board are the same as those that have
heretofore existed under any organization made by the military
authorities of the United States, or by Spanish authorities before
American occupancy, the facts shall be stated. The manner of organ-
izing such municipalities, the designation of the municipalities so
organized, the powers and liabilities thereof, the division into barrios,
the officials of tne several pueblos or townships, the manner of election
or appointment of such officials, the duties and powers of such officials,
the qualifications of electors and officials, the oath to be taken by
officials and electors, the disqualifications from voting, the methods of
conducting elections and issuing certificates of elections to officials
entitled thereto, the accounting to be rendered by all such officials, the
compensation for the officials, the requirements of bonds from officials,
the exemption of persons from the performance of the duties of offices
to which they arc elected, the manner of filling vacancies in any office,
the temi of office of all officers elected and appointed, the liability of
officers to penalties and damages, the powers and duties and methods
of procedure of township councils, the effect of ordinances enacted by
township cx)uncils, the method of imposing taxes and the resources
from which revenues shall be derived for townships, the times when
license and privilege taxes shall be paid, and when such licenses and
privileges shall terminate, and the penalties for failure seasonably to
pay the same, the duties of the provincial supervisor-treasurer aa to
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I keeping the records open to public inspection, and the names of all
! persons paying license or privilege taxes arranged alphabetically, the
method of imposing penalties for failure to pay taxes, the right of the
provincial governor to supervise all ordinances and rules passed by the
township councils, the duty of the persons within the townships to
declare the value of their property for the purposes of taxation, the
right of the provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treasurer,
and the president of the township council in which the property lies
to reconsider the value so stated as a board of assesors, the procedure
in case a propertv owner fails to declare the value of his propertv
within the time hxed by law, and the penalties to be imposed for fail-
ure so to do, and the method of enforcing such penalties, the persons
who shall be exempt from the payment of any property tax, the amount
of the annual property tax, the requirements of cedulas as to each per-
son paying taxes, the method of issuing cedulas, the requirements as
to the production of cedulas, and the consequences of failure to produce
them, the preparation of lists of persons from whom the property tax
is due and the amount of such taxes, and the notification to taxpayers
in relation to such taxes, the time when such taxes shall be due, the
method of collecting and enforcing payment thereof with or without
penalties, the disposition of sums realized from taxes, the liability of
the supervisor-treasurer for uncollected taxes, the meetings of presi-
dents of the several townships for the purpose of considenng matters
needed in the province and making recommendations to the provincial
board, the determination of disputes as to the boundaries of townships,
the right of the provincial governor to suspend any township official,
the method of securing blank forms for the use of townships and of
paying therefor, shall m such as are prescribed in sections one to sixty-
seven, inclusive, with the exception of section sixty, of Act Numbered
Three hundred and eighty-seven, entitled ''An Act providing for the
establishment of local civil governments in the townships and settle-
ments of Nueva Vizcaya," which Act in all its terms shall, so far as they
are applicable, be controlling in the organization and carrying on of
municipal governments in the Province of Mindoro.
Wherever the provincial secretary-treasurer or the provincial super-
visor is mentioned in such sections, for the purposes of this Act it snail
be read provincial supervisor-treasurer, except in section sixty-four,
where the words provincial secretary-treasurer shall be read provincial
secretary.
Sec. 17. In the year nineteen hundred and three the declarations as
to the value of property for purposes of taxation required by the pro-
visions of the preceding section shall be made between the first and
thirty-first days of July, and property owners shall be subject to the
fine provided for failure to declare the value of their property within
the period fixed, if they fail to make their declarations on or before
the first day of August. The supervisor-treasurer shall prepare the
list of persons from whom taxes are due on or before the first day of
September, nineteen hundred and three, and taxes maybe paid between
the first and the thirty-first days of December, nineteen nundred and
three, on the days fixed as provided by the provisions of said Act
Nwnbered Three hundred and eighty-seven. Unpaid taxes shall
become delinquent on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
fom*.
Sec. 18. The governor of the Province of Mindoro is hereby author-
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ized, subiect to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to deal
with and provide for the government of members of non-Christian
tribes, witnin the Province of Mindoro as herein defined, in the man-
ner provided in sections sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy, and seventy-
one of said Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven, which
sections, so far as they are applicable, shall be controlling in govern-
ing non-Christian tribes in the rrovince of Mindoro.
Sec. 19. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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. 20. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1902.
[No. 501.]
AN ACT transferring the Province of Tayabas from the Sixth to the Seventh Judicial
' ■ > Prov"
District, and the Province of Mindoro from the Seventh to the Sixth Judicial Dis-
trict, providing for the holding of the terms of court for Tayabas at the towns of
Tayabas and Boac, and amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty.
By authm^ty of the United States^ he it etiacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ trvat:
Section 1. (a) Paragraph eight of section one of Act Numbered
One hundred and forty is nereby amended to read as follows:
"The Sixth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of La
Laguna, Cavite, and Mindoro."
Q)) Paragraph nine of said section one of said Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
''The Seventh Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Batangas and Tayabas."
Sec. 2. {a) Subdivision seven of section three of Act Numbered One
hundred and forty relating to the Sixth Judicial District, is hereby
amended b}'^ striking out the third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs thereof
and substituting therefor the following:
" At Calapan, in and for the Province of Mindoro, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of April and October of each year, until suiteble
accommodation for the court can be constructed at Puerto Galera in
the same province."
(5) Subdivision eight of section three of said Act Numbered One
hundred and forty relating to the Seventh Judicial District, shall be
amended by striking out the second and third paragraphs thereof and
substituting therefor the following:
" At Tayabas, in and for the Province of Tayabas, conmiencing on
the first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
" At Boac, in and for the Island of Marinduque, conmiencing on the
third Tuesdays of February and August of eacn year."
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, November 10, 1902.
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[No. 502.]
AN ACT amending "The Municipal Code*' by authorizing the Civil Governor to
postpone general municipal elections under certain circumstances.
By authority of ths United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Ckmimission^ tnat:
Section 1. Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "The Municipal
Code," is hereby amended by inserting after the word "following,"
in the fifth line of paragraph {a)^ of section nine thereof, the following
words: ^^ Promdea. That the Civil Governor may in his discretion
postpone municipal elections in any province when, on account of the
prevalence of ladronism, or for otner causes, he may deem such a
course conducive to the public interest," so that the first sentence of
this paragraph shall read as follows: "General municipal elections
(except the first, for which special provision is hereinafter made, in
Chapter VIII) shall be held on the first Tuesday in December of each
year, and the oflScers elected thereat shall enter upon their duties on
the first Monday of January following: Provided^ That the Civil Gov-
ernor ma}' in his discretion postpone municipal elections in any prov-
ince when, on account of the prevalence of ladronism, or for other
causes, he ma}' deem such a course conducive to the public interest."
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 10, 1902.
[No. 503.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbere^l One hundred and eight v-three, entitled "An Act
to incorporate the city of Manila.**
By authcyi*ity of the United St^tes^ he it en^icted hy the Philippine
Commissimi^ thfit:
Section 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty -three, entitled ''An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," is
herebv amended by adding at the end of said section: "Any person
who shall willfully and corruptly swear or testify falsely to any material
matter under sucn oath shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished
by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than ten years."
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 10, 1902.
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[No. 504.1
AN ACT amending Act Nombered One hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act
authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil Departments,
Bureaus, and Ofiices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and nzing their
compensation as such."
By a/utJwHty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-
five, entitled *'An Act authorizing the appointment of disbursing
clerks in the various civil Departments, Bureaus, and OlEees, pre-
scribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensation
as such," is hereby amended by substituting therefor the following:
'•Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer in the city
of Manila having any public monevs intrusted to him for disburse-
ment to deposit the same with the Treasurer of the Archipelago or in
a depository designated by him and to draw for the same as may be
required for payments made by him in pursuance of law. No payment
shall be made m cash by any disbursing officer in the city oi Manila
where the amount to be paid exceeds tne sum of ten dollars, United
States currency, except for salaries and wages. All payments to cred-
itors other than for salaries and wages, as stated, in tne city of Manila,
shall be by check upon the designated depositoir for the disbursing
officer, the nimaber and amount of the check so arawn being entered
on the voucher covering said payment. Payments of salaries and
wages may be made in cash, but the disbursing officer shall draw his
check payable to himself for an amount not exceeding the amount of
any pay roll to be paid by him for any month, and he shall state on
the check so drawn that it is for funds with which to pay salaries and
wages, and, if required to do so by the Treasurer of the Archipelago,
shall submit a list of the salary payments to be made from the pro-
ceeds of such check. No disbursing officer shall keep in his personal
possession at any time an amount in cash exceeding his immediate
requirements for disbursement, but shall deposit all surplus funds
drawn from the Insular Treasury in his designated depository until
such time as he may be required or directed by the Auditor to deposit
the same in the Insular Treasury as repayments to the appropriations
originally drawn upon. All original transfers from the Treasury to
a disbursing officer shall be by warrant on the Treasury, as provided
by Act Numbered Ninety."
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 oraer 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, November 10, 1902.
[No. 505.]
AN ACT to repeal section eight of Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-eeven,
entitled "An Act providing lor the establishment of a civil hospital at Manila.'^
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-
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seven, entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of a civil
hospital at Manila," enacted October first, nineteen hundred and one,
is hereby repealed.
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 10, 1902.
[No. 506.]
AN ACT pioviding for a loan of nix thousand dollars, local currency, to the Province
of Paragua.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Gmimission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Paragua is
hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Govern-
ment, the sum of six thousand dollars, local currencv, or any part
thereof; to be expended by the provincial board of the Province of
Paragaa for the general purposes of the provincial government in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and
twenty-two, organizing the Province of Paragua. The sum thus
borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasury by the provincial
board on or before the fii'st day of January, nineteen hundred and
four, and shall be without interest. Such loan shall be made to the
povince in the amount of six thousand dollars, local currency, or any
less amount to be fixed in the resolution of acceptance by the provincial
board, upon receipt of the resolution of said board. The amount
loaned shall be paid to the provincial secretary-treasurer and receipted
forbv him, and shall be by nim disbursed upon orders of the provincial
board as in other cases.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars,
local currency, to comply with the provisions 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 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, November 10, 1902.
[No. 507.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four himdred and sixty-eeven, entitled "An act
to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands."
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Nmnbered Four hundred and sixty-
seven, entitled *' An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philip-
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pine Islands/' as amended by Act Numbered Four hundred and
eijrhty-six, is hereby further amended by adding at the close of ^id
Hcction the following:
"Any person in the Insular, pi*o\rincial, or municipal service of the
Government of the Philippine islands, if otherwise qualified, shall be
eligible for appointment as enumerator, special agent, clerk, or mes-
senger, ns provided in this Act, and shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to nis regular salarv as Insular, provincial, or municipal officer,
the amount herein provided as compensation for enumerator, special
agent, clerk, or messenger. In case an Army officer who has been
detailed as provincial governor of any province shall be appointed as
supervisor of the Census, he shall not receive the compensation pro-
viaed for in this section, but shall receive a per diem of five doUai's
from Insular funds, in addition to the per diem received from the
province, in lieu of all expenses incurred oy him as supervisor, subject
to the provisos contained in this section in reference to compensation
to supervisors of the Census."
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, November 10, 1902.
[No. 508.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty, making the Province of
Nueva Vizcaya a separate judicial district, and for other purpofees.
£y authoj'ity of ths United States^ he it enacted hy tlie Philipinne
Commissimi^ that:
Section 1. Until December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two,
the provincial secretary-treasurer of Nueva Vizcaya shall not be
required to perform the duties of clerk of Court of First Instance of
the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcajja, as provided in section three of
Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty. The judge of the Court of
First Instance of the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby
authorized to appoint a clerk for such Court of First Instance, at a
compensation at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum, payable
monthly, whose duties shall be the same as those of clerks of Courts
of First Instance in other provinces. The office of such clerk shall
cease on December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1902.
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[No. 509.]
AN ACT aathorizinff the provincial board of the Province of Sorsoeon to expend
from the provincial treasury the Bum of three thousand five hun<lrea dollarH, local
currency, for rice for the support of volunteers engage<l in suppressing ladronism
during March, April, and May, nineteen hundred and two.
By atUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Qytnmission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Sorsogon is
hereby authorized to pay from provincial funds the sura of three
thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, for rice for feeding vol-
unteers engaged in the suppression of ladronism in that province in
March, April, and May, nineteen hundred and two.
Sec. 2. xhe 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, November 10, 1902.
[No. 510.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Albay to pay the sum
of three hundred and fifty dollars, United States currency, for the hire of a launch
in July, nineteen hundred and two, to enable the provincial governor to visit the
Island of Oatanduanee.
By atUhority of the United States^ he it ermcted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial government of the Province of Albay is
hereby authorized to pay the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars.
United States currency, for hire of a launch in July, nineteen hundred
and two, to enable the provincial governor to visit the Island of
Catanduanes; anything in Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-
two, entitled '*An Act extending the provisions of 'The Provincial
Government Act' to the Province of Albay," limiting traveling
expenses of provincial officers, to the contrary notwithstanding.
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
handred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1902.
[No. 511.]
AN ACT fixing the salariee and wages of officers and crews of the Coast Guard fleet.
By mUhoritnj of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Gmmission, tnat:
Section 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Coast Guard and Ti-ansporta-
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tion is hereby authorized to employ the necessary number of officers
and crews for the Coast Guard fleet at the following rates:
CUTTEBS.
Captain: First five years, one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum; second five years, two thousand dollars per annum; third nve
years, two thousand two hundred dollars per annum; fourth five years,
two thousand four hundred dollars per annum.
First officer: First five years, nine hundred dollars per annum; sec-
ond five years, one thousand one hundred dollars per annum.
Second officer: First five years, seven hundred and twenty dollars
per annum; second five years, eight hundred and forty dollars per
annum.
Chief engineer: First five years, one thousand six hundred dollars
per annum; second five years, one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum; third five years, two thousand dollars per annum; fourth hve
years, two thousand two hundred dollars per anmma.
Assistant engineer: First five years, nine hundred dollars per annum;
second five years, one thousand one hundred dollars per annum.
Petty officers and crew: Boatswain, twenty dollai's per month; quar-
termaster, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; coxswain, eleven
dollars per month; sailor, ten dollars per month; machinist, thirty-five
dollars per month; oilers, twenty dollars per month; firemen, fifteen
dollars per month; coal passers, eleven dollars per month; steward,
saloon, twenty dollars per month; first cook, twenty dollars per month;
second cook, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; boy, officers'
mess, eight dollars per month.
SEAGOING LAUNCHES.
Master, one thousand two hundred dollars per anniun.
Mate, six hundred dollars per annum.
Chief engineer, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
Petty officers and crew: Quartermaster, twelve dollars ancj fifty cents
per month; sailor, ten dollars per month; first assistant engineer,
thirty dollars per month; second assistant engineer, seventeen dollare
and fifty cents per month; fireman, eleven ooUars per month; cook,
fifteen aoUars per month; mess boy, eight dollars per month.
TWIN-SCREW LAUNCH '' PICKETT " (lIGHT-HOUSE TENDER).
Master, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum.
Mate, six hundred dollars per annum.
Chief engineer, nine hundred dollars per annum.
Petty officers and crew: Boatswain, twenty dollars per month; quar-
termaster, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; sailor, ten dollars
per month; machinist, thirty -five dollars per month; second machinist,
thirty dollars per month; fireman, twelve dollars and fifty cents per
month; cook, twenty dollars per month; mess boy, eight dollars per
month.
Master, one thousand and eighty dollars per annum.
Mate, four hundred and eighty dollars per annum.
Chief engineer, nine hundred dollars per annum.
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Petty officers and crew: Assistant engineer, thirty-seven dollars and
fifty cents per month; fireman, fifteen dollars per month; quarter-
master, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; sailor, ten dollars
per month; cook, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month.
SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.
Officers, thirty cents gold per day.
Petty officers and crow, ten cents gold per day.
CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.
Petty officers and crew, three uniforms and two hats per annum for
each man.
FLEET STAFF.
Pay officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
Pay clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. Tne 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 10, 1902.
[No. 512.]
AN ACT transferring the Agricultural College in the island of Negros from the
Boreau of Education to that of Agriculture, and making an appropriation for the
establishing and carrying on of same and of an experiment station.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Agricultural College, provision for the establish-
ment of which was made by Act Numbered Seventy-four under the
Bureau of Bkiucation, is hereby transferred to the Bureau of Agri-
culture. The college shall be situated upon the Government farm
known as ''La Granja Modelo," and said farm is hereby set aside for
the use of the college and as an experiment station in connection
therewith.
Sec. 2. The college and experiment station shall be under the gen-
eral supervision and control of the Chief of the Bureau of Agricul-
ture, wno shall approve the plans for the construction of the necessary
college and farm buildings, and select the sites for them.
Sec. 3. There shall be a director of the college and experiment sta-
tion, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand
dollars per annum in money of the United States. He shall be
appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Commission. Such subordinate officers, instructors, or employees of
the college and experiment station as may hereafter be authorized
shall be appointed bv the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, subject
to the approval of the Civil Governor.
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Sec. 4. The director of the college and experiment station shall,
subject to the approval of the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture,
fix the course of study, supervise the work and expenditures of the
college and experiment station, and of all subordinate officers and
emplovees, who shall be immediately responsible to him for their
official acts and conduct. He shall formulate, subject to the approval
of the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, plans for practical and
experimental work in conjunction with the courses of study.
Sec. 5. The courses of study offered by the college shall include
horticulture; farm management, including road building, drainage,
and irrigation; animal inaustry; diseases of plants and animals usexul
to man; economic botany and entomology; chemistry; the English
language; special courses uponimportantand practical subjects, includ-
ing the culture and harvestmg of important crops, and the breeding of
domestic animals; and such other subjects as tne director may deem
advisable to introduce and the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture may
approve.
Sec. 6. Instruction shall be given by officers or employees of the
Bureau of Agriculture who may be designated for this purpose by the
Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture; by officers or employees of the
Bureau of Government Laboratories who may be designated for this
purpose by the Superintendent of Government Laboratories at the
request of the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture; and by such
instructors appointed by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture as
may hereafter be authorized. All courses of study shall, so far as
practicable, be accompanied by practical laboratory or farm work.
Sec. 7. Students shall be furnished instruction and lodging without
charge, but shall pay for their board at a rate sufficient to cover the
actual cost of the food furnished and of preparing and serxing' it.
This rate shall be fixed by the director, subject to the approval of the
Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture.
Sec. 8. The experiment station shall conduct investigations into
the comparative advantages of rotating crops as pursued under vary-
ing series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimati-
zation; the comparative effects of manures and of different methods of
cultivation on crops; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage
plants; the food value of different kinds of food for domestic animals;
the improvement of plants and animals by careful selection and breed-
ing; and such other investigations bearing directly on the agricultural
inaustry of the Islands as local conditions may warrant and the (3hief
of the Bureau of Agriculture may approve.
Sec. 9. There shall be an advisory board, consisting of the Chief of
the Bureau of Agriculture and six members representing the agricul-
tural interests of the Islands, who shall be appointed by the Civil
Governor. This board shall meet annually at the college at the call of
the Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of investigating and report-
ing to the Secretary of the Interior upon the work of the college and
experiment station, andof makingsuch recommendations as it may deem
advisable with reference to future work. Members of the board shall be
allowed the actual and necessary cost of travel from their homes to La
Car lota and return, together with subsistence and a per diem of five
dollars. United States currency, per day while proceeding to the place of
meeting, attending the meeting, and returning therefrom.
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Sec. 10. The director of the college and experiment station shall
make Quarterly reports of progress to the Chief of the Bureau of
Agriculture, and on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year
shall present a full and detailed report of all operations of the college
and experiment station for the preceding twelve months, including a
statement of receipts and expenditures, one copy of which shall be sent
to the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture and one to the Auditor for
the Philippine Archipelago. The director of the college and station
may. also present to the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture from time
to time for publication, reports of results of experiments, or other
matters of public interest which may be learned through researches
carried on under his direction. All bulletins and reports prepared by
the college or station shall be issued by and distributed through the
Bureau of Agriculture.
Sec. 11. Tne sum of fifteen thousand dollars, in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated
out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the construction of roads and buildings upon the La Carlota estate, for
the purchase of draft animals and agricultural machinery, for the pay-
ment of such farm laborers as may be deemed necessary by the director
and approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, and for the
contingent expenses of the college and experiment station for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three. All funds
appropriated for the college and experiment station shall be disbursed
by the officer of the college or station who shall be designated for this
purpose by the Civil Governor, as in other cases.
Sec. 12. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture shall prepare rules
and regulations for the admission and matriculation of pupils in the
Agricultural College, having in view the general intention to secure an
attendance at the college of pupils from all the provinces of the Archi-
pelago. The regulations shall fix the age, and tne moral, physical, and
educational qualifications of those who may be matriculated. Each
pupil who shall finish successfully the entire course of study prescribed
as nereinbefore provided shall receive a diploma, signed by the direi»tor
of the college, tne Chief of the Bureau or Agriculture, and the Secre-
tary of the Interior, conferring the degree of Bachelor of Agriculture,
to be abbreviated as " B. Agr. '" The rules and regulations may further
provide for the issuing of certificates of proficiency by the director of
the college and the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture to those who
shall have finished successfully special courses to be prescribed in said
rules and regulations. The rules and regulations shall be approved by
the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 13. Sections nineteen and twenty-four of Act Numbered Sev-
enty-four, together with all other Acts or partes of Acts relating to the
establishment of an agricultural school in the Island of Negros incon-
sistent herewith, are nereby repealed.
Sec. 14. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
nmeteen hundred.
Sec. 15. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1902.
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[No. 613.]
AN ACT amending Rule forty-eight of Act Numbered Ninety.
By authority of the United States^ and vnth the conawrence and
approval of the Secretary of War first had^ he it ena^^ted by the Philip-
pine Commimion^ that:
Section 1. Rule forty -eight of Act Numbered Ninety is hereby
amended bj adding at tne close thereof the following:
"There is hereby created andshall be maintained the office of cashier
of the Treasurer of the Islands, to be filled by appointment of the
Secretary of War, whose duties shall be, under the supervision of the
Treasurer, to receive and disburse cash in the office of the Treasurer
and have charge of the cash room and perform such other duties as
the Treasurer may assign to him. He shall receive an annual salary
of three thousand dollars. He shall have charge of the Bureau of the
Treasury as Acting Treasurer in case of the death, resijgnation, sick-
ness, or other absence of the Treasurer. He shall give bond, the
amount and sufficiency of which shall be fixed and approved in the
same manner as the Treasurer's bond."
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, November 10, 1902.
[No. 614.]
AN ACT creating a commission to secure, oi*ganize, and make an exhibit of Philip-
pine products, manufactures, art, ethnology, and education at the Louisiana Par-
chase Exposition to be held at Saint Louis, in the United States, in nineteen
hundred and four.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy ttve Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. For the purpose of securing, organizing, and making an
exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, etnnolog}\ educa-
tion, and the customs and habits of the people, there shall be appointed
by the Civil Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Philippine Commission, a board to consist of three members, one of
whom shall be designated as chairman in his appointment, to be called
the Exposition Board.
The chairmanof the Board shall receive an annual salary of five thous-
and dollars. United States currencv, and the other two members shall
receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars. United States cur-
rency, each. The actual traveling expenses of each member, while
absent from his usual place of residence on business of the Board, shall
be paid out of the Exposition fund hereinafter provided.
Any two members of the Board shall constitute a Quorum.
Sec. 2. The Civil Governor shall appoint, by ana with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Conmiission, a secretary of the Board,
who shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundrea dollars. United
States currency, per annum.
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The Exposition Board shall have power to appoint stenographers,
clerks, traveling agents, messengers, laborers, and such other employees
as may be necessary at salaries or wages to be fixed by the Board upon
the approval of the Civil Governor while the majority of the Board is
in the JPhilippine Islands. When a quonmi of the Board is in the
United States no positions shall be created and no persons appointed
to the same, except by the unanimous vote of the three members of the
Board.
It shall be the duty of the Board either as a body, or by individual
members, or through agents, to secure in the Philppine Islands as
comprehensive an exhibit as possible of the products and resources,
manufactures, art, ethnology, education, government of the Philip-
!>ine Islands, and the habits and customs of the Filipino people; and
or this purpose the Board is authorized to visit, eitner as a body or
by individual members, or by agents, every part of the Philippine
Islands.
Sec. 3. The Board shall have an office in the citv of Manila, to be
assigned to it in some available public building by the Civil Governor,
and shall adopt rules for its meetings and the discharge of its business.
Sec. 4. The Board is authorized and directed to hold a preliminary
exposition of certain of the exhibits at Manila in the autumn of nine-
teen hundred and three; and to secure buildings and space for this
Ijurpoee in the city of Manila and to improve the same, and to estab-
ish a permanent museum of such exhibits in Manila. The Board is
further authorized and directed to secure the needed land from the
authorities of the Saint Louis Exposition; to expend the necessary
sums in the drawing of plans for the necessary buildings, and for their
construction; and for the laying out of the grounds included in the
tract of land assigned to the Philippine Exhibit; to incur all necessarv
expenditures, in the securing of exhibits including the necessary ad-
vertising, in the transportation of exhibits from the points where
secured m the Philippine Islands to Manila, and thence to Saint Louis
in the United States.
It shall be the duty of the Board, or its agents, to secure from as
many persons as possible, private exhibits or articles belonging to such
persons, and to return the same to them at the close of the Exposition
m Saint Louis.
The Board is further authorized to acquire by purchase such exhibits
as it may not be able to obtain gratuitously, and to make such disposi-
tion of same after the Exposition is closed as may seem wise, tendering
them first to the Smithsonian Institute, and second, to the Philadelphia
(Commercial Museum.
Sec. 6. The Board herein appointed shall, subject to the approval
of the Civil Governor, formulate rules which shall govern the receipt
of exhibits, their preservation, transportation, classification, and final
disposition.
The Board appointed herein shall have power to incur, in the work
of the collection of the exhibit, its transportation to Saint Louis, and
the holding of the preliminary exposition at Manila, the construction
of buildings at Saint Louis and the laying out of grounds, and in
other expenditures authorized by this Act, obligations not exceeding
in the aggregate the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in
money of the United States; and in addition to that sum, any sum
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which may be contributed for the purpose of aiding the Philippine
Exhibit by the Directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the
latter sum to be expended under such limitations and restrictions as
may be imposed by the Directors of the Exposition.
DEC. 6. All letters mailed by the Exposition Board, its members,
or its secretary, on Exposition business, together with mail indexed
in return envelopes from persons communicating with the Board, its
secretary, or its agents on Exposition business, shall be carri^ in the
mails of the Philippine Islands free.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the heads of all the Bureaus of the
Insular Government and the governors and members of the provincial
boards of all the provinces, and of all the municipal presidents and
.other municipal officers in the Islands, together with Constabulary
officers and the captains and officers of Coast Guard vessels, to furnish
every assistance in their power not inconsistent with law to the Expo-
sition Board and its agents appointed under this Act for the purpose
of expediting the securing of exhibits, their transportation, and tneir
classification. The free use of the telegraph lines of the Islands shall
be allowed to the members of the Exposition Board and its employees
and agents for the purpose of facilitating the business of the Board.
Sec. 8. No taxes or duties shall be imposed by the Insular, provin-
cial, or municipal governments of the Islands on exhibits collected by
the Exposition Board for exhibit, either in Manila or Saint Louis.
Sec. 9. The Board shall render a monthly report of the work done
by it to the Civil Governor, and aquaiieiiy account of its receipts and
expenditures to the Civil Governor and the Auditor for the Arch-
ipelago.
Sec. 10. The Civil Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Commission, a disbursing officer for the
Exposition Board, under this Act, who shall receive compensation at
the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars. United States currency,
per annum. In addition to his acting as disbursing officer, he shall
discharge such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Exposi-
tion Board. The Civil Governor shall fix his bond. The disbursing
officer thus appointed shall be subject to all the requirements imposw
by existing law upon the disbursing officers of other Bureaus and
Departments in respect to rendering accounts to the Auditor and in
his drawing of moneys from the Treasury and his custody and deposit
of the same.
Sec. 11. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Commission, five nonorary
commissioners, who shall be representative Filipinos, to visit the
Exposition in May, nineteen hundred and four, and to remain in the
United States, chiefly in Saint Louis, for the purpose of acting upon
the committees of award, of advising the Board appointed under this
Act, and of representing the Filipino people upon all occasions, when
such representation will be necessary or proper, in the public meet-
ings ana congresses at the Exposition. Such honorary commissioners
shall receive their actual traveling expenses and subsistence in going
•from Manila to Saint Louis, in their stay in Saint Louis, and in their
return to Manila, and a per diem compensation of seven dollars per
day each for a period beginning thirty-five days before the day of
the opening of the Exposition until thirty -five days after its close, or
so long as they may remain in the United States in attendance upon
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the Exposition for any less period. The honorary commissioners
shall have the right to visit Washinj^n to pay their respects to the
President of the United States during the first two months of the
Exposition, and their expenses of travel and subsistence during this
trip trom Saint Louis to Washington and return shall be incluoed in
the traveling expenses and subsistence allowed under this section.
Sec. 12. The nonorary commissioners appointed b^ virtue of the
provisions of the next preceding section snail organize by selecting
one of their number as chairman and one of their number as secre-
tary. The commissioners thus organized shall have the power to
employ a competent interpreter, who shall receive compensation,
while employed, at the rate of five dollars per day, in United States
currency, and the payment of his actual expenses from Manila to
Saint Ijouis, of his stay in Saint Louis, and return to Manila. He
shall be employed for a period not to exceed beginning thirtj^-five
days before the opening of the Exposition in Saint Louis until not
exceeding thirty- nve days after its close. It shall be the duty of
the commissioners as a bodjr to prepare and make a comprehensive
report upon the entire Louisiana Purchase Exposition, including the
congresses attended by them, after the close of the Expositon, and to
forward such report to the Philippine Commission on or before the
first day of March, nineteen hundred and five. No further compensa-
tion for the rendering of this report shall be paid the honorary com-
missioners than that provided in the next preceding section.
Sec. 13. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars, in money of the United States, to
be expended by order of the Board in meeting obligations authorized
to be incurred under section four of this Act.
Sec. 14. The Civil Service Act and its amendments shall not apply
to appointments under this Act.
Sec. 16. 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. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 11, 1902.
[No. 515.]
AN ACT to amend act numbered eighty, entitled **An act to rej?ulate the hours of
labor, leaves of absence, and tran8i>ortation of appointees under the rhilix)pine
Civil Service."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commismon^ that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Eighty, entitled *'An
Act to regulate the hours of labor, leaves of absence, and transporta-
tion of appointees under the Philippine Civil Service," is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
*'Sec. 3. Where an employee in the civil service is himself ill, or
in cases where any member of the immediate family of an employee
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is afflicted with a contagious disease, making the presence of such
employee in the Department or Office in which he is employed unsafe
for the health of his fellow-employees, he may be absent from duty
not exceeding sixty days in any calendar year with pay: Provided^
That he shall notity the head of the Bureau immediately of the cause
of his absence: And provided^ That after his return he shall establish
by evidence, to be prescribed in regulations adopted by order of the
Civil Governor, the fact that he was ill and unaole to be on duty on
account of illness, and that his claim is meritorious, or that a member
of his family had the conta^ous disease above described during the
period of his absence for which he claims compensation. If the period
of absence because of illness of the employee himself or in his family
shall exceed sixty days, he shall receive no compensation for the time
so in excess of sixtv days, and if the absence thus caused shall exceed
six months, he shall be immediately separated from the service. The
Question of granting leaves of absence, both in section two and section
ttiree of Act Numbered Eighty, shall be first submitted to the Civil
Service Board for its recommendation, and then forwarded to the head
of the Executive Department in which the applicant is employed, for
his final decision, except in respect to those Bureaus not under any
Executive Department, in which cases the recommendations of the
Civil Service Board shall be forwarded to the Civil Governor for his
final decision."
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 oraer 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 November 11, 1902.
[No. 616.]
AN ACT authorizing the removal of prisoners from the provincial jail of Bizal to
Bilibid Prison on account of the unhealthfulness and insecurity of the provincial
jail of Rizal.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Coiiifiihssmi^ that:
Section 1. In view of the unhealthf ul and insecure condition of the
provincial jail of the Province of Rizal at Pasig, it shaU be lawful,
upon an order of the judge of the Court of First Instance for the
Province of Rizal, spread upon the minutes of the Court, to remove
all persons lawfully committed to the provincial jail at Pasig, to
Bilioid Prison in Manila. They shall be so removed in the custc3y of
any peace officers of the province or of the Insular Constabulary, and
shall remain in Bilibid Prison until duly discharged by law, or until
returned to Pasig by order of the court ordering their removal.
Sec. 2. Such order of removal may include both those who are
serving sentences in the Pasig jail and those who, having had or
waived preliminary examination, are awaiting trial; but the Warden
of Bilibid Prison shall not be authorized to require labor from those
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prisoners thus removed who have not been convicted and are only
awaiting trial. The papers showing the lawful commitment of the
prisoners thus removed, together with a certified copv of the order of
removal, shall accompany the prisoners and be delivered to the
Warden of Bilibid Prison.
Sec. 3. Proceedings to release on bail the prisoners removed under
this Act who are committed for trial only, may be had in the town of
Pasig, as formerly, and in case bail is offered and accepted, the pris-
oner shall be returned bv order of the court to Pasig and there released.
Sec. 4. There shall be paid out of the provincial treasury of the
Province of Kizal to the Warden of Bilibid Prison a per diem amount
to be agreed upon between the Warden and the provincial board of
Rizal, and approved by the Civil Governor, for the support of each
prisoner under this Act removed to Bilibid Prison. The expenses of
transporting the prisoners and their guards to and from Bilibid
Prison under this Act shall be paid out of the provincial treasury of
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the sp^dy 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
Oammission in the enactment of laws," passed Septemoer twenty -sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 12, 1902.
[No. 517.]
AN ACT to provide against the danger of famine in the provinces of the Philippine
Archipelago.
By aiUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philijypitie
Commission^ that:
Section 1. To provide against the daneer of famine, due to the
short crop for the coming year in rice and other food stuffs usually
produced in the provinces of the Philippine Archipelago, it shall be
the duty of all municipal presidents to call meetings of the people of
their respective municipalities, to notify them of the impending danger
of famine, and to urge them at once to take, steps to secure the neces-
sary seed and to plant quick-growing crops of corn, camotes, rice, or
other food plants, whichever may furnish the most abundant crop in
the particular locality, suflBcient in quantity to produce the requisite
food for the people or the municipality for the coming year.
Sec. 2. Any municipal president is authorized to allot to the citizens
of his municipality sucn public land as there may be within the bounda-
ries of the municipality at present unoccupied, for the planting of the
seed and the raising of the crops provided for in this Act.
Sec. 3. The crops planted and gathered under this Act shall belong
to the persons planting and gathering the same, even though they be
planted upon the public land, and no rent for the public land thus used
shall be cnargeable against the persons so using same.
Sec. 4. In cases where it is impossible in the municipality or prov-
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ince to secure the proper seed, the municipal council shall call upon
the provincial board to procure the needea seed through the Insular
Purchasing Agent. The provincial board shall purchase the needed
seed from the general funds of the province, and shall sell the same to
the presidents of the municipalities whose councils have called for seed.
The seed furnished by a provincial board to anjr municipalitv shall be
receipted for by the municipal president and paid for out of the munic-
ipal Tunds by order of the municipal council. The seed shall then be
sold to the residents of the municipality at the cost price thereof. If
any person having land of his own, or tilling the public land, shall be
known to be unable to pav for the seed, the municipal president may
furnish him the seed witnout receiving the price thereof, in which
case he shall collect an amount equal to the value of the seed fur-
nished from the new crop, and shall sell the same and reimburse the
municipal treasury with the proceeds.
Sec. 5. E^h municipal president shall keep a record of the amount
of seed furnished to the inhabitants of his municipality and the num-
ber of hectares planted by each inhabitant in accordance with the
requirements of this Act, and it shall be his further duty to make
monthly reports of his proceedings under this Act to the provincial
governor.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the provincial governor to see that
the municipal presidents discharge their duties under this Act, and if
they fail to do so to suspend them and bring them before the provin-
cial board to answer to the charges of noncompliance therewith.
The provincial governor shall make monthly reports of the proceed-
ings of the municipal presidents and his own proceedings under this
Act to the Civil Governor.
Sec. 7. Any municipal president receiving seed from the provincial
board under section four of this Act who shall appropriate it to his
own use or shall fail to distribute it in accordance witn the terms of
this Act, or who shall knowingly permit or connive at the use of the
seed for any other purpose than planting a new crop as in this Act
provided, shall be hela to be guilty of embezzlement, and shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by impris-
onment not exceeding three years, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Civil Governor to issue a proc-
lamation to the governors of the provinces, reciting the terms of this
Act and directing them to ^rder the municipal presidents in accord-
ance herewith to call the people of their respective municipalities
together and secure the action required by this Act.
Sec. 9. The said proclamation of the Civil Governor shall be printed
in English and Spanish and in the principal dialects of the Islands, and
shall be forwarded to the various provincial governors to be by them
distributed among the municipalities of their respective provinces.
Sec. 10. The public good requiring the speeay 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 b^p^ the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 12, 1902.
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[No. 518.]
AN ACT defining highway robbery or brigandage, and providing for the punishment
therefor.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Gmimission^ that:
Section 1. Whenever three or more persons, conspiring together,
shall form a band of robbers for the purpose of stealing carabao or
other personal property, by means of force and violence, and shall
go out upon the highway or roam over the country armed with deadly
weapons for this purpose, they shall be deemed highway robbers or
brigands, and every person engaged in the original formation of the
band, or joining it thereafter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun-
ished by death or imprisonment for not less than twenty years, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. To prove the crime described in the previous section, it
shall not be necessary to adduce evidence that any member of the band
has in fact committed robbery or theft, but it shall be sufficient to
justify conviction thereunder if, from the circumstances, it can be
inferred beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was a member of
such an armed band as that described in said section.
Sec. 3. Persons guilty of the crime defined in section one may be
punished therefor in the Court of First Instance in any province in
which they may be taken or from which they may have fled.
Sec. 4. Every person knowingly aiding or abetting such a band of
brigands as that described in section one by giving them information
of the movement of the police or constabulary, or by securing stolen
property from them, or by procuring supplies of food, clothing, arms,
or ammunition and furnishing the same to them shall, upon conviction,
be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten years and not more
than twenty years.
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 \\a passage.
Enacted, November 12, 1902.
[No. 519.]
AN ACT defining vagrancy and providing for ptinisliment tlierefor.
By authority of the United Stdea^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Every person having no apparent means of subsistence,
who has the physical ability .to work, and who neglects to apply him-
self or herself to some lawful calling; every person found loitering
ftbout saloons or dramshops or gambling houses, or tramping or stray-
ing through the country without visible means of support; everv per-
son known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, ladron^ either by his
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own confession or by his having been convicted of either of said
olBfenses, and having no visible or lawful means of support when found
loitering about any gambling bouse, cockpit, or in any outlying barrio
of a pueblo; every icfle or dissolute person or associate of known thieves
or ladrones who wanders about the countrj^ at unusual hours of the
night; every idle person who lodges in any barn, shed, outhouse, ves-
sel, or place other than such as is kept for lodging purposes, without
the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof;
every lewd or dissolute person who lives in and about houses of ill
fame; every common prostitute and common drunkard, is a vagrant,
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not exceedii^ one
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year ana one
day, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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.
Seg. 3. This act shall take ellect on its passage.
Enacted, November 12, 1902.
[No. 520.]
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 merchandise
and passengers in the coastwise trade.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Whereas the President of the United States, upon October twenty-
third, nineteen hundred and two, signed an executive order providing
that " the executive order of July third, eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine, prescribing the conditions upon which officers of the customs m
the Philippine Islands, ceded to the United States bv Spain, may issue
a certificate of protection entitling the vessel to which it is issued to
the protection and flag of the United States on the high seas and in all
g3rts, shall not be deemed to preclude the power and authority of the
hilippine Commission to enact laws extending the right or privilege
of inter- island or coastwise trade in the Philippine Archipelago to
foreign vessels during the period while the laws regulating the coast-
wise trade of the United States are inapplicable thereto under the
provisions of the Act of Congress entitled 'An Act temporarily to
provide revenue for the Philippine Islands and for other purposes,'
approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and two":
Section 1. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipel-
ago is hereby authorized to issue a "Special coastwise license" to any
vessel belonging in whole or in part to a citizen of the United States,
to a citizen of the Philippine Islands, or to a citizen or subject of any
country with which the United States is at peace, entitling said vessel
to engage in the coastwise trade of the Philippine Islands upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter prescribed.
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SEa 2. The owner, managing owner, charterer, or master of any
vessel for which a special coastwise license is sought shall make a{)p1i-
cation therefor under oath to the Collector of Customs for the Philip-
pine Archipelago, setting forth the name and residence of the owner
or owners, the nationality, name, and place of construction of the
vessel, her class, gross and net tonnage, number of decks and masts,
her length, br^idth, and depth, and a statement that the vessel is
intended for legitimate trade only.
If satisfied of the bona fides of the application, the Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Archipelago shall issue a special coastwise
license for a period not to exceed one year, upon the payment of a
license fee of one dollar per year for each ton of registered tonnage of
the vessel, or at the rate of nfteen cents per registered ton per month
for any shorter period: Provided^ That m no case shall a license fee
of less than fifteen cents per ton be collected.
Sec. 3. In case the vessel is owned by an incorporated company, the
application may be made by the president, vice-president, acting presi-
dent, or secretary of such company, or by the master of the vessel.
Sec. 4. Upon the death, removal, or resignation of the person in
whose name the license is granted, or of one of the above-mentioned
officers of an incorporated company, or of a master of a vessel, whose
name appears in the license, a new license must be obtained, and the
same shall be issued without charge for the unexpired period of the
original license.
Sec. 5. In assessing the license fee above prescribed, the vessels
of the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Austria-
Hungary, the German Empire, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Spain, the
Netherlands, Russia, Finland, Portugal, and Japan, whose registers
indicate their gross and net tonnage under their present law, shall be
taken to be of the tonnage so expressed in their documents, without
admeasurement or charge therefor in the Philippine Islands, but all
other vessels shall be subject to the usual admeasurement and fees at
the port of Manila before being granted the license above descril^ed.
Sec. 6. Vessels operating under the special coastwise license shall
hoist their national ensign, and shall fly at the mainmast the ^^Philip-
pine coastwise emblem," which shall consist of a rectangular white
nag with one blue and one red star ranged from stall to tip in a hori-
zontal median line.
Sec. 7. The provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-four, one
hundred and thirty-six, one hundred and thirty-seven, one hundred
and thirty-eight, one hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and forty-
nine, one hundred and fifty -two, one hundred and fifty-three, and one
hundr^i and fiifty-five of the Philippine Customs Administrative Act
shall apply to all vessels, their cargoes, masters, officers, and crews
operating or being carried under the special coastwise license herein-
before authorized.
Sec. 8. Vessels operating under the special coastwise license, arriv-
ing at ports in the rhilippme Islands from a port or place outside of
the Islands, shall be subject to all the laws, regulations, orders, pro-
visions, fines, forfeitures, and other penalties provided for foreign
vessels, for vessels possessing the certificate of protection issued unoer
section one hundrea and seventeen of the Philippine Customs Admin-
istrative Act when entering from a port or place outside of the Phil-
ippine Islands, and for other vessels so enteiing the Philippine Islands.
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Seo. 9. The master of any vessel engaging in the coastwise trade of'
the Philippine Islands without being duly licensed in accordance with
this Act snali, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five thousand
dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years, or both,
in the discretion of the court, and the vessel and the cargo may be
seized and forfeited.
Sec. 10. In addition to the penalties prescribed by section three
hundred and two of the Philippine Customs Administrative Act, the
master of any vessel operating under a special coastwise license which
shall have any firearms, gunpowder, cartridges, dvnamite, or any other
class of explosives or munitions of war, concealed on board the vessel,
or not duly manifested, may also, on conviction, be imprisoned at hard
labor not more than ten years, in the discretion the court; and any officer,
member of the crew, or other person aboard such vessel, who, having
guilty knowledge of the presence on board of such concealed or
unmanifested firearms, gunpowder, cartridges, dynamite, or other
explosives or munitions of war, shall fail to report, or to make due
eflfort to report, the same to the first authority of the Insular Govern-
ment with whom communication can be had, shall, on conviction, be
fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor
not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 11. In addition to the penalties prescribed by section one hun-
dred and fifty-one of the Philippine Customs Administrative Act, the
master of any vessel operating under a special coastwise license which
shall enter any closed port in the Philippine Islands without the spe-
cial pennission of a collector of customs at a port of entry shall, on
conviction, be fined not to exceed two thousand dollars, or be impris-
oned at hard labor not more than five years, or both, in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 12. Every vessel for which a special coastwise license is sought
shall first be required to specially register in the office of the Collector
of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago all firearms, sidearms,
cartridges or ammunition therefor, lead, and other articles on board
or in the possession of either crew or passengers, which the Collector
of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago may designate for such
purpose, in addition to having the same regularly manifested as
required by law.
Sec. 13. The special coastwbe license by this Act provided shall
not be issued to any vessel having Chinese persons in its crew who are
excluded by law from entering the PhiUppine Islands, until the master
of such vessel shall have given bond, conditioned for the payment of
five hundred dollars, in money of tne United States, for every such
Chinese member of the crew who shall escape to tne shores of the
Philippine Islands from the vessel, and for the payment of the
expenses of capture and deportation hereinafter described. The
amount of such bond shall be fixed by the Collector of Customs for
the Philippine Archipelago and shall contain a provision that, in addi-
tion to the payment of the penalties above provided which it secures,
it shall also cover the payment of all expenses incident to the capture
and deportation of sucn Chinese members of the crew escaping from
such vessel into the Philippine Islands. The bond shall be signed and
executed by the master of the vessel and bv one or more sufficient
sureties, to be approved by the Collector of Customs for the Philip-
pine Archipelago, with whom it shall be filed. In addition to the
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security of the bond the Collector of Customs shall have authoritj^ to
iseize and hold the vessel until the penalties above provided and im-
posed, and the expense of capture and deportation of such escaped
Chinese persons, shall have been paid: Provided^ That where sucn a
Chinese member of the crew shall escape to the shores of the Philippine
Islands without the connivance of the master or the officers of the
vessel, and they, or either of them, shall retake and return to the ves-
sel such Chinaman within five days from the time of his escape, the
penalties herein provided may be reduced or remitted by the Collector
of Customs for tne Philippine Archipelago in his discretion.
Sec. 14. Upon being informed of the escape of any such Chinese
member of the crew of a vessel receiving a special coastwise license
under this Act the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago
shall apply to the proper Constabulary, provincial, or municipal
autiiorities for the capture and return of the escaped Chinaman, and,
if captured, he shall be deported from the Philippine Islands to the
place from which he last sailed at the expense of the master of the
yessel from which he escaped, the expense thereof to be collected out
of the penalty of the bond in addition to the penalty already imposed.
Sec. 15. A Chinese member of the crew of a vessel receiving a
special coastwise license under this Act escaping from the vessel, as
described in sections thirteen and fourteen, may 1^ apprehended upon
a warrant issued either by a collector of customs, a justice of the peace,
a municipal president, or the judge of a municipal court, upon an affi-
davit duly filed with said officer setting forth the fact that the person
named in the warrant is a Chinese member of the crew of a vessel
licensed under this Act, the vessel to be named . in the warrant, and
who had unlawfully escaped from such vessel; and any officer author-
ized to serve process in the Philippine Islands shall be authorized to
serve such warrant and make due return thereof to the officer issuing
the warrant.
Sec. 16. The master of any vessel for which a special coastwise
license is sought shall first be rec^uired to re^ster in the Office of the
Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago all aliens on board
his vessel, either as master, officers, members of crew, passengers, or
otherwise, who will continue on board while said vessel is en^ged in
the coastwise trade, by presenting for file separate alien manifests, in
duplicate, containing the usual data in regara to all such persons.
Sec, 17. Vessels operating under a special coastwise license shall be
permitted to carry coastwise cargoes from one port of entry to another
simultaneously with foreign cargoes, provided that either all of such
coastwise merchandise or all of such foreign merchandise be contained
in separate holds or compartments, whicn may be securely fastened
&nd sealed in a manner satisfactory to the customs authorities, and the
simultaneous transportation of foreign and coastwise cargoes shall be
subject generally to such limitations, bonds, and regulations as the
Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago may prescribe.
Sec. 18. No vessel shall receive a special coastwise license under
^ Act until the master or owner thereof shall have paid full customs
duties upon all sea stores and supplies upon the vessel, which have not
been purchased in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 19. No foreign mercmindise upon which duties have not been
paid shall be transjported to any but a port of entry in the Philippine
hilands, and any violation of the provisions of this section or of those
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of the two next preceding sections shall render the vessel, her master,
officers, and crew, or any other guilty person, subject to all the penal-
ties prescribed bv this Act, or otherwise by law, for smuggling and
carrjnng unmanifested goods, and in case an}- of the goods so trans-
ported m violation of law shall be firearms, gunpowoer, cartridges,
dynamite, or any other class of explosives or munitions of war, the
vessel, her master, officers, and crew, and any other guilty person,
shall also be subject to all the penalties prescribed by section ten of
this Act and section three hundred and two of the Philippines Customs
Administrative Act.
Sec. 20. Vessels opemting under a special coastwise license shall
be permitted to carry passengers from one port to another in the
Philippine Islands.
Sec. 21. Vessels operating under a special coastwise license shall
not be permitted to engage in the lighterage or other exclusively
harbor business in the Phihppine Archipelago.
Sec. 22. All special coastwise licenses smiH be numbered consecu-
tively, starting with ''F 1."
Sec. 23. All vessels operating under the special coastwise license
shall pay the regular fees prescribed by Chapter Twenty -two of the
Philippine Customs Administrative Act for vessels having a regular
first-class coastwise license.
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 ail 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
at the mainmast
Sec. 25. All vessels engaged in the coastwise trade under this Act
or under the Customs Acmiinistrative Act are hereby declared to be
common carriers and subject to the provisions of Act Numbered
Ninetv-eight, entitled ''An Act to regulate commerce in the Philippine
Islands."
Sec. 26. It shall be unlawful for two or more masters, owners, or
agents of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade under this Act, or
under the Customs Administrative Act, to enter into any agreement
between themselves to fix, increase, or maintain rates of transporta-
tion for passengers or merchandise, or to divide the coastwise trade
and business of these Islands, or between any ports of the Islands, for
the purpose of restraining and avoiding competition; and it shall be
the duty of the Collector of Customs, after a due hearing, to withdraw
and cancel the license to any vessel to engage in the coastwise trade
whose master, owner, or agent shall have entered into such an agree-
ment. An appeal from the decision of the Collector will lie to the
Court of Customs Appeals in cases arising under this section, as in
other cases.
Sec, 27. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a
commission of three persons, to membership in which any omcial of
the Insular Government may be eligible, which commission shall exer-
cise the authority and discharge the duties hereinafter m^scribed and
shall be known as the "Coastwise Rate Commission." The Coastwise
Rate Commission is authorized to classify vessels, merchandise, and
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passengers for the purpose of carriaffe in the coastwise trade and to
fix the maximum rates to be charged tnereunder for the transportation
in the several classes of vessels of the various classes of merchandise
and passengers from one point to another in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 28. Each member of the Coastwise Rate Commission who shall
not be an official of the Insular Government shall receive for his serv-
ices while actually engaged in the work of said Rate Commission a per
diem of t«n dollars per day, in money of the United States. The Civil
Governor is authorized to designate from some one of the Bureaus of
the Insular Government a stenographer to act as secretary of the said
Bate Commission, during its sessions, to take the evidence and tran-
scribe the same, and to keep the minutes of its proceedings.
It shall be the duty of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine
Archipelago to furnish rooms, furniture and the necessary stationery
for the work of the Rate Commission and its secretary. The Rate
Commission shall meet at the call of the Civil Governor and may be
adjourned from time to time by his order.
Sec. 29. It shall be the duty of the owner or master of any vessel
engaged in the coastwise trade to comply with the requirements of the
tarin of maximum rates fixed by the Coastwise Rate Commission as
hereinbefore provided, and in case of failure to provide transportation
at the prescribed rate, the Collector of Customs for the Philippine
Archipelago shall withdraw the license of the vessel to engage in the
coastwise trade, and the offending vessel, if it thereafter engages in the
coastwise trade, and its owner, master, and officers, shall oe liable to
the same penalties as those which are imposed upon any vessel, its
owner, master j or officers, engaged in the coastwise trade without a
heense: Promded^ however^ That if an appeal be taken from the
decision of the Coastwise Rate Commission and the tariff fixed by it to
the Court of Customs Appeals, as hereinafter provided, and the Court
of Customs Appeals shall modify or change the maximum rates fixed
by tiie Coastwise Rate Commission, then the maximum i-ates as modi-
fied by the Court of Customs Appeals shall be observed and obeyed
by all vessels engaged in the coastwise trade, subject to the penalties
hereinbefore provided for violation of the rates oi the Coastwise Rate
Commission.
Sec. 30. The maximum rates shall be reasonable, and shall not be
fixed as hereinbefore provided, except after a public hearing of all
persons or companies engaged as common carriers in the transportation
of freight or passengers.
Sec. 31. Any person deeming himself aggrieved by the order of the
Coastwise Rate Commission fixing rates for transportation may appeal
from the decision of the Coastwise Rate Commission to the Court of
Customs Appeals, to which, upon notice of appeal, the Coastwise Rate
Commission shall forward a record of the proceedings before it,
including a transcript of all the evidence taken, and of its judgment
thereon. The decision of the Court of Customs Appeals shall be final.
Sec. 32. It shall not be obligatory upon the Civil Governor to
appoint the Coastwise Rate Commission herein provided unless he
shall deem the rates prescribed to be excessive and such regulation to
be necessary.
Seo, 33. All prosecutions for violations occurring under this Act
shall be instituted in the Court of Customs Appeals in the manner
provided in the Customs Administrative Act, and all appeals from
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penalties imposed by the Collector of Customs hereunder shall be
taken to the Court of Customs Appeals as in that Act provided.
Sec. 34. Copies of sections ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, and seventeen of this Act, printed in both English and Span-
ish in bold type, shall be conspicuously posted in such places aboard
vessels operating under a special coastwise license and in such manner
an the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago may direct
Sec. 35. On and after the first day of December, nineteen hundred
and two, the Collector of Customs may, in his discretion, with the
approval of the Civil Governor and whenever the public interest shall
require, issue a regulation providing that no vessel of more than one
hundred and fifty tons of registers tonnage shall be permitted to
enter, berth, or moor within the Pasig River for the purpose of load-
ing or discharging cargo, or for any other purpose than to make nec-
essary repairs which could not be made in Manila Bay.
Sec. 36. All existing decrees, laws, regulations, or orders, or parts
thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 37. This Act shall be known and referred to as the '^Coastwise
Trade Act."
Sec. 38. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 17, 1902.
[No. 521.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of any province or^inized under "The Pro-
vincial Government Act" to call special meetings of municipal presidents to con-
sider matters of urgent importance to the province or the municipalities.
By authoritb of the United States^ b^ it endcted hy the I^htlippine
CmiiTnisdon^ trud:
Section 1. The provincial board of any province organized mider
''The Provincial Government Act" is hereby authorized, when in its
discretion it seems necessarj^, to call special meetings of all or any
number of the municipal presidents of the province for the purpose of
considering matters of urgent importance to the province or the
municipalities, said special meetings to be in addition to the regular
convention of municipal presidente as provided in the special acts
organizing the several provincial governments and b^ Act Numbered
Four hundred and twenty-five. Such special meetings may be con-
vened at the capital of the province, or, when some other point is
more centrally located with reference to the municipalities affected,
at such other places as may be fixed by the provincial board. The
special meetings of municipal presidents authorized by this section
may be called only upon the unanimous vote of the provincial board.
Sec. 2. In case of a special meeting of municipal presidents as
provided in section one hereof, the provincial boara is authorized to
pay from provincial funds the actual and necessary traveling expenses
of the municipal presidents so convened from their respective munici-
palities to the place of meeting and return: Provided^ Tnatthe expense
so paid shall not exceed the maximum limitation imposed by law upon
the traveling expenses of the provincial officers of tne province.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be i-etroactive in so far as necessarj' to authorize
the provincial board of the Province of Capiz to pay the traveling
expenses to the municipal presidents of that province convened during
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the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, for the purpose of
considering the question of reorganizing the municipalities of the
province.
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,
Dineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its pssage.
Enacted, November 17, 1902.
[No. 522.]
AN ACT empowermg the Civil Governor to authorize any provincial governor or the
Chief of the Philippines Constabulary to offer a reward of any sum not exceeding
two thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, for information leading to the
capture and conviction of the perpetrators of any murder or robbery or of the
members of any band of brigandis in the Archipelago.
By authoHty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions tnat:
Section 1. The Civil Governor is hereby empowered himself to
offer, or to grant authority to the provincial governor of any province,
or the (^iei of the Constabulary to offer, a reward not exceeding two
thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, for information leading
to the capture and conviction of a member of a band of brigands, or ot
the perpetrator of any murder or robbery or any other crime, or for
information leading to the capture of an escaped convict.
Sec. 2. The rewards the offer of which are authorized in the pre-
ceding section, shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury upon appro-
priation duly made. The officer offering the reward is authorized to
incur the expense of properly advertising the same, and such expense
shall be paid out of the Treasury of the Islands from appropriation
drdy 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, November 17, 1902.
[No. 523.]
AN ACT repealing section forty-four of Act Numbered One hnndred and thirty-six,
amending section forty-five of said Act by providing for tiie publication of the opin-
ions of the Attorney-General, and amending section forty-seven of said Act, as
amended by acts numbered three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred
and seventy-eight, by providing for five assistant attorneys and for special assistant
attorneys and counselors-at-law in the office of the Attomey-Oenersd.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section forty -four of Act Numbered One hundred and
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thirty -six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of courts
in the Philippine Islands," is nereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Section forty-five, subsection (i), of said Act Numbered One
hundred and thirty-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"(e) The Attorney-General shall give his opinion in writing to the
legislative body of the Islands, the Chief ESxecutive, the heads of the
four Executive Departments, and the Chiefs of the Bureaus organized
thereunder, the trustee of any Government institution, and any pro-
vincial fiscal, when requested in writing, upon any question of law
relating to their respective oflSces. All opinions rendered by the
Solicitor-General shall be signed by him and approved by the Attorney-
General, and shall have the same force and .effect as opinions signed
by the Attorney -General. All other opinions shall be signed by the
Attorney-General. The Attorney-General shall, under me supervi-
sion of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, from time to time, edit
or cause to be editea, such of the opinions of his office as the Secretary
of Finance and Justice may deem valuable for preservation in volumes,
and cause to be printed by the Public Printer of the Philippine Islands,
in the English and Spanish languages, an edition of five hundred copies
thereof, which volumes shall contain not less than seven hundred and
fifty pages of printed matter, and, as to quality of paper, printing, and
binding, shall oe uniform in style and appearance with the '^ Philippine
Reporte." and shall be numbered in the order of the volumes published.
Each volume shall contain proper headnotes, a full and complete index,
and such footnotes as the Attorney-General may approve. The vol-
umes, when printed, shall be delivered to the Librarian of the Philip-
pine Commission, who shall deliver one copy to the Chief Executive
of the Islands, to the head of each of the four Executive Departments
of the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the Chief of each
Bureau organized thereunder, to each judge of a Court of First
Instance, to each provincial secretary, to the clerk of the Supreme
Court, to each provincial fiscal, to tne City Attorney of the city of
Manila, to the Prosecuting Attorney of the city of Manila, and two
copies to the Supreme Court Library, which volumes shall not be sold
or disposed of by the officials to whom they are delivered, but shall be
public property appertaining to the several offices named, and remain
as a part of the public documents thereof for the use of the successors
of the officials named and of the public. At least ten copies shall be
retained at all times in the Library of the Philippine Commission, and
five copies shall be sent to the Congressional Library at Washington.
The remaining volumes above the number herein provided for (ustri-
bution shall be kept for exchange and for sale by tne Librarian. The
price per copy shall be fixed by the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
and the proceeds from the sale of such remaining volumes shall be
covered into the general funds of the Insular Treasury."
Sec. 3. Subsections (b) and (rf) of section forty -seven of Act Num-
bered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended by section one of Act
Numbered Three hundred and twenty-five and by section one of
Act Numbered Three hundred and seventy -eight, are hereby amended,
respectively, to read as follows:
'' (J) There shall be five assistant attorneys, who shall be appointed
by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Philippine
(jommission, whose salaries shall be as follows: One at two thousand
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four hundred dollars per annum, one at two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars per annum, two at one thousand ei^ht hundred dollars per
annum, each, and one at one tliousand six hundred dollars per annum.
It shall be their duty to render such services in the.perfonnance of the
duties of the Attorney-General as may be assigned to them.
"((fj The Attorney-General r.hall, whenever in his opinion the
public interest requires it, upon the approval of the Secretary of
Fbance and Justice, employ and retain m the name of the Philippine
Islands such attorneys and counselors-at-law as he may deem neces-
sary to assist in the discharge of his duties, and shall stipulate with
SQcn assistant counsel with regard to their compensation, and shall
have supervision of their conduct and proceedings. In addition to
the compensation provided for by agreement with the Attorney-Gen-
eral, sudi special attorneys and counselors shall receive their actual
and necessary traveling expenses incurred when in the performance
of their duties."
Sec. 4. The salary provided for one employee of class four in the
oflfice of the Attorney-General by Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety shall be payable to the assistant attorney herein provided for
whose ^dary is fixed at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, and after the appointment of such assistant attorney the
Attorney-General shall not nave authority to employ the employee of
class four provided for in said Act N umbered Four hundred and ninety.
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, November 17, 1902.
[No. 524.]
AN ACT amending section twelve of Act Numbered Fifty-nine r^^lating the sale
of intoxicating liquors within the city of Manila and its adjacent barrios.
By authoHty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commimon^ tmt:
Section 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered Fifty-nine, regulating
the sale of intoxicating liquors within the citj of Manila and its adja-
cent barrios, is hereby amended by substituting in line eight thereof
the words ''five pesos" for the words " one and one-half pesos."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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 ellect on its passage.
Enacted, November 18, 1902.
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[No. 526.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Seventy-fom*, establiahing a Department of Public
Instruction, and section thirteen of **The Provincial G(»vemment Act,*' Numbered
Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered Four hundred and seventy-eeven.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SBcmoN 1. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Depai-tment
of Public Instruction, as amended by Act Numbered Four hundred
and seventy-seven, is hereby amended as follows:
{a) By striking out paragraph {f) of section three and inserting in
lieu thereof the following paragraph:
'*(/) He shall approve plans for the construction of schoolhouses
to be built by the municipalities or provinces, shall fix the amount of
land requirea in each case, and shall prescribe rules of hygiene which
shall be observed in connection with the schools of the Archipelago.
Plans for the construction of schoolhouses shall, on request of any
municipality or province, be made by the Chief of the Bureau of
Architecture."
(6) By inserting in the fourth line of section five, after the words
''except the" and before the word "Thirty -third," the word
''Eighteenth."
{c) By striking out the fourteenth line of the same section and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Fifth Division, Batangas,
two thousand dollars."
{d) By striking out the thirty-first and thirty-second lines of the
same section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Eighteenth
Division, Mindoro."
{e) By striking out the fifty-fourth and fifty -fifth lines of the same
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Thirty-first
Division, Tayabas, two thousand dollars."
{/) By inserting in the fif ty-eiffht line of the same section, after
the words "In the" and before the word "Thirty-third," the word
" Eighteenth," and by inserting in the fifty -ninth line, after the words
"Provinces of " and before the word " Benguet," the word "Mindoro."
ig) By striking out the first four lines and the words " of the Secre-
tary of Public Instruction" in the fifth line of section six and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: "Whenever the business of his office
renders it necessarv, each division superintendent may be allowed a
clerk, to be selected under the provisions of the Civil Service Law";
and by striking out in the tenth line of the same section the word
"Eighteenth."
Sec. 2. Section thirteen of "The Provincial Government Act,"
Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered Four hundred
and seventy-seven, is hereby amended so as to make paragraph (<?) of
said section read as follows:
" {o) To provide and equip for the division superintendent of schools
the necessary room or rooms for his ofi^ice and for use in storing and
distributing supplies. In case any division embraces more than one
province, such room or rooms and equipment shall be provided by the
province in which the division superintendent maintains his residence."
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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 18, 1902.
[No. 526.]
AN ACT aathorizing a temporary increase in the number of employees in the
custom-house at Manila.
By avthority of the United States^ he it enacted iy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In view of the great number of foreign vessels at present
discharging in the harbor of Manila and of the approaching increase
in customs business during the next two months, and of the greatly
increased work made temporarily necessary in the assessment of duties
upon Christmas presents arriving in these Islands, the Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Archipelago is hereby authorized to appoint
temporarily, for a period not to exceed two months from the date of
this Act, six fourth-class examiners of class ten, six fourth-class
inspectors of Class A, and ten guards of Class J, or so much thereof
as may be in his judgment necessary.
Sec. 2. The sum of two thousand three hundred dollars, in money of
the United States, or its equivalent in local currency at the official
rate of exchange, is hereby appropriated from any funds of the United
States, or its equivalent in local currency at the purposes 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws,^' passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 19, 1902.
[No. 527.]
AN ACT amending the municipal code and the Provincial Government Act and the
acts amendatory thereof, eo tar as concerns the collection and disbursement of
internal revenue taxes.
By aidhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy th^ Philtjyjyine
Commissions thai:
Section 1. Section eighteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
"The Provincial Government Act," as amended by Act Numbered One
hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An Act to amend the Provincial
Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three," is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 18. In all provinces organized under this Act, the industrial
tax, the stamp taxes, and all other taxes known as inland revenue taxes,
except taxes on forest products from government lands, shall cease to
be levied and collected as heretofore for the Central Government of
the Archipelago from and after the thirtieth of June, nineteen hundred
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and one, and shall thereafter be collected as provincial and municipal
taxes by the provincial and municipal treasurers, until such time as an
internal-revenue law shall be enacted by the Commission. One-half
of the taxes so collected shall be paid into the provincial treasury and
the other one-half shall be paid into the treasuries of the respective
municipalities in which they shall be collected. The treasurer of each
province shall, either in person or through his deputies, or through
the municipal treasurers of the province, collect, subject to the for-
estry regulations, the Government valuations on forest products from
public lands, and each collector of internal revenue and each provincial
treasurer in the Philippine Islands shall make to the Insular Auditor
and to the Chief of tne Forestry Bureau itemized monthly reports
of moneys received by him from taxes on forest products, giving
for each payment the date when made, the name of the payor, the
number of the forestry official's order under which the payment is
made, the nature of the product on which the payment is made, the
name of the province in which it was taken, and the amount of the
payment. All moneys received by any provincial treasurer or collector
of internal revenue from taxes on lorest products shall be covered
into the Insular Treasury by him. Collections derived from forest
products on Government land under the forestry regulations shall
be regarded for the purposes of this section as collected in the
province where the timber is cut or the forest products obtained,
although actually collected at Manila or some other place. The
net amount of the collections under the forestry laws made in the
Erovinces and in the city of Manila shall be, after July first, nineteen
undred and two, returned pro rata to the provinces to which they
respectively relate, after the entire expenses of conducting the For-
estry Bureau and the service under its control shall have been deducted
from the gross receipts. Such return shall be made as soon as the
accounts of collections and disbursements shall have been settled and
adjusted by the Auditor. Such returns of forestiy collections to the
provinces shall be made upon certification of the amount due by the
Auditor, by settlement warrant, and for this purpose an appropriation of
the sums so required in hereby made. One-half of all sums so returned
to each province shall be covered into the provincial treasury and shall
be available for all lawful provincial expenses. The remaining one-
half shall be divided among the several municipalities from which came
the forest products on which the original collections were made, pro
rata to the amounts originally collected on products from each munic-
ipality. In the case of internal revenue collected in unorganized prov-
inces and returned to them for disbursement upon organization, and
in that of collections on forest products made at Manila where it is
possible from the records in the office of the Acting Collector of
Internal Revenue, the Forestry Bureau, and the provincial treasurer
to determine to what municipality such funds belong, the provincial
treasurer shall transfer such funds to the province, ana if at any time
the provincial treasurer shall ascertain to what municipality such funds
were due he shall reimburse such municipalities for the amounts
respectively due them from provincial funds. The stamps required
by law for the collection of taxes shall be furnished to provincial
treasurers by the Insular Treasurer, who shall obtain the same from
the City Assessor and Collector of Manila in sufficient quantities for
the purposes of this section, giving a proper receipt therefor. The
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provincial treasurer receiving the stamps shall rereceipt for the same to
the Insular Treasurer. The Insular Treasurer shall render a monthly
account-current to the Insular Auditor of the stamps furnished by him
to provincial treasurers, supporting the same by proper vouchers.
Provincial treasurers shall render for each month a report of stamps
sold and stamps on hand to the Insular Auditor."
Sec. 2. Section ninetv-seven of Act Numbered Eighty -two, entitled
"The Municipal Code," paragraph (c) of section one of Act Numbered
Three hundred and seventy-four amendatory thereof, and all other
acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions 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
two of "An Act prescribing the oraer 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, November 19, 1902.
[No. 628.]
AN ACT amending the municipal code by authorizing the resignation of elective
municipal officeiB in the interest of the public service.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philiypirie
Cmnmission^ that:
Section 1. Section twenty-five of Act Numbered Eighty -two en-
titled "The Municipal Code," is hereby amended by adding at the close
thereof the following words: ''Any elective municipal omcer who has
qualilSed may be allowed to resign m the interest of the public service
with the approval of the provincial board."
Sfx5. 2. Tne 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. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 19, 1902.
[No. 629.]
AN ACT amending the provincial government act, and act numbered one hundred
and thirtjr.three amendatory thereof, by authorizing additional clerical assistance
in ttie office of the provincial secretary.
By a/uthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philipjplne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-
three, and Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three amendatory
thereof, are hereby amended by striking out paragraph three of sec-
tion one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-niree, and inserting
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in lieu thereof the following words : ' ' He shall have the power to appoint
as many deputies or clerks in his office as he may deem necessary after
he has obtamed the approval of the provincial board and the Insular
Treasurer. Such deputies and clerks shall be appointed under the
provisions of the Civil Service 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 19, 1902.
[No. 530.]
AN ACT defining the jarisdiction of the civil and of the military aathorities over
lands reserv^ by the President of the United States for military purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tliat:
Section 1. No licenses shall be granted for the sale of or dealing in
any intoxicating liquors on any public land reserved by the President
of the United States for militarjr purposes m the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2. The military authorities shall have the right to reject any
intruder or trespasser on any public lands reserved by the President
for military purposes in the Philippine Islands, and to suppress open
breaches of tne peace and abate nuisances thereon.
Sec. 3. No branch of the Civil Government in force on or over any
public lands reserved by the President for^ military purposes, and no
civilian residents thereon, shall interfere with military administration
or the use of such lands for militarjr purposes.
Sec. 4. The personal property of persons employed in the military
service of the United States in the Philippine Islands and used by
them incident to said service shall be exempt from all taxation under
the laws in force in said Islands.
Sec. 5. No mining claims shall be located by any person on any
public lands reserved by the President for military purposes in the
Philippine Islands.
Sec. 6. Every person who unlawfully cuts, or aids, or is employed
in unlawfully cutting, or wantonlj destroys, or procures to be wan-
tonly destroyed, any timber standing upon lands of the United States,
which in pursuance of law may be reserved or purchased for military
purposes m the Philippine Islands, or removes any other public prop-
erty, shall, upon conviction, be fined for each offense a sum not exceed-
ing live hunclred dollars, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding
twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 7. No arrest of any oflficer, soldier, or civilian employee, in
the military service of the United States on any military reservation,
camp, or barracks, shall be made except on warrant in due form in
writmg and served upon the commanding oflBcer thereof.
Sec. 8. All laws or parts of laws in force in the Philippine Islands
not inconsistent with military use of any public lands reserved by the
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President for military purposes shall be in full force and effect over
said lands.
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 Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws,"^ passed September twentj^-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 24, 1902.
[No. 531.]
AN ACJT to provide for the loan of one thonsand dollars to the Province of Rizal for
the ])arpoee of destrojdng the pests of locusts now ravaging the rice fields of that
province.
By authcyrity of the United' States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Rizal is hereby
authorized to borrow from the Insular Government the sum of one
tiiousand dollars, in money of the United States, the same to be used
by the board for the purpose of suppressing the pests of locusts now
ravaging the rice fielas of that province.
Sec. 2. Such loan shall be made upon the receipt by the Insular
Treasurer of a certified copy of a resolution of the board accepting
the loan.
Sec. 3. The terms of the loan shall be that the one thousand^doUars
thus borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasurer two years
from the date of receiving the loan, without interest.
Sec. 4. There is hereby appropriated from the Insular Treasury,
out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand
dollars, in money of the United otates, to carry out the purposes of
this Act. The appropriation shall be paid in local currency at the
official ratio in force at the time the payment is made.
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 hundr^.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 24, 1902.
[No. 532.]
AN ACT appropriatiDg the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars, local currency, for
the reconstruction ofschool buildings destroyed by storm in the Province of Nueva
Ecija,
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Oommission, that:
. Section 1. The simi of six hundred and fifty dollars, local currency,
te hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
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otherwise appropriated, for reconstruction of school buildings destroyed
by the late storm in the Province of Neuva Eciia.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated by this Act shall be expended under
the direction of the General Superintendent of Education and shall be
applied as follows: Two hundred and fifty dollars in San Leonardo,
two hundred and fifty dollars in Cabanatuan, and one hundred and fifty
dollars in Bongabon, municipalities in said 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 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 24, 1902.
[No. 533.]
AN ACT providing for the emplojrment of a master builder by the Bureaa of Archi-
tectare and Construction of Public Buildings.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Conijnission^ that:
Section 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Architecture and Construc-
tion of Public Buildings is hereby authorized to employ as a subordi-
nate in his oflSce a master builder at an annual salary to be fixed by the
Chief of the Bureau, not exceeding two thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars, in money of the United States.
Sec. 2. The master builder shall perform such duties as may be
assigned to him by the Chief of the Bureau.
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 CouMnission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 24, 1902.
[No. 534.]
AN ACT to provide additional employees in the Bureau of the Philippines
Constabulary.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. The Chief of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby
authorized to employ six clerks of Class A> ^^e same to be furnished
by the Civil Service Board under the rules of the Civil Service Law.
Sec. 2. The Chief of the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary is
hereby authorized to employ in the division of information, in addi-
tion to the superintendent and four inspectors now allowed by law,
the following: One assistant superintendent at the rate of one thousand
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eight hundred dollars a year, one inspector of class one at the rate of
one thousand five hundred dollars a year, one inspector of class two at
the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars a year, two inspectors of
class three at the rate of one thousand and eighty dollars a year each, two
inspectors of class four at the rate of nine nundred and sixty dollars a
year each, two inspectors of class five at the rate of ei^ht hundred and
forty dollars a year each, three inspectors of class six at the rate of
seven hundred and twenty dollars a year each, four inspectors of class
seven at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year each, four
inspectors of class eight at the rate of three hundred and sixty dollars
a year each, and two messengers at the rate of one hundred and fifty
dollars a year each, all in money of the United States. The employees
authorized under this section shall be appointed by the Chief of the
Bureau and not be subject to the rules or the Civil Service 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, November 25, 1902.
[No. 535.]
AN ACT aathorizing the Ck)art of First Instance of the city of Manila to take cogni-
auice of certain claims made against the Government of the United States on
aoooont of caecoes seized in and about the harbor of Manila for the use of the
Navy at various times subsequent to May, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and
of claims for rental for the use of such cascoes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ truU:
Whereas there are now pending before the Navy Department of the
United States certain claims upon account of cascoes seized in and
about the harbor of Manila, rhilippine Islands, for the use of the
Navy at various times subsequent to May, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight, and claims for rental based upon the use of such cascoes
by the Navy: and
Whereas tne Secretary of the Navy has requested that the Court of
First Instance of the cify of Manila may be authorized to take cogni-
zance of t^e claims aforesaid:
Section 1. The Court of First Instance of the city of Manila is
hereby authorized to take cognizance of all such claims against the
United States Government, or the Navy Department thereof, upon
account of cascoes seized in and about the harbor of Manila, Philippine
Islands, for the use of the Navy at various times subsequent to May,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and claims for rental based upon
the use of such cascoes by the Government of the United States, as
may be submitted to it by the senior officer of the United States Navy
commanding in Philippine waters.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said court, upon due notice to the
claimants and to the representative of the Navv Department as here-
inafter provided, to determine the ownership, iaentincation, and value
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of the cascoes in question, as well as their status and use prior to the
time of seizure, and whetner or not, under the guise of trading, they
were so disposed as to be of service to or were actually used by the
insurgents, and whether in any other manner they or their owners
continued to aid the insurrectionary movement, and to determine
what sums, if any, ought to be paid to the several claimants. The
court may receive all evidence heretofore taken by the board of offi-
cers on claims in respect to the claims aforesaid, and such other com-
petent evidence as the parties may tender.
Sec. 3. The Attorney-General shall detail a law clerk or other com-
petent subordinate in his oflBce to represent the Government of the
United States in the hearings aforesaid, with the aid of a naval official
to be detailed for that purpose by the senior officer commanding the
United States Navy in rhihppine waters.
Sec. 4. The fees of the clerk of the Coui-t of First Instance in each
of the claims aforesaid shall be such as are provided by section seven
hundred and eighty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety,
"The Code of Civil Procedure." for special proceedings in distinction
from actions, and shall be paid by the Insular Government or bv the
claimants, as the court shall determine to be just, and award in its
judgment.
iS:c. 5. No appeal from, or exception to, the judgment of the Court
of First Instance shall be allowed, out it shall be the duty of the court
to cause a complete certified copy of its judgments to be transmitted
to the senior oflScer of the Navy commanding in Philippine waters,
and shall likewise cause to be transmitted, if desired, a certified copy
of the evidence adduced upon the several hearings. No further process
shall be issued by said court for the enforcement of its iudgments
in the cases aforesaid, except for the collection of the clerk's fees
should they be awarded against the claimants. No other costs shall
be allowed to either party.
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 its passage.
Enacted, November 25, 1902.
[No. 536.]
AN ACT relative to recognizanoee, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings, and to
allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon:
By^ a/uthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
CommiBsion^ that:
Section 1. Whenever anv recognizance, stipulation, bond, or under-
taking conditioned for the laithf lu performance of any duty or of anv
contract made with any public authority. Insular, provincial, municipal,
or otherwise, or of any undertaking, or for doing or I'efraining from
doing anything in such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking
specified, is, by the laws of Qie Philippine Islands or by the regulations
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or resolutions of any public authority therein, required or permitted
to be given with one surety or with two or more sureties, tne execu-
tion of the same or the guaranteeing of the performance of the condi-
tion thereof shall be sufficient when executed or guaranteed solely by
a corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or of
any State thereof having power to guarantee the fidelity of persons
holding positions of public or private tiiist, and to execute and guar-
antee bonds and undertakings in judicial proceedings, and to agree to
the faithful performance of any contract or undertaking made with
any public authority: Provided^ That such recognizance, stipulation,
bond, or undertaking be approved by the head of Department, court,
judge, officer, board, or body executive, legislative, or judicial required
to approve or accept the same. But no officer or person having the
approval of anv recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking shall
exact that it shall be furnished by a guarantee company, or by any
Krticular guarantt^e company: In'oviaed further^ That no head of
apartment. Bureau, court, judge, officer, board, or body executive,
legislative, or judicial shall approve or accept any corporation as surety
on any recognizance, stipulation, bond, contract, or undertaking, unless
such corporation has been authorized to do business in the Philippine
Islands in the manner provided by the subsequent sections of this Act,
nor unless such corporation has by contract with the Government of
the Philippine Islands been authorized to become a surety upon official
recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings.
Sec. 2. No such company shall do business under the provisions of
tliiH Act within the Philippine Islands until it shall by a written power
of attorney appoint some person residing at the city of Manila, Island
of Luzon, upon whom may be served all lawful process against such
company, and who shall be authorized to enter an appearance in its
behalf. A copy of such power of attorney, duly certined and authen-
ticated, shall be filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court of the Phil-
ippine Islands, which copy, or a certified copy thereof, shall be legal
evidence in all controversies arising under this Act. If any such
agent shall be removed, resign, or aie, become insane, or otherwise
incapable of acting, it shall be the duty of such company to appoint
anotner agent in his place as hereinbefore prescribed, and until such
appointment shall have been made, or during the absence of any agent
of such company from said city of Manila, service of process may be
upon the clerk of said Supreme Court, with like effect as upon such
agent appointed by the company. The officer executing such process
upon such clerk shall immediately transmit a copy thereof by mail to
the company and state such fact m his return. A judgment, decree,
or order of the court entered or made after service of process as afore-
said shall be as valid and binding on such company as if such com-
¥anj'8 said agent had been personally served with process in said city,
he provisions of this section shall also be applicable to all actions
brought upon any official undertaking and obligations made by such
corporation in the Philippine Islands.
oEc. 3. Every company before transacting any business under this
Act shall deposit with the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands
a copy of its charter or articles of incorporation, and a statement
signed and sworn to by its president and secretary showing its assets
and Uabilities. If the said Attorney-General shall be satisfied that
such company has authority under its charter to do the business pro-
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vided for in this Act, and that it has a paid-up capital of not less than
five hundred thousand dollars, in cash or its equivalent, and is able to
keep and perform its contracts, he shall grant authority in writing
to such company to do business under this Act.
Sec. 4. Every such company shall, in the months of January, April,
July, and October of each year, file with the said Attorney -General a
statement, signed and sworn to by its president and secretary, show-
ing its assets and liabilities, as is required by section three of this
Act. And the said Attorney-General shall have the power, and it
shall be his duty, to revoke the authority of any such company to
transact any new business under this Act whenever in his judgment
such company is not solvent or is conducting its business in violation
of this Act. He may institute inquiry at an^^ time into the solvency
of said company and may require that additional surety be given at
any time by any principal when he deems such company no longer
sufficient security.
Sec. 5. Any suretv company doing business under the provisions of
this Act may be sued in respect thereof in any court of the Pbilippine
Islands which has now or hereafter may have jurisdiction of actions
or suits upon such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking, in
the judicial district in which such recognizance, stipulation, boM, or
undertaking in the judicial district in which such recognizance, stipu-
lation, bond, or undertaking was made or guaranteed. And for the
purposes of this Act such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or under-
taking shall be treated as made or guaranteed in the judicial district
in which the office is located to which it is returnable, or in which it
is filed, or in the judicial district in which the principal in such recog-
nizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking resided when it was made
or guaranteed.
Sec. 6. If any such company shall neglect or refuse to pay any
final judgment or decree rendered against it upon any such recogni-
zance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking made or guarantee by it
under the provisions of this Act. from which no appeal, writ of error,
or supersedeas has been taken tor thirty days after the rendition of
such judgment or decree, it shall forfeit all right to do business under
this Act.
Sec. 7. Any company which shall execute or guarantee any recog-
nizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking under the provisions of this
Act shall be estopped in any proceeding to enforce the liability which
it shall have assumed to incur, to deny its corporate power to execute
or guarantee such instrument or assume such liability.
Sec. 8. Any company doing business under the provisions of this
Act which shall fail to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit to
the Government of the Philippine Islands, for every such failure, not
less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, to
be recovered by suit in the name of the United States in the same courts
in which suit may be brought against such company under the pro-
visions of this Actj and such failure shall not affect the validity of any
contract entered into by such company. In actions to enforce the
forfeiture in this section provided, service upon the attorney or a^nt
specified in the second section, or, in lieu thereof, upon the clerk of the
jMipreme Court in the manner provided in said section, shall be
sumcient service to bind the company.
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6«J. 9. The sums of money mentioned in this act are in United
States currency.
Sec. 10. 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 i i the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 25, 1902.
[No. 537.]
AN ACT repealing section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty and section
two of Act Numbered Four hundred and nmety , and jjroviding for disbursement of
local currency appropriated for obligations expressed in United States currency.
By avthoritv of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Nmnbered Four hundred and thirty
and section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety are hereby
repealed, and in lieu thereof the following substituted in each instance:
Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasury in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time of
the withdrawal; and payments in local currency of all obligations of
the Insular Government and of the city of Manila properly ex]jressed
in United States currency shall be at the mtio in force at the time of
payment, except salaries, which shall be paid at the ratio existing on the
next to the last day of the month for which they are paid; and in any
case where a deficiency thereby arises in an appropriation for salaries,
the appropriation of such further sums as may be necessary to meet
the authorized salary payments in such branch of the Insular Govern-
ment or the city of Manila is hereby 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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixtJi, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 28, 1902.
[No. 638.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty-six relating to recogni-
amces, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to
be accepted as surety thereon.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cormnissian^ that:
Sechon 1. Section three of Act Nmnbered Five hundred and thirty-
six, entitled ^^An Act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonas,
ana undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as
surety thereon,^ is hereby amended by striking out the words "five
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hundred thousand dollars" in the second sentence thereof after the
words 'Mess than" and insertinff in lieu thereof the words "two hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Section eleven of said Act Numbered Five hundred and
thirty-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on January first, i ineteen hun-
dred and 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
hmidred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 28, 1902.
[No. 639.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven, entitled ** An act
to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands," as amended by Acts
Numbered Four hundred and eighty-six and Five hundred and seven.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
CoimnisHion^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven, entitled
"An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands," as
amended by Acts Numbered Four hundred and eighty-six and Five
hundred and seven, is hereby further amended by changing sections
twenty-four and twenty-live to read twenty-five and twenty-six,
respectivelv, and by inserting a new section, numbered section twenty-
four, which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 24. The city of Manila shall be one supervisor's district. If
the supervisor of Manila when appointed shall fill another civil office,
then his compensation shall be the same as that of the other supervis-
ors appointed under this Act. If, however, he shall not hold any civil
office, then his compensation shall be three hundred dollars per month,
such sum to be in full compensation for all sei-vices rendered and ex-
penses incurred by him: Proxyided^ hmue^kTy That in the discretion of
the Director of the Census he may be allowed a reasonable sum for
the rent of his necessarv offices and for the actual cost of transporta-
tion needed in the discnarge of his duties in the city of Manila. He
shall also be entitled to one clerk at a salary of one hundi*ed dollars
per month, and one messenger at a salary of thirty dollars per month;
and the proviso that one-half of the salary due each supervisor shall
be withheld and not paid him until after the schedules or other returns
and reports required of him shall have been duly rendered to the
Director of the Census, shall be applicable to the supervisor of Manila.
Membere of the civil service, whether of the Insular Government or
of the city government of Manila, shall be eligible for appointment as
supervisor of the cit}' of Manila, and shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to their regular salary as such civil officers, the amount pro-
vided as compensation for supervisors of the census."
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 enactment of laws,' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 28, 1902.
[No. 540.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of Leyte to rent and maintain a jail at
Maacdn, in that province.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Conmiission^ thai,:
Whereas, by Act Numbered Four hundred and thirteen, the various
provincial governments are authorized to establish and maintain jails
only at the provincial capitals; and
Whereas, in the Province of Lejrte, sessions of the Court of First
Instance are held at Maasin, in addition to those held at the provincial
capital, and great delay and expense would be incurred in transporting
prisoners from Maasin to the provincial jail:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Leyte is hereby
aathorized to rent a jail and maintain the same at Maasin, that prov-
ince, and to appoint a jailor and other necessary employees to care for
the prisoners in such jail. The expense of establisning and keeping
said |ail and of maintaining the prisoners therein shall l^ borne by the
province.
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 28, 1902.
[No. 541.]
AN ACT anthorizing a loan of two thoqsand dollars, in money of the United States,
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio, to the Province of
Abra.
By authority of the United /States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commis&ion^ thai:
Section 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized to loan^ out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand dollars, money of
the United iStates, or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized
ratio, to the Province of Abra, the money so appropriated to be
expended by the provincial board of such province for the general
purposes of the provincial government, in accordance with the pro-
visions of *' The Provincial Government Act." The money so loaned
18 to he returned to the Insular Treasurer on or before the thirty-
first day of December, nineteen hundred and four, and shall be with-
out interest
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Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thou-
sand dollars, in money of the United States, or its equivalent in local
currency at the authorized ratio, to comply with the provisions 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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 28, 1902.
[No. 542.]
AN ACT to authorize the provincial boards of provinces to use the general funds of
the province for the suppression of locusts.
By autlwrity of the United Stdtea^ he it enacted hy the Philippvfie
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In addition to the powers now conferred by law upon
provincial boards, the provincial board of each province shall have
the power to take such steps as may seem necessary to suppress the
pests of locusts, and for this purpose to offer and pay from the gen-
eral funds of the province a fccea amount for locusts caught and pro-
duced for destruction.
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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 2, 1902.
[No. 543.]
AN ACT enabling the Civil Governor to perform the duties and exercise the powers
of the head of a department in the absence or disability of the head of the Depart-
ment
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Coynmission^ that:
Section 1. Tn all cases in which the head of a department, because
of absence or disability, is unable to discharge the duties and exercise
the powers of his oflSce, such duties may be discharged and such pow-
ers exercised by the Civil Governor, instead of by the head of the
Department.
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, December 3, 1902.
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[No. 544.]
AN ACT providing for the incorporation of the pueblo of Calafigasan, Province of
AmboB Camarines, as a barrio of the municipality of Daet, Province of Ambos
Camarines.
By avilwrity of the United States^ he it ena^cted hy the Philippine
Cammissionj that:
Skction 1. The pueblo of Calasgasan, in the Province of Ambos
Omarines, is hereby incorporated as a barrio of the municipality of
Daet, in the same province, and the limits of the municipality of Daet
are hereby extended so as to include all the territory heretofore consti-
tuting the pueblo of Calasgasan.
Seg. 2. The existing organization of the pueblo of Calasgasan is
hereby abolished and all offices existing by virtue of the present
orpnization of such pueblo are hereby declared vaoint and such
offices are abolished.
Seg. 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
m the enactment of laws, ''^passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Seg. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 3, 1902.
[No. 646.]
AN ACT fixing the salary of the president of the provincial board of health of
Mindoro.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The salary of the president of the provincial board of
health of Mindoro shall be at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per
year, in money of the United States, or its equivalent in local cur-
rency at the authorized ratio.
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, December 3, 1902.
[No. 646.]
AN ACT providing for a popular representative of the Tingaianes resident in the
Province of Abra.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. On the first day of January of each year the presidents
of the several Tinguiane rancherias of the Province of Abra shall
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242 LAW8 OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
assemble at the capital of the province to meet and confer with the
provincial governor. At this time they shall have the right to elect a
popular representative of the Tinguianes of the Province of Abra,
who shall be chosen by a majority vote of all the presidents present,
and who may or may not be a resident of the province.
Sec. 2. If the Tinguiane residents of the province shall at any time
feel themselves to be seriously aggrieved, and shall be unable to
obtain relief from the provincial governor, it shall be the duty of the
popular representative, either in person or by written communication,
to lay their case directly before the Chief Executive of the Insular
Government. All official communication from the popular represent-
ative to the Chief Executive shall be promptly transmittea by the
Government officials through whose hands they may pass. Should
the popular representative desire to visit Manila on official business,
his journey shall be facilitated by all Government officials with whom
he may come in contact. He shall in all cases, except treason, felony,
and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest at any time when
arrest will interfere witn discharging the duties of his office, and for
any communication or statement which he may make to the Chief
Executive he shall not be held to account by any official, whether civil
or military.
Sec. 3. Under no circumstances shall the traveling or other expenses
of the popular representative, or anv compensation to him, ionn a
charge on the treasuries of the townships or on any one of them or on
the provincial or insular treasuries.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite in accoi-dance 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, December 4, 1902.
[No. 547.]
AN ACT providing for the eetablishment of local civil governments for the
Manguianee in the Province of Mindoro.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the Manguianes of the Province of Mindoro
have not progressed suflSciently in civilization to make it practicable
to bring them under any form of municipal government, the provin-
cial governor is authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary
of the Interior, in dealing with these Manguianes to appoint officers
from among them, to fix their designations and badges of office, and
to j)rescribe their powers and duties: Provided^ That the powers and
duties thus prescribed shall not be in excess of those conferred upon
township officers by Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven,
entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of local civil
governments in the townships and settlements of Nueva Vizcaya."
Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
the provincial governpr is further authorized, when he deems such »
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course necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct such
Manguianes to ^ke up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public
lands to be selected by him and approved by the provincial board.
Man^ianes who refuse to comply with such directions shall upon
conviction be imprisoned for a period not exceeding sixty days.
Sec. 3. The constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the Man-
guianes of his province to acquire the knowledge and experience
necessary for successful local popular government, and his supervi-
sion and control over them shall be exercised to this end, and to the
end that law and order and individual f reedona shall be maintained.
Sec. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Mindoro
any settlement of Manguianes has advanced sufficiently to make such
a course practicable, it may b^ organized under the provisions of
sections one to sixty-seven inclusive of Act Numbered Tnree hundred
and eighty-seven, as a township, and the geographical limits of such
township shall be fixed by the provincial mard.
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 4, 1902.
[No. 548.]
AN ACT providing for the establisment of local civil govemmente for the Negritos
in the Province of Bataan.
By aiUhortty of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
CoinmiHsion^ tndt:
Section 1. Whereas the Negritos of the Province of Bataan have
not progressed suflBciently in civilization to make it practicable to bring
them under any form of municipal government, the provincial governor
is authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretory of the Interior,
in dealing with these Negritos to appoint oflScers from among them, to
fix their designations and badges of office, and to prescribe their
powers and duties: Provided^ That the powers and duties thus pre-
scribed shall not be in excess of those conferred upon township officers
by Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven, entitled *'An Act
p^;pviding for the establishment' of local civil governments in the town-
ships and settlements of Nueva Vizcaya."
Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the
provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a course
necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct such Negritos to
take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public lands to be
selectea by him and approved by the provincial board. Negritos who
refuse to comply witn such directions shall upon conviction be
imprisoned for a period not Exceeding sixty days.
Sec. 3. The constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the Negritos
of his province to acauire the knowledge and experience necessary for
successful local popular government, and his supervision and control
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over them shall be exercised to this end, and to the end that law and
order and individual freedom shall be maintained.
Sec. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Bataan any
settlement of Negritos has advanced sufficiently to make such a course
practicable, it may be organized under the provisions of sections one
to sixty -seven inclusive of Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-
seven, as a township, and the geographical limits of such township
shall be fixed by the provincial Doard.
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 4, 1902.
[No. 549.]
AN ACT providing for the establishment of local civil governments for the Negritos
in the Province of Zambales.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the Negritos of the Province of Zambales have
not progressed sufficiently in civilization to make it practicable to
bring them under any form of municipal government, the provincial
fovernor is authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
nterior, in dealing with these Negritos to appoint officers from among
them, to fix their designations and badges of office, and to pi*escribe
their powers and duties: Provided^ That the powers and duties thus
prescribed shall not be in excess of those conferred upon township
officers by Act Numbered Three hundred and eijjhtv-seven, entitled
"An Act providing for the establishment of local civil governments in
the townsnips and settlements of Nueva Vizcaya."
Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the
provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a course
necessary in the interest of law and order, to direc't such Negritos to
take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public lands to be
selected by him and approved by the provincial board. Negritos who
refuse to comply with such directions shall upon conviction be impris-
oned for a period not exeeding sixty days.
Sec. 3. The constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the Negritos
of his province to acquire the knowledge and experience necessary for
successful local popular government, and his supervision and control
over them shall be exercised to this end, and to the end that law and
order and individual freedom shall be maintained.
Sec. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Zambales
any settlement of Negritos has advanced sufficiently to make such a
course practicable, it may be organized under the provisions of sections
one to sixty -seven inclusive of Act Numbered Three hundred and
eighty-seven, as a township, and the geographical limits of such town-
ship shall be fixed by the provincial board.
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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 4, 1902.
[No. 550.]
AN ACT providing for the establishment of local civil governments for the Negritos
in the Province of Tarlac.
By axUhority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the Negritos of the Province of Tarlac have
not progressed sufficiently in civilization to make it practicable to
bring them under any form of municipal government, the provincial
Sovemor is authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
le Interior, in dealing with these Negritos to appoint officers from
among them, to fix their designations and badges of office, and to pre-
scribe their powers and duties: Provided^ That the powers and duties
thus prescribed shall not be in excess of those conierred upon town-
ship officers by Act Numbered Three hundred and eiehtj-seven,
entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of local civil gov-
ernments in the townships or settlements of Nueva Vizcaya."
Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
the provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a
coarse necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct such
Negritos to take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public
lands to be selected by him and approved by the provincial board.
Negritos who refuse to comply with such directions shall upon con-
viction be imprisoned for a period not exceeding sixtv days.
Sec. 3. The constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the
Negritos of his province to acquire uie knowledge and experience
necessary for successful local popular government, and his supervision
and control over them shall b^ exercised to this end, and to the end
that law and order and individual freedom shall be maintained.
Sbo. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Tarlac any
settlement of Negritos has advanced sufficiently to make such a course
practicable, it may be organized under the provisions of sections one
to sixty-seven inclusive of Act Numbered Tnree hundred and eighty-
seven, as a township, and the geographical limits of such township
shall be fixed by the provincial board.
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 4, 1902.
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[No. 551.]
AN ACT to amend section sixty-three of act numbered eighty-two, "The Municipal
Code,'*' so as to enable the board of assessors to reduce the assessment on any land
which has suffered a permanent loss in its value by flood, storm, or other casualty.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Sectionsixty-threeof Act Numbered Eighty-two, *' The
Municipal Code," is hereby amended by inserting, after the words
** during the preceding year" in the next to the last line thereof and
before the words "and for the addition to the list" in the same line,
the following: '*or whose land already assessed shall have suffered a
Sermanent loss of value bv reason of flood, storm, or other casualty
uring the preceding year."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring thesDeedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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 4, 1902.
[No. 552.]
AN ACT transferring the Province of Bataan from the Fifth to the Sixth Judicial
District, and amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cominission,^ that:
Section 1. (a) Paragraph seven of section one of Act Numbered One
hundred and forty is hereoy amended to read as follows:
"The Fifth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of Bulacan
and Rizal."
(J) Paragraph eight of section one of Act Numbered One hundred
and forty, as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and one, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:
"The Sixth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of La
Laguna, Cavite, Mindoro, and Bataan."
Sec. 2. (a) Subdivision six of section three of Act Numbered One
hundred and forty, relative to the Fifth Judicial District, is hereby
amended by striking out the third paragraph referring to the Province
of Bataan.
(J^ Subdivision seven of section three of Act Numbered One hun-
drea and forty, as amended bv Act Numbered Five hundred and one,
relating to tlie Sixth Judicial District, is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following words: "At Balanga, in and for the Province or
Bataan, commencing on the first Tuesdays in May and November of
each year."
Sec. 3. The Judge of the Court of First Instance for the Fifth Judi-
cial District may reside in the city of Manila and shall have the same
power while in the city of Manila to issue writs of injunction, make
orders appointing receivers, and other interlocutory orders, and to hear
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and determine interlocutory motions or issues, and to hear p>etitions for
writs of habeas corpus, ana for release upon bail or reduction of bail
in any cause pending in a province in his district, which by virtue of
section six of Act Numbered One hundred and forty he now has the
power to issue while out of the province in which the cause is pending,
but within the district.
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, December 5, 1902.
[No. 553.]
AN ACT amending section thirteen of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, aa to
the admission of persons to practice law in the courts of the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section thirteen of Act Numberd One hundred and
ninetj, entitled "An Act providing a code of procedure in civil
actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands," is hereby
amended by adding to pai-agraph one of said section the following
language: ^^Proviaed. That any pei*son who, before October first,
nineteen hundred ana one, held under the present government the
Ksition of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of a Court of First
stance, Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, or Assistant Attorney-
General, may be duly licensed to practice law in the courts of the Phil-
ippine Islands without an examination, upon establishing such fact."
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 enactruent of laws," passed September twenty-sixth« nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, December 6, 1902.
[No. 554.]
AN ACT conferring a fraDchise upon the Manila Railway Company, Limited, to
construct and operate a railroad from Guiguinto, on the present line of the Manila
and Dagupan Kail road, to Cabanatuan, in the Province of Nueva Ecija, an esti-
mated distance of seventy-one kilometers.
By avthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philijypine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Manila Railway Company, Limited, an English
corporation, which under a Spanish concession constructed, and is
now operating the Manila and Da^up^n Railroad, is hereby authorized
to construct from the town of Guiguinto, in the Province of Bulacan,
a station on the line of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad, a railroad
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in a northeasterly direction to Cabanatuan, in the Province of Nueva
Elcija, an estimated distance of seventy -one kilometers.
Sec. 2. From Guiguinto to the boundary of Bulacan and Nueva
Ek;ija, the railway line shall pass through the towns of Quingua and
Pulilan, cross by suitable bridge the River Quingua, follow the left
bank of the same river, pass through the town of Baliuag and the
barrio of Sampfiloc, and here bending to the left pass through the
towns of San ildefonso and San Miguel de Mayumo, crossing with
the necessary bridges the rivers Masim, Gailan and San Miguel.
From the boundary line of the Province of Bulacan and Nueva Ecija
the line shall run to the left of the public road to Gapan, cross the
River Chico de San Isidro to the Imrrio Tambo, and thence following
the left bank of the River Grande de Nueva fk^ija pass near the town
of San Isidro and through the town of Santa Rosa to Cabanatuan.
The grantee of the franchise shall be allowed in the route described
to make the variations in location which a detailed study of the ground
may show to be necessary to avoid floods, heavy cutting of bank,
lessening a curve, reducing a gradient, or benefitting the railroad; but
the line shall pass within three miles of San Isidro, the capital of the
Province of Nueva Ik;ija. If circumstances require that the line shall
run to the east of San Isidro, the town shall be put in direct communi-
cation with the railroad by means of a short branch to be constructed
along the public highway.
Sec. 3. The maximum grade and minimum curve to be employed
in the construction shall be two per cent and two hundred meters
radius respectively.
Sec. 4. The grantee shall construct and maintain stations at the
towns of Quingua, Pulilan, Baliuag, San Ildefonso, San Miguel de
Mayumo, Gapan, San Isidro, Santa Rosa, and Cabanatuan. At
Cabanatuan, tne grantee, in addition to the station house, shall con-
struct a locomotive shed with necessary turn-table, water service, and
crane, in the situation which shall be most suitable for the purposes of
the railroad.
Sec. 5. AH material employed in the construction of the line shall be
of good class and quality adaptable to the conditions of the country.
The rails shall be of steel of a weight not less than sixty -five pounds
per yard, giving one hundred and two and fourteen one-hundredths
tons per mile and shall be thirty feet long. TVo thousand one hundred
and twelve sleepers, six feet by eight inches by five inches, of native
hard wood, shall be employed per mile of track. In the case of its not
being possible to obtain the number required from the forest of the
Archipelago with the necessary despatch, due to want of proper
machinery and insufBcient labor, Australian hard woods, puriog,
maire, ironbark, karri, and kauri, used on the Australian Government
railways, shall be employed.
Sec. 6. The railway snail be single line of three feet and six inches
gauge (that is, the distance between the inner surfaces of the rails shall
be three feet and six inches), sidings and loops necessary for the proper
working of the line being provided for passing the trains at each
station. The width of banks and cuttings shall be that necessary to
carry the track.
Sec. 7. All materials employed in the construction of buildings shall
be of good class and quality. Roofing shall be of galvanized iron.
Bridges shall be constructed of native hard wood or foreign timber, to
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be replaced by steel and masonry when the development of traffic shall
justity the outlay.
Sec. 8. The sfrantee shall acquire for the construction of the railroad
a strip of land thirty meters in width, except in such places where
greater width is required for stations^ buildmgs. embankments, cuts
and borrow pits, quarries, and such additional lanos as may be required
for diversions of water, roads or highways, drainage of swamp lands,
dikes and other works to protect the tracti from floods and freshets,
as well as for yards, shops, wharves, platforms, storehouses, turn-
outs, switches, or ^ for any other purposes useful and proper to the
railroad. In the case when lands necessarv for the proper construc-
tion of the line cannot be obtained bv tree arrangement with the
owners, the grantee shall have the right to expropriate same in the
manner established by law.
Sec. 9. Before commencing work on any one section or district of
the line the grantee shall file with the Consulting Engineer of the
Commission a map or plan and profile thereof showing the course and
direction, aecompaniea by an explanatory statement as to the route
and general conoitions of said section or district of the proposed rail-
road. On approval of said plan and profile two copies snail be drawn
by the grantee, one of which shall remain in the possession of the
grantee and the other be filed in the office of the Consulting Engineer
of the Commission.
Sec. 10. At points where the railroad shall cross public highways
the grantee shall construct the necessarv bridges and crossings so that
the public communication shall not be interrupted. The grantee
shall further put up the necessary notices to the puolic to avoid danger
from passing trains, the same to be specified b^ the Consulting Engi-
neer; and at points of peculiar danger for crossing, when required by
the Consulting Engineer or by the provincial board of the province in
which the crossing is, shall station a gate or a guard or both at the
crossing to prevent accidents.
Sec. 11. The grantee shall establish along the whole length of the
road a telegraph line for the exclusive use of the railroad. The posts
of this line shall also carry the number of wires which the Govern-
ment may consider necessary to erect for public service. The estab-
lishment, protection, and maintenance of the wires and stations
necessary for public service shall be at the cost of the Government.
Sec. 12. The grantee before opening the road or portions of the
road for convevance of passengers and freight shall give notice in
writing to the Consulting Engineer of the date when the railroad, or
portion of the railroad will be, in the opinion of the company, suffi-
ciently completed for safe conveyance. Upon receipt of such notifi-
cation the Consulting Engineer shall himself or bv his assistant
forthwith examine all bridges, tunnels, and other works, locomotives
and rolling stock intended to be used thereon, and if he finds the same
to be satisfactory, in accordance with law, and safe for public travel,
shall authorize the opening of all or a portion of the line.
Sec. 18. The grantee shall enjoy the following powers, privileges
and exemptions:
(a) To occupy any part of the public domain, not occupied for other
public purposes, wnich may be necessary for the purposes of the
enjoyment of this franchise and may be approved by the Consulting
Engmeer. The land to be taken under this power shall be acquirea
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by the company in the following manner: The company shall file a
petition describing the land which it desires to acquire from the pub-
lic domain, showing that the same belongs to the public domain, is not
in use for any other public purpose, andis property necessary for the
enjoyment of the franchise to construct and maintain the railroad
herein described, and praying that the same may be conveyed to it for
uses and purposes of the enjoyment of said franchise, 'the petition
shall be accompanied by a plat and survey of the land described in the
petition. The Consultmg Engineer, after an examination of the peti-
tion and the plat and the taking of evidence if necessary, shall approve
the same, if he finds the land petitioned for to be necessary and proper
for the enjoyment of the franchise herein granted. The Consulting
Engineer smill then forward the petition, with his approval, to the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, who shall, upon due investiga-
tion, determine whether the land sought is public land, and is not in
use for any other public purpose, and shall certify the same to the
Civil Governor, who, being satisfied of the propriety and legality of
granting the petition, Hhall execute a patent to the railway company
for the land described in the petition and plat. The patent shall be
recorded in the office of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and
thereafter delivered to the grantee company. The patent shall oper-
ate to convey the land described therein to the grantee company for
the uses of the franchise herein granted, but sTiall contain a clause
providing for a reverter of the land to the Insular Government when-
ever it sliall have ceased to be used for the purposes of the franchise.
(b) To acquire from provincial governments, municipalities, corpo-
rations, or private individuals, by contract or expropriation, land
which may be necessary for the construction, maintenance and opera-
tion of the railroad, but no lands within the boundaries of any province
or town shall be occupied by the grantee if the same is in actual use
for provincial or municipal purposes, nor shall any land within the
boundary of any town be occupied without the consent of the municipal
authorities of such town. No part of a public road shall be occupied
by the railroad without the consent of both the town and the provin-
cial authorities, except such part as may be necessary in the crossing
of the road by the railroad. The character of the crossing of any road
shall be agreed upon by the provincial board of the province and the
agents of the grantee company. In case of a difference the question
shall be referred to the Consulting Engineer, whose decision shall be
final.
(c) To appear, to petition, to indicate, continue or discontinue at
any stage all proceedings in or out of court; to sue and be sued; and
to appoint or separate freely such employees and agents as the busi-
ness of the corporation shall require, and to allow them a suitable
compensation.
(a) To acquire for the purposes of the railroad by purchase, volun-
tary grant, or by any other lawful title, the ownerahip or possession
of lands and other real and personal property, as well as any estate,
right, interest or easement therein, and to take, hold, lease, exchange,
mortgage, pledge, sell er dispose of the same or any part thereof in
conformity with the law.
(e) To construct, alter, substitute, maintain and operate the railway
conceded, make or construct all buildings, stations, shops, planes, tun-
nels, embankments, aqueducts, bridges, or other structures, wharves.
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roads, ways, passages, conduits, drains, piers, arches, cuttings and
fences on lands acquireH, or on which the necessary right has been
obtained, and to cross any railway, tramway, river, stream, water
course, lake, canal, shore, road, and highway, where the necessary
riffht has been obtained from those public or private corporations or
individuals whose rights will be affected, also to direct or alter, as well
temporarily as permanentl}^ the course of any river, stream, water
course or highway, or raise or sink the level thereof, in order the
more conveniently to carrv the same across, over, under, or by. the
side of the railroad, when the consent of the owners of rights or inter-
ests which may be prejudiced or injured, shall have l^en obtained
through contract, or the injury compensated for in the case of expro-
priation proceedings.
if) To open quarries, to collect stone from the surface of the land,
to cut timber, to mine in lands for materials, and to build and operate
kilns for lime, gypsum, and brick on lands owned, occupied, leased or
under control for the purposes of the railroad.
ig) To conduct water to the milroad for the use of the same, and to
acquire the necessary land and to make such roads thereon as may
be necessary to give access to the stations from public roads in the
vicinity.
(A) To borrow such sums of money and contract such debts from
time to time as may be necessary to construct, complete, maintain,
and operate the railroad or for any other lawful purposes; to issue and
dispose of promissory notes, debentures or other securities for any
amount so borrowed or debt contracted with or without the security
of the properties or property rights of the railroad, and to secure sucn
debts, notes, bonds, deoentures or securities by a mortgage deed,
creating mortgages, charges, and incumbrances upon owned properties
and property rights or rights of any kind, or by deeds constitutfbg
liens and charges affecting the rents and revenues of the railroad in
whole or in part. The grantee shall not have power to mortgage the
railroad, construction of which is authorized herein, to the extent of
more than an amount equivalent to fifteen thousand dollars a kilometer
in money of the United States.
(i) No real or personal property of the railroad actually used and
necessary for the purpose of tne railroad line shall be taxed by any
province or municipality for twenty years from the granting of this
franchise.
(i) In the case of refusal, neglect, or delay in payment of the cost
ana expenses of transportation and conduction of freight over the
whole length or any part of the line, the grantee shall have the right
to detain the same until such time a^ amount due shall be paid. If the
payment of rates or transportation on goods should not be effected
within fifteen days, the company may apply for their sale at public
auction to the justice of the peace for the district wherein the station
is situated, who will order the total or partial sale of said goods in
sufficient amount to cover expenses, costs, transport, and conduction.
(k) To make application before the justice of the peace of the dis-
trict wherein the station is situated for the sale at public auction of
all articles of freight or luggage transported by the company which
may have remained at sucn station for two months or over and not
been called for by the owner or consignee. In the before-mentioned
cases or when the owner or consignee can not be found or is imknown
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or shall refuse tx) receive the goods transported or pay the cost of
transport, application may be made by the company to the justice of
the peace for an order to sell at public auction within two days those
goods which are of a perishable nature, and within ten days those not
subject to deterioration. The proceeds of sale shall go first to defray
the cost and expenses of said sale, and then to the account of freight
and charges of the railroad company on said goods, and the balance,
if there be any, shall be deposited with said judge at the dispK)sition of
the person who may have right to the same.
Sec. 14. The grantee company shall undertake to provide on its
trains the hpcule which may be necessarv for the service of mails, the
rate of transportation, terms, and conditions under which same shall
be carried l>eing arranged and agreed to between the Director of Posts
and the company. In case the Director of Posts and the company
shall not agree as to the rate and terms of transportation thereof the
Chief Executive of the Islands, after giving the company opportunity
to be heard, shall fix the prices, terms, and conditions therefor. Such
prices shall not be less for carrying such mails in the re^lar passen-
ger trains than the amount which the company would realize as freight
on a like transport of merchandise and a fair compensation for the
post-office car. If the Government of the Islands should require in
addition to the ordinary mail service, the transport of mail or urgent
orders, at other hours or at higher speed than the passenger trains are
run, the transpoii; of troops, ammunition, bullion, or freight, the com-
pany shall provide, day or night, special conveyance for same and be
allowed extra compensation therefor.
Sec. 15. The grantee company shall not put obstacles in the way of
the road conceded being crossed by other lines of railroad authorized
byjthe Government of the Islands, where full compensation is made
for any damage which may be sustained and the police law of railroads
is complied with.
Sec. 16. The legal domicile of the grantee company shall be in
Manila where there shall also be a duly authorized representative with
full powers to cany out the duties and sustain the rights conferred
under the concession.
Sec. 17. From the time when the whole or part of the railroad shall
be opened to public service the grantee company shall nm its regular
trains for the transportation of passengers and freight as near as prac-
ticable at regular hours fixed by public notice and shall furnish suffi-
cient accommodation for the transportation of passengers and property
as are within a reasonable time previously thereto offered for trans-
portation at the places of starting.
Sec. 18. The company shall concede to all passengers holding first
class tickets, the free carriage of fifty kilogrammes of personal baggage
and those holding lower-class tickets thirty kilogrammes of personal
baggage. By personal baggage is to be understood ordinary wearing
apparel, bicycles, and such articles as may be required by persons
practicing any profession or trade, it being further understOKxl that
such articles shall only be accepted by the company when contained in
such receptacles as will safely contain the same for purposes of trans-
portation and that the grantee company shall not be liable beyond the
extent of one hundred gold dollars for each fifty kilogrammes of weight
of such baggage unless the owner thereof shall, UDon offering the same
for transportation, declare the contents thereof ana pay therefor by way
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of insurance for the additional amount of responsibility to be assumed
by the company in case of loss.
Sec. 19. The locomotive used in the working of the line shall be
furnished with a bell and with a steam whistle and the bell shall be
rung or the whistle sounded at a distance of at least three hundred
meters from every place at which the i-ailroad passes any highway
and be kept ringing or sounding until the engine has crossed such
highway.
Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of the grantee company to provide the
locomotives used in the operation of the road with the necessary appa-
ratus to prevent sparks or live coals setting fire to any properties acya-
cent to tne line.
Sec. 21. The grantee company shall regulate the speed of trains run-
ning through the streets of towns or on public highways where the line
is not fenced in, or where there are no gates or flagmen at crossings of
such streets or highways to the velocity which the municipal councils
of the respective towns shall decide on. In case the decision seems
unreasonable the company may appeal to the Consulting Engineer,
whose decision shall be final.
Sec. 22. The company shall oblige every employee working on a
passenger train or at a station for passengers, to wear upon his hat or
cap a badge which shall indicate bis office, and he shall not without
such badge be entitled to exercise any of the powers of his office or
ask for the help of the guardians of the law if such are necessary.
Sec. 23. It shall be obligatory for the company by means of its
agents or employees to affix checks or tags to every parcel of baggage
delivered to such agents or employees for transportation and a dupli-
cate of such check or tag shall be delivered to the passenger deliver-
ing same. If the grantee company does not comply with this obliga-
tion no fare or tollshall be received from such passenger, and if such
passenger has already paid same it shall be returned on demand.
Sec. 24. The company may refuse t6 transport any package or
parcel suspected to contain goods of a dangerous nature or whose
transport snail be prohibited by the Government.
Sec. 25. The grantee company shall charge for the transport of
passengers or freight prices nxea by reasonable tariffs. Such tariffs
shall be approved by the Consulting Engineer or by such other officers
as may be provided by law. The legislative authority of the Islands
may proviae for the change and regulation of tariffs so as to make
them reasonable.
Sec. 26. The tariffs approved by the governmental authority for
the conduction and transport of passengers, baggage, packages, freight,
and live stock shall be posted by the company m prominent places in
its stations before such tariffs shall go into effect, and they snail also
be published in the papei*s of Manib for the general information of
the public.
Sec. 27. The franchise conferred herein to construct, maintain, and
operate a railroad from Guiguinto to Cabanatuan is, subject to the
nght of Congress to amend, modify, or repeal the same under the
Philippine Act, made perpetual.
Sec. 28. The tariffs for transport of public and Government freight
and passengers which shall be applied for the working of the line from
Guieuinto to Cabanatuan shall be those approved by the Government
of the Island for the Manila and Dagupan Kailroad. These tariffs
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shall be revised by the proper governmental authority when a standard
currency shall be established for these Islands in the place of the
Mexican dollar to-day in circulation or a law fixing tne monetary
basis in the Islands be enacted.
Sec. 29. Before inaugurating the first district of the line con-
ceded the grantee company shall submit for the approval of the proper
governmental authority of the Islands the workmg rules and regula-
tions for the government of its train and station service, for the con-
dition of its traffic, for the proper care of its tracks, bridges, and
other appurtenances and for the guidance of its employees, and the
Government having given the company opportunity to be heard thereon,
shall make in saia working rules and regulations the additions and
alterations which shall be considered necessary. These working rules
and regulations, after being approved by the proper governmental
authority, shall have the force of law, but they shall be subject to
modification at any time at petition of the company, said modifications
being subject, after giving the company opportunity to be heard, to
alteration by the proper authority, ancf wnen approved in presented
or modified form snail have the force of law.
Sec. 30. Within the term of fifteen days from the date of the
acceptance of the concession as hereinafter provided, the grantee com-
pany shall deposit in the office of the Insular Treasurer in Manila, a
sum, in money of the United States, equal to three hundred dollars tor
each kilometer of the concession; said deposit shall be returned to the
grantee company in proportion and as the work be terminated and for
lengths whicn shall not be less than ten kilometers. The grantee com-
pany shall lose all or part of said deposit in favor of the Insular Gov-
ernment if more than six months shall elapse without having begun
the railroad, or more than three years shall elapse before it is termi-
nated. The deposit shall not be forfeited when the termination of the
works shall have teen partially or totally interrupted by force majeure
or by fortuitous causes. In case the gi*autee compan}^ desires to do
so, the deposit herein required may, with the approval of the Civil
Governor, be made in interest bearing bonds, or other securities, at
least equivalent, both in par and actual value, to the money deposits
above required, and the interest due on the bonds or other securities
shall, as it accrues, be paid to the grantee company or its order.
Sec. 31. The Legislature of the Islands after hearing the grantee
company shall have the power to declare the forfeiture of the conces-
sion in the following cases:
{a) It the works are not commenced orthe road finished within the
period prescribed in the concession except in cases fortuitous or force
majeure; when such cases shall occur the Legislature of the Islands
shall have the power to extend as considered necessary the period fixed
for the execution of the works. At the termination of the extension
of time, the concession shall be forfeited.
(b) If on the opening to public traffic of the total length of line the
grantee company interrupts the public service for a longer period than
one month when such interruption shall not be due to force majeure
or to the carrying out of repairs as considered necessary for the
security of the public by the inspector named by the Government or
by the company.
Sec. 32. Against the declaration of forfeiture of the concession
made by the Legislature of the Islands, the grantee company may
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apply in the first instance to the courts of the Islands and on appeal to
the bupreme Court of the United States of America. If the grantee
company should not appeal against the declaration of forfeiture within
a period of two months after the same has been communicated, it shall
be understood that the aboye priyilege is renounced. The forfeiture
of the concession implies the loss of the deposit.
Sec. 33. Once that the declaration of forfeiture of the concession is
signed all works which haye been completed shall be put up to public
auction and' the concession shall be adjudicated to the highest bidder
who shall pay to the original grantee the amount obtained in such
auction for said works, deducting costs and expenses which the same
may occasion. The basis of the auction shall oe the estimated yalue
of the technical study for the execution of the work, the lands bought,
works completed, the existing plant and material for the execution of
the works and the working of the line. The yaluation shall be made
by two experts, one to be named by the Goyemment and the other
by the grantee company, and a third who shall be named by common
consent in case of disagreement
Sec. 34. Nothing herein contained shall be used to prejudice the
Insular Goyemment or the Goyemment of the United States in the
issues pending between the Manila Railway Company, Limited, and
the United S^tes or the Insular Goyemment as to claims for damages
or the forfeiture of the right to present such claims by the Manila
Railway Company, Limited.
Sec. 35. The granting of this charter shall be subject in all respects
to the limitations upon corporations and the granting of franchises
contained in the Act of Congress approyed July first, nineteen hun-
dred and two, entitled '*An Act temporarily to proyide for the admin-
istration of affairs of ciyil goyemment in the Philippine Islands and
for other purpjoses.''
Sec. 36. This Act shall take effect on its passage, but the grant of
the franchise shall not become opemtiye unless the grantee company
shall, within sixty days after the passage hereof, file with the Civil
Governor its acceptance of the franchise and its agreement to comply
with all the terms of this act.
Enacted, December 8, 1902.
[No. 655.]
AN ACT to authorize the conatruction by the Manila Railway Company, Limited,
owning and operating the Manila and Daffupan Railway, of two branches, one
conne^ing Maoalacat with the main li^e and one connecting Bayambang with the
mainline.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Manila Railway Comjwinjr, ^ Limited, is hereby
authorized to construct a railroad m the municipality of Mabalacat,
in the Province of Pampanga, four and one-half miles in length, from
the main line of the Manua and Dagupan Railway to a point to be
occupied by troops of the United States Army as an Army post; and
in the municipality of Bayambang, in the Province of Pangasinan, a
branch to be one mile in length, and to connect the main line of said
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railroad with an Army post of the United States Army there to be
constructed.
Sec. 2. The branches hereinbefore provided shall be maintained
and operated as a part of the line of the Manila Railway Company,
Limited, with the same restrictions and privileges as contoined in the
grant to the Manila Railway Company, Limitea, for the construction
of a branch line from Guiguinto to Cabanatuan.
Sec. 8. The ^rant of the franchise herein shall not be construed as
in any way prejudicing the Insular Government upon matters in issue
between it and the Manila Railway Company, Limited, in respect to
the claim of damages by that company for the occupation or iniurv
inflicted by United States forces upon the Manila and Dagupan Rail-
way, nor shall it prevent the United States or the Insular (jovemment
from relying upon the defense to such claims that the conduct of said
railway company and its agents forfeited any right to recover on such
claims.
Sec. 4. This act shall take eSect on its passage.
Enacted, December 8, 1902.
[No. 556.]
AN ACT to amend act numbered fiftjr-two by providing for the closing of banks in
case of their insolvency, or when, in the opinion of uie civil governor, their con-
tinuance in business may involve loss to their depositors.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Conmilssion^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Fifty-two, entitled ^' An Act providing
for examinations of banking institutions in the Philippine Islands and
for reports by their officers," is hereby amended by cnanging section
eight to read section thirteen and by inserting after section seven the
following additional sections:
''Sec. 8. In case the examination by the Treasurer made under
section three shall disclose to him that the condition of the bank is one
of inHoIvency, or that its continuance in business in the receipt of
deposits will involve probable loss to depositors, it shall be the duty
of the Treasurer forthwith in writing to mform the Civil Governor of
the facts, and if the Civil Governor finds the statements of the Treas-
urer to be true, he shall forthwith forbid the bank to do a banking
business in the Islands and direct the Treasurer to take charge of the
assets of the bank and proceed according to law.
"Sec. 9. Upon receiving the order from the Civil Governor men-
tioned in section eight, the Treasurer shall, by the Attorney -General,
file a petition in the Court of First Instance in the territorial jurisdic-
tion of which the bank is situated, reciting the proceedings which have
been taken and praving the assis^nce and supervision of the court in
the liquidation of the affairs of the bank. The Treasurer shall there-
after under the supervision of the court and with all convenient speed
reduce the assets of the bank to money. After payment of the costs
of the proceedings, including reasonable commissions and fees to the
Treasurer, to be allowed by the court, the Treasurer shall pay the
debts of the bank, under decree of the court, in the order following:
"First. All public taxes due.
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"Second. Debts due to all other persons in the order of priority, if
any, fixed by law.
*'In cu»e of debts secured by mortjafage of any property of the bank
of which the Treasurer takes possession, it shall be the duty of the
Treasurer, under direction of the court, to sell the property mortgaged
and to apply the proceeds:
"First. To all taxes due.
"Second. To the costs of the sale, including a reasonable conunis-
sion to the Treasurer and insurance and other expenses.
"Third. To satisfy the debt of the owner of the mortgage.*
"Fourth. To the payment of other creditors in the oraer of pri-
ority, if any, fixed by law.
"In case" of property of the bank pledged for its debts which, by
the contract of security, must remain in possession of the creditor, the
Treasurer shall have tne same remedies to effect sale of security, pay-
ment of the debt and return of the balance as the bank would have
had, and in all proceedings, in respect to his trust, the Treasurer shall
represent and exercise the rights of the bank and the general creditors.
"Sec. 10. The administration of the trust under the two next pre-
ceding sections may be carried on by a deputy designated by the
Treasurer. The costs, fees, and commissions, earned by the Treasurer
or his deputies shall be deposited as a special fund with the Insular
Treasurer to be used to pay tne salaries of the clerks and other employees
whose employment is rendered necessary in the discharge of the trust,
together with other additional expenses caused thereby. The balance
of commissions, fees, and costs earned, after the payment of all
expenses, shall be turned into the Insular Treasury.
Sec. 11. Except as hereinbefore provided the procedure of liqui-
dation and payment of creditors shall be as nearly similar as mav be
to that pursued in the liquidation of the affairs of a national bank by
a receiver under the national banking laws of the United States.
" Sec. 12. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith in so far
as they are inconsistent are hereby repealed."
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, December 9, 1902.
[No. 557.]
AN ACT pnnishing prize fighting aiid sparring or boxing exhibitions.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippirie
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Any person who within the Philippine Islands engages
in, instigates, aids, encourages, or does any act to further a contention
or fight with or without weapons between two or more persons, or a
fight commonly called a ring or prize fight, or who engages in a public
or private sparring or boxmg exhibition, with or without gloves, at
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which an admission fee is charged or received, either directly or indi-
rectly, or who sends or publishes a challenge or acceptance of a chal-
lenge for such a contention, exhibition, or fight, or carries or delivers
sucn a challenge or acceptance, or trains or assists any person in train-
ing or preparing for such a contention, exhibition, or fight, shall be
punished b^ a fine of not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment not exceeding one year and one day, or both, in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the psLSfiSiee 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 its passage.
Enacted, December 16, 1902.
[No. 558.]
AN ACT changing the name of the puehlo of Binanffonan de LAmpon, in the
Province of Tayaoas, to that of Inmnta.
JBy authorial/ of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. Upon the application of the municipal council for the
pueblo of Binangonan de Lampon, in the Province of Tayabas, the
name of said pueblo is changed from Binangonan de I^unpon to
Infanta.
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.
Enaxsted, December 16, 1902.
[No. 559.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Pansasinan to pay to
F. W. I>arby, sheriff of Pan^asinan, the sum of six hundred and thirty-four dol-
lars and forty-nine cents, United States currency, for services rendered by him in
May, June, and July, nineteen hundred and two.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippic
Coinmission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Pangasinan is
hereby authorized and directed to order the payment to F. W. Darby,
sheriff of Pangasinan, of the sum of six hundred and thirty-four dol-
lars and forty- nine cents, United States currency, or such pstrt thereof
as may be necessary, for services rendered by him in May, June, and
July, nineteen hundred and two, in serving processes of the court,
executing judgments, and executing prisoners, anything in previous
laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedjr 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 its passage.
Enacted, December 16, 1902.
[No. 560.]
AN ACT providing for the appointment in the Attomey-Generars office of a Deputy
Supervisor of Provincial Fiscale.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy tlie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There shall be employed in the oflSce of the Attorney-
General, in addition to the force now employed, one Deputy Super-
visor of Provincial Fiscals to assist the Supervisor of Provincial
Fiscals in the discharge of his duties as the latter may direct. He
shall receive ah annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars
and his actual traveling expenses when absent from Manila on public
business.
Sec. 2. The public good re(juiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is herebv 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 18, 1902.
[No. 561.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Five Hundred and thirty-six an amended by Act
Numbered Five Hundred and thirty-eight.
By authority of the United States^ he it ena^cted hy the PhUippi/ne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Five hundred and thirtv-six, entitled
"An Act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and under-
takings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety
thereon," as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty-
eight, is hereby further amended by striking out section eleven of
said Act and inserting the following:
" Sec. 11. No surety company now doing business in these Islands
shall be disqualified from executing surety bonds prior to February
first, nineteen hundred and three, under the terms of this Act.
*'Seo. 12. This Act shall take eflfect on February first, nineteen
hundred and three."
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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, December 18, 1902.
[No. 562.]
AN ACT amending act numbered four hundred and ninety-five, appropriating two
million dollars, local currency, for expenses in connection with the purchase and
distribution of rice.
By author ii/y of tJie United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-
five, entitled "An Act appropriating the sum of two million dollars,
local currency, for expenses in connection with the purchase and dis-
tribution of rice to inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in provinces
suffering from scarcity of food and for other purposes,'' is hereby
amended bv striking out the last clause, beginning with the word
"but" in the fifth line and ending with the word " duties" in the last
line of said section.
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 oraer 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, December 18, 1902.
[No. 563.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of one hundred and eight thousand three hundred
and twenty-six dollars and sixty cents, in money of the United States, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for expenses of the insular government during the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and other designated periods.
By authority of tlie United States^ he it enacted hy tJte Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of one hundred and ei^ht thousand three hun-
dred and twenty-six dollars and sixty cents, m money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropri-
ated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appro-
priated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named:
For the purchase of the house known as the "Lacalle House," situ-
ated at number three hundred and eighty -four Calle General Solano,
forty -five thousand dollars.
Construction and maintenance of telegraph, telephone, and cable
lines. Signal Service, nineteen hundred and three: For the purchase
of cables for the use of the Philippine Archipelago, thirty-seven thou-
sand six hundred and seventy dollars.
Pay of stenographic reporters and witnesses, Chief Quartermaster,
Division of the Philippines: For the pay of stenographic reporters
and witnesses during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and one and
nineteen hundred and two, before military commissions in the trial of
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crimes committed in unorganized territory in the Philippine Archi-
pelago, forty-one dollars and sixty cents.
For commutation of salary of Bernard Moses -as Commissioner and
Secretary of Public Instruction, for accrued leave of absence for the
period of six months, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For salary for the naval officer in charge of the Nautical School, at
one hundred dollars per month, from June first, nineteen hundred
and one, to December first, nineteen hundred and one, six hundred
dollars.
For the construction of a schoolhouse in the town of Siassi, under
the direction of Captain Le Rov Eltinge, Fifteenth United States
Cavalry, two hundred and forty dollars.
For tne enlargement and repair of the trail from Naguilian, Prov-
ince of La Union, to the Benguet line, on the road between San Fer-
namlo and Baguio, under the direction of the provincial supervisor of
the Province of La Union, one thousand dollars.
For the repair of the trail on the road between San Fernando and
Baguio, from the Benguet line to Baguio, under the direction of the
provincial governor of Benguet, one thousand dollars.
For the payment of claims during the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and two, against the United States prison at Lingayen, which are
properly chargeable to Insular funds, twenty-five dollars.
msuia/r salary and expense fund^ nineteen hundred and three: For
the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials which are prop-
erly chargeable to Insular funds and not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of employees
from the United States to Manila, and for the payment to the estates
of deceased employees of salaries due such employees for the leaves of
absence to which they were entitled at the time of their deaths, in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and
forty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasury in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time of
withdrawal, and payments in local currency of all obligations of the
Insular Government properly expressed in United States currency,
shall be in the ratio in force at the time of payment.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is herebj^ expedited in ac-
cordance with section two oi "An Act. prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of lawss" passed Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 22, 1902.
[No. 564.]
AN ACT authorizing a loan of twenty-five thousand dollars in local currency to the
Province of Samar for the purpose of enabling that province to construct roads and
give employment to needy persons.
By aiUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat\
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Samar is hereby
authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Government, the
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sum of twenty-five thousand dollars in local currency, to be expended
under the supervision of the provincial board upon the construction
of needed roads in that part of the province in which the employment
given hj such construction and the waees paid for the work thereunder
will relieve the necessities of the people. The amount borrowed here-
under shall be expended for no other purposes than that stated herein.
The sum thus borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasurv,
without interest, within two years from the date of the loan. The
amount loaned snail be paid to the provincial ti-easurer and receipted
for bv him and shall be by him disbursed upon orders of the provincial
board as in other cases.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropnated the sum of twenty -five thousand
dollars in local currency to comply with the provisions 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 22, 1902.
[No. 666.]
AN ACT 80 amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight as to authorize
the board of trusteea of the College of San J096 to pay F. C. Fisher one hundred
and eighty-eight dollars in local currency for his services as translator.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine .
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight, entitled
''An Act regulating expenditure of money under appropriations, for-
bidding the allowances to officers or clerks for extra compensation,
except in case of clerks or employees acting as night teachers in the
Eubhc schools, and regulating the payment of traveling expenses,'' is
ereby amended so as to authorize the board of trustees of the College
of San Jos^ of the city of Manila to pay to F. C. Fisher, clerk of
the Supreme-Court of the Philippine Islands, the sum of one hundred
and eighty-eight dollars in local currency for translation work done
by him in connection with the litigation for the possession of the prop-
erty of said college instituted pursuant to Act Numbered Sixty-nine
of the Philippine Commission.
Sec. 2. The payment authorized bv this Act shall be made from the
funds appropriated bv Act Numberea Sixty-nine to defray the expenses
of the litigation in the matter of title to the property of the College
of San Jos^.
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 22, 1902.
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[No. 666.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and ten, providing for the organiza-
tion of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, by increasing tne salary of the secretary-
treasurer in said province to thirteen hundred dollars and the salary of the
lieutenant-governor of the sub-province of Bontoc to fifteen hundred dollars per
year.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commismm^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ten,
Eroviding for the organization of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, is
ereby amended by striking out subsection (b) thereof and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
'"(J) A provincial secretary-treasurer, who shall receive compensa-
tion at the rate of thirteen hundred dollars per year."
Sec 2. Section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and ten is
hereby amended by striking out the words ^'fourteen hundred dollars"
in the sixth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"one thousand five hundred dollars."
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 Taws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 22, 1902.
[No. 667.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, providing for the
organization of a provincial government in the Province of Pan^jua and defining
the liipita of that province, by fixing new boundaries for the Province of Paragua.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Sechon 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-
two, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of a provincial
government in the Province of Paragua, and defining the limits of
that nrovince," is hereby amended to read as follows:
''Sec 2. The Province of Paragua shall consist of all that portion
of the Island of Paragua north of a line beginning in the middle of the
channel at the mouth of the Ulugan River in the Ulu^n Bay, thence
following the main channel of the Ulugan River to the village of Bahile,
thence along the main traU leading from Bahile to the Tapul River,
thence following the course of the Tapul River to its mouth in the
Honda Bay; except that at the towns of Bahile and Tapul the west
boundary line shall be the arc of a circle with one mile radius, the
center of the circles being the center of the said towns of Bahile and
Tapul. There shall be included in the Province of Paraguav the sn^all
islands adjacent thereto, including Dumaran and the islanas forming
the Calamianes group and the Cuyos group. ^
Sec. 2. The public good requirmg tne 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 Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 22, 1902.
[No. 568.]
AN ACT changing the titles of the inspectors of the Philippines constabolary.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Ccmimission^ that:
Section 1. The inspectors of constabulary provided for in Act
Numbered One hundred and seventy-five shall hereafter be designated
as follows:
First-class inspector as captain and inspector.
Second-class inspector as nrat lieutenant and inspector.
Third-class inspector as second lieutenant and inspector.
Fourth-class inspector as third lieutenant and inspector.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, December 23, 1902.
[No. 569.]
AN ACT exempting the districts of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo,
now a partoi Tayabas Province, from payment of the land tax for the year 1902.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In view of the insuflScient time to complete the assess-
ment and collection of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and
two in the districts of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo,
annexed to the Province of Tayabas by Act Numbered Four hundred
and seventeen of the Philippine Commission, the collection of the
land tax provided by "The Municipal Code" and *'The Provincial
Government Act" is hereby suspended in such districts and island for
the year nineteen hundred and two.
Sec. 2. The date i)rescribed by section fifty-two of "The Municipal
Code" for the appraisement and assessment of lands for taxation pur-
poses is hereby postpjoned for the period of one year in that territory
neretofore included in the districts of Infanta and Principe and the
Island of Polillo, now a part of the Province of Tayabas.
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-
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sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 23, 1902.
[No. 570.]
AN ACT for the relief of Juan Araneta.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philipjnne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas Juan Araneta, although not duly appointed
to such position, has acted as superintendent of the Government farm
known as ''La Granja Modelo," in Occidental Negros, and has saved
valuable Government property from deterioration and destruction,
the sum of two thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars, local
currency, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to compensate him for his serv-
ices from December twenty-eighth, nineteen nundred and one, to Sep-
tember thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 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 its passage.
Enacted, December 31, 1902.
[No. 571.]
AN ACT to amend section sixty-five of Act Numbered One hmidred and eighty-
three, entitled ''An Act to incorporate the city of Manila, by providing that the
advisory board shall hold regular meetings once a week instead of once every two
weeks.
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppvne
CoTjirndssiony mat:
Section 1. Section sixty -five of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-three, entitled *'An Act to incorporate the citv of Manila," is
hereby amended by striking out of that section the following sentence:
"The Board shall hold refifular meetings once every two weeks, upon
a da^ and at a time to be fixed by resolution of the Board," and insert-
ing m lieu thereof the following: *'The Board shall hold regular meet-
ings once a week, upon a day and at a time to be fixed by resolution
of the Board."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passaj?e of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure hj the
Commission in the enactment of laws,"' passed Septemoer twenty -sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 31, 1902.
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[No. 672.]
AN ACT to postpone the ffoinff into effect of Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six entitled ''The Land Registration Act'' until February first, nineteen
hundred and three.
By OAdhority of the United States^ he it eruicted ly the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled
'*The Land Registration Act," is hereby amended by striking out sec-
tion one hundred and twenty -eight thereof, which provides that the
Act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and three, and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 128. This Act shall take eflfect February first, nineteen hun-
dred and three, and the law in force prior to January first, nineteen
hundred and three, in reference to the registration of titles to lands in
the Philippine Islands, the execution of conveyances and the duties of
notaries public and their appointment, is herebv continued in force for
the montn of January, nineteen hundred and three, including the first
day 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, January 1, 1903.
[No. 573.]
AN ACT directing the custodian of the silver and other metal seized from the steamer
Don Juan by officers of the Spanish Government in the month of July, eighteen
hundred and ninety-three, to deliver to the respective claimants and owners thereof
the portion of the same adjudged to be theirs by the courts of the Philippine
Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Insular Treasurer, the custodian of the silver and
other metal seized from the steamer Don Juan and discovered from
the same source by officers of the Spanish Government in the month of
July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be and he is hereby directed
to deliver to the persons hereinafter mentioned, or to their legal repre-
sentatives, eighty per cent of all the silver and other metal now in his
custody seized from the shij) Don Juan and discovered from the same
source by officers of the Spanish Government in the Bay of Manila in the
month of July, eighteen nundred and ninety-three, in accordance with
the judgment ana decree of the '^Intendencia General de Hacienda"
rendered on the twenty-first day of August, eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, at the city of Manila, and the decision of the Supreme
Court of the Philippine Islands rendered on the seventh day of March,
nineteen hundred and two, in the proportions respectively belonging
to the persons following, to wit: baltazar Marti, as manager of the
firm of Millat, Marti and Mitjans, Demetrio Inchausti^ Jose Aristegui,
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Andres Abrisqueta, Santiago Blanco, Arturo Barra, and Domingo C.
Orlac, as in such judgment and decree declared.
Sec. 2. The Insular Treasurer is authorized to pay to Francisco
Escudero, the fiscal oflScer, or his representatives, from the twenty
per cent remaining of the total silver before mentioned now in the
Treasury, the amount adjudged to be due him under the decree of the
Intendencia.
Sec. 3. Whereas a portion of the silver which is the subject of this
Act has lost its character as a circulating medium, and the decree of
the Intendencia provides that it should be turned over to the mint for
melting down and an expert appraisement of its value, and the twenty
percent fine should be calculated upon said appraisement and the
interested parties should pay the same in current money, and whereas,
owing to the want of a mmt in these Islands there is no way at present
to carry out this part of the decree, this Act shall become operative
to authorize the payment and distribution in the first two sections
hereof only on condition that the parties shall agree that the silver
which has lost its character as a circulating medium may be weighed,
that its value in current money shall be determined by the Insular
Treasurer, that the distributees under the first section shall pay the
twenty per cent required by them to be paid in current money, and
that all the distributees hereunder shall agree, before this Act shall
become operative, that in case of any disagreement as to the proper
construction of the decrees of the Intendencia and the Supreme Court
the same shall be finally construed by 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 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, January 2, 1903.
[No. 574.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and seventeen by fixing bounda-
ries for the districts of Infanta and Principe, Province of Tayabas.
By a/uihoi^y of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippi/ne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Four hundred and seven-
teen, entitled *^ An Act annexing the districts of Infanta and Principe
and the Island of Polillo to the Province of Tayabas," is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following words:
"The limits of flie districts of Infanta and Principe shall be defined
as follows: To include all the territory south or east of the following
boundary: An east and west line passing ten miles north of Point
Dinapiqui at the north entrance of Dilasac Bay*, from the Pacific coast,
and extending to a point twenty miles west of the said coast; thence
in a direct line to a point twenty miles west of the town of Eagisuran;
and proceeding in another direct line to a point fifty miles west of
Cape San Ildelonso at the eastern entrance oi Kasiguran Bay; thence
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in a direct line to a point twenty miles west of the town of Baler;
thence continuing in another direct line to a point twenty miles west
of the town of Infanta (formerly Binangonan de Lampon); from this
point in a direct line to a point ten miles west of the Pacific ocean, and
on the existing boundary between the Provinces of Rizal ana La
La^na; and thence proceeding in a line parallel to the Pacific coast,
and ten miles to the west thereof, to its intersection with the present
boundary between the Provinces of La Laguna and Tayabas; and to
include all the territory and islands west or north of a line proceeding
from the point where the previously described east and west line north
of Point Dinapiqui meets the Pacific coast to a point twenty-five miles
east of the most eastern extremity of the Island of Polillo; thence to
a point ten miles east of the most eastern extremity of the Island of
Jomalig, continuing to a point six miles north of the coast of Luzon,
and thence parallel to said coast uniting with the boundar}' between
the Provinces of Tayabas and Ambos Camarines at its present termi-
nation."
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, January 2, 1903.
[No. 575.]
AN ACT authorizing judges of courts of First Instance and justices of the Supreme
Court holding a session, special or general, of the Court of First Instance of any
province to prepare and sign judgments in the cases tried by them outside of the
province where such sessions were held.
By (mthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whenever a judge of a Court of First Instance or a jus-
tice of the Supreme Court shall hold a session, special or general, of
the Court of First Instance of any province, and shall thereafter leave
the province in which the court was held without having entered judg-
ment in all the cases which were heard at such session, it shall be law-
ful for him, if the case was heard and duly argued or an opportunity
given for argument to the parties or their counsel in the proper prov-
ince, to prepare his judgment after he has left the province and to
send the same back properly signed to the clerk of the court, to be
entered in the court as oi the day when the same was received by the
clerk in the same manner as if the judge had been present in court to
direct the entry of the judgment: Provided^ however^ That no ju4g-
ment shall be valid unless the same was signed bv the judge whfle
within the jurisdiction of the Philippine Islands. Whenever a judge
shall prepare and sign his judgment beyond the jurisdiction of tne
court of which it is to be a judgment, he »hall inclose the same in an
envelope and direct it to the clerk of the proper court and send the
same by registered mail.
Sec. 2. In every case in which judgment is entered in the Court of
First Instance of a province by direction of a judge not in the province
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at the time, under the provisions of section one hereof, it shall be the
duty of the clerk of the court at once to notify the parties to the suit
or their counsel of the nature of the judgment by personal notice in
writing or registered mail, and in such case the time within which the
parties shall be required to take their exceptions to the judgment for
the preservation of their rights of appeal shall be extendi twenty
days frotn the date of receipt of notice from the clerk.
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 3, 1903.
[No. 576.]
AN ACT aathorizing the extension of the time for the payment of the land tax in
the Province of Leyte for the year nineteen hundred and two to April first, nine-
teen hmidred and three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the treasurer of the Province of Leyte has
failed to be present in many of the towns of the province to collect
the land tax tor the year nineteen hundred and two by the date here-
tofore designated, the time for the payment, without penalty, of the
land tax in the Province of Leyte for the year nineteen hundred and
two is hereby extended to April first, nineteen hundred and three,
anything in previous Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
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 oraer 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, January 3, 1903.
[No. 577.]
AN ACT authorizing the extension of the time for the payment of the land tax in
the town of Narbacan, Ilocos Sur, for the year nineteen hundred and two to Feb-
mary first, nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Whereas it has been found impossible to collect the land
tax for the year nineteen hundred and two in the town of Narbacan,
Docos Sur, by the time heretofore designated, the time for the pay-
ment, without penalty, of the land tax in the town of Narbacan, Ilocos
Sur, is hereby extended to February first, nineteen hundred three,
anything in previous Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passam of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribine 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 3, 1903.
• ^ [No. 578.]
AN ACT amending Act Nambered Twenty-two and Act Numbered One hundred and
one, providing for the improvement of the port of Manila.
By aiUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippine
Commission^ that: .
Section 1. Act Numbered Twenty-two providing for the improve-
ment of the port of Manila and Act Numbered One hundred and one
amendatory tnereof , are hereby amended so as to authorize and empower
the engineer in charge of the improvement of the port of Manila to
construct an additional breakwater three thousand feet long to the
south of the outer end of the present west breakwater, as projected,
and separated therefrom by a suitable interval for the safe entry of
vessels, said additional breakwater to be in a general northwest to
southeast direction, and in thirty feet depth oi water at mean low
water, and to be constructed of riprap stone, of the general height and
cross section shown by map on file in the oflSce of the engineer in
charge of the improvement of the port of Manila, dated October eight-
eenth, nineteen hundred and two.
Sec. 2. The engineer in charge of the improvement of the port of
Manila is hereby authorized and empowered to make a contract for the
construction of the aforesaid additional breakwater to an amount not
exceeding one million and twenty-nine thousand dollars, money of the
United States, in addition to the two million dollars for the contracts
provided for in section three of Act Numbered One hundred and one,
appropriations for meeting the new contract to be made from time to
time to meet obligations incurred under said contract on or before the
exhaustion of funds already appropriated bv Acts Numbered Twenty-
two and One hundred and one: Provided^ That the incidental expenses
for surveys, advertisements, administration, superintendence, and
inspection for the said additional breakwater may be paid directly
from funds now available or to be hereafter appropriated.
Sec. 3. The contract provided for in the preceding section shall be
made by the engineer in charge of the improvement of the port of
Manila, in form and manner as set forth in section five of Act Num-
bered Twenty-two.
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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 3, 1903.
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[No. 579.]
AN ACT providing for the eetablishment of local civil government for the non-
Christian tribes other than Moros in the province of Misamis.
By avihority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Whereas^ the non-Christian tribes other than Moros in
the Province of Misamis have not progressed sufficiently in civilization
to make it practicable to bring them under any form of municipal gov-
ernment, the provincial governor is authorized, subject to the approval
of the Secretory of the Interior, in dealing with these non-Christian
tribes to appoint officers from among them, to fix their designations
and badges of office, and to prescribe their powers and duties: Pro-
vided, That the powers and duties thus prescribed shall not be in
excess of those conferred upon township officers by Act Niunbered
Three hundred and eighty-seven, entitled " An Act providing for the
establishment of local civil governments in the townships and settle-
ments of Nueva Vizcaya."
Sec. 3. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the
provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a
course necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct members
of such tribes to take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied
public lands to be selected by him and approved by the provincial
[X)ard. Members of such tnbes who refuse to comply with such
directions shall upon conviction be imprisoned for a period not exceed-
inff sixty days.
Sec. 3. Tne constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the non-
Christian tribes other than Moros of his province to acquire the
knowledge and experience necessary for successful local popular gov-
ernment, and his supervision and control over theoi shall oe exercised
to this end, and to the end that law and order and individual freedom
shall be maintained.
Sec. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Misamis
any settlement of non-Christian tribes otner than Moros has advanced
sufficiently to make such a course practicable, it may be organized
under the provisions of sections one to sixty -seven, inclusive, of Act
Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven, as a township, and the geo-
graphical limits of such township shall be fixed by the provincial board.
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 or '*• 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, January 6, 1903.
[No. 580.]
AN ACT making an indefinite appropriation of amounts necessary for the return to the
provinces of forestry coUections made outside the province in which the timber is
cnt, as contemplatea by section eighteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended
by paragraph eight of section one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three.
JBy avihority of the United States, he it enacted hy the PhiMppine
Commi^ssion^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the
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Insular Treasury not othenivdse appropriated, a sufficient sum to return
to the provinces in which timber is cut the amount of collections under
the forestry laws made prior to July first, nineteen hundred and two,
in other provinces, in tne city of Manila, and in municipalities not
included in any organized province, which may have been deposited in
the Insular Treasury as provided by section eighteen of Act Numbered
Eighty-three, as amended by paragraph eight of section one of Act
Numl>ered One hundred and thirty -three. Such returns shall be made,
upon certification of the amount due by the Auditor, by setdement
warrant, and shall be disposed of in each province as'provided by the
Provincial Act and its amendments.
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 twenfy-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Enacted, January 6, 1903.
[No. 581.]
AN ACT to provide for the revision of the aEBeasineiit upon real estate in the city
of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^hat :
Section 1. Whereas it is claimed that the assessment of real estate
and improvements in the city of Manila has in many cases been unjust
and not according to the true value in money of the property assessed;
and
Whereas it is claimed that in view of the novelty of the procedure,
the inexperience of the officials, and the ignorance of the property
holders as to the method to be pursued in remedying the injustice done
by the assessment, proper appeals have not been taken and satisfactory
review of the origmal assessment has not been had:
There is hereby created a temporary Board of Tax Revision, which
shall perform the duties and exercise the powers hereinafter described
and conferred. The Board shall consist of seven members, all of whom
shall be either citizens of the United States or citizens of the Philip-
gine Islands and residents of the city of Manila. A majority of the
ioard shall constitute a quorum, and the action of the Board shall be
in accordance with the vote of a majority of a quorum. The mem-
bers shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of tne Commission. Members of the Advisory Board and
other municipal officials shall be eligible for appointment as members
of the Board of Tax Revision. The chairman of the Board shall be
designated in the appointment. The members shall hold daily sessions
from the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and three, until
their work is completed, but not later than the fifteenth dav of May.
nineteen hundred and three, Sundays and holidays excepted, and shall
each receive as his compensation the sum of ten dollars in money of
the United States for each day's actual attendance upon the Board,
together with an allowance of two dollars per day in money of tiie
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United States in lieu of all transportation expenses. The chairman of
the Board shall certify to the attendance or each member. The per
diem allowance of ten dollars shall not be allowed to any member of
the Board of Tax Revision who is in receipt of an annual salary from
the municipal or Insular Governments.
Sec. 2. The Board of Tax Revision shall examine the assessments
and value of all real estate and improvements thereon, now made and
on file in the office of the City Assessor and Collector; it shall take
up the consideration of the assessments by districts, and in the order
in which the properties appear to be assessed upon the books of the
City Assessor ana Collector; it shall notify each taxpayer by sending
through the mail to his usual address, if any, written notice of the
day upon which consideration of the justice of the assessment already
made of the value of his property and its revision shall take place, and
also by advertisement by two insertions of the same in two daily news-
papers of Manila printed in the English language, and two printed in
the Spanish language.
Sec. 3. The Board of Tax Revision shall hear such evidence as it
may deem wise as to the value of the property, including the rental
income therefrom, and shall personally, so far as seems necessary,
view the lands and improvements, the value of which is under consid-
eration.
Sec. 4. The Board shall classify the land to be taxed in the city
into square meter and into hectare property. All land in the thickly
inhabited portions of the city shall oe valued according to the square
meter, whether occupied or unoccupied. All land in the outskirts of
the city or in the thinly inhabited and uninhabited portions thereof,
which is now valuable only for agricultural purposes, shall be classi-
fied as hectare property and shall be assessed by the hectare or part
thereof.
In determining the value of the property, the Board of Tax Revision
shall give full consideration to the amount of income which the land
and improvements actually produce, and to the income which with
reasonable improvements the land might i)roduce; but in the end the
property shall be taxed at its true value in money, to wit, the value
at which it would be sold in market if there is a market, and if there
is not a market value then at the reasonable value thereof. The
Board of Tax Revision shall not determine the value of the land, how-
ever, by the estimate of the probable income which might be realized
from it after the further investment of capital, when such further
investment is out of proportion to the value of the land or involves a
risk of loss which land owners can not be expected to assume. The
Board of Tax Revision shall not give to any unoccupied land its specu-
lative or fanciful value, but only its real value in money at the time
of the revision. All assessments shall be made in money of the United
States.
Sec. 5. The Board of Tax Revision shall have power to increase or
diminish the assessed value of all lands and improvements in the city
of Manila, and shall have power to assess new improvements not before
assessed and not appearing on the assessment list of the City Assessor
and Collector.
Sec. 6. The Board of Tax Revision shall not be required to assess
the value of lands exempted by law from taxation, nor shall the Board
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have power to' review the question whether proper exemptions have
been nnade bv the existing taxing authorities of the city.
Sec. 7. When the revision of the assessed value of all the lands and
improvements in the city of Manila shall have been completed by the
Board, on or before the fifteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and
three, the Board shall certify over their signatures a list of the changes
made by them in the previous assessments, together with a list of the
total assessments of the taxable land and improvements in the city of
Manila to the City Assessor and Collector, who shall file the same in
his office and shall substitute this as the legal list of assessments for
the one now existing, and upon this list he shall thereafter make his
collection of taxes for the year nineteen hundred and three: Provided^
That for the year nineteen hundred and three taxes shall not be delin-
quent if paid on or before August fifteenth, instead of being delinquent
on July first as now provided in section forty-seven of the IVmnila
Charter, Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three.
Seo. 8. In cases where the assessment under the existing law shall
be reduced by the Board of Tax Revision and it shall appear that the
taxpayers appealed under the law to the Board of Tax Appeals for a
revision of the assessment, then and in that case the City Assessor and
Collector is hereby empowered and required to make requisition as ia
other cases for a refund of the excess of taxes paid under the old
assessment over those which would have been paid had the new assess-
ment been in force in the years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen
hundred and two, and the Auditor is authorized and required to settle
the account and to issue a settlement certificate for the refund as in
other cases in favor of the taxpayer. All refunds made hereunder
shall be charged to the city of Manila and the Insular Government
shall not be cnarged with any part of the same. In case there has been
a transfer of the property after the first assessment and before the
going into effect of the revised assessment, then the refund of taxes on
9ie excess of valuation, if any, for the years nineteen hundred and one
and nineteen hundred and two shall be made to the owner of the prop-
erty at the time of the payment of the excess.
»EG. 9. The revised tax list shall constitute the lawful assessment of
real property and improvements in the city of Manila for three years
ending the nrst of January, nineteen hundred and six. Section fifty-
eight of the Manila Charter, Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
three, is hereby repealed. At the close of the three yeara mentioned
in this section, the City Assessor and Collector shall make a new assess-
ment in accordance with the provisions of the Manila Charter and the
taxpayer shall have the remedies provided by that Charter for unjust
assessment and valuation.
Sec. 10. No member of the Board of Tax Revision shall sit in con-
sideration of the assessment of property in which he or any member
of his family or any relative within tne fourth degree of consanguinity
or affinity shall have an interest. In cases where any member or mem-
bers of the Board shall be disqualified to act by reason of this section,
the remaining members of the Board are hereby authorized to act in
such cases as a full Board.
Sec. 11. Before assuming office each member of the Board of Tax
Revision shall take and subscribe to the following oath before any officer
authorized to administer oaths:
**I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly revise all
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the assessments now existing in the city of Manila of the value of real
estate and the improvements thereon, and will well and truly assess
new improvements not before assessed, all according to their true value
in money, and make due certificate of the same to the City Assessor
and Collector. So help me God.
(In case of affirmation the last four words to be stricken out.)
' * Signature
''Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this day of
19...
(Signature of officer administering oath.)
The oaths of the members snail be filed in the records of the Board
by its secretary.
Sec. 12. The Civil Governor shall appoint, by and with the consent
of the Commission, a secretary of the Board of Tax Revision who shall
receive a compensation of seven dollars a day in money of the United
States during the sessions of the Board. Any employee of the City
Assessor and Collector's office shall be eligible to appointment to the
position of secretary and he shall receive the compensation herein pro-
vided, but shall not receive his regular salary while so employed.
Sec. 13. The City Assessor and Collector shall furnish suitaWe
rooms, desks, furniture, and stationerv for the use of the Board of Tax
Revision during its sessions, and shall also transfer for service under
the secretary of the Board, without additional compensation, such num-
ber of clerks as the Board may need in the discharge of its duties under
this Act. The secretary of the Board shall have free use of the mails
for the public business of the Board and all letters upon official busi-
ness shall be mailed under his frank.
Sec. 14. The salaries and expenses of the Board of Tax Revision shall
be paid by the city of Manila from appropriations duly made.
Sec. 15. The B<»rd of Tax Revision snail cease to exercise any powers
herein granted on and after the fifteenth day of May, nineteen hundred
and three.
Sec. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 8, 1903.
[No. 582.]
AN ACT to provide for the partial revision of the asseasmente upon real estate in
the municipalities in the Pnilippine Islands outside the city of Manila.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Oommission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas it is claimed that, in view of the novelty of
the procedure, inexperience of the officials, ignorance of property
holdere as to the methods to be pursued in remedying any injustice
done in the assessment of lands and buildings, and the failure to give
or receive proper notice of appeals, the assessment of real estate and
improvements thereon throughout the Archipelago has not in all cases
been just or according to the true value of the property assessed:
There is hereby created a Provincial Board of Revision, which shall
consist of the three members of the provincial board and two other
^•esidents of the province and taxpayers to be appointed by the Civil
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Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission. A majority
of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and the action of the Board
shall be in accordance with the vote of a majority of a quorum. The
Board of Revision shall be orgeLuized on the fifteenth day of February,
nineteen hundred and three, and shall forthwith give notice to the
municipal council of each municipality in the province, that, as a
Board of Revision, it will receive and hear all complaints against the
existing assessment or valuation of land, and improvements thereon,
in the several municipalities at the time and place stated in the notice.
Sec. 2. The notices required in the preceding section shall be in
writing, and shall be inmiediately transmitted to the municipal coun-
cil of each of the municipalities in the province. The time fixed for
receiving and hearing complaints shall be not earlier than the twen-
tieth day of February, nineteen hundred and three, and not later than
the twentieth day of May, nineteen himdred and three. A date, within
the limits in this section named, shall be fixed for hearing complaints
from each municipality.
Sec. 3. Upon receiving the notice hereinbefore stated, it is hereby
made the duty of the municipal council of each municipality immedi-
ately to post a copy of such notice in a conspicuous place in the munici-
pal building, ana to cause to be delivered a copy thereof to each
taxpayer in the municipality whose property has been assessed for the
purpose of taxation at a sum greater than one hundred dollars in
money of the United States.
Sec. 4. At the time and place named for hearing complaints that
may be presented, the Board of Revision shall receive all evidence
that may be tendered in regard to the just value of the property in
question, and shall determine the same from the evidence presented,
but may examine the property themselves, if such examination shall
be considered necessary. It shall be competent for the municipal
council, through its president, or other official designated by the mu-
nicipal council for that puipose, to make such representations as it
may see fit in regard to the just valuation of any piece of property in
the municipality under consideration. All valuations shall oe in money
of the United States.
Sec. 5. If the Board of Revision, on hearing, shall determine that
the general valuations in any municipality are excessive, it may reduce
such valuations so that they shall be fair and just and make an equality
between the municipality m question and the other municipalities in
the province in that respect. Should the Board of Revision determine
that the valuations in any municipality are less than the true value of
the real estate and improvements thereon, it shall increase such valua-
tions so that they shall be fair and just valuations and make an equality
between the municipality in question and the other municipalities
in the province in tnat respect. Before the general values of any
municipality shall be increased or decreased the municipal council, by
its president, or its representatives duly authorized for that purpose,
shall be entitled to be heard upon the question of such increase or
reduction.
Sec. 6. The Board of Revision shall in accordance with law fix the
just value in money of the United States of every parcel of land and
the improvements thereon which shall be brought oefore it for con-
sideration in the manner in this Act provided. It shall also reduce to
money of the United States all valuations on lands and tiie improve-
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ments thereon in all the municipalities not brought befoi'e the Board
for revision but the values of wnich were fixed in local currency at the
time of the orifjinal valuation. The reduction from local currency to
money of the United States in all cases shall be upon the basis of the
officiid ratio existing between local currency and money of the United
States at the time the several valuations were made, so that all valua-
tions of land and improvements thereon in all the provinces and
municipalities shall be upon a uniform basis of money of the United
States.
Sec. 7. The Board of Revision shall not be required to assess the
value of lands and the improvements thereon exempted by law from
taxation, nor shall the Board have the power to review the exemptions
that have been made by the existing tax authorities of the munici-
palities.
Sec. 8. When the revision of the assessed value of all lands and
improvements thereon in the province shall have been completed by
the Board of Revision in accordance with the provisions or this Act
the members of such Board shall, on or before the fifth day of June,
nineteen hundred and three, certify over their signatures a list of the
changes made by them in the previous assessments, together with a
list of the total assessments of the taxable lands and improvements in
each municipality, and the municipal council of each municipality in
the province shall file the same in the oflSce of the secretary of the
municipality, and the list so certified shall be a substitute for the one
now existing and shall thereafter be the legal list of assessments; and
upon the list so certified thereafter collections of taxes shall be made,
liie original of the revised list of assessments shall be certified by the
Board and delivered to the treasurer of the province and remain in
his office, and upon this list he shall thereafter make his collections:
Provided^ That the requirement of section seventy-four of ''The
Municipal Code" that all taxes shall be payable within the three
months ending May thirty -first shall not apply to any land taxes col-
lected for the year nineteen hundred and three, but that, for the year
nineteen hundred and three, payment of land taxes snail be made
within a period of three months ending September first, nineteen hun-
dred and three.
Sec. 9. The revised tax list so made shall constitute the lawful
assessment of real property and improvements in the several munici-
palities of the province until another general assessment shall be pro-
vided by law. The provisions of existing law in relation to the
assessment and collection of taxes upon real estate and improvements
shall be applicable to the assessment and collection of taxes upon the
values in this Act provided for, so far as consistent with this Act.
Sec. 10. No member of the Boaixi of Revision shall sit in considera-
tion of the assesment of property in which he or any member of his
family, or any relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity or
affinity shall have any interest. In cases where any member or
members of the Board shall be disqualified to act by reason of this
section, the remaining members of the Board are hereby authorized
to act in such cases as a full Board.
Sec. 11. Before entering upon the performance of their duties each
member of the Board of Revision shall take and subscribe the follow-
ing oath before any officer authorized to administer oaths:
'*! do solemnly s^
swear (or affirm) that 1 will well and truly revise all
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the assessments and valuations of the value of real estate and improve-
ments thereon, and will well and truly assess new improvements not
before assessed, all according to their true value in money and make
due certificate of the same to the treasurer of the province and to the
municipal board of each municipality as to the lands and improvements
thereon in such municipality, in accordance with the provisions of an
Act entitled *An Act to provide for the partial revisioh of the assess-
ments upon real estate in the municipalities in the Philippine Islands
outside the city of Manila,' being Act Numbered Five hundred and
ei^ty-two of the Philippine Commission. So help me God.
(In case of affirmation the last four words to be stricken out.)
'' Signature
** Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this day
of - ,19-
a 99
(Signature of the officer administering oath.)
The oaths shall be filed in the office of the provincial secretary.
Sec 12. The provincial secretary shall act as secretary to the Board
of Revision, without additional compensation. He may employ in his
office, to assist in the work of the Board of Revision as his subordi-
nates, such number of clerks and at such salaries as shall be fixed by
the provincial board. The provisions of the civil service law shaH not
apply to the subordinates thus temporarilv appointed, and their term
of service shall end on the fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and
three, or sooner if the work required by this Act shall have been sooner
completed.
Each of the two members of the Board of Revision appointed by the
Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission, shall receive
for each day's session of the Board upon which he was in actual attend-
ance, the sum of five dollars, in money of the United States, and his
actual expenses for travel and subsistence^ not exceeding two dollars a
day, in money of the United States, while m attendance upon the Board
and its meetings, from the time he leaves his usual place of residence
until he returns to the same. In cases where the usual place of resi-
dence of such member shall be so far distant from the capital as to
make it impracticable for him to go to his home on Sunday and return
upon Monday, he shall be allowed the per diem for Sunday, as well as
the days when the Board is in actual session.
Sec. 13. The salaries and expenses lawfully incurred in pursuance
of this Act by the Board of Revision shall be paid out of the provincial
funds.
Sec. 14. The Board of Revision shall cease to exercise any power
under this Act on and after the fifth day of June, nineteen hundred
and three.
Sec. 15. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 8, 1903.
[No. 683.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Seventy-three relating to the examination and
licensing of applicants for the positions of master, mate, and patron of seagoing
vessels, as amended by Act Numbered Three hundred and sixteen.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ trmt:
Seotion 1. Section three of Act Numbered Seventy-three, entitled
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^^Ad Act providing for the examination and licensing of applicants for
the position of master, mate, and patron of seagoing vessels,'' as
amended by Act Numbered Three nundred and sixteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the words "two years" in said Act
after the words "period of '"and before the word "from," and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the words "two years and three 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 of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Conmus-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 8, 1903.
[No. 584.]
AN ACT creating the Bupean of Engineering.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby created under the Department of Com-
merce and Police the Bureau of Engineering, which shall have charge
of any reconnoissances, examinations, surveys of river and harbor
improvements, the construction of sewers, waterworks, and other public
works requiring engineering skill, except the construction of public
buildings, directed by law to be done on oehalf of the Insular Govern-
ment: rtovided^ That with respect to the port works of Manila the
Bureau of Engineering shall exercise advisory powers only. It shall
examine the location surveys and the plans ana specifications for the
construction of every railroad authorized to be bunt in the Philippine
Islands, and shall make report to the Secretary of Commerce and Police
as to the sufficiency of such surveys, plans, and specifications, and the
practicability and utilitv of the proposed railroad. It shall also have
general supervision ana direction of the provincial supervisors in so
far as relates to the laying-out and construction of roads and bridges
or other engineering works.
Sec. 2. There shall be a chief of the Bureau of Engineering who
shall be denominated Consulting Engineer to the Conmiission. He
shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of
the Commission, ana shall be paid at the rate of four thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, for the first six months, and five thousand
dollars per annum thereafter. . In addition to his other duties as head
of the bureau, it shall be the duty of the Consulting Engineer to the
Commission to advise the Civil Governor, the Secretory of Commerce
and Police, and the Commission upon all matters pertaining to engi-
neering work as to which his advice may be desired. There shall also
be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the
Conamission, one principal assistant engineer at a salar)'^ of three thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum, and one chief of supervisors at a
salary of three thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. Authority is hereby given for the appointment by the Con-
sulting Engineer, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce
and Police, of the following employees in the Bureau of Engineering:
One chief araftsman, class five: one chief clerk, class six; one assistant
280 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
engineer, class seven; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, class tenj one
draftsman, Class D; one messenger. Class K. Further authority is
hereby riven for the temporary employment, at salaries ranging from
six hundred dollars to two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, of
such additional assistant engineers, draftsmen, surveyors, and employ-
ees, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and rolice, as mav
be necessary from time to time to accomplish authorized work, such
employment not to exceed an aggregate expenditure of six thousand
dollars per annum. All employees of the Bureau, except those
appointed by the Civil Governor with the consent of the Conunission,
shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Serv-
ice Act.
Sec. 4. The officers and employees of the Bureau when absent on
duty from the city of Manila, or from the headquarters to which thev
have been assigned, shall be allowed their actual and necessary travel-
ing expenses and actual subsistance expenses, the latter not to exceed
two dollars, money of the United States, per day. When transportation
by steamships, government transports, or otherwise, includes subsist-
ence, no per diem shall be paid or allowed for such portion of the
journey.
Sec. 5. No contract for the construction or repair of public works
dhall be entered into until the same has been authorized and an appro-
Eriation of a sum sufficient to meet the estimated expense of the same
as been made by the Commission, except in case of continuous con-
tract for the prosecution of authorized work for which appropriations
are made from time to time by the Commission as the necessities of
the work require.
Sec. 6. All public works of construction or repair involving a cost
greater than two thousand dollars, in money of the United States, shall
be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after at least ten days' notice
of the letting by advertisement in two newspapers, one of which news-
papers shall oe printed in the English language and one in Spanish,
of general circulation in the provmce or city where the work is to be
done: or, if there be no Spanish or English newspaper of general
circulation in the province or city where the work is to be done, then
it shall be a sufficient compliance with this section if the notice of such
letting be posted for ten days previous to the letting on the door of
the provincial building or builaings of the province or provinces where
the work is to be done and be published in a daily English newspaper
and a daily newspaper printed m the Spanish language in the city of
Manila having a general circulation. The Consulting Engineer to the
Commission is authorized to reject any or all bids and to waive defects
and if, in his opinion, the bids are excessive, ho may, with the approval
of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, purchase material and hire
labor and supervise the authorized work. All material and supplies
shall be purcnased through the Insular Purchasing Agent, except in
cases of emergency when life or property is in danger, or when the
location of the work is remote from Manila, in whicn cases supplies
and material may be purchased in the open markets, subject to the
approval of the Secretarj'^ of Commerce and Police.
Sec. 7. Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-four, entitled "An
Act creating the office of Consulting Engineer to' the Commission," is
hereby repealed.
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Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passafi^e 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. 9. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted^ January 8, 1903.
[No. 585.]
AN ACT to amend section eight of the provincial government Act, numbered eighty
three, by providing for the filling of permanent or temporary vacancies in the
office of provincial governor.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhilippiTie
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Eighty -three, entitled
*'A general Act for the organization of provincal governments in the
Philippine Islands," as amended, is hereby amended by striking out
the last sentence of said section, which is in the words following, to
wit: "In case of a vacancy in the oflSce of governor, or the absence of
the governor from the province, the secretary shall discharge the
duties of the governor during such vacancy or absence or until the
vacancy shall & filled as hereinafter provided," and substituting in
lieu of such sentence the following: "In case of a vacancy in the office
of governor by the absence of the governor from the province, or in
case of the suspension of the provincial governor by the Civil Governor
of the Islands, as provided in Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-
five, the provincial secretary shall discharge the duties of the provin-
cial governor during such vacancy or absence or suspension, or until
the vacancy shall be filled as directed by law: Provided^ however^ That
if in the judgment of the Civil Governor the public interest demands,
the vacancy thus created may be filled by a person to be specially
appointed hy the Civil Governor instead of by the secretary of the
province. Whenever the governor of a province shall leave the capital
thereof for a temporary absence for tne purpose of inspectinff the
towns of his province or for any other purpose, he may, if he tninks
that the public interest requires it, delegate to the secretary of the
province, oy a proper writing, the power to perform such of his duties
as governor as can only conveniently be performed at the capital of
the province. Such written delegation shall be spread upon tne rec-
ords of the province te evidence uie authority of the secretary to per-
form such acts of the governor as he may be required to perform after
such a del^^tion."
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, January 8, 1903.
282 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 586.]
AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a railroad engineer and an aasLstant to make
a report (for nse in the Umted States) upon feasible railroad lines in the Philip-
pine Islands, and to encoorage the investment of capital.
' By axUhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor shall aj)point, bv and with the con-
sent of the Commission, a chief civil engineer and an assistant civil
engineer having emerience in locating railroads in tropical countries,
whose duties it shall be to visit the islands of the Philippine Archi-
pelago and to examine the same with a view of determining upon the
practicable and useful routes for the construction of railroads, make
preliminary reconnoissances and surveys of the same, and make full
report of their examinations, surveys, and conclusions to the Civil
Governor, which report shall be published in the United States for the
purpose of encouraging the investment of capital in railroad construc-
tion in said Islands. Such engineer and his assistant when appointed
shall be under the general supervisory control of the Consulting Engi-
neer to the Commission.
Sec. 2. The chief engineer appointed under this Act shall receive a
compensation at the rate of three hundred dollars per month and the
assistant en^neer a compensation at the rate of two hundred dollars
per month, in money of the United States. Each of the said engineers
shall receive transportation and actual traveling expenses not exceed-
ing five dollars per day, in money of the United States.
Sec. 3. The Civil Governor, whenever in his opinion the work for
which the engineers hereunder to be appointed has been completed,
shall notify them, and thereafter their employment by the Government
shall cease.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speed^^ 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 tiie Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 8, 1003.
[No. 587.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-fivo, extending the provisions of the Pro-
vincial G'"vemnient Act to the Province of Pampanga, by increasing the salary of
the provincial secretary to one thousand three hundred and fifty doflars.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissson^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Eighty-five, extending the provisions
of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Pampanga, is
hereby amended by striking out the words ** For the provincial secre-
tary, one thousand dollars, ($1,000X" in section two of said Act, and
inserting in lieu thereof the words '* For the provincial secretary, one
thousand three hundred and fifty dollars."
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 283
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 8, 1903.
[No. 588.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Twenty-five, providing for the appointment and
removal of subordinate officers and employees in certain Departments and Bureaus
of the Grovemment of the Philippine Islands, and Acts Numbered Three hundred
and one and Three hundred ana twenty-nine amendatory thereof.
JSy authoriti/ of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Oommission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-five, providing
for the appointment and removal of subordinate officers ana emplov-
ees in certain Departments and Bureaus of the Government or the
Philippine Islands, as amended by Acts Numbered Three hundred and
one and Three hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended
by striking out the whole of said section and inserting in lieu thereof
the foUowmg:
" Section 1. All apjjointments to and removals from subordinate
positions in the Philippine civil service in Offices or Bureaus under the
executive control of the Secretaries of Departments shall be made by
the heads of Offices or Bureaus subject to the approval of the Secre-
tanr of the Department who exercises executive control over the
Office or Bureau in which the appointment or removal is made; ap-
pointments to and removals from subordinate positions in all other
Offices or Bureaus in the civil service of the Insular Government shall
be made subject to the approval of the Civil Govonior: Provided^
That beads ox Offices and Bureaus may employ and discharge unskilled
laborers whose employment is authorized bv law, without the approval
of the Secretaries of Departments or of the Civil Governor. In
case there is no head or acting head of any such Office or Bureau^ or
other Office or Bureau established by law, at the time when appoint-
ments to or removals from subordinate positions therein become nec-
essary, such appointments and removals may be made by the Secre-
tary of the Department under which the Office or Bureau is established,
who shall have direct charge and supervision of such Office or Bureau,
and who, or a person assigned by him for the purpose, shall have
authority to make estimates for appropriation, requisitions on the
Treasurer for money appropriated, and to approve all vouchers for
payment."
Sec. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Twenty-five 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, January 9, 1903.
284 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 689.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Five, entitled **An Act for the establishment and
maintenance of an efficient and honest civil service in the Philippine Islands,'' and
Acts Nombered One hundred and sixty -seven and Three hundi^ed and six, amenda-
tory thereof.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippim
Commission^ that:
Section. 1. Section five of Act Numbered Five, as amended by Acts
Numbered One hundred and sixty -seven and Three hundred and six,
is hereby amended by striking out the whole of said section, and sub-
stituting in lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 6. This Act shall apply^^ except as hereinafter expressly pro-
vided, to all appointments of civilians in the Bureaus and Offices of the
Government of the Philippine Islands, subject, however, to the pro-
visions and limitations of the Acts orranizing such Bureaus: Provided^
That persons appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the advice
and consent oi the Philippine Conmiission, and persons employed
merely as laborers, shall not be included in the classified service unless
otherwise specifically provided by law."
Sec. 2. Section six of Act Numbered Five is hereby amended by
striking out the word "adopted" and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing words: *' prepared and certified"; by striking out in paragraph
{a) of said section the word ''specified" and inserting in lieu thereof
the word "included"; by striking out in paragraph w) of said section
the words "or otherwise"; by modifying paragraph {d) of said sec-
tion so as to read as follows: "(rf^ For the selection of skilled work-
men by such examinations, competitive or noncompetitive, as may be
practicable, and which need not, if the Board shall so limit them, relate
to more than the capacity of the applicants to labor, their habits of
industry and sobriety, and their honesty"; by striking out of para-
graph {e) of said section the words "for the promotion of members of
one rank of the classified service to the next higher rank by competi-
tive examination," and the words " by general rule," and inserting as the
first sentence in this paragraph the following words: " For competitive
or noncompetitive promotion examinations, as the Board shall deter-
mine"; by striking out paragraph {g) of said section and substituting
in lieu thereof the following: "For the preparation and holding in
Manila and in the provinces of open competitive examinations of a
practical character for testing the ntness of applicantfi for appointment
to the classified service, and foi* the preparation and the holding of
examinations in the United States under the auspices of the United
States Gvil Service Commission "; by inserting in paragraph (m), after
the words " United States," the following words: "and in the discre-
tion of the Board in the Philippine Islands"; by striking out para-
graph {n) and substituting in lieu thereof the following: '°For nxing
age limits of applicants for entmnce into the classified service"; and
by striking out the word "adopt" in paragraph {q) of said section and
inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "prepare and submit to
the Civil Governor for his approval."
Sec. 3. Section ten of Act Numbered Five is hereby amended by
striking out the words '* Hoilo or Cebu" and substitutingln lieu thereof
the following words: "or in the provinces."
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Sec. 4. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Five is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 13. Any person in the Philippine Civil Service who shall will-
fully or corruptljr, by himself or in cooperation with one or more per-
sons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in the matter of his nght
of examination by said Board; or who shall willfully, corruptly, and
falselv rate, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or stand-
inj? ox any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing; or who shall
wfllfully and corruptly make any false representations relative thereto
or concerning the person examined; or who shall willfully and cor-
ruptly furnisn any special or secret information for the purpose of
improving or iniuring the prospects or chances of any person so
examined, or to oe examined, of being employed, appointed, or pro-
moted, studl for each such offense be punished by a nne not exceeding
one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment."
Sec. 5. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Five in hereby amended
by striking out the words '' giving or" in the fourth line of said
section.
Sec. 6. Section twenty is hereby amended bv striking out the entire
section and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
''Sec. 20. .The requirements of this Act for entrance into the civil
service, or for promotion by examination, shall not apply to the selec-
tion of the following oflScers and employees:
"all departments and OFFICES.
"1. One private secretary to each member of the Philippine Com-
mission, except the President.
*'2. Persons appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, unless otherwise
specifically provided bv law.
"3. Any person in the military or naval service of the United States
who may be detailed for the performance of civil duties.
''4. Persons employed merely 88 laborers.
'*5. One private secretary to the Civil Governor.
''department of THE INTERIOR.
''6. The members of the Board of Health for the Philipine Islands.
"7. The presidents of provincial boards of health.
"8. The Director of the Agricultural College and Experiment
Station.
*'9. The Director, the three assistants, and the secretary of the
W^f^ither Bureau
" 10. The Chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes.
*' 11. The Superintendent and Directors of Government Labora-
tories.
'^ 12. The Attending Physician and Surgeon of the Philippine Civil
Hopital.
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*' DEPARTMENT OF (X>MM£BGE AND POLICE.
"13. Postmasters compensated on a percentage basis as provided
by law.
"14. Postmasters receiving not more than three hundred dollars
per annum compensation for their personal salaries, who may lawfully
pei*form the duties of postmaster in connection with the official duties
with which they are charged, if they be Government employees, or, if
not Government employees, in connection with their private business,
such duties requiring only a portion of their time.
"15. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission.
' ' 16. The Officer in Charge of the Improvement of the Port of Manila.
"17. Detectives.
"18. Any position in the Department of Commerce and Police the
duties of which are of a quasi military or quasi naval character, and
for the performance of which duties a person is commissioned or enlisted
for a term of years.
"department of FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
"19. Judges and justices of the peace.
"20. The Attorney-General and nis assistant lawyers.
"21. The Solicitor-General.
"22. The Assistant Attorney -General.
"23. The Suj>ervi8or and Deputy Supervisor of Provincial Fiscals.
"24. Provincial fiscals.
"26. The Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago.
The Deputy Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago.
'27. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archii)elago.
' 28. The Cashier of the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago.
' 29. The Superintendent of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Phnt.
'30. Secret agents.
' 31. Customs inspectors in the provinces whose rates of compensa-
tion do not exceed one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, who may
lawfully perform the duties of customs inspectors in connection with
the official duties with which they are charged, if they be Government
employees, or, if not Government employees, in connection with their
private business, such duties requiring only a portion of their time.
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' 32. The members of the Municipal Board.
'33. The City Engineer.
'34. The City Attorney and his assistant attorney.
' 35. The Prosecuting Attorney and his assistant attorneys.
'36. The Sheriff and his deputies."
Sec. 7. Section twentj-one is hereby amended by striking out the
entire section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 21. The requirements of this Act for entrance into the civil
service, or for promotion by examination, shall not apply to the selec-
tion of the following officers:
"1. The Executive Secretar3r.
"2. The members of the Civil Service Board.
"3. The Insular Purchasing Agent.
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"4. The Secretary of the Philippine Commission.
*'5. The Chief of the Forestry Bureau.
" 6. The Chief of the Mining'^Bureau.
"7. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture.
" 8. The Chief of the Bureau of PubUc Lands.
"9. The Chief of Coast Guard and Transportation.
" 10. The Captain of the Port of Manila.
'^11. The Director of Poste.
*' 12. The Assistant Director of Posts.
"13. The Postmaster at Manila.
" 14. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary.
"15. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago.
" 16. The Deputy Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archi-
pelago.
" 17. The Surveyor of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago.
"18. The Cashier of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine
Archipelago.
"19. The collector of customs at Hoilo.
"20. The collector of customs at Cebu.
"21. The Collector of Internal Revenue for the Islands. >
" 22. The Greneral Superintendent of Education.
" 23. The Chief of the Bureau of Public Printing.
" 24. The Chief Statistician.
" 25. The Chief of the Bureau of Archives.
" 26. The Chief of the Bureau of Architecture.
"cmr OF MANILA.
" 27. The Chief of the Fire Department.
" 28. The City Assessor and Collector.
"29. The Chief of Police.
" 30. The chief or head of any Bureau hereafter organized, unless
otherwise expressly provided by law.
" But vacancies occurring in all the foregoing positions shall be
filled from a class to be composed of the first, second, and third assist-
ants in all the foregoing Offices or Bureaus: Provided^ That compe-
tent persons may be found in the service who are available and possess
the qualifications required, the intention of this provision being that
Ae appointing power may, by virtue hereof, transfer from one office
to another a person deemed competent to fill the vacancy. In case
there are not two or more assistants, designated as such by law, in the
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office in which a vacancy occurs, the Civil Service Board may, in its
discretion, include in such eligible list one or more of the subordinates
in such office ranking next to the head thereof."
Seo. 8. Section twenty -three of Act Numbered Five is hereby
amended by striking out the words *' for which special legislation will
be provided" and inserting in lieu thereof the following words:
"until September first, nineteen hundred and three, on and after
which date all appointments in the city of Manila to the position of
teacher and in the Philippine Islands to the position of teacher of Eng-
lish, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Ser-
vice Act and Rules."
Seo. 9. Section twenty-eight of Act Numbered Five is hereby
amended by striking out the word " persons" and substituting in lieu
thereof the following word: " applicants"; by adding the word " or "
to the end of paragraph {c); and by adding the following: " {d) Per-
sons who have taken the oath of allegiance to the Unit^ States and
served as members of the Army or Navy of the United States, and
been honorably discharged therefrom."
Sec. 10. The public good reauiring 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
Conunission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 9, 1903.
[No. 690.]
AN ACT BO amending Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-four relating to pre-
liminary investigations of criminal offenses by justices of the peace, and portions
of General Order Numbered Fifty-eight, as to authorize justices of the peace in the
capitals of provinces to hold preliminary investigations in regard to offenses allied
to have been committed in any portion of the province.
By aiUharity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-four, entitled
'*An Act conferring jurisdiction on justices of the peace and presi-
dentes to make preliminary investigations of criminal offenses, and
amending General Order Numbered Fifty -eight of the Military Grov-
ernor of the year nineteen hundred," is hereby amended by adding as
section seven thereof the following:
*'Seo. 7. The justice of the peace of the pueblo which is the capital
of the province, or of the pueblo in which the provincial jail is situ-
ated, shall have, in addition to the jurisdiction hereinbefore conferred
upon everv justice of the peace, authority to' make preliminary inves-
tigation of anjT crime alleged to have been committed anywhere within
the province, jurisdiction to hear and deteimine which is by law now
vested in the Courts of First Instance; to issue orders of arrest in
such case upon complaint duly filed; to admit persons arrested to bail
and to commit the same for trial before the Court of First Instance
with respect to crimes alleged to have been committed anywhere
within the province; and the procedure hereinbefore provided for the
exercise of such jurisdiction within the municipality of ^e justice
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shall govern his procedure with respect to crimes committed any-
where within the province, and the process from his court, either for
the arrest of the accused person or for the summoning of witnesses,
shall run and have effect tnroughout the province."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the jmssage of the same is hereby expeaite(f 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 9, 1903.
[No. 591. J
AN ACT to amend sections one hundre<l and thirtv-five and one hundred and forty-
one of the Philippine Customs Administrative Act.
By axUharlty of the United State^^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one hundred and thirty-five of the Philippine
Customs Administrative Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
'* Sec. 135. All vessels of the class designated in section one hundred
and seventeen of this Act shall, prior to engaging in the coastwise
trade, and annually thereafter, take out a license therefor, entitling
them to engage in the general coastwise trade of the Archipelago.
This license shall be issued by collectors of customs at the ports of
entry, and for each license issued a fee of one dollar for each ton of
re^stiered tonnage of the vessel shall be charged. All vessels having
this form of license shall be required to pay the fees prescribed by
chapter twenty-two of this Act."
Sec. 2. All vessels operating under second-class licenses heretofore
istiued shall be permitted to continue under the same, with the usual
exemption from fees, until their expiration, but no renewals thereof
shall be granted.
Sec. 3. Section one hundred and fortv-one of the Philippine Cus-
toms Administrative Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 141. Owners of small boats of a capacity of less than fifteen
gross tons who wish to engage in local trade may, upon application to
uie nearest collector of customs or subdistrict inspector of customs.
and on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States, be granted
a license for one year, authorizing the vessel holding it to engage in
coast traflSc, they paying for the license one dollar per ton for each
ton of the vessel's gross tonnage: Provided^ That in the case of boats
measuring one ton or less, gross, no documents or license shall be
required, nor shall any fee be charged them either for admeasurement
or for license tax.
'* Before delivering the license, the oflScer issuing the same will
cause the vessel for which it is issued to be conspicuously marked, on
some fixed part of the vessel, by burning or painting, with the name
of the boat, name of the port at which licensea, and the number of the
license."
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
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the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of ^'An Act prescTibing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Skc. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 9, 1903.
[No. 592.]
AX ACT authorizing the Settretary of Commerce and Police to establish harbor lines
where he deems it necessary on the shores of harbors, bays,-and navigable lakes
or rivers of the Philippine Islands, and to appoint a commission for the purpoee.
By authority <{f the United State^^ he it etmcted hy the Philippine
Com m issio7i , that:
Section 1. Where it is made manifest to the Secretar}^ of Commerce
and Police tliat the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the
preservation and protection of harbors, bays, and navigable lakes or
rivers, he is hereby authorized to cause such lines to be established,
beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be
extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be
prescribed from time to time by him: Provid'ed^ That whenever the
Secretary of Conmierce and Police grants to any person or persons
permission to extend piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works, or to
make deposits in any harbor, bay, or navigable lake or river of the
Philippine Islands, beyond any harbor lines established by authority
of the Insular Government, he shall cause to be ascei*tained the amount
of tide water to be displaced by any such structure or any such depos-
its, and he shall, if he deem it necessary, require the parties to whom
the permission is given to make compensation for such displacement
either by excavating in some part of the harbor, including the tide-
water channels between high and low water marks, to such an extent
as to create a l)asin for as much tide water as may be displaced by such
structure or by such deposits, or in any other mode that may be satis-
factory to him.
Sec. 2. In the establishment of harbor lines for any harbor, bay, or
navigable lake or river of the Philippine" Islands under this Act, the
Secretary of Commerce and Police is authorized to appoint a commis-
sion to reconmiend to him the proper harbor lines. Said commission
is authorized to employ, for a reasonable sum to be approved hj the
Secretary of Commerce and Police, such surveyors as may be needed
to run the lines, the compensation tx) be paid out of the Insular Treas-
ury upon proper appropriation. The Consulting Engineer to the
Commission shall be ex officio a member of such commission, and the
chief engineer in charge of the improvement of any port in the Islands
shall be ex officio a member of such commission when the harbor lines
are to be run in such port. The other member of the commission
shall be an officer of the Insular Government designated by the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Police. It shall be the duty of the commission
to supervise the necessary survey of the harbor lines, to agree upon
the proper lines to be adopted, and to recommend the same to the
Secretary of Commerce and Police for his approval.
Sec. 3. The commission shall Also adopt regulations with respect to
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the construction of piers, wharves, bulkheads, and other works and
with resDect to deposits which may be made, wnich shall be submitted
to the secretary of Commerce and Police for his modification or
approval, and when approved by him the regulations shall govern the
construction of such piers, wharves, bulkheads, and other works, and
the manner and amount of deposits.
Sec. 4r. 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 Septemb^^r twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 9, 1903.
[No. 593.]
AN ACT regulating the practice of dentistry in the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
C&nmiission^ that:
Section 1. The Commissioner of Public Health for the Philippine
Islands shall appoint a Board of Dental Examiners for the Philippine
Islands, with tne advice and consent of the Board of Health for the
Philippine Islands, consisting of three reputable practitioners of dental
surgerv, who shall be graduates in good standing of legally incorpo-
rated dental educational institutions recognized by the iNational Asso-
ciation of Dental Faculties and the National Association of Dental
Examiners of the United States of America. They shall hold oflSce
for three years after their appointment, and until their successors are
appointed and qualified: Provided^ That the first appointees shall be
appointed for a period of one, two, and three years, respectively, as
specified in their respective certificates of appointment from the Com-
missioner of Public Health: And provided further^ That no member
of the faculty of any school, college, or university in which dentistry
is taught shall be eligible for appointment on said Board. Each per-
son appointed to the Board shall qualify by taking and subscribing
the following oath of office:
*'I, , having been appointed a member of the
Board of Dental Examiners for the Philippine Islands, do hereby
solemnly swear that I am a graduate in good standing of the. . _
at --- in the city of ._ , that I
will well and truly perform all the duties of said office, that I will
faithf ullj^ account for all moneys coming into mv hands as such officer,
that 1 will bear true faith and allegiance to the Goveniment of the
United States, and that I take this oath without any mental reserv^ation
whatsoever. So help me God."
The oath shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of
the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands.
The Commissioner of Public Health shall fill any vacancy that may
occur in the Board within one month after the vacancy occurs. The
person so appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office only for the
unexpired term of the member whose place he is appointed to fill.
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The Commissioner of Public Health may, with the advice and con*
sent of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, remove any
member of said Board for continued neglect of duty or incompetency,
or for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
Sec. 2. The Board of Dental Examiners shall appertain to the
Department of the Interior, so far as executive action may be required
in connection with it. It shall organize immediately after the appoint-
ment of its members, and annually thereafter on the anniversary of
its first organization, by electing from its members a president, who
shall be its chief executive officer, and a secretary -treasurer. It shall
procure and keep a seal with which to attest its official acts. The
members of the Board, except the secretary-treasurer, shall receive
as compensation the sum of two and a half dollars each for each can-
didate examined for registration as doctor of dental surgery, and two
dollai's for each person examined for registration as drujano minis-
trante. The secretary-treasurer shall receive compensation at the
rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per year, one-half of which
amount shall be paid on the thirtieth of June and one-half on the
thirty-first of December of each year. The amounts due the members
of the Board of Examiners for compensation shall be paid from insu-
lar funds and disbursed by the disbursing officer oi the Board of
Health for the Philippine Islands. The secretary-treasurer shall
execute a bond for five hundred dollars, with good and sufficient
sureties, which shall be approved by the Treasurer of the Philippine
Archipelago, conditioned that he will pay to the Treasurer of the
Philippine Archipelago all moneys received by him as treasurer, and
that ne will faithfully discharge all the duties of his office. He shall
keep a record of the proceedings of the Board, and a register of all
persons to whom certificates of registration as dental surgeons or
undergraduates in dentistry have been granted under the provisions
of this Act, setting forth the name, age, sex, and place of business of
each, his post-office address, the name of the dental educational insti-
tution from which he graduated or in which he has studied, and the
date of such graduation or term of study, together with the time spent
by him in the study of dentistry, and tne names and locations or all
other institutions which have granted to him degrees or certificates of
clinics or lectures in dentistry, medicine or surgery.
Sec. 3. The Board of Dental Examiners shall meet in the city of
Manila for the purpose of examining candidates desiring to practice
dentistry in the Philippine Islands on the first Tuesdays of January
and July of each year, after giving thirty days written or printed
notice of such meeting to each candidate who has filed his name and
address with the secretary-treasurer of thfe Board, and after publish-
ing such notice in one newspaper published in the English language
and one newspaper published in the Spanish language at Manila at
least once per week for a like period. The Board of Dental Examin-
ers shall issue a dental surgeon's certificate to each candidate who fur-
nishes satisfactory proof of having received a diploma as either doctor
of dental medicine or doctor of dental surgery from a legally incorpo-
rated dental educational institution, and who in addition passes a sat-
isfactory examination before the Board in the followinff subjects:
Anatomy, physiolog\% histology, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, den-
tal anatomy and physiology, dentafmateria medica, therapeutics, dental
pathology and bacteriology, orthodontia, oml surgery, operative den-
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tistry, and prosthetic dentistry. For each such certificate the secre-
tarv-treasurer of the Board shall collect a fee of ten dollars.
"fhe Board is further empowered to make such rules and regulations
not in conflict with the provisions of this Act as may be necessary to
carry said provisions into effect.
Sec. 4. The Board shall, on or before the thirtieth day of June of
each year, make a^report to the Secretary of the Interior of its pro-
ceedings during the fwist year, and of all moneys received and disbursed
by it ourinff tlmt period.
Sec. 5. Sixty days after the first meeting of the Board of Dental
Examiners for the Philippine Islands and subsequent to the passage
of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry
in any of its branches in the Philippine islands, without a certificate
of registration from the Board of Dental Examiners or without hav-
ing ffled with the secretary-treasurer of said Board an affidavit for
the purpose of securing a registration certificate, setting forth the
time and place in which he has practiced dentistry in the Philip-
pine Islanas prior to the passage of this law: Provided^ That dentists
who have passed successful examinations before a board estab-
lished by the Provost-Marshal-General, city of Manila, pursuant to
authority from the Military Governor of the Philippme Islands,
dated August second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall be
furnished with a certificate of registration by the Board of Dental
Ebuuuiners on payment of the required fee for registration without
further examination: Provided also^ That nothing in this Act shall
appljr to dental surgeons of the United States Army on duty in the
Hiihppine Islands, nor in anj way apply to or affect any person who
was resident in the Philippme Islanas and lawfully engaged in the
practice of dentistry there prior to the passage of this Act: And
provided further^ That persons who have studied medicine in the
oanto Tomas University at Manila for a period of not less than two
years and who have received the title of '' Cirujanos Ministrantes " and
who have studied dentistry for the last four months of their course in
such university, may be registered as undergraduates in dentistry upon
passing a satisfactory examination before the Board, and, when so
registered, shall be authorized to practice dentistry in remote towns
where no regularly qualified dentist is available. The names of the
towns in which eacn such undergraduate in dentistry is authorized to
practice shall be included in nis certificate of registration. The
secretary -treasurer shall collect a fee of five dollars for each certificate
of registration as undergraduate in dentistry issued by the Board.
Sec. 6. Every person engaged in the practice of dentistry in the
Philippine Islands at the time of the passage of this Act shall within
sixty days from the date of its passage register with the secretary-
treasurer of the Board and pay the usual fee of registration, and the
secretary -treasurer shall issue the usual certificate of registration to
each person so registered. Any person failing to comply with this
provision within the stated period shall be required to appear before
the Board and pass a satisfactory examination before it shall bo lawful
for him to again engage in the practice of dentistry in the Philippine
Islands.
Sec. 7. Any person shall be regarded as practicing dentistry within
the meaning of this Act who shall for a fee, salary, or other reward,
paid to himself or to another person, perfoim any operation or part of
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an operation upon the human teeth or jaws, or who shall restore lost
teeth, jaws, or portions of jaws artificially, or who shall treat diseases
or lesions or correct mal-positions thereof; but this provision shall not
apply to artisans engaged in the mechanical construction of artificial
dentures or other oral devices, or to students of dentistry practicing
in any legally chartered dental school or college on patients under the
direct supervision of an instructor in such dental . school or college:
And prot^ided further^ That this provision shall not be construed to
interfere with physicians or surgeons in their legitimate practice as
defined by Act rJumbered Three hundred and ten.
Sec. 8. Any two members of the Board mav issue a temporary cer-
tificate of registration to an applicant upon the presentation by such
applicant of satisfactory evidence that he possesses the necessary quali-
fications to practice dentistry, such certificate to remain in force only
until the next regular meeting of the Board, at which time the pei-son
to whom it has been issued shall report for examination. Temporary
licenses shall be granted only when the Board is not in session and will
not meet within thirty days. In no case shall a temporar}*^ certificate
of registration be renewed or extended, nor shall a second temporan"
certificate be granted to any person. The fee for a temporarv certifi-
cate of registration shall be five dollars, and the applicant shall further
deposit with the secretary-treasurer of the Board the sura of five
dollars to complete the payment of his fee for a regular certificate.
He shall also file with the secretary-treasurer of the Ifoard an affidavit
to the effect that it is his intention to appear at the next regular meet-
ing of the Board and to submit to an examination with a view to obtain-
ing a permanent certificate. Should he appear and pass a satisfactory
exammation, a permanent certificate shall be granted to him without
additional charge. Should he fail to appear and pass such examina-
tion, the money deposited by him shall not be returned to him, but
shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago.
Sec. 9. The Board of Dental Examiners shall refuse to issue either
of the certificates provided for by this Act to any person convicted by
a court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal offense, or to anv
person guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct or of unsound mind,
and in the event of such refusal shall give to the applicant a written
statement setting forth the reason for ite action, which statement shall
be incorporated m the record of the Board. The Board may revoke a
certificate for like cause, or for unprofessional conduct after due notice
to the person interested and on hearing, subject to an appeal to the
Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, the decision of which shall
be final.
Sec. 10. Every practitioner of dentistry shall display in a conspic-
uous place upon the house or office where he practices his full name,
and he shall further display his certificate of registration in his office
in plain sight of patients occupying his dental chair. Any person vio-
latmg this provision shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of
not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollai-s for each
offense. Any owner, proprietor or manager of a dental office or estab-
lishment who shall fail to cause to be displayed as provided in this
section the registration certificate of each person practicing dentistry
in such office or establishment shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a like fine.
Sec. 11. No person shall in any way advertise as bachelor of dental
surgery, doctor of dental surgery, master of dental surgery, licentiate
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of dental surgery, doctor of dental medicine, or dental surgeon, or
append the letters B. D. S.. D. D. S., M. D. S., L. D. S., or D. M. D.
to nis name, who has not nad duly conferred upon him by diploma
from some school, college, university, or board of examiners legally
qualified to confer the same, the right to assume said title, nor shall
any person assume any title or prefix or append any letters to his name
to "represent falsely that he has received a dental degree or certificate
of registration. Any person violating this provision shall, upon con-
viction, be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or to
imprisonment for not more than ninety days.
Sec. 12. Where the word ''dollars'^ is used in this Act, it shall be
understood to mean dollars in money of the United States.
Sec. 13. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 10, 1903.
[No. 594.]
AN ACT postponing the date of payment of the loans of two thousand five hun-
dred dollars each, money of the United States, made to the Provinces of Albay,
Antique, Bataan, Capiz, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, La Union, Masbate, Panga-
sinan, Bizal, Surigao, and Zambales, under the provisions of Act Numbered One
hundred and thirty-four, to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three.
£y authority of the United States^ he it eimHed hy the Philippine
Catnmission^ that:
Whereas, owing to the cholera epidemic and to the prostration of
agriculture through the ravages of rinderpest and or locusts, the
resources of many provinces have been seriously crippled:
Section 1. The date of payment to the Insular Treasury of the loans
of two thousand five hundred dollars each, money of the United States,
made to the Provinces of Albay, Antique, Bataan, Capiz, Cavite, Ilo-
cos Norte, Isabela, La Union, Masbate, Pangasinan, Rizal, Surigao,
and Zambales, under the provisions of Act Is umbered One hundred
and thirty-four, entitled ''An Act providing for the loan of two thou-
sand five hundred dollars from the Central Treasury to the treasury of
each province organized under the General Provincial Act, to be repaid
on or Def ore December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, " is hereby
postponed until December thirty -first, nineteen hundred and three.
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, January 13, 1903.
[No. 595.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of six million six hnndre^l and thirty-four thousand
two hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty events, in money of tlie United States,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part compensation for the service of
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nmeteen hundreil and three, and for other
purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philljyjyine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The followmg sums, in money of the United Stat(\^, or
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SO much thereof as may bo roHi>ectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the Insular Gov-
ernment and of the city of Manila, for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, this appropriation being for the
last half of said fiscal year, unless otherwise stated. The appropria-
tions herein made, except for fixed salaries for the last lialf of said
fiscal year, shall be available for obligations of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and three:
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Solaris and wages^ Philippine Commission^ nineteen hundred a7id
three: Pyesidcnt and seven Commissioners at five thousand dollars per
annmn each. Secretary at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, Spanish Secretary at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, two private secretaries at two thousand four hundred dollars
per annum each, two private secretaries at one thousand eight hundred
dollars per annum eacn, three private secretaries at one thousaad two
hundred dollars per annum each, disbursing oflScer class four, two clerks
class five, two clerks class six, three clerks class seven, one clerk at one
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, four clerks class eight, one
being from December first, nineteen hundred and two, two clerks
class nine, one being from December first, nineteen hundred and two,
one clerk Class D, one clerk Class F, from November first, nineteen
hundred and two, three clerks Class H, two clerks Class J, four
employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, one
assistant translator for ninety days at four dollars per day, forty-
three thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and sixty-six cents.
Transportation, Philippine Commission, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and em-
ployees and the transportation of supplies, one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Commission, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies, furniture,
advertising, telegrams, cablegrams, and other inciaental expenses,
twenty -nine thousand dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Commission, seventy-three thousand nine
hundred and eleven dollars and sixty-six cents.
EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIYE BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Civil Governor at fifteen thousand dollars per annum. Executive
Secretary at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Assistant
Executive Secretary at four thousand dollars per annum, private
secretary to the Civil Governor at two thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, one clerk class three, one clerk at two thousand four hun-
dred dollars per annum, three clerks class five, six clerks class six,
seven clerks class seven, five clerks class eight, seven clerks class nine,
five clerks Class A, one janitor Class A, two watchmen at seven hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, three clerks Class C, two
employees Class J, five employees at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, fourteen laborers at one hundred and twenty dollars
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Ser annum each, extra allowance for disbursing oflScer at two hundred
oUars per annum, per diems of seven dollars for the Executive Secre-
tary to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, forty-five
thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.
Contingent expenses, Malacafian Palace, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses of Malacafian Palace, including lighting of
park, purchase and repair of furniture, improvement of grounds, and
other incidental expenses, three hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and
tliree: For contingent expenses, including furniture, stationery, elec-
tric light, and supplies for Avuntamiento^uilding, a fund not exceed-
ing four thousand dollars to be expended in the discretion of the Civil
Governor, and other incidental expenses, seven thousand dollars.
In all, for the Executive Bureau, fifty-two thousand seven hundred
and seventy dollars.
PHnJPPlNE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Two members at three thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum each, one examiner class three, one examiner class
four, one examiner class five, one examiner class six, one examiner
class seven, three examiners class eight, three clerks class nine, one
clerk Class B, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class F, one clerk Class
G, one employee Class J, one employee at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hun-
dred dollars per annum, extra allowance for chief examiner at five
hundred dollars per annum, fourteen thousand two hundred and five
dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees, four hundred dollars.
Contmgent expenses, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, six hundred dollars.
In all. for the Philippine Civil Service Board, fifteen thousand two
bundrea and five dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nineteen
hundred and three: Insular Purchasing Agent at four thousand five
hundred dollars per annum. Assistant Insular Purchasing Agent at
three thousand dollars per annum, disbursing officer and cashier class
four, one clerk class five, four clerks class six, five clerks class seven,
five clerks class eight, eleven clerks class nine, one clerk at one thou-
swid and fifty dollars per annum, six clerks class 10, four clerks Class
A, two clerlts Class B, one clerk Class C, six watchmen Class C, one
clerk Class D, two clerks Class H, six laborers at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, and for the hire of such foremen,
teamsters, drivers, stablemen, painters, blacksmiths, saddlers, wheel-
wrights, and additional watchmen and laborers as may from time to
time be necessary in the Transportation Division, coal and lumber
yards, and for the handling of supplies, not to exceed thirty -six thou-
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sand dollars, and for deficiency salaries and wages for the second
quarter of tne fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, not to exceed
one thousand dollars, seventy thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
Purchase of supplies, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and tnree: For the purchase of supplies, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
AH moneys derived from the sale of supplies to the Departments,
Bureaus, and OflSces, to the provincial governments, and to the city of
Manila, the jjurchase of which is herein provided for, shall revert to
this appropriation, and all deposits in tne Treasury by the Insular
Purchasing Agent on this account shall be as repayments to the said
appropriation and so credited on the books of the Auditor.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including oflSce sup-
plies, rents, forage for horses, vehicles and harnesses, purchase of
animals, medicines, veterinary supplies and attendance, repairs to
transportation, and other incidental expenses, forty-six thousand six
hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, two hundred
and sixty-seven thousand and sixty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
OFFICE OF THE 8ECKETAKY.
Salaries and wages, OflSce of the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen
hundred and three: Secretary of the Interior at ten thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, five thousand nine hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
Transportation, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nineteen
hundred and three: For the actual and necessaiy traveling expenses
of employees on official business, three hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office sup-
Slies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, three hundred and fifty
ollars.
In all, for the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, six thousand
six hundred dollars.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Salaries and wages, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen hundred and three: Chief Health Inspector at three thousand
five hundred dollars per annum. Sanitary Engineer at three thousand
five hundred dollars per annum, secretary at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, one assistant sanitary engineer at two thousand four
hundrea dollars per annum, four physicians at two thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, six physicians at two
thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, one clerk class five,
fourteen medical inspectors class five, five employees class six, two
employees class seven, one employee class eight, seven employ ees class
nine, twelve employees class ten, eight employees Class A, eight
employees at seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, seven
employees Class D, one employee Class E, one employee at four hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum, one employee Class U, five employees
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Class H. seventy-six employees Class 1, seventeen employees Class J,
six employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, twenty-
seven employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each,
twenty-five emplovees at ninety dollars per annum eacn, six employees
at seventy-two dollars per annum each, twenty-one employees at sixty
dollars per annum each, extra allowance for disbursing officer at two
hundred dollars per annum, one medical inspector at two thousand dol-
lars per annum, from December first to December thirty-first, nine-
teen ni^ndred and two, president of the board of health of Suriffao at
one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, president of the ooard
of health of Antique at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum,
S resident of the board of health of Samar at one thousand three hun-
red and fifty dollars per annum, president of the board of health of
Mindoro at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, secretary-
treasurer of the Board of Medical Examiners at two hundred dollars
I>er annum, from July first, nineteen hundred and two, to June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and three, secretary-treasurer of the Board of
Pharmaceutical Examiners at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
secretary-treasurer of the Board of Dental Examiners at one hundrea
and fifty dollars per annum, seventy-six thousand one hundred and
sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Salaries and wages, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen hundred and two: Secretary -treasurer of the Board of Medi-
cal Examiners at two hundred dollars per annum, from January first,
nineteen hundred and two, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ana
two, one hundred dollars.
Support of hospitals, plants, and stations. Board of Health for the
Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and three: For support and main-
tenance of the Women's Department San Lazaro Hospital, Leper
Department San Lazaro Hospital, leper colonies at Cebu, Palestina,
ana Culion, including salaries and wage« of surgeon, employees, attend-
ants, leper police, and so forth, plague'and smallpox hospitals, plague
hospital crematory, steam disinfecting plant, mimicipal dispensary,
Hospicio de San Jos6, Colegio de Santa Isabel, veterinary department,
support of indigent natives in the provinces, fifty-two thousand and
eighty -seven dollars and sixty cents.
Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board
of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred ana three: For
the suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, rent-
als, eguipment, and maintenance of hospitals, plants, camps, and sta-
tions lor epidemic diseases, including m^icines for the same, expenses
of disposition of the dead, subsistence of inmates and employees of
hospitals, plants, camps^ and so forth, subsistence of employees sent
from Manila to provincial towns, expenses incurred in the distribu-
tion of distilled water, purchase of disinfectants, reimbursement for
property, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to prevent the spread of
epioemics, expenses incurred in cleaning up infected districts, medi-
cmes for indigent natives, salaries and wages for necessary temporary
employees engaged in the suppression of epidemics andper diem allow-
ance of one dollar and fifty cents to Army medical officers in lieu of
any loss from the discontinuance of commutation of quarters, owing
to their detail for civil duty with the Board of Health, and other^inci-
dental expenses, thirty -five thousand dollars.
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Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board
of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and two: For
the suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, rent-
als, reimbursement for property, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to
prevent the spread of epidemics, expenses incurred in cleaning' up
infected districts, salaries and wages for necessary temporary
employees, sanitary inspectors and vaccinators engaged in the suppres-
sion of epidemics, and other incidental expenses, for the fiscal year
nineteen nundred and two, ten thousand and three dollars.
Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nine-
teei\ -hundred and three: For the transportation or freight, iK^tual and
necessary transportation of officers ana employees, forage for horses,
Kurchase of ponies, mules, horses, harness, and carts for disinfecting
rigade, repairs to carts and harness, care of animals and vehicles,
rental of launches, lorchas, and baneas to maintain quarantine during
epidemic, rental of vehicles in Man^a on official business when the
same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to
exceed three thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, fifteen thou-
sand four hundred and twenty doUars.
Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nine-
teen hundred and two: For the purchase of six American draft norses
from the Quartermaster Department, in the month of June, nineteen
hundred and two, one thousand four nundred and forty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
and hospital supplies, repairs to office furniture, rent of telepnones,
cablegrams, per aiems of five dollars for the Commissioner of Public
Healtn, the Chief Health Inspector, purchase of furniture, X-ray
machine and equipment, medical and professional books for hospitals;
examiners' fees, lumiture, and incidentals for the Board of Medical
Examiners; examiners' fees and incidentals for the Board of Pharma-
ceutical Examiners; examiners' fees, furniture, instruments, and inci-
dentals for the Board of Dental Examiners; and other incidental
expenses, twelve thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars.
Contingent expenses. Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen nundred and two: For examiners' fees and other incidental
expenses of the Board of Medical Examiners for the fiscal year nine-
teen hundred and two, three hundred and sixtj dollars.
Salaries and wages, installation of the pad system in the city of
Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hunored
and three: One superintendent of the pail system class six, x)ne clerk
class eight, one clerk class nine, three overseers class nine, two fore-
men class nine, one blacksmith at one thousand and eighty dollars per
annum, one clerk Class A, seven teamsters Class B. eleven teamsters
Class C, one watchman Class C, one clerk Class G, three assistant
overseers Class G, one foreman Class G, ten carpenters at two dollars
and fifty cents, local currency, per day, one harness maker Cla^ H,
one engineer Class H, one assistant Engineer Class I, eight foremen
Class I, eight pilots Class J, two employees at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each, and for the hire of laborers, not to excera an
aggregate of thirty-one thousand nine hundred and forty -one dollars
ana twenty cents, and for an allowance of fiftv dollars to Henry C.
Allard, formerly collector for the pail system, for fifteen days' leave
of absence at the rate of one hundred dollars per month, authorized
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by resolution of the Philippine Commission dated January sixth,
nineteen hundred and three, fifty thousand eight hundred and twenty-
one dollars and ninety-seven cents.
Contingent expenses, installation of the mil system in the city of
Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, mcluding purchase of barge,
cascoes, horses and mules, repairs to vehicles, extra parts for odorless
excavators, forage for horses, stationery and oflSce supplies, rent of
ground for public closet at Santa Monica, coal, oil, tools, materials,
chemicals, installation of electric lights, installation and rent of tele-
phone, hire of bull carts, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business
when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Purchas-
ing Agent, not to exceed five hundred and fifty dollars, and other
incidental expenses, thirty-two thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven dollars and forty-nine cents.
Contingent expenses, installation of the pail system in the city of
Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred
and two: For disposal of contents of pails, purchase of odorless exca-
vators from the Quartermaster Department, and purchase of parts of
odorless excavators, including freight thereon, during the fiscal year
rineteen hundred and two, twelve thousand eight himdred and thirty
dollars.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, two hun-
dred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and fifty-four dollars and
seventy-three cents.
QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Salaries and wages, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and three:
Two officers at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one
officer at two thousand dollars per annum, six officers at one thousand
six hundred dollars per annum each, one engineer class nine, one
employee at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum, one employee
class ten, two employees Class A, two employees Class D, four employees
Class F, three employees Class H, five employees Class J, sixteen
employees at one nundred and eighty dollars per annum each, nine
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, crews
of launches at Manila, Iloilo, aud Cebu, not to exceed three thousand
one hundred and fifty dollars, and emergency disinfectors and tem-
porary attendants, not to exceed two thousand six hundred and fifty
dollars, twenty thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.
Transportation, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and three:
For transportation of supplies, repairs, supplies, coal, oil, and tools
necessary for operating launches, and miscellaneous expenses of quar-
antine launches, eight thousand six hundred dollars.
Commutation of quarters. Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For commutation of quarters of officers of the Quai-antine Serv-
ice as authorized by the Regulations of the United States Treasury
Department, two thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Support of Mariveles Quarantine Station, Quarantine Service, nine-
leen nundred and three: For support of Mariveles Quarantine Station,
including subsistence, supplies, purchase of coal and disinfectants and
the transfer of same, repairs to buildings and wharf, and other inci-
dental expenses, sixteen thousand four hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and
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three: For contingent expenses, inciuaing rent of offices at Manila,
Iloilo, and Cebu, lurniture, supplies, office expenses, expenses incident
to repairing disinfecting barge wrecked in typhoon and dispatching
same to Cebu, forage, horseshoeing, and other incidental expenses,
four thousand two hundred and fifty -six dollars.
In all, for the Quarantine Service, fifty-two thousand six hundred
and forty -one dollars.
FORESTRY BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Assistant Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, Man-
ager of Timber Testing Laboratory at two thousand four hundred
dollars per annmn, six foresters at two thousand four hundred dollars
per annum each, four inspectors class six, one clerk class six, one clerk
class seven, four clerks class eight, six clerks class nine, six assistant
inspectors class nine, four clerks Class A, six assistant inspectors Class
A, one skilled workman Class A, two clerks Class D, ten assistant
foresters Class D, eight skilled workmen Class F, twenty -five rangers
Class G, one draftsman Clajss H, six skilled workmen Class H, sixty
rangers Class I, six clerks Class I, three carpenters Class J, three
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, extra
allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum, hire
of laborers for field parties not to exceed two thousand three hundred
and forty dollars, fifty-five thousand one hundred and five dollars.
Transportation, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and employees,
per diems of ninety cents for members of field parties after arrival
upon the scene of actual operations and imtil departure therefrom,
transportation of freight, and for the hire of vehicles in Manila on
official business when such transportation can not be furnished by the
Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed four hundred dollars local
currency, four thousand two hundred dollars.
Transportation, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and two: For
the hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when such transpor-
tation could not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, not to exceed thirty dollars
local currency, fifteen dollars.
Contingent expenses, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contmgent expenses, inciuaing rent of offices, grounds, and tele-
phones, purchase of wood samples and materials, purchase of books
and periodicals, per diem of five dollars for the Chief of the Bureau,
and other incidental expenses, eight thousand eight hundred and
twenty-nine dollars.
In all, for the Forestry Bureau, sixty-eight thousand one hundred
and forty-nine dollars.
MINING BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, mining engineer
and assayer class six, one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten, one
clerk Class C, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class F, two clerks Class
I, one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, one
emoloyee at eighty dollars per annum, four thousana eight hundred
dollars.
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Contingent expenses, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For continent expenses, including office supplies, books, stationery,
and other incidents,! expenses, two hundred and eighty-seven dollars
and ten cents.
In all, for the Mining Bureau, five thousand and eighty-seven dollars
and ten cents.
PHILIPPINE MTEATHER BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three: Director at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
three Assistant Directors at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum each /secretary and librarian at one thousand four hundred ool-
iars per annum, three clerks Class A, five clerks Class C, five clerks
Class D, one clerk Class G, three clerks Class I, four employees at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, seven chief observers for
first-class branch stations at six hundred dollars per annum each, seven
assistant observers for first-class branch stations at one hundred dol-
lars per annum each, twelve observers for second-class branch stations
at three hundred dollars per annum each, twenty-four observers for
third-class branch stations at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum
each, ten observers for rain stations at ninety dollars per annum each,
extra allowance for disbursing clerk at two hundred dollars per annum,
seventeen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred and
three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and the transportation of supplies, five hundred dollai*s.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including rents, stationery, sup-
plies, electric lights, telephone, installation of instruments in branch
stations, and other incidental expenses, three thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Weather Bureau, twenty thousand nine
hundred and seventy dollars.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Salaries and wages^ Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen >»undred and
three: Chief of Bureau at three thousand twonundred dollars per an-
num, one clerk class six, two clerks class seven, one clerk class eight,
one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten, one surveyor Class C, two
clerks Class H, two clerks Class I, one employee at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum, six thousand nine hundred and eighty
dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of ' Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
three: For actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and em-
ployees and for hire of transportation for employees engaged in work
upon the San Lazaro estate, not to exceed two dollars and twenty-five
cents per day, when such transportation can not be furnished by the
Insular Purchasing Agent, three hundred and sixty-four dollars and
fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies, office
furniture, and other incidental expenses, one thousand one hundred
and two dollars and ninety-four cents.
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In all, for the Bureau of Public Lands, eight thousand four hun-
dred and forty-seven dollars and forty -four cents.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three: Chief of Bureau at four thousand dollars per annum, Assistant
Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, one Director of
Animal Industry class three, one Soil Physicist class five, one Fiber
Expert class five, one Botanist and Assistant Agrostologist class five
who shall also perform the duties of Botanist in the Forestiy Bureau,
one expert in cnarge of plant and seed introduction class .five, one su-
perintendent of Government farms* class six, one expert in tropical
agriculture class eight, one expert in plant culture and plant breeding
class nine, one superintendent of experimental station m Manila class
nine, one expert in farm machinery and management class ten, one clerk
class five, one clerk class seven, three clerks class eight, two clerks class
nine, one artist Class A, one gardener Class A, one overseer Class A,
two clerks Class C, two teamsters Class C, two employees at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dol-
lars per annum each, manager of stock farm at two thousand dollat*s
per annum, foreman of stock farm Class C, and labor required in the
city of Manila or elsewhere, not to exceed five thousand dollars,
twenty-six thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and three:
For per diems of two dollars and fifty cents forx)fficial8 and employees
on official travel under the same provisions as applied to the travel-
ing examiners of the Auditor's and Treasurer's offices by Act Num-
bered Three hundred and fifty-eight, the transportation of supplies,
and for the hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when it is
impossible for the Insular Purchasing Agent to furnish the same, not
to exceed one hundred dollars, five thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including collecting and purchasing
valuable seeds, roots, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, and plants for ex-
periment, cultivation, and distribution; for the investigation of the
soils of tne Philippine Islands; for conducting investigations of the
grasses, forage plants, and animal foods, and tne means of improving
the forage supply of the Islands; for carrying on investi^tions relat-
ing to the medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other economic plants, and
for conducting special investigations of the leading staple plant prod-
ucts of the Archipelago, and for conducting investigations of the
diseases of plants and methods of preventing them; for investigating
the history and habits of iniurous and beneficial insects and the best
means for destroying those round to be injurious to agricultural crops;
for the investigations of live stock, dairy, and other animal industries
of the Philippines, and the improvement of existing breeds of domestic
animals; for subscriptions to and purchase of agricultural and scientific
and technical books, periodicals, magazines, and publications necessary
for the work of the Bureau; for the purchase of stationery, furniture,
cases, and all other necessary office supplies; for advertising, tele-
graphing, cabling, telephone, and messenger service, electric lighting,
and post-office expenses; for the purchase of ice for the office in
Manila; for the purchase and hire of horses, mules, and other working
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animals for use on the Government farms and experimental stations,
for harnesses, wagons, carts, and so forth; for forage for animals;
blacksmith tools, forges, and shoeing of animals; for veterinary
attendance and supplies; for the purchase of lumber, nails, agricul-
tural tools and machinery, carpenter tools and scientific instruments,
for the lease or purchase of land near or in Manila for experimental
Surposes, and for rents; thirty-four thousand two hundred and fifty
ollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Agriculture, sixty-five thousand eight
hundred and twenty dollars.
BUBEAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Cnief of Bureau at three thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, assistant to Chief of Bureau in charge of Moro affairs at
three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one Ethnologist at two
thousand four hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class seven, one
clerk class nine, one collector of natural history specimens class eight.
Agent for Moro Affairs at one thousand dollars per annum, to January
tenth, nineteen hundred and three, one assistant collector of iiatuml
history specimens Class D, two clerks Class G, one employee at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one janitor at ninety dollars
per annum, seven thousand six hundred and eighty-two dollars and
seventy-eight cents.
Transportation, Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of oflScers
and employees engaged in collecting data and material and the trans-
portation of suppRes, three thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including supplies, fur-
niture, books, instruments, hire of vehicles in Manila on official busi-
ness when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular
Purchasing Agent, not to exceed fifty dollars, purchase of manuscripts
with translations of the Maguindanao Moros, not to exceed two thou-
sand dollars, expense of an exhibit and employee to supervise the
same at the Hanoi Exposition, not to exceed one hundred and thirty -
five dollars, and other incidental expenses, four thousand one hundred
and thirty-five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, fourteen thousand
eight hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy -eight cents.
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: Superintendent of Government Laboratories at
four thousand dollars per annum. Director of the Biological Labora-
tory at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum from November
twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two. Director of the Serum Labo-
ratory at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, one chemist
and investigator class four, one pathologist at two thousand four hun-
dred dollars per annum, one analytical chemist class five, one chemist
class six, one physiological chemist class six, one pathologist class six,
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one entomologist clas.s six, one assistant biologist at one thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, one assistant bacteriologist at one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk at one thousand five hun-
dred dollars pi^r annum, one chemist and food analyst at one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, one assistant
director of the Serum Institute class nine, one clerk class nine, one
photogmpher class nine, one assistant chemist class seven, one clerk
at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum, one laboratory assistant
Class A, one preparator of culture media Class D, one assistant at
four hundred and fifty dollars per annum, one curator Class I, one
clerk Class I, one janitor Class J, two employees Class J, four employ-
ees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, four employees
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, hire of emergency
inoculators, employees, and laborers, not to exceed four thousand five
hundred dollars, twenty-three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For the actual and necessary tmveling expenses of
officers and employees, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business
when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent, not to exceed fifty dollars, and for the transportation
of suppliers, two thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including rent of labora-
tory building, purchase of chemicals and apparatus, not to exceed
eleven thousand dollars, books, not to exceed seven thousand seven
hundred and fifteen dollars and eleven cents, repairs to instruments,
office supplies, stationery, photographic supplies, small animals and
food for same, rent of telephone, electric lighting, telegrams, coal, oil,
purchase of cattle and horses, and other incidental expenses, twenty-
nine thousand and seventy-seven dollars and eleven cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, fifty-five thou-
sand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eleven cents.
BUREAU OF PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE-MARKS.
• Salaries and wages, Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks,
nineteen hundred and three: One clerk Class A, four hundred and fifty
dollars.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL HOSPITAL.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred and
three: Attending Physician and Surgeon at three thousand dollars per
annum. Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon at two thousand
dollars per annum, house surgeon at one thousand dollars per annum,
one superintendent class eight, one dispensing clerk class nine, one
chief nurse at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum, one clerk
class ten, one matron Class A, one dietist Class C, ten nurses Class C,
eleven ward attendants Class D, one ambulance driver Class D, one
employee Class G, two employees Class I, one employee at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum, five employees at one hundred and
forty dollars per annum each, one driver at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum, five employees at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each, eight employees at one hundred and fifteen dollars
per annum each, four employees at ninety dollars per annum each,
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extra allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum.
from November eighth, nineteen hundred and two, fifteen thousand
three hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty -three cents.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of drugs,
medicines, lighting of nospital, subsistence of patients and employees,
coal, wood, rent of buildings, and telephones, supplies for hospitals.
forage for horses, purchase of office safe, subscription to medical ana
professional publications, furniture and furnishings for hospital, not
to exceed three thousand dollars, hire of vehicles in Manila on official
business when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular
Purchasing Agent, not to exceed three hundred and fifty dollars, and
other incidental expenses, thirty -six thousand one hundred and ninety-
two dollars and fifty cents.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Hospital, fifty-one thousand five hun-
dred and ninety-one aollars and ninety-three cents.
CrVIL SANITARIUM, BENGUET.
Salaries and wages. Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and three: Attendmg Physician and Surgeon at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum, one nurse Class C, one employee Class D,
one employee Class F, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, two employees at forty-five dollars per annum each, hire
of laborers for permanent improvement of grounds and of emergency
laborers, not to exceed three hundred and sixty dollars, two thousand
five hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including liospital supplies, com-
missary and subsistence supplies, drugs, meaicines, transportation of
supplies, forage, purchase of carabao, rent of house at San Fernando,
Union, and otner mcidental expenses, six thousand one hundred and
fifty dollars.
In all, for the Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, eight thousand seven hun-
dred and forty-five dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
Salaries and wages, OflSce of the Secretary of Commerce and Police,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Commerce and Police at ten
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, five thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars.
BUREAU OF POSTS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
Director of Posts at six thousand dollars per annum. Assistant Director
of Posts at three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
one clerk class three, two clerks class five, one post-office inspector
class five, six post-office inspectors class six, two clerks class six, four
clerks class seven, three clerks class eight, three clerks class nine, one
clerk class ten, two clerks Class D, one clerk Class I, three employees
at one hundred and fifty dollars per amium each, extra sdlowance for
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disbui*sing officer at two hundred dollars per annimi, twenty-four
thousand dollars.
Traveling expenses, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
For an allowance of two dollars and fifty cents per day in lieu of actual
traveling expenses to post-office inspectors while traveling on official
business, and for the actual and necessary traveling expenses of other
employees, two thousand dollars.
Mail transportation, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
For inland mail transportation, sea transportation of mails, transpor-
tation of mails, through foreign countries, and for the salaries and
wages of fifteen postal clerks class nine on mail trains and mail steamers,
twenty-four thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including mail eauipment, supplies, and
other incidental expenses, four thousand five hundred dollars.
Post-Office Service:
Salaries and wages, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and three:
One postmaster at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
assistant postmaster class four, one postmaster class five, one post-
master class six, three postmasters clavss seven, three postmasters class
eight, eight postmasters class nine, seven postmasters class ten, one
superintendent money-order division class five, one superintendent
mailing division class six, one superintendent registry division class
six, one superintendent free-delivery division class six, four clerks
class seven, sixteen clerks class eight, twelve clerks class nine, fifteen
clerks class ten, ten clerks Class A, one clerk Class B, one clerk Class
C, four clerks Class D, three clerks Class E, eight clerks Class F, ten
clerks Class G, six clerks Class H, four clerks Class I, fourteen
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, thirty
clerks in offices outside of Manila, not to exceed an aggregate of two
thousand dollars, compensation of postmastei*s appointed under the
provisions of sections three and four of Act Numbered One hundred
and eighty -one, not to exceedr twenty thousand dollars, and for the
employment of substitutes in places of postmasters and employees
granted leaves of absence, not to exceed one thousand five hundred
dollars, eighty-one thousand five hundred dollars.
The amount herein appropriated for salaries and wages for the
Post-Office Service is hereby made available to pay any deficiency in
the amounts appropriated for salaries and wa^es for the Post-Office
Service in Acts Numbered Four hundred and thirty and Four hundred
and ninety for the positions authorized therein.
The Director of Posts is hereby authorized to appoint postmasters,
as provided in sections three and four of Act Numoered One hundred
and eighty -one, but at salaries not exceeding nine hundred dollars per
annum each, in lieu of the commissions on the gross receipts of their
respective offices as provided therein, whenever the necessities of the
postal service require such action.
Contingent expenses, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including expenses of stamp agencies
in Manila, not to exceed two dollars per montn each, rent and lighting
of post-offices, furniture, supplies, and other incidental expenses, four
thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Posts, one hundred and forty thousand
dollars.
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SIGNAL. SERVICE.
Construction and maintenance of telegraph, telephone, and cable
lines, Signal Service, nineteen hundred and three: ior purchases and
services in connection with the construction and maintenance of tele-
graph, telephone^ and cable lines in the Philippine Archipelago, includ-
ing purchase and transportation of poles, iron, and labor in erecting a
telegraph line between Dagupan and Vigan, not to exceed thirteen
thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars, and for the hire of
operators, clerks, linemen, messengers, machinists, and cable employ-
ees, seventy-two thousand seven hundred and eighty -eight dollars.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three: Three
Assistant Chiefs at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annum each, one Superintendent of the Division of Information at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one adjutant at one thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum, one paymaster at two thousand dol-
lars per annum, one commissary and superintendent civil supply store
at two thousand dollars per annum, three surgeons at one thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum each, forty -two first-class inspectors,
not to exceed an aggregate of thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars,
forty-five second-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of twenty-
three thoasand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents,
sixty -five third-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of thirty-
one thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents,
seventy-five fourth-class inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of
thirty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars, twenty-five
telegraph inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of thirteen thou-
sana one hundred and twenty-five dollars, lorty subinspectors at four
hundred ani eighty dollars per annum each, one assistant super-
intendent. Division of Information, at one thousand eight hunored
dollars per annum, one inspector at one thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, one inspector at one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum, two inspectors at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum
each, two inspectors at nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum each,
two inspectors at eight hundred and forty dollars per annum- each,
three inspectors at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each,
four inspectors at five hundred and forty dollars per annum each, four
inspectors at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, one
armorer and gunsmith at nine hundred dollars per annum, three clerks
class eight, four clerks class nine, two clerks class ten, twelve clerks
Class A, two clerks Class C, three teamsters Class D, two clerks Class
G, two clerks Class H, two clerks Class I, four employees at one hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum each, two employees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, extm compensation for forty-four
supply oflScers at two hundred dollars per annum each, and for pay of
enlisted men of all grades and of laborers, not to exceed an aggregate
of three hundred thousand dollars, four hundred and seventy-eight
thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.
The number of enlisted men in the Philippines Constabulary of all
grades shall not exceed six thousand five hundred.
Clothing, camp and garrison eauipage, Philippines Constabulary,
nineteen hundrea and three: For cloth, woolens, materials and manu-
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facture of clothing, eauipa^e, purcnase, repair, and preservation of
arniH, animunition, ana equipments, and for clothing allowance not
drawn in kind by enlisted men on discharge, eighty-six thousand five
hundred and seventy dollars.
Barracks and quarters, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For allowance for ofiiees, guardhouses, and arsenals, repairs
to Government buildings and stables, construction and hire of build-
ings and stables, and for fuel and illuminating supplies, forty thou-
sand dollars.
Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For transportation of oflBcers and enlisted men, prisoners,
animals, supplies, for the purchase and hire of draft animals, har-
nesses, wagons, carts, and so forth, for forage for animals, black-
smiths' tools, forges and shoeing of animals, purchase of horses and
equipments lor mounted service, veterinary attendance and supplies,
subsistence of officers and enlisted men while on campaign or traveling
under orders, eighty thousand dollars.
Secret-service fund, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For a contingent fund to be used for secret-service purposes in
the discretion of the Chief or Acting Chief, eighteen thousand dollars.
Commissary stores, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three: For the purchase ana transportation of commissary stores, in
accordance with the terms of previous appropriations, fifteen thousand
dollars.
Maintenance of police, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For expenses in the maintenance of provincial and munici-
pal police, five thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including stationery, furniture,
office supplies, cablegrams, special messengers, post-office expenses,
purchase of periodicals and professional books, medical treatment and
medicines for officers and enlisted men, burial expenses of deceased
officers and enlisted men, construction, repair and maintenance of tele-
graph and telephone lines, subsistence of prisoners, and for per diems
of five dollars to the Chief and First Assistant Chief, and of two dol-
lars and a half to the Superintendent of the Telegraph Division from
the date of his service with the Bureau, twenty-four thousand dollars.
In all, for the Philippines Constabulary^ seven hundred and forty-
six thousand seven hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and three:
Warden at three thousand dollars per annum, two Assistant Wardens
at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum each, one physician
at two thousand dollars per annum, one master mechanic at one thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, three clerks
cla^s nine, one baker class nine, one blacksmith class nine, two inspect-
ors class nine, one clerk Class A, two overseers Class D, two foremen
Class D, two overseers Class I, six keepers Class I, two hospital
stewards Class I, two chaplains at three hundred dollars per annum
each, one laundryman Class J, four clerks Class J, four nurses
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, one teamster
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, seventeen guards at
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nine hundred dollars per annum each, two sergeants at three hun-
dred and sixty dollars per annum each, twenty-eight guards at two
hundred and forty dollars per annum each, extra allowance for dis-
bursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum, twenty-five thousand
eight hundred and ninety dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including subsistence of prisoners, medicines,
and supplies, electric lighting, oil, fuel, forage tor horses, burial of
deceased prisoners, reimbursement to prisoners of earnings as hired
laborers outside of the prison prior to American occupation, clothing
for prisoners, purchase of tools for manufacturing department, and
other incidental expenses, sixty-five thousand three hundred and
twenty-one dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Prisons, ninety -one thousand two hundred
and eleven dollars.
OFFICE OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE PORT.
Salaries and wages, Office of the Captain of the Port, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Harbormaster at two thousand five hundred dollars
ger annum, Inspector of Boilers at two thousand two hundred and
fty dollars per annum, Inspector of Hulls at two thousand dollars
per annum, one clerk class nine, three clerks Class I, four thousand
four hundred and twenty -five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Office of the Captain of the Port, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including supplies, adver-
tising, and other incidental expenses, two hundred dollars.
In all, for the Office of the Captain of the Port, four thousand six
hundred and twenty -five dollars.
BUREAU OF COAST GUARD ANT) TRANSPORTATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: Superintendent of Construction, Mainte-
nance, and Operation of Vessels at two thousand five hundred dollars
per annum. Inspector of Machinerv at two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars per annum, one clert class five, one disbursing officer
class six, one clerk class six, one clerk class seven, four clerks class
eight, two clerks cla«s nine, two clerks Class A, two storekeepers
Class A, two assistant storekeepers Class F, one employee at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum, five employees at one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each, twelve thousand seven hundred and
twenty dollars.
Lignt-House Service, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For the expenses of the Light-House
Service, including construction of light-houses, salaries and wages of
keepers, boatmen, messengers, and laborers, supplies, repairs, buoyage,
and other incidental expenses, one hundred and twenty -four thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Launches, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, nineteen
hundred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of launches and
steamers, including salaries and wages of pay officer, pay clerk, cap-
tains, engineers, crews, and laborers, repairs and outfits, ititions, coal,
and oil, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
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Construction of vessels, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For contract payments on Class "A"
steamersandClass ''B" steamers, including delivery in Manila, changes
in specifications, supplies, salaries, and expenses of inspectors super-
vising the construction of such steamers, for the purchase of spare
parts of machinery and for armament, thi*ee hundred and forty-seven
thousand and ninety dollars and sixty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including sup-
plies, advertising, and per diems of three dollars and fifty cents for the
Superintendent in charge of the construction of light-hoases, and so
forth, and of five dollars each for the Chief of the Bureau, the Super-
intendent of Light-Houses, Buoys, and so forth, and the Superintendent
of the Division of Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Vessels,
for the purchase of subsistence stores for the crews of launches and
cutters, and for other incidental expenses, five thousand nine hundred
and forty -eight dollars and fifty cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, six
hundred and eighty thousand four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and
ten cents.
BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nineteen
hundred and three: One clerk class eight, one clerk Class D, two clerks
Class E, one clerk Class F, four clerks Class G, one apprentice drafts-
man at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, one emplo^^ee at
one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, two thousand eight hun-
dred dollars.
Expenses of steamers, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of steamers
engaged in survey work, including salaries and wages of officers and
crews, rations, uniforms for crew and petty officers, supplies, coal,
repairs, and other incidental expenses, thirteen thousand six hundred
dollars.
Field expenses, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nineteen
hundred and three: For field expenses, including pay of observers,
recorders in the field and foremen, and for other inciaental expenses,
seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including omce sup-
plies, stationery, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when
such transportation can not be secured from the Insular Purchasing
Agent, not to exceed sixty dollars, and other incidental expenses, five
hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, twenty-four
thousanc^ seven hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ENGINEERING.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
three: Consulting En^neer at four thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, Principal Assistant Engineer at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, one assistant engineer at three thousand dollars
per annum, one assistant engineer at one thousand five hundred dollars
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per annum, one draftsman class five, one clerk class seven, one clerk
class nine, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum,
and such assistant engineers, draftsmen, surveymen, and other emploj^-
ees as may be necessary from time to time to accomplish work oraered
by the Conmiission, not to exceed three thousand dollars, eleven thou-
sand seven hundred and forty dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of oflicers and
employees, transportation of supplies, and for the hire of vehicles in
Manila on official business when such transportation can not be secured
from the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed one hundred and
fifty dollars, one thousand two hundred dollars.
Public works. Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and three:
For expenses in connection with sucn public works, surveys, and
examinations as may be authorized by the Commission, including the
cost of labor and necessary equipments, twelve thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including supplies, surveying instru-
ments, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five tiundred
dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Engineering, twenty -seven thousand four
hundred and forty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
nineteen hundred ana three: Secretary of Finance and Justice at ten
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, five
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies, funiiture, and other incidental expenses, two hundred and
fifty dollars.
In all, for the office of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, six
thousand two hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR TREASURER.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Treasurer at six thousand dollars per annum, cashier
at three thousand dollars per annum, three clerks class three, three
clerks class four, three clerks class five, five clerks class six, three
clerks class seven, four clerks class eight, four clerks class nine, one
clerk at seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum, one clerk Class C,
two clerks Class D, two clerks Class I, one clerk Class J, one employee
at two hundred and ten dollars per annum, one employee at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum, extra allowance for disbursing
officer at two hundred dollars per annum, twenty-eight thousand seven
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees, per diems for deputies and exanuners in official travel
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in connection with the examination of accounts as pro\rided in Act
Numbered Three Hundred and fifty -eight, and for the transfer of funds
to and from the provinces, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including the payment
of premiums on surety bonds, rebate of unearncKl premiums on surety
bonds transferred or canceled, stationery, office supplies, purchase of
safes, and other incidental expenses, twenty -five thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, fifty-six thousand
two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR AUDITOR.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hundred
and three: Auditor at six thousand dollars per annum, Deputy Auditor
at four thousand dollars per annum, three clerks class three, four
clerks class four, three clerks class five, nine clerks class six, five
clerks class seven, nine clerks class eight, ten clerks class nine, six
clerks class ten, four clerks Class A, two clerks Class B, two clerks
Class C, three clerks Class D, three clerks Class E, two clerks Class
F, two clerks Class G, two clerks Class H, two clerks Class I, two
employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, extra
allowance for disbursing officer at two hundred dollars per annum,
fifty thousand seven hundred and ten dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hundred
and three: For actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and per diems of officers and employees in official travel in
connection with the examination of accounts as provided in Act Num-
bered Three hundred and fifty-eight, including the sum of five hun-
dred dollars in lieu of and in full reimbursement for the traveling"
expenses paid bjr A. L. Lawshe, Auditor for the Philippine Archi-
pelago, in bringmg his family from Washington, D. C, to Manila,
two thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including stationery, supplies,
and other incidental expenses, one thousand five nundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of tne Insular Auditor, fifty -four thousand
two hundred and ten dollars.
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Salaries "and wages. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: Collector of Customs at six thousand dollars per
annum. Deputy Collector of Customs at four thousand dollars per
annum, two additional deputy collectors of customs at three thousand
dollars per annum each, surveyor of customs at four thousand dollars
per annum, deputy surveyor of customs class two.
Office of the Collector of Customs:
One clerk class seven, two clerks class eight.
Office of the Deputy Collector of Customs:
One clerk class seven, one clerk class nine.
Office of the Surveyor of Customs:
One admeasurer class three, one assistant admeasurer class seven,
one clerk class seven, one clerk class eight, three clerks Class F.
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Division of Insular Customs Accounts:
Disbursing officer class five, one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten,
one clerk Class H, three clerks Class J, one employee at ninety dollars
per annum.
Correspondence Division:
One clerk class six, three clerks class seven, six clerks class eight,
five clerks Class A, one clerk Class C, one clerk Class F, two employees
at one hundred and eightv dollars per annum each, two employees at
one hundred and twenty aollars per annum each.
Board of Protests ana Appeals:
One clerk class four, two clerks class eight
Cashier's Division:
Cashier class one, assistant cashier class five, one teller class ten,
one clerk class ten, three clerks Class A. three clerks Class F, two
employees at ninety dollars per annum eacn.
Appraiser's Division:
Appraiser of textiles class three, three appraisers class five, four
examiners class seven, four examiners class eight, twelve examiners
class nine, twenty examiners class ten, nine employees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars
per annum each.
Importation, Exportation, and Navigation Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, one liquidator
class eight, one clerk class eight, two clerks class nine, three clerks
class ten, two clerks Class A, two clerks Class D, three clerks Class I,
two employees at ninety dollars per annum each.
Licjmdation Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class eight, two liquidators
class nine, two liquidators class ten, one liquidator Class A, two
liquidators Class D, two liquidators Class F, two employees at ninety
dollars per annum each.
Inspector's Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, two inspectors
class eight, two inspectors class nine, two inspectors class ten, twenty-
six inspectors Class A, four weighers Class F, twenty guards Class I,
twelve weighers Class J, sixty guards Class J.
General Order Stores and Bonded Warehouse Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class seven, one clerk class ten,
seventeen storekeepers Class A, two clerks Class A, seven clerks Class
I, fifteen clerks Class J, twenty-five employees at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, seventeen emploj^ees at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars
per annum each.
Consular and Statistical Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, two clerks class
nine, four clerks class ten, six clerks Class A, two clerks Class F, four
clerks Class J, one employee at ninety dollars per annum.
Immigration Division:
Chief of Division class five, one clerk class seven, one immigration
inspector class eight, two immigration inspectors class nine, one Chi-
nese interpreter Class D, one employee Class J, two employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, one employee at ninety
dollars per annum.
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Passenger and Baggaee Division:
Chief of Division c&ss six, one clerk class eight, two baggage
inspectors class ten, two baggage inspectors Class A, one interpreter
Class D, four employees at one nundred and twenty dollars per annum
each.
Harbor Launch Division:
Chief of Division class six, one clerk class eight, one clerk class
nine, two launch inspectors Class A, one patron Class D, three launch
inspectors Class J, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, six employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, twelve employees Class F, one employee Class H, two employees
Class I, eleven employees at two hunared dollars per annum each,
twenty -one employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each.
Division of Special Agents:
One special agent class three, two special agents class four, one spe-
cial agent class six, one special agent at ten dollars per day, salaries
and expenses of secret agents not to exceed five himdred dollars per
month.
Superintendent of buildings:
One superintendent Class A, two nightwatchmen Class C. one jani-
tor Class 1. fourteen employees at one hundred and twenty aollars per
annum each.
Iloilo custom-house:
Collector of customs at four thousand dollars per annum, depu
collector of customs class four, surveyor of customs class six, one clerl
class six, one appraiser of merchandise class seven, two clerks class
eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk class ten, four clerks Class A,
three inspectors Class A, tnree clerks Class D, one harbor policeman
Class G, one engineer Class H, one harbor policeman Class I, one
employee Class 1, ten employees Class J, three employees at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, two employees at one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum each, two employees at one hundred and
thirty-hve dollars per annum each, one employee at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum, two employees at one hundred and eight
dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars per annum
each.
Cebu custom-house:
Collector of customs at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, deputy collector of customs class five, surveyor of customs
class six, one clerk class six, one appraiser of merchandise class seven,
one clerk class eight, one examiner class eight, one inspector class ten,
one inspector Class A, two clerks Class A, one clerk Class D, one clerk
Class F, two employees Class G, three employees Class H, eighteen
employees Class J, three employees at one hunared and eighty aollars
per annum each, two employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, emergency employees not to exceed an aggregate of ten
dollars per month.
Jolo custom-house:
Collector of customs class three, one examiner class eight, one clerk
class eight, one clerk class nine, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class I,
six employees Class J, two employees at ninety dollars per annum each,
one employee at seventj^-two aollars per annum.
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Zamboanga custom-house:
Collector of customs class five, one examiner class eight, one clerk
class nine, one clerk Class A, one clerk Class I, five guards Class J,
two employees at ninety dollars per annum each, four employees at
seventy-two dollars per annum each, emergency employees not to
exceed an aggregate of five dollars per month.
Aparri custom-house:
One acting collector of customs class six, one clerk Class D, four
employees at seventy-two dollars per annum each.
Interior ports:
Twenty coast district inspectors class eight, ten deputy coast district
inspectors Class A, thirty-nve clerks Class I, fifteen clerks at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each^ allowance to one hundred and
seventy-five presidentes performing duties as inspectors of customs not
to exceed one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, salaries and
wages of boat crews, not to exceed three thousand dollars.
Total for salaries and wages, two hundred and forty -eight thousand
five hundred and seventy-seven dollars.
Transportation. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hun-
dred ana three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of offi-
cers and employees and the transportation of supplies, three thousand
four hundred dollars.
Revenue launches. Bureau of Customs and ImmigratioLi, nineteen
hundred and three: For the maintenance and expenses of launches and
revenue cutters, including salaries and wages of officers and crews, sup-
plies, fuel and repairs for the same, forty -one thousand four hundred
and nfty-two dollars and forty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses throughout the Archipel-
ago, including stationery, office supplies, cart and coolie hire, rent of
custom-hous^, repairs to boathouses, boarding boats, subsistence of
customs officers stationed on board United States Army transports, and
for the payment of awards to informers under the provisions of section
three hundred and forty -eight of Act Numbered Three hundred and
fif^-five, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, three hundred
and nineteen thousand three hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty
cents.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three: For salaries and wages, two thousand and seventy-five dol-
lars and fifty cents.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and one: For salaries and wages during the fiscal year nineteen hun-
dred and one, fifty dollars.
Transportation,"^ Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred and
three: lor the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
enrployees, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three: For contii^^ent expenses, including rents, office supplies,
furniture, and other incidentju expenses, seven hundred and forty
dollars.
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In all, for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, three thousand and fifteen
dollars and fifty cents.
BUBEAU OF THE INSULAR COU> STORAGE AND ICE PLANT.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and three:
Office Force and Sales Department:
One clerk class five, two clerks class six, two clerks class seven, four
clerks class eight, one clerk class nine, two clerks Class B, three clerks
Class C, two clerks Class D, two clerks Class F, two clerks Class H.
two clerks Class I, extra allowance for disbursing clerk at two hundred
dollars per annum.
Engineering and Manufacturing Cold Storage Department:
One chief engineer at two thousand four hundred aoUars per annum,
one assistant engineer class five, one assistant engineer class six, one
assistant engineer class seven, one electrician class seven, one machinist
class seven, one assistant machinist class eight, one overseer cold storage
class nine, one oiler class nine, one assistant overseer cold storage cliSs
ten, one oiler class ten, one fireman class ten, one assistant machinist
class nine, two firemen at nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum
each, one oiler Class A, one pipe fitter class nin?, one oiler Clas8 B,
one fireman Class B, one electrician Class C, one elevator man Class F,
one assistant machinist Cl^ws G, one elevator man Class H, four wipers
Class J, four coal passers and assistant firemen Class J, one elevator
man Class J, one assistant overseer cold storage Class J, three ice tank
and storage men Class J, four wipers at two hundred and four dollars
per annum each, four coal passers and assistant firemen at two hundred
and four dollars per annum each, fourteen laborers at one hundred and
ninety-two dollars per annum each, six wipers at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, four coal passers and assistant firemen
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, eighteen ice tank
and storage men at one hundred ana eighty dollars per annum each.
Land Transportation Department:
One overseer class nine, one blacksmith class nine, one wheelwright
class ten, one teamster Class A, one teamster Class B, ten teamsters
at seven hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, four teamsters
Class C, one saddler Class D, one blacksmith's helper Class H, one
blacksmith's helper Class J, twenty stablemen at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each.
Water Transportation Department:
One overseer class eight, one assistant overseer Class A. one engi-
neer Class F, one patron Class H, one assistant engineer Class H, six
patrons Class I, one boatswain at two hundred and sixteen dollars per
annum^ two firemen at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum
each, SIX timoneros at one hundred and ninety-two dollars per annum
each, sixteen sailors at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each,
twenty -four sailors at one hundred and smiy -eight dollars per annum
each.
Maintenance and care of buildings and grounds:
One house carpenter class nine, one storekeeper at one thousand and
fifty dollars per annum, one assistant house carpenter class ten, two over-
seers class ten, four watchmen at seven hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, two watchmen Class C, one house painter Class D,
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two carpenters Class F, two laborers Class H, two painters Class 1,
four laborers Class J, two assistant overseers Class J, one assistant
storekeeper at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum, six laborers
at two hundred and sixteen dollars per annum each, ten laborers at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two store boys at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Total for salaries and wages, fifty -seven thousand three hundred and
fiftv-seven dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, includ-
mg office supplies, coal, forage, expenses in the care and maintenance
of buildings, machinery, electrical supplies, land transportation, com-
mutation of quarters at twenty-four dollars per month for the chief
engineer, per diems of five dollars for the officer in charge of the Insu-
lar Cold Storage and Ice Plant, and for other incidental expenses, fifty-
one thousand hve hundred ana sixty-one dollai*s and eighteen cents.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant,
one hundred and eight thousand nine hundred and eighteen dollars
and eighteen cents.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaiies and wages. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
Supreme Court:
Chief Justice at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
six Associate Justices at seven thousand dollars per annum each, one
clerk of the court at three thousand dollars per annum, two deputy
clerks at two thousand dollars per annum each, one reporter at one
thousand dollars per annum, one employee class six, one employee
class seven, one employee Class C, one employee Class E, five em-
plovees Class H, six employees Class J, five employees at one hundred
ana fifty dollars per annum each.
Court of First Instance, Manila:
Three judges at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum each,
one clerk at two thousand dollars per annum, two assistant clerks at
one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each, one deputy clerk
at nine hundred dollars per annum, five employees class seven, one
employee class eight, two employees class nine, eight employees Class
H, five employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each,
Chinese and Japanese interpreters, not to exceed an aggregate of one
hundred dollars.
Courts of First Instance, First District:
One judge at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, llocos Norte, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk,
Cagayan, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Isabela, at
seven hundrea dollars per annum, one employee class eight, one
employee Class D, three employees Class J, three employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Second District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, llocos
Sur, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Abra, at seven
hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Lepanto-Bontoc, at five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one deputy clerk at four hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, one employee Class D, one employee at four
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hundred and fifty dollars per annum, six employees Class J, four
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Third District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Union and
Benguet, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Pangasinan,
at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Zambales,
at eight hundred dollars per annum, one deputy clerk at three
hundred and sixty dollars per annum, one employee class seven, one
employee class nine, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, from
July first, nineteen hundred and two.
Courts of First Instance, Fourth District:
One judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk, Tarlac, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Pam-
panga, at one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Nueva Ecija, at
nine hundred dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Pampanga, at
three hundred dollars per annum, one employee at one thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, two employees Class J, four employees at
one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, three employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fifth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Bulacan,
at one thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Rizal, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one employee Class D, one employee Class J, four
employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, two
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
(Jourts of First Instance, 8ixth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, La La-
funa, at nme hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Cavite, at nine
undred dollars per annum, one clerk, Bataan, at eight hundred dol-
lars per annum, one clerk, Mindoro, at eight hundrea dollars per an-
num, one deputy clerk. La Laguna, at six nundred dollars per annum,
one deputy clerk, Cavite, at three hundred dollars per annum, one
employee Class C, four employees Class J, two employees at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, four employees at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Seventh District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Batangas,
at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Marin-
duque, at seven hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Tayabas, at nine
hundred dollars per annum, one employee Class B, four employees Class
J, four employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Eighth District:
One judge at four thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Sorsogon,
at eight hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Ambos Camarines, at
nine nundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Masbate, at four hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Albay and Catanduanes, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one employee class liine, three employees Class J,
two employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each,
two employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, one
eniployee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
(Jourts of First Instance, Ninth District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Romblon^
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at five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Capiz, at nine hundred
dollars per annum, one clerk, Iloilo, at one thousand two hundred dol-
lars per annum, one employee class five, one employee class ten, one
employee Class D, two employees Class J, one employee at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum, three employees at one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum each, five employees at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, two employees at ninety dollars per
annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District:
One jud^e at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk. Antique^ at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Occi-
dental Kegros, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk. Oriental Negros, at eight hundred dollars per annum, one em-
ployee Class D, two employees Class J, three employees at one hun-
dreii and eighty dollars per annum each, one employee at one hundred
and forty-four dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum, one employee at ninety dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Eleventh District:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Cebu, at
one thoasand two hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Bohol, at one
thousand dollars per annum, one deputy clerk, Cebu (Barili), at six
hundred dollars per annum, one employee class seven, one employee
Class C, one employee Class D, two employees Class H, three employees
Class J, one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum,
two employees at sixty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Twelfth District:
One judge at four thousand five huudred dollars per annum, one clerk,
Samar, at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Leyte, at one
thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Surig^, at eight hundred dol-
lars per annum, one deputy clerk, Leyte (Maasin), at five hundred dollars
jjer annum, one employee Class D, four employees Class J, four em-
ployees at one himdrea and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk, Misamis,
at nine hundred dollars per annum, one clerk, Zamboanga, and so forth,
at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, five deputy clerks at
two hundred dollars per annum each, one fiscal at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, six employees at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District:
One judge at three thousand dollars per annum, one clerk at nine
hundred dollars per annum, four deputy clerks at two hundred dollars
per annum each, one fiscal at one tnousand two hundred dollars per
annum.
Court of Land -Registration:
One judge at five thousand dollars per annum, one judge at four
thousand dollars per annum, one clerk at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum.
Court of Customs Appeals:
One judge at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
employee class six, one employee class seven, one employee at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum.
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Judges of First Instance at lar^e:
Four judges at four thousand iive hundred dollars per annum each,
two stenogrraphers at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum
each, two interpreters at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum
each.
OflBce of the Attorney-General:
Attorney-General at seven thousand dollars per annum, Solicitor-
General at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Assistant
Attorney-General at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
assistant lawyer at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum,
one assistant lawj^er at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, two assistant lawyers at one thousand eight hundred dollars
Scr annum each, one assistant lawyer at one thousand six hundred
ollars per annum, one supervisor of fiscals at four thousand dollars
per annum, one deputy supervisor of fiscals at two thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, one clerk at two thousand four hundred dollars
per annum, one disbursing oflScer class five, one employee class six, four
employees class seven, three employees class eight, one employee Class D,
two employees Class G, one employee Class J, one employee at one
hundrea and twenty dollars per annum.
Special and Temporary Court for the Island of Negros:
One clerk at one thousand dollars per annum, from September first
to September fifteenth, nineteen hunared and two.
Juaicial District of Nueva Vizcaya:
One clerk at four hundred dollars per annum from November first
to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand
three hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-seven c^nts.
Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen iiundred and three: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of judges, employees of
courts, of the office of the Attorney-General, and of special employees
traveling on official business, three thousand dollars.
Witness expenses and fees. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and
three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of witnesses
before courts and fees that may be authorized bv law which are properly
chargeable to insular funds, two thousand dollars.
Continent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent e^fpenses, including sheriffs' fees, rent of buildings
occupied as court rooms in unorganized territory, supplies, per diem
allowances of four dollars for judges of the Courts of First Instance
while absent from their districts on duty in Manila, and of three dol-
lars local currency for the judges, clerks, and fiscals of the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Judical Districts under the provisions of Act Numbered
Three hundred, and other incidental expenses, ten thousand six hun-
dred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, one hundred and eighty -two thou-
sand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-seven cents.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. '
Salaries and wages. Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
nineteen hundred and three: Secretary of Public Instruction, at ten
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thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class eight, five
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, OflBce of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
nineteen hundred and three: Contingent expenses, including office
supplies, furniture, and other incidental expenses, four hundred and
fifty dollars.
Jji all, for the Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction, six
thousand four hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
three: General Superintendent at six thousand dollars per annum, one
clerk class four, two clerks class five, three clerks class seven, five
clerks class eight, six clerks class nine, four clerks class ten, one clerk
Class A, four employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, eight employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, wages of laborers handling supplies, not to exceed six hundred
dollars, flairty-one division superintendents of schools not to exceed
an aggregate of twenty-nine thousand eig"ht hundred and seventy-five
dollars; employees in the offices of division superintendents as fol-
lows: Ten employees at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum
each, seven employees at nine hundred dollars per annum each, thir-
teen employees at six hundred dollars per annum each; one thousand
elementary teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of six hundred thou-
sand dollars, secondary teachers at one thousand two hundred dollars
e*r annum each, not to exceed an aggregate of ninety thousand dol-
rs, ten native teachers for secondary schools, not to exceed an aggre-
gate of three thousand dollars, five hundred night-school teachers, not
to exceed an aggregate of fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars;
teachers and employees in the Nautical School, as follows: One
instructor at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, three
instructors at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, one
instructor at six hijndred and fifty dollars per annum, one employee
at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum, two employees at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; one principal. Normal
School, Manila, at three thousand dollars per annum, one special
teacher, Normal School, Manila, at two thousand dollars per annum,
three janitors of the Normal School building at ninety dollars per
annum each; one principal, Trade School, Manila, at two thousand
four hundred dollars per annum, one special teacher, Trade School,
Manila, at two thousand dollars per annum, two janitors of the Trade
School building at ninety dollars per annum each; ten Moro teachers
for Moro industrial schools in Mindanao, not to exceed an aggregate
of six hundred dollars; allowance of six nundred and thirty-three dol-
lars and thirty-three cents to Fred W. Atkinson, in lieu of salary for
thirty -eight days' leave to which he is entitled on resignation as Gen-
eral Superintendent of Education, effective January first, nineteen
hundred and three; total for salaries and wages, seven hundred and
thirty-three thousand two hundred and seventy-three dollars and
thirty-three cents.
Transportation, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and three:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of the General Super-
intendent, division superintendents, employees and teachers, from the
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United States to their respective stations and on transfer of stations
within the Philippine Islands when directed by the General Superin-
tendent for the Denefit of the Bureau, and for an allowance of three
hundred and fifty dollars to Fred W. Atkinson in full compensation
for all traveling expenses which he may incur pursuant to his contract
in returning from Manila to his home in Spnngfield, Massachusetts,
on resignation as General Superintendent of Education, effective Jan-
uary first, nineteen hundred and three, fifteen thousand three hundred
and fifty dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and two:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses and subsistence of
employees and teachers, from the United States to their respective
stations in the Philippine Islands, during the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and two, twelve thousand dollars.
School furniture and supplies. Bureau of Education, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For the purchase of school furniture, school books and
supplies, including transportation, expenses of storage and packing, and
cartage of same, for Elementary, Secondary, High, Normal, Trade,
Agricultural and Nautical Schools, one hundred thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including salaries and expenses of
the Superior Advisory Board, oflice supplies and stationery for the
General Superintendent and division superintendents, not to exceed
two thousand dollars, rent of offices and storerooms for division super-
intendents, rent of Nautical School building^ rent of storehouse in
Manila, expenses in the establishing and equipping of school for instruc-
tion in industrial work in the Province of Nueva V izcaya, not to exceed
one thousand dollars, per diems of five dollars for the officer in charge
of the Nautical School, and for the other incidental expenses, five thou-
sand two hundred and twenty-five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Education, eight himdred and sixty -five
thousand eight hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: Public Printer at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, one clerk class four, four clerks class five, five clerks class six,
five clerks class seven, eight craftsmen class seven, one clerk class
eight, twenty-nine craftsmen class eight, one clerk class nine, four
craftsmen class nine, one clerk class ten, one clerk Class A, three
clerks Class C, eight clerks Class D, four watchmen Class D, one clerk
Class E, one clerk Class F, three employees at one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum each, and for additional craftsmen, skilled and
unskilled laborers, carpenters, and so forth, not to exceed fourteen
thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents, and
for salaries and wages for contingent work, night work, and overtime
pay, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, and allowances to apprentices
not to exceed fifteen dollars local currency each per month, seventy-
six thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and forty cento.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including additional machinery,
material, supplies, lithographing, rents, repairs to machinery, office
supplies, horses, forage, and otner incidental expenses, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
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In all, for the Bureau of Public Printing, one hundred and one
thousand seven hundred and twenty -three dollars and forty cents.
The following Bureaus are authorized to order from the Bureau of
Public Printing such printing and binding as may be approved by the
Civil Governor or bv the he^ of the Executive Department to which
they respectively belong, not exceeding in cost the amounts set oppo-
site the names of the respective Bureaus:
Philippine Commission, nine thousand dollars.
Executive Bureau, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Philippine Civil Service Board, two thousand dollars.
Boara of Health for the Philippine Islands, six thousand dollars.
Quarantine Service, five hundred dollars.
Forestry Bureau, one thousand eiffht hundred dollars.
Mining Bureau, nine hundred anaforty-six dollars and forty cents.
Philippine Weather Bureau, three thousand dollars.
Bureau of Public Laiids, one hundred dollars.
Bureau of Agriculture, one thousand dollars.
Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Government Laboratories, one thousand dollars.
Philippine Civil Hospital, two hundred dollars.
Civil sanitarium, Benguet, two hundred dollars.
OfBce of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, two hundred
dollars.
Bureau of Posts, four thousand dollars.
Signal Service, five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, six thousand dollars.
Bureau of Prisons, six hundred dollars.
OflSce of the Captain of the Port, one hundred dollars.
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, one thousand two hun-
dred dollars.
Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, seven hundred dollars.
Bureau of Engineering, four hundred dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Treasurers, forty thousand dollai"s.
Bureau of the Insular Auditor, four thousand dollars.
Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nine thousand dollars.
Bureau of Internal Rev^enue, three thousand dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant, four hundred
dollars.
Bureau of Justice, two thousand four hundred dollai*s.
Bureau of Education, one thousand dollars.
Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings, five
hundred dollars.
Bureau of Archives, tWo hundred dollars.
Bureau of Statistics, one hundred dollars.
American Circulating Libraiy of Manila, one hundred dollars.
Philippine Census Bureau, five thousand three hundred and eleven
dollars.
The Official Gazette, eight thousand dollars.
City of Manila, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
BUREAU OP ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUn.DINGS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildinfifs, nineteen hundred and three: Chief of Bureau at
four thousand dollars per annum, master builder at two thousand two
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hundred and fifty dollars per annum, superintendent of construction
class six, two clerks class seven, one draftsman class seven, one
engineer class eight, five clerks class eiffht, three clerks class nine,
two clerks Class G, three clerks Class H, one employee at two hun-
dred and ten dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum, extra allowance tor disbursing clerk at two
hundred dollars per annum, thii-teen thousand six hundred and sixty-
five dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For the actual and necessary
traveling expenses of officera and employees, including hire of vehicles
on official business in Manila when the same can not be furnished by
the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed one hundred and fifty
dollars, one thousand dollars.
Public Works, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For maintenance, repairs, and
construction of the following public buildings, not exceeding in cost
the amounts set opposite the names of the respective buildings:
Government Laboratory, forty thousand dollars.
Bureau of Customs and Immigration, customs building, two thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Agriculture, Experiment Station at Singalon and con-
struction of minor buildings, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant, four thousand dollars.
Bureau of Government Laboratories, temporary laboratorv build-
ing, and serum station at San Lazaro, one thousand two hundred
dollars.
Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, including cottages and grading of grounds,
four thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Architecture, six hundred dollars.
Agricultural and Industrial School building, Baguio, Benguet, five
hundred dollars.
Walks, grading, curbs, and so forth, at the Exposition Grounds, two
thousand dollars.
Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, morgue and crematory,
four thousand three hundred dollars.
Building supplies, skilled and unskilled laborers for small jobs, thirty-
eight thousand dollars.
In all, for public works, ninety-nine thousand one hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
including purchase of office supplies, office furniture, technical books,
drawing instruments, rent of telephone, and other incidental expenses,
one thousand dollars.
In all, for the bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, one hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-
five dolmrs.
BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and three:
Chief of Bureau at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one
clerk class seven, two clerks class nine, one clerk Class D, two clerks
Class F, one clerk Class H, one clerk Class I, three clerks Class J, two
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employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, four thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy dollars.
Contmgent expenses, Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, includrng furniture, office supplies, and other
incidental expenses, two hundred dollars.
In aJl, for tne Bureau of Archives, five thousand and seventy dollars.
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and three:
One clerk class eight, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office supplies,
and other incidental expenses, seventy-five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Statistics, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
AMERICAN CIRCULATING LIBRARY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and three: Librarian at one thousand two hundred dol-
lars per annum, assistant librarian at nine hundred dollars per annum,
two employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each,
one thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
Contingent expenses, American Circulating Library of Manila^ nine-
teen hunared and three: For rent of Library building, installation of
electric lights, electric lighting, water tax, and other mcidental expen-
ses, seven hundred and fifty dollars and forty cents. >
In all, for the American Circulating Library of Manila, one thou-
sand nine hundred and twenty dollars and forty cents.
PHILIPPINE CENSUS BUREAU. *
For expenses in connection with the taking of the census, including
salaries and wages as authorized by Acts Numbered Four hundred and
sixty-seven, Four hundred and eighty-six, and Five hundred and seven,
and other incidental expenses, six hundred and forty-four thousand
six hundred and eighty-nine dollars.
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
Salaries and wages, The Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
three: Editor at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, two
clerks Class D, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, The Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
three: For coYitingent expenses, including an allowance of ten dollars
per month to the editor in lieu of carriage hire, purchase of office
furniture, and other incidental expenses, five hundrea dollars.
In all, for The Official Gazette, two thousand dollars.
EXPOSITION BOARD.
For rent of building used as a museum, one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ENTENDENCIA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, Superintendent of the Intendencia Building-,
nineteen hundred and three: Superintendent at two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, one employee at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, six laborers at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, five hundred and sixty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Superintendent of the Intendencia Building*,
nineteen nundrea and three: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of supplies, electric installation and lighting, and other incidental
expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars.
In all, for the Superintendent of the Intendencia Building, one thou-
sand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
BENGUET WAGON ROAD.
For expenses in carrying on the construction of the Benguet wagon
road from Pozorubio, Province of Pangasinan, to Baguio, Province of
Benguet, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, ISABELA DE BASILAN.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nineteen
hundred and three: One clerk Class D, one clerk at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum, one launch captain at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, one boatswain and one chief engineer at
four hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, one assistant engineer
at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum, one quartermaster at
one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, three firemen at one hundred
and eightv dollars per annum each, four sailors at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, two thousand two hundred and thirty-
five dollars.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including rations of
captain and crew of the launch Basilan, rent, repairs, supplies, coal
for launch Basilan, repairing streets and cleaning drains at Isabela de
Basilan, repairing schoolhouse, and other incidental expenses, two
thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars.
In all, for the district commander, Isabela de Basilan, four thousand
four hundred and twenty -three dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, POLLOK, MINDANAO.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao^ nineteen
hundred and three: One medical oJQficer at one hundred and eighty dol-
lars per annum, one clerk at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum,
one teacher at one hundred and eight dollars per annmn, one teacher
at ninety dollars per annum, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nine-
teen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including lighting
of offices, subsistence of prisoners, and other incidental expenses, two
hundred and twenty-five dollars.
In all, for the district conunander, Pollok, Mindanao, five hundred
and four dollars.
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PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENGUET.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, four
thousand five hundred dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, includ-
ing repairs and construction of trails, roads, and bridges not to exceed
five thousand dollai*s, thirteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-six
dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, includ-
ing repairing of roads, eight thousand dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MINDORO.
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, includ-
ing provincial buildings and jail not to exceed five thousand dollars,
and for waterworks not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars,
tiiirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIP-
PINES.
Pay of interpreters, Chief Ouartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen hundred and three: For the pay of interpreters m
unor^nized territory on civil business, four thousand nine hundred
and sixty-five dollars.
Pay of interpreters, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen hundred and one: For the pay of interpreters m
unorganized territory on civil business during the month of June,
nineteen hundred and one, thirty dollars.
Pay of scouts. Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines:
For deficiency jmy of scouts during the fiscal years nineteen hundred
and one and nineteen hundred and two throughout the division, prop-
erly chargeable to insular funds, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen nundred and three: For subsidies authorized by the
Bates Treaty at seven hundred and sixty dollars local currency per
month, pay to Dattos at Bongao at sixty -five dollars local currency per
month, salary of the United States representative at Cagayan de Jolo
at sixty -five dollars local currency per month, two thousand dollars.
Claims for rentals. Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines: For the payment of approved claims for rental of property
occupied by the United States forces prior to July first, nineteen hun-
dred, throughout the division, not to exceed three thousand eight
hundred and fifteen dollars in United States currency and seven thou-
sand five hundred dollars in local currency, six thousand eight hun-
dred and fifteen dollars.
Clidms for damages. Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines: For the payment of approved claims for damages caused by
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the occupatioD of private property by the United States forces, and
supplies therefor, throughout the division, since August thirteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety -eight, not to exceed seven hundred and
fifteen dollars in United States currency and thirty-four thousand one
hundred and eighty dollars in local currency, fourteen thousand two
hundred and fifteen dollars.
In all, for the Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines,
twenty -eight thousand one hundred and seventy -five dollars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sums, or so much thereof as may be found to be due
on settlement of the respective claims by the Auditor are hereby
appropriated for the pui-poses specified:
Insular salary arid expense fund, nineteen hundi'ed and two: For
the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and employees
which are properly chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of
employees from the United States to Manila, and for the payment to
the estates of deceased emplovees of salaries due such employees for
the leaves of absence to which they were entitled at the time of their
deaths, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hun-
dred and forty-eight, five thousand dollars.
The rewards for information leading to the capture and conviction
of a member of a band of brigands, or of the perpetrator of any
murder or robbery or anv other crime, or for information leading to
the capture of an escaped convict, authorized under the provisions of
Act Numbered Five nundred and twenty-two, are hereby made a
proper charge against the appropriations heretofore made under the
neaa of ^^ Insular salary and expense fund, nineteen hundred and
three."
For transmission of mutilated money to the United States for
redemption by the United States Treasury, and upon redemption, for
expenaiture by the Disbursing Agent of Philippine Revenues at Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, upon the approval of the Secretary of
War or the Civil Governor, twenty thousand dollars and fiftj^ cents.
For the payment of claims for printing and stationery furnished to
the Office of the Provost- Marshal-General during the fiscal year nine-
teen hundred and two, four hundred and fifty dollara.
CITY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: Three members at four thousand five hundred dollars
per annum each, one secretary at three thousand dollars per annum,
one disbursing officer at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum, two clerks at one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars per
annum each, one clerk class six, one clerk at one thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum, three clerks class seven, one clerk
class eight, one clerk at one thousand three hundred dollars per annum,
two clerks class nine, one clerk Class A, three employees at one hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each, one employee at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum, secretary of the Advisory Board at one
thousand four hundred dollars per annum, fees of the Advisory Board,
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not to exceed one thousand six hundred and ninety dollars, fees of the
Board of Tax Revision, not to exceed seven thousand seven hundred
dollars, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Five hun-
dred and eighty-one, twenty-nine thousand and thirty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, books, advertising, coolie hire, care of civil prisoners,
music for the Luneta, maintenance of one hundred and fifty free
beds in the San Juan de Dios Hospital, hire of vehicles in Manila on
official business when such ti-ansportation can not be furnished by the
Insular Purchasing Agent, ot to exceed seventy -five dollars, incidental
expenses of the Board of *ax Revision* not to exceed one thousand
three hundred dollars, and other incidental expenses, eighteen thou-
sand one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: City Engineer at four
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, engineer in charge of water
svstem at four thousand dollars per annum, First Assistant City
Engineer at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, two Second
Assistant City Engineers at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum each, one Assistant City Engineer class seven, Superintendent
of Water Supply at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
yuperintendent of Street Construction, Bridges, and so forth, at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Superintendent of Street
Cleaning and Parks at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
Superintendent of Buildings and Illumination at two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, one chief inspector of streets class six,
one chief engineer at pumping station and inspector of boilers class
five, one employee class six, two employees class seven, six employees
class eight, one draftsman at one thousand three hundred dollars per
annum, seventeen employees class nine, two employees class ten, five
employees Class A, one employee at seven hundred and eighty dollars
per annum, two employees Class C, one employee at six hundred and
sixty dollars per annum, eleven employees Class D, two employees
Class E, one employee Class F, two employees Class G, six employees
Class H, fifteen employees Class I, three employees at two hundred
and seventy dollars per annum each, three employees Class J, one
employee at one hunared and twenty dollars per annum; emergency
employees for completing survey work as follows: Two employees class
eignt, five employees Class Cr, six employees Class I; unclassified
employees for streets, parks, rock quarries, disposal of garbage,
launch crews, transportation, cemeteries, pumping station, shops,
reservoir, municipal and public buildings, not to exceed one nundrea
and fifty-three thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars, one sur-
veyor class six, one levelman class nine, one draftsman class nine, one
rodman Class A, two chainmen at seven himdred and eightv dollars
per annum each, six axmen at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, one teamster Class C, one cook Class I; two hundred and
seven thousand and forty-one dollars.
Public works, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city
of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For repairs to city bridges,
Eurchase and transportation of road material, supplies and repairs for
lunches, purchase of forage for horses and animals, repairs to city
stables and corrals, purchase of coal for crematories, rock quarry,
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launches, and so forth, purchase of tools, hose and miscellaneous sup-
plies, repairs to harness, carts and wagons, purchase of materials for
shoeing animals, maintenance and repairs, public grounds and parks,
repjairs to and extension of rock quarry, repairs to markets and mu-
nicipal building, supplies, cleaning and care of public and municipal
buildings, repairs to sewers and drains and operating dredger, mainte-
nance of electric light service at harbor, on streets and in public and
municipal buildings, material for repairs to and increase or electrical
service, petroleum for lights in municipal and public buildings, repairs
to crematories, purchase of means of transportation, including horses,
mules, wagons, carts, harness, and so forth, veterinary supplies and
medicines, hire of bullcarts and drivers for street work, supplies and
materials for cemeteries, construction of three garbage scows, sup-
plies and tools for Dumping station, supplies and tools for shops, sup-
plies and tools for Deposito, repairs to dam and canal, purchase of fire
nydrants, extension of water system, rej)airs to Santolan Road, pur-
chase and location of sewer pipe, cleaning of Deposito, repairs to
pumping engine, completion of new garbage crematory, construction
of streets and roads, maintenance of city shops, two hundred and
forty-eight thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
Contingent expjenses. Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
including office supplies, stationery, rent of schoolhouses, police sta-
tions, market sites, city hall and telephones, labor and materials for
making block map of Manila and for renumbering houses, for the hire
of vehicles in Manila on official business when such transportation can
not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed three
thousand dollars, and other incidental expenses, twenty-five thousand
two hundred and seventy -two dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of Assessments and Collections, city
of Manila, nineteen hunared and three: Citv Assessor and Collector
at four thousand dollars per annum. Chief £)eputy Assessor at three
thousand dollars per annum, Chief Deputy Collector at three thousand
dollars per annum, one clerk class four, one clerk class six, two clerks
at one uiousand seven hundred dollars per annum each, five clerks
class seven, one clerk at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
two clerks class eight, fourteen clerks class nine, one clerk Class A,
three clerks Class C, two clerks Class D, eight clerks Class G, two
clerks Class H, twenty-three clerks Class I, twenty -nine clerks Class
J, two employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each,
forty-seven employees at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each, two employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each, twelve laborei's at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each,
thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of Assessments and Collections,
city of Manila, nmeteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses,
including office supplies, coolie hire, repairs to office furniture, pur-
chase of office furniture, advertising, wood, oil, and so forth, for public
slaughterhouse, purchase of certificates of registration, hire of vehicles
in Manila on official business when such transportation can not be
furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed three huur
dred and sixty dollars, and other incidental expenses, three thousand
four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirteen cents.
Tax refunds, Department of Assessments and Collections, city of
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Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For the refund of industrial,
land, and other taxes erroneously collected and ordered refunded by
the Municipal Board, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and
ninety-seven cents.
Salaries and wages, Fire Department, city of Manila^ nineteen hun-
dred and three: Chief at three thousand dollars per annum, Deputy
Chief at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum^ one electrician
class six, one assistant electrician class seven, one chief engineer at
one. thousand five hundred dollars per annum, two clerks class eight,
ten captains class nine, four engineers class nine, two linemen dass
nine, one lineman class ten, six lieutenants class ten, twenty -eight drivers
Class A, four lieutenants Class D, four engineers Class D, five drivers
Class J, twenty-nine pipemen at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each, ten truckmen at one hundred and eignty dollars per
annum each, thirty-eight thousand four hundred and sixtv dollars.
Equipment, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen nundred and
three: For purchase of equipment for fire apparatus, horses, fuel
wagons, harness and draft springs, scaling ladders and life belts, equip-
ment for firemen and fire stations, repairs to and maintenance of
apparatus and furniture, purchase of fire-alarm system, electrical
instruments and appliances for testing purposes, completion, mainte-
nance and extension of fire telegraph system, including labor, purchase
of tools and materials, fifty thousand one hundred dollars and seventeen
cents.
Contingent expenses. Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including oflSce supplies,
Eurchase of chemicals^ furniture, repairs to fire stations, forage for
orses, and other incidental expenses, six thousand nine hundred
dollars.
Salaries and wages, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: City Attorney at three thousand five hundred dollars
Ejr annum. Assistant City Attorney at two thousand five hundred dol-
rs per annum, Prosecutmg Attorney at four thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at three
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, Secona Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Third
A^istant Prosecuting Attorney at two thousand two nundred and fifty
dollars per annum. Fourth Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at two
thousand dollars per annum, two judges of municipal courts at three
thousand dollars per annum each, Sheriff at three thousand dollars per
annum, one deputy sheriff at one thousand four hundred dollars per
annum, one deputy sheriff at one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum, two deputy sheriffs at seven hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, two deputy sheriffs at two hundred and forty dollars per
annum each, two deputy sheriffs at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each, two justices of the peace at one thousand dollars per
annum each, two clerks, municipal courts, at one thousand dollars per
annum each, two deputy clerks, municipal courts, at one thousand aol-
lars per annum each, two deputy clerks, municipal courts, at six hun-
dred dollars per annum each, two clerks of justice of the peace courts
at three hundred dollars per annum each, two clerks of justice of the
peace courts at one hundred and twenty aollars per annum each, three
employees class six, one employee at one thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, f oui employees class eight, six employees class nine,
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two employees Class A, one employee Class C, one employee Class D,
two employees Class J, eleven employees at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand six hundred and forty-
five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, advertising, interpreters', notaries' public, registrars' ana
other authorized fees, court costs, forage for horses, hire of vehicles
in Manila on official business when such transportation can not be fur-
nished by the Insular Purchasing Affent, not to exceed one hundred
and fifty dollars, and other incidental expenses, three thousand eight
hundred and seventy dollars.
Salaries and wages. Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and three: Chiei of Police at three thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, one Inspector and Assistant Chief of Police at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one Assistant Inspector at
two thousand dollars per anmun, one Chiei of Secret Service at three
thousand dollars per annum, one surgeon at one thousand eight hun-
dred dollars per annum, one assistant surgeon at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, one clerk class six, six clerks class eight,
four cleiks class nine, two clerks Class A, eight clerks Class D, three
employees at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, and for
salaries and wages of captains, lieutenants, sergeants, roundsmen,
patrolmen, detectives, crew of launch for River and Harbor Police,
and laborers, not to exceed two hundred and fifty-five thousand and
ninety-five dollars, two hundred and seventy-three thousand and
seventy-five dollars.
Equipment, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and three: For equipment of police force, including horses, harness,
vehicles, eating utensils for prisoners, purcnase of police alarm system,
and installation of Bertillon system, rorty-five thousand two hundred
and forty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of Police, city of Manila, nine-
teen hunared and three: For contingent expenses, including office sup-
plies, subsistence of prisoners, forage for norses and for the public
Eound, transportation, coal, repairs, and supplies for River and Har-
or Police launch, hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when
the same can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not
to exceed two thousand four hundred dollars, secret-service contingent
fund, not exceed eight hundred dollars, and for other incidental
expenses, eleven thousand dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred and three: One clerk class seven, two clerks class
nine, one clerk Class G, one employee at one hundred and twenty dol-
lars per annum, and salaries and wages of teachers and employees in
night schools and native teachers in the city of Manila, not to exceed
forty thousand six hundred and ninety-five dollars, forty-two thousand
nine hundred and sixty -five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of City Schools, city of^ Manila,
nineteen nundrea and three: For continj^-ent expenses, including office
and school supplies, stationery, coolie hire, transportation of supplies,
and other incidental expenses, six hundred dollars.
Salary and expense fund, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and
three: For the payment of salaries and expenses of civil offidals and
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employees of the city of Manila which are proj)erly chargeable to the
city of Manila and not otherwise specially providea for, including half
salary and traveling expenses of employees from the United States to
Manila, and for the payment to the estates of deceased employees of
salaries due such employees for the leaves of absence to which they
were entitled at the time of their deaths, in accordance with the pro-
visions of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight, one thousand
dollars.
Payments of sums due under the appropriation last made shall be
by the Auditor by settlement warrants.
In all, for the city of Manila, one million seventy-seven thousand
six hundred and six dollars and twenty-seven cents.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, six million six hundred and
thirty-four thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty
cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may hie
necessary.
Sec. 2. All appropriations herein made for public works such as the
construction and repair of public buildings, docks, wharves, and roads,
and for harbor improvements, shall be available for withdrawal and
disbursement until the said public works are completed. All balances
remaining unexpended when any public works so appropriated for are
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 general revenues of the Islands.
Sec. 3. Section two of Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-three
is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is substituted,
which is also made applicable to this Act:
" Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasury in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time
of the withdrawal; and payments in local currency of all obligations of
the Insular Government properlv expressed in United States currency
shall be at the ratio in force at the time of payment, except salaries,
which shall be paid at the ratio existing on the next to the last day of
the month for which they are paid; and in any case where a deficiency
thereby arises in an appropriation for salaries, the appropriation of
such further sums as may be necessary to meet the autUDrized salary
pavments in such branch of the Insular Government is hereby made.''
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage 6f the same is hereby expedited in
accoroance with section two of ''An Act prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Conmiission in the enactment of laws," passed September
twenty-sixth, nineteea hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 13, 1903.
[No. 596.]
AN ACT authorizing the extension of the time for the payment of the land tax in
the towns of Malinao and Tiui, Province of Albay, for the year nineteen hundred
and two to not later than March first, nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted ly the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEcmoN 1. Whereas it has been found impossible to collect the land
tax for the year nineteen himdred and two in the towns of Malinao
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and liui, Province of Albay, by the time heretofore designated, the
time for the myment, without penalty, of the land tax in the towns of
Malinao and Tiui, Province of Albay, is hereby extended to not later
than March first, nineteen hundred and three, anything in previous
Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
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, January 13, 1903.
[No. 597.]
AN ACT regulating the practice of pharmacy in the Philippine Islands.
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Phil.vppine
Comnnisaion^ that:
Section 1. The Commissioner of Public Health for the Philippine
Islands shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Board of
Health for the Philippine Islands, a Board of Pharmaceutical Exam-
iners consisting of three qualified pharmacists who* shall be citizens of
the United States or citizens of the Philippine Islands, and who shall
be graduates in good standing of legally chartered and reputable
schools of pharmacy, and who snail have had five consecutive years of
practical experience in compounding and dispensing physicians' pre-
scriptions and shall have been actively engaged in tne drug business.
They shall hold oifice for three years after their api)ointment and until
their successors are appointed and qualified: Provided^ That the first
appointees shall serve ror a period of one, two, or three years, respec-
tively, as specified in their respective certificates of appointment from
the Commissioner of Public Health: And provided j^irther^ That no
member of the faculty of any school, college, or universi^ where
pharmacy is taught shall be eligible for appointment on said Board.
Each person appointed to the Board shall qualify by taking and sub-
scribing to the following oath of oflBice:
"I, -, - , having been appointed a member of the
Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners for tne Philippine Islands, do
hereby solemnly swear that I am a graduate in good standing of the
at in the city of ,
that I will well and trulv perform all the duties of said oflBce, that I
will faithfully account tor all moneys coming into my hands as such
oflBicer, that 1 will bear true faith and allegiance to the government of
the United States, and that I take this oam without any mental reser-
vation whatever. So help me God."
The oath shall be recorded and filed in the oflBce of the Secretary of
the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands.
The Commissioner of Public Health shall fill any vacancy that may
occur in the Board within one month after the vacancy occurs. The
person so appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold oflBce only for the unex-
pired term oi the member whose place he is appointed to fill.
The Commissioner of Public Health may, with the advice and con-
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sent of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, remove any
member of said Board for continued neglect of duty or incompetency,
or for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
Sec. 2. The Board of Pharmaceutici^l Examiners shall appertain to
the Department of the Interior so far as executive action may be
required in connection with it. It shall organize immediately after
the appointment of its members, and annually thereafter on the anni-
versary of its first organization, by electing from its members a presi-
dent, who shall be its chief executive oflBicer, and a secretary-treasurer.
It shall procure and keep a seal with which to attest its oflSciai acts.
The members of the Board, except the secretary -treasurer, shall receive
as compensation the sum of two dollars each tor each candidate exam-
ined for registration as pharmacist, and one dollar and a half each for
each candioate examined for registration as second-class pharmacist
(practicante de farmacia). The secretary-treasurer shall receive com-
pensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per year, one-
naif of which amount shall be paid on the thirtieth of June and one-half
on the thirty-first of December of each year. ^ The amounts due the
members of the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners shall be paid from
insular funds and disbursed by the disbursing oflScer of the Board of
Health for the Philippine Islands. The secretary-treasurer shall exe-
cute a bond of five hundred dollars with good and sufficient sureties,
which shall be approved by the Treasurer for the Philippine Archi-
pelago, conditioned that heVill pay to the Treasurer for the Philip-
pine Archipelago all monevs received by him as treasurer, and that he
will faithfully discharge all the duties of his office. He shall keep a
record of the proceedings of the Board, and a register of all persons
to whom certificates of registration as pharmacist, second-class phar-
macist (practicante de farmacia), registered apprentices in pharmacy,
or Chinese druggists have been granted under the provisions of this
Act, setting forth the name, age,.sex, and place of business of each, his
post-office address, the name of the pharmaceutical school, college, or
university from which he graduated, or in which he had studied
pharmacy, if any, and the date of such graduation or length and date
of such term of study together with the time spent in the study of
pharmacy elsewhere, if any, and the names and locations of all insti-
tutions which have granted to him degrees or certificates of lectures
in pharmacy, and all other degrees granted to him from institutions
of learning.
Sec. 3. The Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners shall meet in the
city of Manila for the purpose of examining candidates desiring to
Sractice pharmacy in the Philippine Islands on the second Tuesday of
ebruary, nineteen hundred and three, and thereafter on the first
Tuesdays of July and January of each year, after giving thirty days'
written or printed notice of such meeting to each candidate who has
filed his name and address with the secretary-treasurer of the Board,
and after publishing such notice in Manila in one newspaper pub-
lished in tne English language and one newspaper published in the
Spanish language, at least once per week for a liKe period. The
Board shall issue four forms of certificates of registration, as follows:
(a) A certificate as registered pharmacist to any person of twenty-
one or more years of age, of good habits and moral character, holding
a degree or diploma as doctor or licentiate from a reputable and well-
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known school, who has had at least four years of practical experience
in some place where drugs, medicines, ana poisons were dispensed and
sold at retail, and the prescriptions of physicians compounded, and
who has been examined and favorably passed upon by the Board,
which certificate shall be signed by a majority of tne members of the
Board.
(J) A certificate as registered pharmacist of the second class (practi-
cante de farmacia) to any person twenty -one or more years of age, of
good habits and moral character, who has had at least three years of
practical experience in some place where drugs, medicines, and'}>oison8
were dispensed and sold at retail, and where physicians' prcvscriptions
were compounded, and who has been examined and favorably passed
upon by tne Board, which certificate shall be signed by a majority of
the members of the Board.
(<?) A certificate as apprentice in pharmacy to any person of good
habits and moral character reportea by a registered pharmacist, or
registered pharmacist of the second class (practicante de farmacia), as
having been taken into his employ as a student of pharmacy or an
apprentice for the purpose of becoming a pharmacist.
(d) A certificate as Chinese druggist to any person twenty -one or
more years of age and of good habite and moral character who shall
submit to the R)ard of Pharmaceutical Examiners a certificate from
the Chinese consul at Manila that he is competent and qualified to con-
duct a Chinese drug store in accordance with the laws and customs of
the Chinese Empire, together with such other evidence as to his fitness
to conduct such a store as the Board may require.
Sec. 4. Hereafter second-class pharmacists (practicantes de farma-
cia) shall pay the same industrial taxes as registered pharmacists, any-
thing in the'laws, decrees and orders now fixing industrial taxes to tne
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 5. The secretary-treasurer of the Board shall collect a fee of
ten dollars for each certificate of registration as pharmacist or second-
class pharmacist (practicante de farmacia); a fee of ten dollars for each
certificate of registration as Chinese druggist; and a fee of one dollar
for each certificate of registration as apprentice in pharmacy.
Sec. 6. The Board shall, on or before the thirtieth of June of each
year, make a report to the Secretary of the Interior of its proceedings
during the past year, and of all moneys received and disbursed by it
within that period.
Sec. 7. Sixty days after the first meeting of the Board of Pharma-
ceutical Examiners for the Philippine Islands, it shall be unlawful for
any person to practice pharmacy m any of its branches in the Philip-
?ine Islands, without a certificate of registration from the Board of
Pharmaceutical Examiners.
Sec. 8. Any person who, at the time of the passage of this Act,
holds a certificate of registration in accordance with the provisions of
Ordinance Numbered Twelve, Headquarters, Provost- Marshal-General,
city of Manila, and shall make application to the Board of Pharmaceu-
tical Examiners, shall be granted a certificate of registration as regis-
tered pharmacist or second-class pharmacist (practicante de farmacia)
by saia Board without further examination on the payment of the
required fee for re^stration less the amount of the fee already paid
by him for his certificate of registration in accordance with the pro-
visions of said ordinance.
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Sec. 9. Any person who, prior to the ratification of the Treaty of
Paris, had received the degree of licentiate in pharmacy from the
University of Santo Tomas, in the city of Manila, and who shall make
application to the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, shall be granted
a certificate of registration as pharmacist by the Board without further
examination on payment of the required fee for registration.
Sec. 10. Any person who, prior to the ratification of the Treaty of
Paris, had received the title of ''practicante de farmacia" from the
University of Santo Tomas, of the city of Manila, and who shall make
application to the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, shall be granted
a certificate as second-class pharmacist (practicante de farmacia) by the
Board, without further examination, on payment of the required fee
for registration.
Sec. 11. Every person engaged in the practice of pharmacy in the
Philippine Islands at the time of the passage of this Act shall within
one nundred and twenty days from the date of its passage register
with the secretary-treasurer of the Board and pay the usual fee of
registration, and the secretary -treasurer shall issue the usual certificate
of registration to each person so registering. Any person failing to
compfy with this provision within the stated period shall be required
to appear before tne Board and pass a satisfactory examination before
it shall be lawful for him to again engage in the practice of pharmacy
in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 12. Any person shall be regarded as practicing pharmacy
within the meaning of this Act who shall for a fee, salary, or other
reward paid to himself or to another person, prepare, distribute, or
sell any medicine, drug, pharmaceutical preparation, doctor's or
veterinarian's prescription; but this provision shall not appy to stu-
dents carrying on laboratory work in pnarmacy in any legally chartered
pharmaceutical school, nor to persons selling chemical products for
mdustrial purposes, nor to persons selling minero-medicinal waters in
bottles.
Sec. 13. Any two members of the Board may issue a temporary
certificate of registration as pharmacist or second-class pharmacist
(practicante de farmacia) to any appliciint upon presentation by such
applicant of satisfactory evidence that he possesses the necessary
qualifications to practice pharmacy, such certificate to remain in force
only until the next regular meeting of the Board, at which time the
?Brson to whom it has been issued shall report for examination,
emporary certificates of registration shall be granted only when the
Board is not in session or will not meet within thirty days. In no
case shall a temporary certificate of registration be renewed or
extended; nor shall two temporary certificates of registration be
granted to any person. The fee for temporary registration as regis-
tered pharmacist or as second-class phannacist (practicante de far-
macia) shall be fi.ve dollars. Each applicant for temporary registration
as registered pharmacist or as second-class pharmacist (practicante de
farmacia) shall deposit with the secretary-treasurer of the Board an
additional sum of five dollars to complete the payment of a fee for a
regular certificate. He shall also file with the secretaiy-treasury of the
Board an afladavit to the effect that it is his intention to appear at the
next regular meeting of the Board and to submit to an examination
with a view to obtaining a permanent certificate. Should he appear
and past) a satisfactory examination a permanent certificate shall be
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granted to him without additional charge, but should he fail to appear
or to paas a satisfactory examination the money paid by him shall not
be returned to him, but shall be paid to the Treasurer for the Philip-
pine Archipelago.
Sec. 14. The Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners shall refuse to
issue any of the certificates provided for by this Act to any person
convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal offense,
or to any person guilty of immoral or dishonest conduct, or of
unsound mind; and in the event of such refusal, shall give to the
api>licant a written statement setting forth its reason for such action,
which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the Board.
The Board may revoke a certificate for like cause, or for unprofes-
sional conduct, after due notice to the person interested, and a hear-
ing, subject to an appeal to the Board of Health for the Philippine
Islands, the decision of which shall be final.
Sec. 15. Every practitioner of phanuacy shall display in a con-
spicuous place upon the house or office where he practices, his full
name, and he shall further display his certificate of registration in his
office in plain sight of all who enter such office. Any person violat-
ing this provision shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not
less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for eadi
offense. Any owner, proprietor, or manager of a pharmacy or drug
store who shall fail to cause to be displayed as provided in this section
the registration certificate of each person practicing pharmacy therein
shall, upon conviction, be punishea by a like fine.
Sec. 16. Every person oesiring to begin the practice of pharmacy
in the Philippine Islands after the passage of this Act shall apply to
the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners for a certificate of registra-
tion as registered pharmacist, but no certificate as second-class phar-
macist (practicante de f armacia) shall be issued to any such person
by the Board. Each applicant shall submit to an examination in the
following subjects: General chemistry, organic and inorganic, in an
amount covered by a standard college text-book; elements of pnysics;
elements of botany; pharmaco^osy; qualitative analytical chenustry:
elements of quantitative analytical chemistry; practical pharmaceutical
preparations and prescriptions; elementary toxicology; and ability to
use the microscope. For each such certificate the secretary-treasurer
of the Board shall collect a fee of ten dollars, and the Board of
Pharmacutical Examiners shall issue a certificate of registration as
registered pharmacist to each applicant who passes a satisfactory
examination in these subjects, and who submits satisfactory proof that
he has had at least two years of practical experience in some place
where drugs, medicines and poisons were dispensed and sold at retail
and the prescriptions of physicians compounaed, and is a graduate of
a legally chartered and reputable school of pharmacy: Pr^vided^ That
any person not a graduate of such a school of pharmacy who submits
satisfactory evidence that he has had at least lour years of practical
experience in some place where drugs, medicines and poisons were dis-
pensed and sold at retail and the prescriptions of physicians com-
pounded, and who has satisfactorily passed the examination aforesaid,
shall receive such certificate: Provided^ also^ That graduates of the
school of pharmacy of the University of Santo Tomas in the city of
Manila who present their certificates of graduation in pharmacy at
the meeting of the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners on the second
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Tuesday in February, nineteen hundred and three, shall receive certifi-
cates of registration without further examination. The Board is fur-
ther empowered to make such rules and regulations not in conflict
with the provisions of this Act as may be necessary to carry said pro-
visions into eflfect. In case any applicant shall fail to pass a satisfac-
tory examination he shall not again be permitted to present himself
for examination until the period of six months shall have elapsed.
Sec. 17. Every registered pharmacist or second-class pharmacist
(practicante de farmacia) shall be responsible for the quality of all
cfrugs, chemicals, medicines, and poisons he may sell or keep lor sale;
and is shall be unlawful for him to manufacture, prepare, sell or
administer any prescription, drug, chemical, medicine, or poison under
any fraudulent name, direction or pretense, or to adulterate any drug,
chemical, medicine, or poison so used or sold, or to sell or offer for
sale any adulterated or deteriorated drug, chemical, medicine, or poi-
son. Any drug, chemical, medicine, or poison shall be held to be
adulterated or deteriorated within the meaning of this Act if it differs
from the standard of quality or purity given in the United States
Pharmacopoeia. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a nne of not more than five
hundred dollars.
Sec. 18. Every owner and proprietor of a pharmacy or drug store
shall:
(a) Provide a seal containing an inscription giving the name of the
pharmacy or drug store, and shall aflSx the same to every prescription,
box, bottle, or other package containing medicine sold in said pharmacy
or drug store. He shall further label all medicines, except patent, pro-
prietary, or other secret medicines or drugs, so as to designate tneir
ingredients by name, or by the number of the prescription and the
name of the physician writing it.
(b) Provide a cabinet in which shall be kept all violent poisons enu-
merated in section nineteen of this Act, and cause said cabinet to be
locked when not in use.
(c) Preserve in a book kept for that purpose, consecutively numbered
copies of all prescriptions nlled.
Sec. 19. Every person who dispenses, sells, or delivers any of the
following violent poisons, to wit, arsenic, arsenical solutions, phos-
phorus^ corrosive sublimate, cyanide of potassium or other cyanide,
atrophme, cocaine, morphine, strychnine, or any of their salts, and all
other poisonous vegetable alkaloids or any of their salts, hydrocyanic
acid, prussic acid, oil of bitter almonds containing hydrocyanic or
prussic acid, oil of mirbane (nitro-benzine), opium and its prepara-
tions, except paregoric and such others as contain less than 460 milli-
grams of opium per one hundred cubic centimeters (two grains to the
ounce), shall make or cause to be made in a book kept for the purpose
of recording the sale of such poisons an entry stating the date of each
sale and the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of
the poison sold^ and the purpose for which it was claimed to be purchased,
before delivering it to the purchaser. He shall not deliver any such
poison to any person without satisfying himself that such person is
aware of its poisonous character, and that the poison is to be used for
a legitimate purpose, and he shall aflBix to every box, bottle, or other
package containing any dangerous or poisonous drug, a label of red
paper upon which shall be printed in large black letters the word
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"poison," and a vignette representing a skull and bones, before deliv-
ering it to any person. Books kept for the purpose of recording the
sale of poisons shall be open at all times to the inspection of the Board
of Pharmaceutical Examiners, and of health oflScers or oflScers of the
law, and every such book shall be preserved for at least five years
after the la^l entry in it has been made.
Sec. 20. Every person who dispenses, sells, or delivers any aconite,
belladona, cantharides, colchicum, conium, cotton root, digitalis, ergot,
hellebore, henbane, phytolaca, strophanthus, oil of tansy, veratrum
viride, or their pharmaceutical preparations, carbolic acid (phenol),
chloral hvdrate, chlorofonn, creosote, croton oil, mineral ac*ids, oxalic
acid, paiTs green, salts of lead, salts of zinc, tartar emetic, white helle-
bore, or any drug^ chemical, or preparation which according to stand-
ard works of medicine or materia medica is liable to be destructive to
human adult life in quantiticH of four grams (sixty grains) or less,
without the prescription of a physician, sj^ll label the receptacles con-
taining them as is provided for poisons in section nineteen, but shall
not be required to register the same.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to the dispens-
ing of medicines, drugs, or poisons on physicians prescriptions, but
no prescription the prescribed dose of which contains a dangerous
quantity oi poison shall be filled without first consulting the prescrib-
ing physician and verifying the prescription.
Any person violating the provisions of this or the preceding section
shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than five hun-
dred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or
both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 21. Every person registered as second-class pharmacist (prac-
ticante de farmacia) shall display conspicuously upon the outside of
his place of business a sign on which shall appear his name, followed
by tne words ''second-class pharmacist (practicante de farmacia)."
Sec. 22. Persons holding certificates of registration as Chinese drug-
gists only shall not sell drugs or medicines k) others than Chinese.
Sec. 23. Except as to the labeling of poisons, this Act shall not
apply to registered physicians putting up their own prescriptions or
dispensing medicines to their patients; nor to persons selling drugs,
medicines, chemicals, or poisons at wholesale only; nor to persons
selling non-poisonous domestic remedies usually sold by grocers or
merchants.
Sec. 24. Where the word " dollars" is used in this Act it shall be
understood to mean dollars in money of the United States.
Sec. 25. All laws and parts of laws, ordinances, orders, and regu-
lations in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 26. This act shall tate effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 26, 1903.
[No. 698.]
AN ACT amending? Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five, appropriating
funds for the expenses of the Insular Government and of the city of Manila for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cmninimion^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five, appro-
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priating funds for the expenses of the Insular Government and of the
city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and three, is hereby amended by striking out, after the words
''secondary teachers" in the fifteenth line of the paragraph headed
''Bureau of Education," the words "at one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum each, not to exceed an aggre^te of ninety thou-
sand dollars," and substituting in lieu thereof the words "at not to
exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum each, nor an
aggregate of ninety thousand dollars."
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 27, 1903.
[No. 599.]
AN ACT making the provisions of Act Numbered Pour hundred and forty-eight
retroactive, so as to apply to all estates now in the hands of the Treasurer of the
Philippine Archipelago, as public administrator, for settlement.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUi/ppine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight is hereby
made retroactive, so as to be applicable to all estates now in the hands
of the Treasurer of the Philippine Archioelago, as public administra-
tor, for settlement. Said Act is hereby aeclared not to be retroactive,
except so far as the same is made so by this Act.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring a 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, January 27, 1903.
[No. 600.]
AN ACT reappropriating the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventeen dol-
lars and thirtv cents, in local currency, for the purpose of establishing and main-
taining schools in the Island of Lubang.
By (mthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEcnoN 1. Whereas by Act Nimibered Two hundred and forty-
eight, enacted October second, nineteen hundred and one, the sum of
one thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty cents, in
local currency, an amount collected under military authority in the
Island of Lubang and deposited in the Insular Treasury, was appro-
priated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
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priated, to be expended under the direction of the General Superin-
tendent of Pubhc Instruction for the purpose of establishing and
maintaining schools in the Island of Lubang; and
Whereas the said amount, being undrawn from the Treasury, was,
pursuant to the provisions of Section Four of Act Numberedf Three
nundred and eighty-nine, made no longer available for withdrawal,
and the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago directed to carry such
balance to the credit of unappropriated general revenues in the
Treasury:
The said sum of one thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars and
thirty cents, being an amount collected under military authority in
the Island of Lubang, and deposited in the Insular Treasury, is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the General
Superintendent of fMucation for the purpose of establishing and main-
taining schools in the Island of Lubang.
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 Conunission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 27, 1903.
[No. 601.]
AN ACT anthorizing the provincial board of Cavite to divert the sum of four thou-
sand four hundred dollars, United States currency, from the funds by law devoted
to the improvement of roads and bridges, for general provincial expenses.
By (mthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippvne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Cavite is hereby
authorized to divert from funds required by law to be devoted to the
improvement of roads and bridges a sum not exceeding four thousand
four hundred dollars, United States currency, to be spent for general
provincial purposes, anything in Act Numbered Three hundred and
eighty -one to the contmry notwithstanding.
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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 27, 1903.
[No. 602.]
AN ACT so amending section fifty-four of Act Numbered One hundred and thirtjr-
six as to allow Courts of First Instance to hold but one session daily under certain
circumstances.
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section fiftjr-four of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of courts
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in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following words:
^^ Provided, nevertheless^ That the judge may, in his discretion, order
that but one session per day shall be held, instead of two, at such hours
as he mav deem expedient for the convenience both of the court and
the pubhc; but the number of hours that the court shall be in session
per day shall be not less than five."
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, January 28, 1903.
[No. 603.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Ninety-eight, entitled "An Act to regulate com-
merce in the Philippine Islands."
JSy a/uihority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Ninety-eight, entitled "An
Act to regulate commerce in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended
by adding at the end of said section the following words:
^'Provided, nevertheless. That nothing in this Act contained shall be
deemed to prohibit a person or corporation engaged as a common car-
rier of passengers or property from granting a special rate to oflBcers
and employees of the Insular and provincial governments in the Phil-
ippine islands, or to officers, soldiers, and sailors of the Army or Navy
of the United States in the Philippine Islands, for transportation for
themselves, their families, and personal household effects when travel-
ing at their own expense. Sucn special rate, if granted to any, shall
be uniform as to all such officers, employees, soldiers, and sailors."
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 28, 1903.
[No. 604.]
AN ACrr extending the tinie for payment of the land tax in the Provinces of Bohol,
Cebu, Ilocos Norte, Masbate. Misamis, Rizal, and Zambales, for the year nineteen
hundred and two, until April fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, and providing
for the refund of penalties already paid.
By amtJwrity of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that: ^
Section 1. Whereas, owing to the severe epidemic of cholera and
the depressed condition of agriculture, it has been rendered impossible
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to collect the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two in certain
provinces by the time heretofore designated, the period for the pay-
ment, without penalty, of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred
and two in the Provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Ilocos Norte, Masbate, Mis-
amis, Rizal, and Zambales is hereby extended to April fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and three, anything in previous Acts to the contrary
notwithstanding. All penalties heretofore collected for the nonpayment
of the land tax in such provinces for the year nineteen hunared and
two are hereby remitted, and the provincial treasurers of the respec-
tive provinces mentioned are authorized and directed to allow a rebate
of the amount of such penaltv to the taxpayer upon whom the penalty
was assessed upon payment of his land tax for the year nineteen hundred
and three.
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 Conmiis-
sion in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty -sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 29, 1903.
[No. 605.]
AN ACT for the relief of E. B. Cook, disbursing officer for the Bureau of Customs and
Immigration.
By authority of the United ^tatea^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Whereas E. B. Cook, disbursing officer for the Bureau of Customs
and Immigration, did, on the fourteenth day of May, nineteen hundred
and two, pay the sum of ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents,
money of the United States, to Dickson A. Everett, as half salary from
April sixteenth to May twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, without
presentation by said Everett of his original appointment to the Philip-
pine Civil Service, and it now appearing from the correspondence on
tile that the employment of said Everett by the Bureau of Customs and
Immigration was upon sufficient authority.
Section 1. The act of E. B. Cook, disbursing officer for the Bureau
of Customs and Immigration, in paying the sum of ninety -three dollars
and seventy -five cents, money of the United States, to Dickson A.
Everett, as half salary from April sixteenth to May twelfth, nineteen
hundred and two, without presentation of the original certificate of .
appointment, is hereby validated and approved, and the said Cook will
be allowed credit on his books as disbursing officer for said sum.
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 29, 1903.
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[No. 606.]
AN ACT fixing the salaries of the Register of Deeds and the Examiner of Titles for
the city of Manila, to be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Act Num-
bered Four hundred and ninety-si':, entitled "The Land Registration Act."
By cmthority of the United States^ he it enacted- by the PhUippvue
Commismm^ that:
Section 1. In accordance with section thirteen of Act Numbered
Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled "The Land Registration Act,"
the salary of the Register of Deeds for the citv of Manila is hereby
fixed at two thousand dollars per annum; and the salary of the Exam-
iner of Titles for the city of Manila, is hereby fixed at one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum; both in money of the United States.
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
m the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall taKC effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 30, 1903.
[No. 607.]
AN ACT amending Acts Numbered One hundred and fifty-six and One hundred and
fifty-eeven, by incorporating the Vaccine Institute with the Serum Institute, and
by transferring the Serum Institute from the Board of Health for the Philippine
Islands to the Bureau of Government Laboratories imder the name of the Serum
Laboratory, and by authorizing certain employees for the Serum Laboratory.
By authority of the United States^ he it ena'Cted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An
Act providing for the establishment of government laboratories for the
Philippine Islands," is hereby amended as follows:
(a) By striking out section oneandsubstitutingthereforthe following:
"Section 1. A Biological Laboratory, a Chemical Laboratory, and
a laboratory for the production of virus and of prophylactics stall be
established and maintained by the Government of the Philippine
Islands."
(5) By striking out section four and substituting therefor the
following:
"Sec 4. The Serum Laboratory shall be established at Manila and
shall afford adequate facilities for the production of vaccine virus and
of serums and of prophylactics in isuch quantity as the public interest
may demand."
(c) By striking out paragi'aph {a) of section seven and substituting
therefor the following:
" (a) The Superintendent of Government Laboratories shall be the
Director of either the Biological or the Chemical Laboratory, as the
Civil Governor shall determine, and the commission approve, and
the other of these laboratories shall be under the supervision of a
Director, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three tiiousand
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five hundred dollars per year. The Serum Laboratory shall be under
the supervision of a Director, who shall receive compensation at the
rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year. The three
Directors shall be experts in their re8i)ective lines of work, and shall
personally carry on original investigations."
(d) By adding at the close of paragraph (b) of section seven the fol-
lowing words: ^"^ Provided^ That the Superintendent of Government
Laboratories shall exercise general supervision over the Serum Lab-
oratory, and that the determining of general methods of work and
lines of investigation, and the prescribing of the duties of its employees,
shall be subject to his approval."
(A Bv striking out of section eight the words ''biological and chem-
ical" wnenever they occur, and inserting in lieu thereof the words
''biological, chemical, and serum"; and by striking out the words
"biological or chemical" whenever thev occur, and inserting in lieu
thereof the words " biological, chemical, or serum."
{f) By striking out section nine and substituting therefor the
following:
"Sec. 9. The Superintendent of Government Laboratories and the
additional Directors provided for in section seven shall be appointed
by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission."
(flr) By striking out section ten.
Sec. 2. Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An
Act providing for the establishment of a Board of Health for the Phil-
ippine Islands," is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (k) of
section four and substituting therefor the following:
" {k) It shall fall upon the Superintendent of Government Labora-
tories to furnish such virus, serums and prophylactics manufactured
by the Serum Laboratory as the Board of Health for the Philippine
Islands may consider necessary for its work, and the Superintendent
of Government Laboratories shall, upon such demand, deliver to the
Commissioner of Public Health the virus, serums, and prophylactics
requested or such part thereof as he may have on hand in excess of
the quantity necessary for properly continuing the work of the Serum
Laboratory."
Sec. 3. The following employees of the Serum Laboratory are
hereby authorized: One assistant director, class nine; one employee.
Class H; two foremen. Class J; five vaccinators at six dollars local
currency each per day; twenty laborers at one dollar local currency
each per day.
Sec. 4. All outstanding financial obligations of the Board of Health
for the Philippine Islands incurred on account of the Serum Institute
or the Vaccine Institute prior to January first, nineteen hundred and
three, shall be met by the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands
from funds appropriated for these institutions prior to tne passage of
this 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 oraer 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 as of January first, nineteen hun-
dred and three.
Enacted, January 30, 1903.
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[No. 608.]
AN ACT providing for the conversion into the Insular Treasurj' of Spanish seized
funds, returns at the mint, returns at the Treasurv, and special deposits in the
hands oft he Treasurer, and authorizing the sale of such assets as have an ascer-
tainable value and the conversion of the proceeds thereof into the Insular Treas-
ury, and for the disposition of those that may be without monetary value.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Comtnission^ thai:
Section 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to deposit in the insular Treasury on account
of "miscellaneous receipts" all such Spanish seized funds^ returns at
the Treasury, and special deposits now in his hands as are in the form
of Mexican pesos, opanish-Filipino pesos or fractional parts thereof,
Spanish-Filipino bank notes, or United States currency.
Sec. 2. Tiie Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to deliver to the Attorney-General for the
Philippine Islands all Spanish seized funds, returns at the Treasury
and special deposits, that are in the form of deposit certificates, checks,
or drafts, taking his receipt for the same. It is hereby made the duty
of the Attorney-General to proceed to collect such deposit certificates,
checks, and drafts so far as may be practicable, and to pay the pro-
ceeds of such collections to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago,
who shall deposit them in the Treasury on account of "miscellaneous
receipts." Such of said deposits, certificates, checks, and drafts as are
impossible of collection shall be returned by the Attorney-General to
$he Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, and shall be by him trans-
ferred to his property account.
Sec. 3. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to advertise for sale to the highest bidder all
Spanish seized funds, returns at the Treasury, and special deposits
wnich are now in his hands in the form of Spanish gold coin, Spanish
treasury bonds, Filipino treasury bonds Series B (except such of said
bonds as belong to tne "Carriedo Fund" for the benefit of the city of
Manila), Spanish copper coin, Filipino gold coin, bar gold, gold dust,
burned silver, burned silver pesos, copper, bank notes of foreign coun-
tries, and foreign coins not otherwise in' this Act specially provided
for. The Treasurer shall publish the advertisement for bi^ once a
week, for six successive weeks, in two newspapers published in Manila
in the English language, and in two newspapers published in Manila in
the Spanisn language. The ad vertisement shall describe specifically each
item of property to be sold, and shall announce that bids will be received
for all tne items advertised, or for any separate class of said items, or
parts of any class, and that bids may be accepted for the whole of any
part thereof, and that the right to reject all bids is reserved. The bias
shall state the sum tendered in money of the United States. The bids
shall be under seal and shall each be accompanied by a certified check
upon some bank which is by law a depository of funds of the Philip-
pme Treasury, payablio to the Treasurer, for ten per cent of the amount
of the bid. The bids shall be opened, on the date stated in the adver-
tisement, by the Treasurer in the presence of the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, and in the presence of the bidders, should they desire to
be present. The Treasurer shall accept such bids as are considered
the most favorable for the Government, with the approval of the Sec-
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retary of Finance and Justice: Provided^ nevertheless^ That the right
to reject any and all bids is reserved. Should no satisfactory bids be
received for the Spanish gold, Filipino gold coin, bar gold, gold dust,
burned silver pesos, burned copper and silver, then in that case such
Spanish gold, Filipino gold coin, bar gold, gold dust, burned silver
pesos, burned copper and silver shall be forwarded to the United States
mint at San Francisco, California, for coinage into United States
coin, or shall be coined into local coinage in the mint at Manila, as the
Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of Finance and Justice, may determine to be expedient,
and the proceeds thereof shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury
on account of "miscellaneous receipts." The proceeds of the sale or
sales of propertv by reason of accepted bids in accordance with the
provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury on
account of "miscellaneous receipts." Should no bids be accepted, for
the Spanish treasury bonds, tne Filipino treasury bonds, and the
copper coins aforesaid, the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is
hereby authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, to sell the same or any part thereof at private sale, upon terms
not less favorable to the Government than the most favorable of the
rejected bids: Provided^ hmcever^ That this Act shall not apply to the
silver and other metal seized from the steamer Don Juan and discovered
from the same source by oflScers of the Spanish Government in the
month of July, eighteen hundred and ninety -three, the disposition of
which is provided for by Act Numbered Five hundred and seventy-
three; all such silver and other metal shall be disposed of in the man-
ner provided by said Act Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three.'
The certified checks accompanying bids not accepted shall be returned
to the bidders. Checks accompanying accepted bids shall be covered
into the Insular Treasury as part of the purchase price, and shall be
deemed as liquidated damages in case the oidder fails to comply with
the terms of the accepted bid. General Orders Numbered Forty -one,
Office of the United States Military Governor in the Philippine Islands,
dated September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred ana ninety-nine,
whereby the exportation of Spanish copper coin from the Philippine
Islands was prohibited under the penalties there prescribed, is hereby
repealed, so far as it applies to the exportation of the Spanish copper
coin in this section mentioned.
Sec. 4. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to sell at public auction, at such place in the
city of Manila as he may deem most suitable, after due advertisement,
all such special deposits now in his hands, as Treasurer, as consists of
small articles of gold, silver or other metals, jewelry, finger rings,
earrings, field glasses, Japanese or Chinese coin, combs, necklaces,
watches, studs, watch chains, medallions and pocketbooks. Articles
in this section named shall be sold to the highest bidders, singly or in
classified lots, under the direction of the Treasurer, and snail be
advertised such length of time and in such manner as he shall direct,
with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice. The
proceeds or the sale shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury on
account of "miscellaneous receipts:" Provid^d^ nevertheless^ That
such special deposits now in his possession as consist of insurrecto
stick-pins, flags, medallions, cuff buttons, and other pins as badges of
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insurrection, shall be forthwith forwarded to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, Washington, as an addition to its historical collection, and shall
not be exposed for sale.
Sec. 5. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer to his property account all Phil-
ippine Treasury notes and Philippine Treasury provisional bonds now
in his hands as Treasurer.
Sec. 6. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer to tne city of Manila ninety-four
shares of the Banco Espanol-Filipino now in his possession, and seventy-
seven Filipino bonds. Series B, to be kept by the city of Manila as a
part of the ^'Carriedo fund," the income thereof to be applied for the
purposes provided in the foundation of that fund. He is also directed
to collect and transfer to the credit of the city of Manila all divi-
dends and income now due upon said bank shares and bonds. He is
also directed to deliver to the Municipal Board of the city of Manila
one box of Fire Department medals now in his custody, to be disposed
of in the discretion of that Board.
Sec. 7. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to deliver to the Bureau of Insular affairs of
the War Department, at Washington, all books and papers now in
his possession as Treasurer seized from insurgents, constituting the
records of the insurgent forces: and to forward to the Secretary of
the Navy at Washington all discharges of deceased enlisted men of the
United States Navy now in his possession.
Sec. 8. Claims against any of the property in this Act referred to
shall be adjusted by presentation to tne Philippine Commission and by
such allowance as the Commission may make upon application.
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
Conmaisslon in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 30, 1903.
[No. 609.]
AN ACT consolidatmg the Executive Bureau and the OflSce of the Secretary of the
Philippine Commission.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commisnon^ tha;t:
Section 1. The Executive Bureau and the Office of the Secretary of
the Philippine Conmiission are hereby consolidated under the name of
the Executive Bureau.
Sec. 2. There may be employed in the Executive Bureau the follow-
ing force: Executive Secretary, at seven thousand five hundred dollars
per annum; Assistant Executive Secretary, at four thousand dollars
per annum; chief clerk at two thousand five hundred dollai*s per
annum; one law clerk, class five.
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TBANSLATINQ DIVISION.
One chief of division at three , thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; one clerk at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum;
one clerk, class five; three clerks, class six; two clerks, class seyen;
two clerks. Class A; one clerk, Class C; one messenger at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum.
LEGISLATIVE DIVISION.
One recorder of the Conmiission, class four; two clerks, class six;
one clerk, class seven; two clerks, class eight; one clerk, class nine;
one clerk. Class D; one employee. Class J.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION.
One chief of division, class five; three clerks, class six; five clerks,
class seven; two clerks, class eight; one clerk, class nine; one clerk,
Class A; one clerk, Class C; one clerk, Class D; three employees at
one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
BECOBDS DIVISION.
One chief of division, class five; one clerk, class six; seven clerks,
class seven; four clerks, class eight; four clerks, class nine; two
clerks, Class A; one clerk, Class C; two clerks. Class D; one employee
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum.
MAILING DIVISION.
One chief of division, class six; one clerk, class nine: one clerk,
Class A; two employees. Class J; eight employees at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each.
DISBURSING OFFICE.
One disbursing officer, class four; one clerk, class eight; one em-
ployee. Class J.
CUSTODIAN FORCE.
One janitor. Class A; two watchmen at seven hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; fourteen laborers at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each.
Sec. 3. There may also be employed one private secretary for the
Civil Governor at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and
one private secretary for each member of the Commission, except the
President thereof, at salaries as may or have been fixed by resolution
of the Commission.
Sec. 4. The Executive Bureau shall furnish the necessary clerks
and messengers for the offices of the Secretaiy of the Interior, Secre-
tary of Commerce and Police, Secretary of Finance and Justice, and
the Secretary of Public Instruction.
Sec. 5. Sections two and three of Act Numbered One hundred and
two, and as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and sixty-seven
and other Acts amendatory thereof, are hereby repealed.
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Sec. 6. Appropriations made under Act Numbered Five bundled
and ninety-live for salaries and wages for tbe office force of the Phil-
ippine Commission, tbe Executive Bureau, and the office forces of the
Secretary of tbe Interior, Secretary of Commerce and Police, Secre-
tary of Finance and Justice, and Secretary of Public Instruction, are
hereby made avilable for the force herein authorized for the remain-
der oi the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and all other sums
appropriated under other digest headings for tbe offices and bureaus
above named shall be disbursed under the respective digest headings
for the expenses of the Executive Bureau.
Sec. 7. Section one of Act Numbered Six, entitled "An Act pre-
scribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment
of laws," is hereby amended bv striking out the word "Secretary"
where it appears in paragraph (d) of said section and inserting in lieu
thereof the word "Kecomer."
Sec. 8. 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
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect on the first day of February, nine-
teen hundred and three.
Enacted, January 31, 1903.
[No. 610.1
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered One hundred and eeventy-five, entitled ** An Act
providing for the organization and jjovemment of an Insular Constabulary and for
the insp^^tion of the municipal pohce/' as amended.
By authc/nty of the United Statea^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
CommissioTi^ that:
Section 1. Section six of Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-
five, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and government
of an Insular Constabulary ana for the inspection of the municipal
police," is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence thereof
and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "The guns, revolvers,
and ammunition needed to equip the insular and municipal police shall
be purchased by the Insular Purchasing Agent on the order of the
Chief of Philippines Constabulary. The aims and ammunition thus
purchased shall be distributed to tne constabulary of each province by
the Chief of Philippines Constabulary as they may be needed. Arms
and ammunition may be distributed to the municipal police by the
governors of the provinces on the specific approval of the Civil Gov-
ernor and upon the making of such provision for their payment, or
the payment of part of tne cost thereof, out of the provincial or
municipal treasuries as may seem proper to the Civil Governor. The
Chief of Philippines Constabulary shall deliver the necessary arms and
ammunition to each municipality upon order of the provincial governor
approved by the Civil Governor, and the municipal president shall
receipt for the arms to the Chief of Philippines Constabulary. The
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provincial governor nhall have tlie authority, and it shall be his duty,
to exact and accept a suflScient bond, the amount of which shall be
fixed by the Civil Governor, in each case, from the president and
councilors of each town to which such arms and ammunition may be
distributed, conditioned that the same shall be delivered upon order
of the provincial or the Civil Governor to the Insular Government and
shall not be lo«t or taken from the municipal police authorized to use
them and into whose custody they shall be delivered. The Civil Gov-
ernor and the governor of the province shall each have the power to
disarm the municipal police of any pueblo of the province, and it shall
be the duty of the provincial governor to do so whenever he thinks
that there is danger that the arms will be lost or captured by ladrones,
The disarming shall be effected through the Constabulary, the inspect-
ors of which on duty in the province shall comply with the orders of
either the Civil Governor or the provincial governor, as the case
mav be."
Sec. 2. Section nine of said Act shall be amended by adding the
following: '' Whenever an inspector of Constabulary on duty in one
province shall, in the pursuit of criminals, enter the borders of an
adjacent province he shall as soon as possible, and before entering if
practicable, notify the governor of the province entered and the
inspector of Constabulary therein and, unless he has good reason for
not doing so, he shall also notify the president of the town whose
territory he thus enters of his presence and of the purpose of his
coming."
Sec. 3. Section thirteen of said Act is hereby repealed and the fol-
lowing substituted therefor:
" Sec. 13. In the event that any provincial inspector in charge shall
find that the oflScers or men of any municipal police force are ineffi-
cient, dishonest, disloyal to the United States, or guilty of any viola-
tion of law or duty, he shall at once report the same to the governor
of the province, wno shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to
suspend the accused official, and, after due hearing, if he finds the
official accused to be guilty of the offense or neglect of duty charged,
he shall dismiss him, and the vacancy thus occasioned shall be filled as
provided by the provisions of the Municipal Code."
Sec. 4. Said Act is hereby further amended by adding the following
sections:
"Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of the inspectors, sergeants, and
corporals, and enlisted men of the Constabulary stationed in any
province to cooperate in every way possible with the governor in the
maintenance of law and order and the suppression of Tadronism, law-
less violence, and crime. The governor is the chief executive officer
of the province, and it shall be the duty of the inspectors to keep him
confidentially advised, as far as practicable and convenient, in advance
of contemplated movements of the Constabulary and of proposed
expeditions, arrests, and other acts by them which shall affect the
public weal; and in cases where such confidential advice in advance is
not convenient or practicable it shall be the duty of the commanding
officer of the Constabulary to advise him as soon as possible after the
event of what has taken place. Any disrespect or discourtesy offered
by an officer or enlisted man of the Constabulary toward the governor
of the province shall be cause for instant dismissal from the corps.
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"Sec. 24. The Civil Governor, the Chief of Philippines Constabu-
lary, the governors of provinces, with the consent and approval of
the Civil Governor, and the inspectors of Constabularv, with the
consent and approval of the Chief of Philippines Constabulary, may
authorize in writing any resident of the province to purchase or
receive a gun or a revolver, or both, when satisfied that the person so
purchasing, receiving, and having custody of the jgun or revolver will
only use it for lawful purpjoses and needs it for his reasonable protec-
tion or will use it for hunting or other lawful purposes only. A list
of the licenses issued hereunder shall be kept by the officer issuing
them, and notice of the issue of each license shall be given by the issu-
ing officer to the Chief of Philippines Constabulary. The Chief of
Philippines Constabulary shall keep a record of ail persons to whom
written authority to keep an arm or arms has been issued. The Civil
Governor may by executive order issue regulations as to the form of
written authority to be issued and provide for the exaction of a bond
upon terms to be fixed by him whicn shall be conditioned for the safe-
keeping of the weapon authorized to be purchased or held. Any
person not connectea with the Army^ or Navy of the United States or
otherwise authorized by law having in his custody a gun, a revolver,
or other firearm, or anununition for the same, who shall not have the
license under this section provided, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisonment not exceeding one
year and one day."
Sec. 5. In any province in which, in the opinion of the Civil Gov-
ernor, the provincial jail is not safely guarded, he shall have authority
by executive order to direct that the senior inspector of Constabulary
in that province shall take custody of the jail under the supervision
of the provincial governor and gjuard the prisoners therein, using for
this purpose menabers of the Philippines Constabulary as jail guards.
In such case the expense of the subsistence of pidsoners, the repair
and construction of the jail and the maintenance of the jail, other than
the payment and subsistence of the Constabulary guard, shall be met
as now provided by law.
The provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and thirteen, as
amended by Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-nine, shall con-
tinue in force, except so far as the same are inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this section.
Sec. 6. The Philippines Constabulary shall not be charged with the
duty of enforcing tne ordinances of any municipality^ and shall not
make arrests for violations of the same, unless the Civil Governor or
the provincial governor shall request the senior inspector of the prov-
ince to direct his subordinates to enforce the ordinances of any munic-
ipality or municipalities of the province, and the request may refer
to the enforcement of all ordinances or to the enforcement of any par-
ticular ordinance.
Seo. 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," parsed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Seo. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 2, 1903.
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[No. 611.]
AN ACT authorizing the Civil Governor to issue passports to citizens of the Philippine
Islands.
By authority of tJie United States^ he it eyiacted hy the Philippine
Comirdsfmni^ that:
Whereas the Act of Congress, approved July first, nineteen hundred
and two, entitled ^'An Act temporarily to provide for the administra-
tion of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and
for other purposes," provides in section four thereof "That all inhab-
itants of tne Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were
Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and
nmety-nine, and then resided in said Islands, and their children born
subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the
Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United
States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance
to the Crown of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty
of peace between the United States and Spain signed at Paris Decem-
ber tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight":
Section 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to issue pass-
ports to the persons thereby made citizens of the Philippine Islands,
identifying said persons as such citizens and as entitled to the protec-
tion of the United States by virtue of the provision of law above set
forth.
Sec. 2. The Civil Governor shall prescribe the form of and rules
governing the issuance of these documents, which shall be known and
referred to as "Philippine passports."
Sec. 3. A fee of two dollars in money of the United States shall be
charged for each passport issued hereunder. Such fees shall be paid
to the disbursing oflScer of the Executive Bureau, who shall keep an
account of same and who shall forthwith deposit same in the Insular
Treasury.
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, February 2, 1903.
[No. 612.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act
to incorporate the city of Manila," aa amended by Acts Numbered TSvo hundred
and sixty-seven and Four hundred and seventy-six, and amending Act Numl)ered
One hundre<i and eighty-five, entitled *'An Act reflating the salaries of officers
and employees in tne municipal service of Manila," as amended by said Act
Numbered Four hundred and seventy-six.
By antharitii of the United States^ le it enacted hy the Philippine
Com f/ii.^xion, that:
Section 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-three, entitled ''An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," as
amended by Act Numbered Four hundred and seventy-six, is hereby
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amended so as to provide tliat there shall be three AsHistant Prosecut-
ing Attorneys who shall assist the Prosecuting Attorney as he shall
direct, instead of four such assistants, as provided in said Act Num-
bered Four hundred and seventy -six.
Sec. 2. Section forty of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," enacted
July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended bjr
abolishing the two municipal courts therein provided for and substi-
tuting therefor one municipal court with territorial jurisdiction
embracing the entire police jurisdiction of the city, and with exactly
the same powers and auties in the exercise of its jurisdiction over the
whole territory within the police jurisdiction of the city as the two
existing municipal courts have heretofore exercised within the limits
of their respective territorial jurisdictions. All the provisions with
respect to tne processes, procedure, rights of parties, and jurisdiction,
except territorial, of section forty shall be and remain in force, so far
as the same are or can be made applicable to one court instead of two,
with respect to the new court, except as hereinafter specifically amended
or modified. The duties ana powers which appertain to the executive
officers of the city or the Insular Government, with respect to the two
courts created by section forty, shall hereafter appertain to them in
respect to the single court now substituted for the two existing courts.
The Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission,
shall appoint a judge and clerk for such new municipal court, and a
vacancy occurring in the clerkship, after the first appointment, shall
be filled under the provisions and restrictions of the Civil Service Act.
A temporary vacancy in the office of the judge, occasioned by sickness
or absence, shall be filled by appointment by the Civil Governor. It
shall not be within the power of a defendant in the municipal court in
a case triable in that court to demand a preliminary examination,
except a summary one, the extent of which shall be within the discre-
tion of the court, to enable the court to fix the bail, in any case where
the prosecution announces itself ready and is ready for trial within
three da^^s, not including Sundays, after the request for a preliminary
examination is presented to the court. In cases triable only in the
Court of First Instance in the city of Manila, the defendant shall have
a speedy trial, but shall not be entitled as of right to a preliminary
examination in any case where the prosecuting attorney, after a due
investigation of the facts, under section thirty-nine of the Act of
which this is an amendment, shall have presented an information
a^inst him in proper form: Provided^ fuyitjerer^ That the Court of
First Instance may make such summary investigation into the case as
it may deem necessary to enable it to fix the bail or to determine whether
the offense is bailable.
Sec. 3. All cases now pending in the present municipal courts of
Manila shall be transferred to the municipal court by this Act estab-
lished, and they shall proceed to judgment exactly as if they had been
begun in the municipal court by this Act established, and with the
same effect as though they had been prosecuted to judgment in the
present municipal courts.
Sec. 4. Section forty -two of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-three, entitled ^'An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," as
amended by Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven, is hereby
amended so that said section shall read as follows:
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''Skc:. 42. Appeals to Courts of First Instance. -An appeal shall lie
to the Court of First Instance next to be held withm the city, in all
cases of acquittal, or where fine or imprisonment, or both, is imposed
by the municipal court. To perfect an appeal, the party desiring to
appeal shall, before six o'cloct postmeridian of the day frfter the ren-
dition and entry of the judgment by the municipial court, file with
the clerk of the court a written statement that he appeals to the Court
of First Instance. The filing of such statement shall perfect the ap-
peal. The judge of the court from whose decision appeal is taken
shall, within five days after the appeal is taken, transmit to the clerk
of the Court of First Instance a certified copy of the record of pro-
ceedings and all the original papers and process in the case, and the
clerk of the Coml of Iirst Instance shall docket the appeal in that
court. A perfected appeal shall operate to vacate the juq^ent of the
municipal court, and the action, when duly entered in the Court of
First Instance, shall stand for trial de novo upon its merits in accord-
ance with the regular procedure in that court, as though the same had
never been tried and had been originally there commenced. Pending
an appeal, the defendant shall remain in custody unless released in the
discretion of the judge of the municipal court or of the judge of the
Court of First Instance upon sufficient bail, in accordance with the
rules and regulations now or hereafter in force, to await the judgment
of the appellate court."
This section shall only apply to prosecutions for offenses committed
after the passage hereof. As to offenses committed before the passage
hereof, tne provisions of law for appeals from the existing municipal
courts shall be in force in so far as they may be applicable to appeals
from the municipal court by this Act created.
Sec. 5. In the municipal court of Manila judicial notice shall be
taken of all municipal oixiinances passed by the Municipal Board for
the city of Manila, and no proof of the same shall be required; and in
cases of appeals from judgments of the municipal court in the Court
of First Instance, the same rule of evidence shall obtain.
Sec. 6. Section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
five, entitled ''An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees
in the municipal service of Alanila," as amended by Act Numbered
Four hundred and seventy-six, is hereby repealed, and the following
is substituted therefor:
" Sec. 12. The City Attorney shall receive an annual compensation
of three thousand five hundred dollars; the Assistant City Attorney
shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand five hundred
dollars. There may be employed in the office of the City Attorney:
Two clerks of class six; one translator of class seven; one typewriter
of class eight; one typewriter of class nine; two clerks of class nine;
one clerk of Class C; one messenger at the rate of one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum.
'' The Prosecuting Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of
four thousand five nundred dollars; the First Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand five
hundred dollars; the Second Assistant Prosecuting Attorney shall
receive an annual compensation of two thousand two nundred and fifty
dollars; the Third Assistant Prosecuting Attorney shall receive an
annual compensation of two thousand dollars.
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''There may be employed in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney:
One stenographer of class eight; one clerk of class eight; one clerk of
class nine; one translator of class nine; one interpreter of Class A;
and one messenger at the rate of one hmidred and twenty dollars per
annum.
" The judge of the municipal court of Manila shall receive an annual
compensation of three thousand five hundred dollars, and the clerk of
the court shall receive an annual compensation of one thousand six
hundred dollars. There may be employed in the office of the clerk of
the court: One deputy clerk at a compensation of one thousand dollars
Ser annum; one deputy clerk at an annual compensation of six hundred
ollars; one interpreter at a compensation oi one thousand six hun-
dred dollars per annum."
Sec. 7. The parts of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three,
entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," as amended by
Acts Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven and Four hundred and
seventy -six, and Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-five, entitled
'^An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the munici-
pal service of Manila," as amended by Act Nunibered Four hundred
and seventy-six, which are inconsistent with the present Act, to the
extent to which they are inconsistent, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speed}' 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 the fifteenth day of February,
nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, February 3, 1903.
[No. (513.]
AN ACT amending section seventeen of Act Numbered One hmidred and eijrhty-
three, entitled **An Act to incorporate the city of Manila."
By aviharlty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
CoTUTrvission^ that:
Section 1. Section seventeen of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila." is
hereby amended by reletterinff paragraph (it) thereof {kk)^ ana by
adding thereto after paragraph (AA) thereof, tne foUowmg paragraphs:
"(/*) To regulate, control, and prevent discrimination in the sale
and supply of gas, electricity, and telephone and street-railway serv-
ice, and fix and regulate rates and charges therefor where the same
have not been fixed by Act of Congress or the Philippine Commission;
and to provide for the inspection of all eas, electric, telephone, and
street-railway wires, conduits, meters, and other apparatus, ana the
condemnation and correction or removal of the same when dangerous
or defective.
'^(^j) To declare, prevent, and abate nuisances, and to regulate the
ringing of bells and the making of loud or unusual noises."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
tlfe passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with soction
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two of "An Act prejK'ribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," parsed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred*
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on it8 passage.
Enacted, February 3, 11K)3.
[No. 614.]
AN ACT providing for the appointment of an aflnistant clerk of the Court of Land
Registration.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
(Jomminsion^ that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Commission, is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant clerk of the
Court of Land Regbtration. He shall receive compensation at the
rate of two thousand dollars, money of the United States, per annum,
and shall be subject to removal in the manner provided in section three
of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, and a vacancy in his
oflSce shall be filled in the manner in that section provided. In case of
the death or disability of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall perform
the duties of clerk until the vacancy is filled or the disability is
removed. The assistant clerk shall act as deputv to the clerk of the
court, and shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned him by
the judges of the court or by the clerk of the court, and snail be sub-
ject to the general supervision and control of the clerk of the court.
Sec. 2. The last sentence of section ten of "The Land Registration
Act," reading as follows: "In case of the death or disability of the
clerk of the Court of Land Registration, the Register of Deeds for the
city of Manila shall perform the duties of the clerk until the vacancy
is filled or the disability is removed," is herebv 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, nineteep.
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 3, 1903.
[No. 616.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial government of the Province of Capiz to appro-
priate the sum of ninety-four dollars and ninety cents, local currency, to reimburse
Governor Jugo Vidal for expenses incurred by him while traveling on offidal
business.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cormnission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Capiz is hereby
authorized to appropriate from provincial funds the sum of ninety-four
dollars and ninety cents, local currency, to reimburse Governor Jugo
Vidal, of the Provincxi of Capiz, for expenses incurred by him, includ-
ing the expenses of such assistants and constables as accompanied him
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on a trip of inspection through the Province of Capiz in January,
nineteen hundred and 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 its passage.
Enacted, February 3, 1903.
[No. 616.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of forty-two dollars, in money of the United States,
to 6i F. Reamy, former treasurer of the Province of Abra.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas it appears that B. F. Reamy, former treasurer
of the Province of Abra, expended the sum of forty -two dollars, United
States currency, in traveling from Nueva Caceres, Ambos Camarines,
to Bengued, Abra, by changing station, and whereas the vouchers for
this amount were lost in the mail between Bangued, Abm, and Manila,
the sum of forty-two dollars. United States currency, is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
{^riated, in full compensation for all traveling expenses incurred by
J. F. Beamy in changing station.
Sec. 2. The money herein appropriated shall be withdrawn from
the Insular Treasury in local currency at the rate authorized by the
Government at the time of withdrawal.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy ena<jtment 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, February 3, 1903.
[No. 617.]
AN ACT to reimburse Henry D. Woolfe in the siim of three hundred dollars,
local currency, for loss incurred by him in furnishing the Insular Government
with certain goods superior in quality to those contracted for.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy ths Philippine
Ctrmimssion^ that:
Section 1. Whereas in the month of June, nineteen hundred and
two, Henry D. Woolfe offered by bid to furnish the Government of
the Philippine Islands with thirty balance balls with wrought-ironpins
at a price about five hundred dollars less than that at which he would
have offered them had he not been mislead by a mistake in a telegram
received by him from dealers in such balls in Hongkong, and whereas
such balls were f urnisheKi to the Government by Henry D. Woolfe in
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accorrlance with hi> bid, and whereas his bid as accepted and filed
was three hundred and fortv-six dollars and seventy-five cents less
than the next lowest bid, and whereas the balls as foinished were in
fact, by reason of the mistake aforesaid^ worth at least three hundred
dollars more than the amount for which Henry D. Woolfe agreed to
furnish them:
Tlie sum of three hundred dollars, local currency, is hereby appro-
priated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriat4Kl, for the purpose of reimbursing Henry D. Woolfe in part
for the loss incurred by the mistake above described.
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 3, 1903.
[No. 618.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, providing for the
organization and government of an Insular Constabulary and for the inspection of
the municipal police, by providing for five instead of four assistant chiSs of con-
8tabular>% and for other purposes.
By auth/rity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Sectiox 1. Section five of Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-
five, providing for the organization and government of an Insular Con-
stabulary and for the inspection of the municipal police, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. The offices of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth assistant
chiefs of Constabulary are hereb^^ created, the incumbents of which
offices shall be appointed by the Civnl Governor by and with the con-
sent of the Commission. Assistant chiefs not detailed from the Army
of the United States as provided in the Act of Congress approved
January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall each be paid an
annual salary of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. One
of the assistant chiefs shall be appointed by the Civil Governor as chief
supply officer of the Philippines Constabulary and his duties shall be
detennined by the Chief of Constabulary. Assistant chiefs of Con-
stubulary shall report to the Chief of Constabulary and shall be under
his general supervision and direction. Subject to such supervision
and direction, they shall have all the power ana be required to perform
all the duties of the Chief of Constabulary in their respective spheres.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Constabulary to divide the prov-
ince's of the Philippine Islands into as many Constabulary districts as
he may deem necessary, not exceeding five, such districts to be as
nearly equal in size and population as may be, and he shall assign an
assistant chief to each of said districts. The Chief of Constabulary
may, in his discretion, change the territorial limits of such district
and may change such assistant chief from one district to anotlier or
detail said assistant chiefs upon such duty as the public interests may
require. In the event of the temporary absence of the Chief of Con-
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stabulary or his inability from any cause to perform the duties of his
office, the same shall be performed by the assistant chief highest in
rank available for that purpose. Assistant chiefs (not Armv officers)
may be given in their appointment such grade or rank in the Philip-
pines Constabulary, not exceeding that of lieutenant-colonel, as to the
appointingpower may seem pro^r.''
Sec. 2. xne 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 Conunis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 6, 1903.
[No. 619.]
AN ACT to promote good order and discipline in the Philippines Constabulary.
By authority of the United Stides^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Any member of the Constabulary who begins, excites,
causes, or joins in any opposition or resistance to, or deSance of, any
superior authority in the Constabulary with intent to usurp, subvert,
or override the same, or who being present does not use nis utmost
endeavor to suppress all such opposition, resistance, or defiance, or
who, having knowledge of any such opposition, resistance, or defiance
being intended, does not, without delay, give information thereof to
such superior authority, shall be fined not exceeding ten thousand dol-
lars or imprisoned not exceeding ten years, or both.
Sec. 2. Any member of the Constabulary force who whips, mal-
treats, abuses, subjects to physical violence, or tortures by the so-called
'* water cure" or otherwise, any native of the Philippine Islands or
other person, or who causes such whipping, maltreatment, abuse, or
torture of any native of the Philippine Islands or other person for the
purpose of extorting from him any confession or inducing him to give
any information whatsoever, shall be punished by imprisonment at
hard labor for a term not exceeding five years or by a fine of not more
than five thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Final conviction of any such offense shall by and of itself constitute a
dismissal of the offender from the Constabulary service and shall make
him ineligible to any position of trust or confidence in the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 3. Any Constabulary officer or noncommissioned officer of the
Constabulary who countenances, allows, or permits the wliipping,
maltreatment, abuse, or torture of any native of the Philippine Islands
or of any other person for the purpose of extorting or obtatning any
confession, information, or declaration whatsoever shall be punished
by imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or by a fine
not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. No confession of any person charged with crime shall be
received as evidence against him by any court of justice unless it be
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first shown to the satis fa<t ion of the court that it was freely and
voluntarily made and not the result of violence, intuuidation, tlireat,
menace, oV of promises or offers of reward or leniency.
Sec. 5. Any member of the Constabulary who misbehaves himself
l)ef ore any outlaw, robber, or other enemy, runs away, or shamefully
abandons any post or guard, or advises or persuades others to do the
like, or casts away his arms or ammunition, or quits his post or com-
mand to plunder or pillage, shall be fined not exceeding three thousand
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding three years, or both.
Sec. 6. Any member of the Constabulary who willfuUy disobeys
the lawful command of his superior officer, or of any omcer of the
Constabulary engaged in parting or quelling any quarrel, fray, or
disorder therein, or who strikes such superior officer or such officer so
engaged, or draws or lifts any weapon, or offers any violence against
him, shall be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars or imprisoned
not exceeding two years, or both.
Sec. 7. Any member of the Constabulary who, having received pay
or been duly enlisted therein, absents himself therefrom without leave
and with intent not to return thereto, or advises or persuades others
to do the like, shall be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both.
Sec. 8. Any member of the Constabulary who. while on duty as a
sentinel, is found sleeping upon his post, or who leaves it before he is
regularly relieved, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both.
Sec. 9. The offenses specific in the foregoing sections of this Act
are hereby made cognizaole by the Court of First Instance for the city
or province wherein the same shall have been committed, whenever
the facts in any case constituting such an offense, together with a list
of the witnesses thereto, shall be certified to such court by the Chief
or any assistant chief of Constabulary, and it shall be the ^uty of the
prosecuting attorney or provincial fiscal to prosecute the same.
Sec. 10. Any enlisted man who willfully or through neglect wastes,
loses, or spoils his horse, arms, ammunition, clothing, or accoutre-
ments; or behaves himseli with disrespect toward his superior officer;
or lies out of his quarters or camp, or otherwise absents himself there-
from, or from his guard or other command, without leave from his
superior officer; or fails, except when prevented by sickness or other
necessity, to repair, at the fix(Ki time, to the place of parade, exercise,
or other rendezvous appointed by his superior officer: or goes from
the same before he is aismissed or relieved; or is found one mile from
his quarters or camp without leave in writing from his superior officer;
or fails to retire to nis quarters or tent at retreat; or hires another to
do his duty for him; or is found drunk on his guard, party, or other
duty; or is guilty of any offense, disorder, or neglect to the prejudice
of ^ood order and discipline, not hereinbefore mentioned, shall be
punished as a Constabulary summary court shall direct, subject to the
provisions and limitations hereinafter contained.
Sec. 11. The Chief of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby
authorized to designate in each Constabulary post or command an
inspector as summary court before whom offenders under the provi-
sions of the last preceding section shall be brought to trial within
twenty-four hours of the time of their arrest, or as soon thereafter a^}
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practicable; and such inspector as summary court shall have power to
administer oaths and to hear and determine such cases, and, when sat-
isfied of the guilt of the accused, adjudge the punishment to be inflicted,
which said punishment shall not exceed continement at hard labor for
one month and forfeiture of one month's pay for the first conviction,
or confinement at hard labor for two months and forfeiture of two
months' pay for the second conviction within six months: Pracided^
That where the accused is a noncommissioned oflScer or a first-class
private, he may be sentenced to reduction to the grade of second-class
private in addition thereto, and that where the accused has been con-
victed by summary court three times within a year he may be sen-
tenced to be dishonorably discharged in addition to the penalties
hereinbefore mentioned. No nonconmiissioned oflBcer shall be con-
fined, awaiting trial, with prisoners who are not also noncommissioned
oflBcers, nor at all unless such confinement be absolutely necessary as
a measure of restraint, and no noncommissioned oflBcer or first-class
private shall be sentenced to confinement except when he is also
sentenced to reduction to the grade of second-class private. No non-
commissioned oflBcer or first-class private reduced to the grade of
second-class private by sentence of the summary court shall oe again
advanced witnin six months from the date of such sentence. Where
an accused is sentenced to a forfeiture of pay, the sentence may provide
for the deduction of the amount of the forfeiture in equal monthly
installments, during a period of not exceeding six months after the
date of the sentence.
Each summary court shall keep a record in which shall be entered all
cases heard and determined and the action had thereon; and no sentence
adjudged by any summary court for a first oflfense within six months
shall be executed which exceeds the limit of punishment fixed for such
oflTense in the following table:
Losing or spoiling accoutrementa or cloth-
ing through neglect.
Absence without leave:
One hour or less
For more than one to six hours, inclusive.
For more than six to twelve hours, in-
clusive.
For more than twelve to twenty-four
hours, inclusive.
Twenty days' confinement at hard labor
and forfeiture of three dollars; for non-
commissioned officer, reduction in ad-
dition thereto.
Forfeiture of fifty cents; corporal, one dol-
lar; sergeant, one dollar and fifty cents;
first sergeant or noncommissioned of-
ficer of higher grade, two dollars.
Forfeiture of one dollar; corporal, one dol-
lar and fifty cents; sergeant, two dollars;
first sergeant or noncommissioned of-
ficer of higher grade, two dollars and
fifty cents.
Forfeiture of one dollar and fifty cents;
corporal, two dollars; sergeant, three
dollars; first sergeant or noncommis-
sioned officer of higher grade, three
dollars and fifty cente.
Forfeiture of two dollars and fifty cents;
corporal, three dollars; sergeant, three
dollars and fifty cents; first sergeant
or noncommissioned officer of higher
grade, five dollars.
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For more than twenty-four to forty-eight
hours, inclusive.
For more than two to ten days, inclusive .
For more than ten to thirty days, inclu-
sive.
Failure to repair at the time fixed, to
the place appointed, etc. :
For reveille or retreat roll call and
inspection.
For assembly of guard detail ]
For guard mounting (by musician
de&iled for guard).
For guard mounting (by musician
not detailed for giiard).
For assembly of fatigue detail
For dress parade
For inspection and muster, weekly
or monthly inspection.
For target practice
For drill
For stable duty
For athletic exercises
Found drunk:
On extra or special duty '
At formation of company for drill
or on drill.
At target practice
At formation of company for dress
parade or on dress parade.
At reveille or retreat roll call
At inspection and muster, weekly
or monthly inspection.
At inspection of company guard
detail or at guard mounting.
At stable duty
On fatigue
Using threatening or insulting language
or behaving in an insubordinate man-
ner to a noncommissioned officer while
in the execution of his office.
Absence from fatigue duty
Absence from extra or special duty .
Absence from duty as company, general
mess, or hospital head cook.
Forfeiture of three dollars and five days
confinement at hard labor. For corpo-
ral, forfeiture of four dollars; sergeant,
five dollars; first sergeant or noncom-
missioned officer of higher grade, six
dollars; or, for all noncommissioned
officers, reduction.
Forfeiture of five dollars and ten days
confinement at hard labor; for noncom-
missioned officer, reduction in addition
thereto.
Forfeiture of fifteen dollars and one
month's confinement at hard labor; for
noncommissioned officer, redaction in
addition thereto.
Forfeiture of fifty cents; corporal, one
dollar; sergeant, one dollar and fiity
cents; first sei^g^nt, two dollars.
Forfeiture of two dollars and fifty cents;
corporal, four dollars; sergeant, five
dollars.
Forfeiture of one dollar; corporal, one
dollar and fifty cents; sergeant^ two
dollars and fifty cents.
Forfeiture of six dollars; for noncom-
missioned officer, reduction and for-
feiture of ten dollars.
One month's confinement at hard labor
and forfeiture of five dollars; for non-
commissioned officer, reduction in ad-
dition thereto.
Forfeiture of two dollars; corporal, two
dollars and fifty cents; serg^wt, three
dollars.
Forfeiture of two dollars; corporal, two
dollars and fifty cents; sergeant, three
dollars.
Forfeiture of five dollars.
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DnmkenneflB at poet or in quarters
Noisy or disorderly conduct in quarters .
Forfeiture of one dollar and fifty cents
for noncommispioned ofiicer, reduction;
and forfeiture of two dollars and fifty
cents.
Forfeiture of two dollars; corporal, three
dollars and fifty cents; sergeant, five
dollars.
Drunk and disorderly in post or quarters. Forfeiture of three dollars and fifty cents;
' for noncommissioned oflScer, reduction
i and forfeiture of five dollars.
Noncommissioned officer encouraging Reduction and forfeiture of two dollars
gambling.
Noncommissioned officer making false
report.
Breach of arrest in quarters
and fifty cents.
Reduction, forfeiture or four dollars, and
ten days confinement at hard lalwr.
One month's confinement at hard labor
and forfeiture of five dollars; for non-
1 commissione<l officer, reduction in addi-
1 tion thereto.
or until such sentence shall have been approved by the Chief or an
Assistant Chief of Constabulary.
All fines imposed in accordance with this section shall be deposited
with the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, and shall constitute
a special fund to be expended tor the moral and material welfare of
the enlisted Constabulary by a board appointed by the Chief of the
ConstabulaiT for that purpose: Pnnnded^ hxnn'^jer^ That all expendi-
tures made by such board shall be audited as are other claims against
the Insular Treasury.
Sec. 12. The *' Manual for Courts Martial, and so forth," for use in
the United States Army, published by the Secretary of War March
sixteenth, nineteen hundred and one, in so far as it relates to proce-
dure, foions of charges, previous convictions, records, repoi*ts, sen-
tences and approvals, shall be followed by constabulary summarv
courts, where the same shall be applicable and not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 13. The Chief or any assistant chief of Constabulary or senior
Constabulary inspector of a province may arrest and confine in his
quarters and deprive of his aims any subordinate officer of his com-
mand charged with crime or with conduct unbecoming a gentleman, or
to the prejudice of good order and discipline, for not exceeding ten
days pendmg investigation of the charge and action thereon. An
enlisted man of the ODnstabulary charg^ with crime or with being
guilty of any offense under this Act may be arrested and confined by any
superior authority in the Constabulary until delivered to the proper
provincial or judicial officials where the offense is cognizable oy the
Courts of First Instance, or until tried, where the offense is punish-
able by Constabulary summary court, or until released by proper
authority. Such arrest and confinement shall be without warrant.
Sec. 14. The following amounts shall be deducted and retained from
the monthly pay of memoers of the Constabulary:
From the monthly pay of each captain and inspector, one dollar.
From the monthly pay of each first or second lieutenant and inspec-
tor, seventy-five cents.
From the monthly pay of each third lieutenant and inspector, or of
each sub-inspector, fifty cents.
368 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
From the monthly pay of each enlisted man, ten cents.
Such deductions and retentions shall be noted on the payroll and the
Constabulary oflScer by whom any member of the Constabulary is
Said, shall pay such member only the net amount due, the same being
is total pay less such retentions, deductions and forfeitures, which
may have been made pursuant to the provisions of this Act. E^h
Constabulary officer shall keep a recorci in duplicate of all such deduc-
tions and retentions, showing the amount thereof and the name of the
member of the Constabulary, and shall forward one copy to the Chief
of Constabulary and the other copy to the Auditor for tne Archipelago
at the end of each month. The amount of these deductions and reten-
tions shall bo deposited in the Insular Treasury by settlement warrant
Pursuant to certification of the auditor as the accounts in which such
eductions and retentions have been made are audited and settled.
These deposits with the Insular Treasurer shall constitute a special
fund and shall not be considered general revenues of the Islands. The
Chief of Constabulary is herebv authorized to recommend to the Civil
Governor the disposition of these funds, and upon approval of the
Civil Governor they may l>e expended for the benefit of the widows
and orphans of members of the Constabulary who have lost or shall
lose their lives in line of duty, and for members of the Constabulary
who may have been incapacitated to gain a livelihood by reason of
wounds or other causes due to the service, under such rules and regula-
tions as shall be prescribed by the Civil Governor.
Sec. 15. The public good requiring the speed}^ 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 Septemoer twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 16. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, February 6, 1903.
[No. 6!2().]
AN ACT returning the sum of eight thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars
and twelve cents, local currency, to Bernardino Monreal, of Sorsogon.
By authority of the United Statea^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commimion^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the sum of eight thousand two hundred and
sixty-four dollars and twelve cents, local currency, belonging to Ber-
niirdino Monreal, was seized in January, nineteen hundred and one, by
Colonel Walter Howe, Forty-Seventh Infantry, United States Volun-
teers, on the ground that said Bernardino Monreal was a collector for
the insurgents, and that these were insurgent funds; and
Whereas it is clearly established that these funds were the personal
property of Bernardino Monreal:
The sum of eight thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and
twelve cents, local currency, is hereby appropriated out of any funds
in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to Ber-
nardino Monreal, of Sorsogon, Sorsogon, as reimbursement for the
same amount of money seized from him as hereinbefore stated.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill.
LAWS OF inaTED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 369
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 6, 1903,
[No. 621.]
AN ACT aathorizing the employment of an Inspector of Biuldincs in the Depart-
ment of Engineermg and Public Works in the City of Manila.
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Municipal Board of the City of Manila is hereby
authorized to employ an additional engineer to oe known as Inspector
of Building, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum. The salary of such Inspector of Buildings for the second half
of the fiscal year nmeteen hundred and three is hereby made a proper
charge i^inst the appropriation for "Salaries and. wa^es, Depart-
ment of Engineering' and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen nun-
dred and three," made in Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five.
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, February 6, 1903.
[No. 622.1
AN A.CT aathorizing the provincial c^>vemment of Albay to eetablish a provincial
8ubtreafiury office at Virac, Island of Catanduanes.
By a/uthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEcrnoN 1. The provincial government of the Province of Albay is
hereby authorized to establish permanently a suboffice of the pro-
vincial treasuiy of the Province of Albay, at Virac, on the Island of
Catanduanes, and to provide, by construction or purchase or renting,
a suitable office for such subtreasuiy.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring a 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, February 6, 1908.
WAR 1903— VOL 8 24
370 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 623.]
AN ACT authorizing a loan of six thousand dollars, in money of the United States,
from the Insular Treasury to the Province of La Union, to be used for the con-
struction of a road from the municipality of San Fernando to Naguilian and thence
to the foothills on the trail to Baguio, in the Province of Benguet
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy tJte Philippine
( ^ommiasion^ that:
Section 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized to loan, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, in money
of the United States, to the provincial government of the Province of
La Union, the same to be paid into the treasury of that province, and
to be used solely for the construction of a road and bridges thereon
from the municipality of San Fernando to Naguilian in the same prov-
ince, and thence to the foothills on the trail to Baguio, in the Province
of Benguet; and the provincial government of the Province of La
Union is herebv authorized to borrow the money in this section men-
tioned. Such loan shall be repaid within two years from the date of
the loan, without interest. At the option of the provincial board of
the Province of La Union, the money hereby appropriated may be
paid to the provincial treasurer in local currency at the rate existing
at the time of making the loan, instead of in money of the United
States.
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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 7, 1903.
[No. 624.]
AN ACT prescribine regulations governing the location and manner of recording
mining claims, and the amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining
claim, under the provisions of the a(!t 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."
By authority of the United States^ he it eiuvcted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. The term mineral claims as used in these regulations
shall be understood to mean lode claim, and the term mining claim
shall be understood to include both lode and placer claims. A placer
claim shall be understood to mean a claim of land more valuable for
placer mining, stone quarrying, or for the securing of earth for use
in tile, brick, pottery, paint, or other manufacture, or of petroleum,
guano, or other mineral product, than for other purposes. The rules
and regulations for the securing of claims so defined as placer claims
shall be as for placer claims as mentioned in this Act.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 371
Sec. 2. Until other officers may be designated by the Government
of the Philippine Islands as minmg recorders, the provincial secre-
taries shall act as such in their respective provinces. In provinces or
districts where civil government has not been established such military
officers as majr be designated for that purpose by the Commanding
General, Division of the Philippines, shall act as mining recorders.
Sec. 3. All declarations and affidavits regarding mining claims shall
be recorded in the order in which they are filed for record, and under
no circumstances shall any departure be made from that course.
The form of declaration of location of a mining claim shall be as
follows:
DECLARATION OF LOCATION.
The undersigned hereby declares and gives notice that, having com-
plied with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 1,
1902, relative to the location of mining claims, he has located
linear feet on a lode of mineral-bearing rock, situate in the barrio of
- , within the jurisdictional limits of the municipality
»'j; .rrcroV .""ndof ,
That the name of the above location is the - mineral
claim, and that the same was located by him on the day of
„..., A. D. 190.-
That there is written on post No. 1 (here msert an exact copy of
what is inscribed on post No. 1); and upon post No. 2 (here insert an
exact copy of what is inscribed on post No. 2).
That the said claim is situate (here state as accurately as possible,
preferably by course and distance, the position of the claim with ref-
erence to some natural object or permanent monument).
Witness:
Witness:
Locator,
Sec. 4. The ftiining recorder shall note on each instrument filed for
record the year, month, and day, and the hour and minute of the dav
on which the same was so filed, and after it has been recorded he shall
indorse on the back thereof a certificate in the following form:
Office of the Mining Recorder.
promnce of
^ di8l/nct of
, .190,.
The within instrument was filed for record in this office at
o'clock and minutes m., on the day of
, A. D. 190- _ ; and has been recorded in book
of Becords of Mining Claims, at page
Mining Iiecorde7\
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Sec. 5. For recording each declaration of location of a mining claim,
and for each affidavit ac*companying the same, the mining recorder
shall collect a fee of one dollar in currency of the United States or its
e(iuivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio.
Sec. 6. The fees collected bv authoritjr of the preceding section shall
bo turned into the treasury of the province in which the mining claim
for the recording of which said fees may be paid is situate; or in prov-
inces or districts where civil government nas not been established,
into the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue.
Sec. 7. The books necessary for the recording of mining claims shall
be provided by the provincial authorities of the respective provinces,
or in provinces or districts where civil government has not been
established, by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands.
Sec. 8. In addition to the requirements of sections twenty-three and
twenty -four of the Act of Congress, approved July first, nineteen
hundred and two, in regard to placing posts numbers one and two on
the line of location, and marking the line between them, each locator
of a mineral claim shall establish each of the four comers of the claim
by marking a standing tree or rock in place, or by setting in the
ground, where practicable, a post or stone. £kch comer shall be dis-
tinctly marked to indicate that it is the northeast, southeast, souUi-
west, or other corner, as the case may be, of the claim in question;
and the posts or stones used to mark such comers shall be of the
dimensions required by these regulations for posts and stones marking
corners or angles of a placer claim.
Sec. 9. The locator of a placer claim shall post upon the same a
notice containing the name of the claim, designating it as a placer
claim, the name of each locator, the date of the location, and the
number of hectares claimed. He shall also define the boundaries of
the claim by marking a standing tree or rock in place, or by setting a
post or stone at each comer or angle of the claim. When a post is
used it must be at least five inches in diameter or four inches on each
side by four feet six inches in length, and, where practicable, set one
foot in the ground and surrounded bv a mound of earth or stone four
feet in diameter by two feet in height. When a stone, not a rock in
place, is used, it must be not less than six inches on each side by two
and one-half feet in length, and must be set so as to project half its
length above the ground. Where a stone, a rock in place, is used, a
cross must be cut m the stone, the arms of which cross must be at least
four inches long, intersecting, approximately, at right angles and in
their centers, the cutting to be at least one-half inch deep. The inter-
section of the arms shall constitute the comer. Each tree, rock in
place, stake, or stone used to designate a comer or angle of a placer
claim must be so marked as to clearly indicate its purpose, and the
objects selected to designate the comers of a claim shall be marked
with a series of consecutive numbers, thus: "Cor. No, 1," ''Cor. No.
2," ''Cor. No. 3," and so forth: Provided^ That nothing in this section
shall be understood to require the establishment and marking of any
corner or angle of a placer claim located upon surve3^ed public lands
at a point where a corner of the Philippine system of public land sur-
veys has previously been established, in whicli case it shall suffice in
describing said claim for record to correctly describe said corner of
the public surveys, and to state that such corner stands for corner
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 373
number one, comer number two, or corner imm>>er three, and so forth,
as the case may be, of such placer claim.
Sec. 10. Within thirty days after the location thereof every locator
of a placer claim shall record the same with the mining recorder of the
province or district in which the claim is situate.
Sec. 11. The record of a placer claim shall consist of a declaration
of location recitinsf all the facts necessary to a perfect identification of
the claim, and shall contain a true copy of the notice posted thereon
at the date of location, as well as a description of the claim as staked
and monumented, showing the length and approximate compass bear-
ing, as near as may be, of each side or course thereof, and stating in
wnat manner the respective comers are marked, whether by a stand-
ing tree, rock in place, post, or stone, and giving in detail the distin-
guishing marks that are written or cut on each, and also stating as
accurately as possible, preferably by course and aistance, the position
of the claim with reference to some prominent natural object or per-
manent monument.
Sec. 12. No placer claim shall be recorded unless the declaration of
location be accompanied bjr an aflSdavit made by the applicant or some
Eerson on his behalf cognizant of the facts, that the notice required
y section nine of these regulations has been posted upon the claim,
and that the ground thereby embraced is valuable for placer mining
purposes; that the groimd applied for is imoccupied oy any other
person.
Sec. 13. No mining claim shall be recorded unless the declaration
be accompanied by proof that the locator, or each of them in case
there be more than one, is a citizen of the United States of America
or of the Philippine Islands. The proof of citizenship required by
this section may be that set forth in section thirty-five of the Act of
Congress approved July first, nineteen himdred and two.
Sec. 14. JQf at any time the locator of any mining claim heretofore
or hereafter located, or his assigns, shall apprehend that his original
notice or declaration was defective, erroneous, or that the require-
ments of the law had not been complied with before recording; or
shall be desirous of changing his boundaries so as to include ground
not embraced by the location as originally made and recorded, or in
case the original declaration of location was made prior to the pro-
mulgation of these regulations, and the locator or his assigns shall
desire to conform the location and declaration hereto, such locator or
his assigns may file an amended declaration of location in accordance
with the provisions of the Act of Congress of Ju|y first, nineteen hun-
dred and two, and these relations, with the mining recorder of the
province or district in which such claim is situate: I^ovided^ That
such amended declaration of location does not interfere at the aate of
its filing for record with the existing rights of any person or persons,
and no such amended location or the record thereof shall preclude the
locator or his assigns from proving any such title as he or they may
have held imder the original location.
Sec. 15. Within sixty days after the expiration of the period fixed
by law for the annual performance of the labor or the making of
improvements upon a mining claim, the locator thereof, or some per-
son on his behalf cognizant of the facts, shall make and file for record
374 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
with the miniiig recorder of the province or district in which the claim
is situate an affidavit in substance as follows:
affidavit of annual assessment work.
Philippine Islands,
Prov^ince of
District of
- , being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is
a citizen of the United States of America (or of the Philippine Islands,
as the case may be) and more than twenty-one years or age; that he
reqides in province of p j , .
resiaesin-.- ., ^^^rict of ■- ,r. i., ana is per-
sonally acquainted with the mining claim known as the
(lode or placer) claim, situate in the barrio of , province
of - - - , island of ^ ?• !• > the declaration of loca-
tion of which is recorded in the office of the mining recorder of said
province (or district), in book of Records of Mining Claims, at
page ; that between the . . day of , 190_ . ., and
the day of , 190--., not less than
dollars' worth of labor was performed or improvements made upon
said claim, not including the work done prior to the date of recormng
the same. Such work was done or improvements made by and at the
expense of _ , the owner of said claim, for the pur-
pose of complying with the laws of the United States relating to
annual assessment work, and - . _ (here name the miners
or other persons who did the work) were the persons employed by
said owner who did such work or made such improvements, and that
said work or improvements consisted of and are described as follows,
to wit: (here describe the work done).
(Signature)
Subscribed and swoni to before me this . day of
, 190 _
(Signature of officer who administers oath.)
Such affidavit, when recorded, shall be prima facie evidence of the
performance of such labor or the making of such improvements, and
shall be received in evidence by all courts in the Philippine Islands, as
shall also the record jthereof or a certified copy of the same.
Sec. 16. Actual expenditures and cost of mining improvements by
the claimant or his grantors, ha\ang a direct relation to the develop-
ment of the claim, shall be included in the estimate of assessment
work. The expenditures may be made from the surface, or in run-
ning a tunnel, drifts, or crosscuts for the development of the claim.
Improvements of any other character, such as buildings, machinery,
or roadways, must be excluded from the estimate unless it is clearly
shown that they are associated with actual excavations, such as cuts,
tunnels, shafts, and so forth, are essential to the practical develop-
ment of and actually facilitate the extraction of mineral from the claim.
Sec. 17. The public good reauiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is nereby expeoited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 375
Cominission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hmidred.
Sec. 18. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, February 7, 1903.
[No. 625.]
AN ACT amending section five of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five.
By authorii/y of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-
five is hereby amended to read as follows:
*'Sec. 5. The Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands is hereby
authorized and directed to cause the Captain oi the Port of Manila to
turn over to the Insular Collector of Customs at the close of the
twenty -eighth day of Februarj^ nineteen hundred and three, all pub-
lic records and property held by him as said Caj)tain of the Port, upon
proper receipts therefor, and thereupon the said office of Captain of
the Port of Manila shall be abolished and the duties thereof shall
devolve upon the Insular Collector of Customs and his subordinate
officers as he mav direct. By executive order there may be trans-
ferred by the Civil Governor from the existing office of the Captain of
the Port to the office of the Insular Collector of Customs, for the dis-
charge of the additional duties by this amendment imposed upon the
office of Insular Collector, such officers and subordinate officers and
employees of the existing office of the Captain of the Port as the Insu-
lar Collector shall recommend and the Civil Governor may deem neces-
sary. All other offices and positions in the office of the Captain of the
Port shall be thereafter abolished. The funds heretofore appropriated
for the support of the office of the Captain of the Port shall be avail-
able to the extent to which they may be needed for the payment of the
officers and employees transferred under this section to the office of
the Insular Collector, and for the necessary expenses of discharging
the functions herein transferred from the Captain of the Port to the
Insular Collector."
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 February twenty-eighth, nine-
teen hundred and three.
Enacted, February 9, 1903.
[No. 626.]
AN ACT providing that when an^ official or employee of the Government shall be
designated to perform the duties of another oflScial or employee, in accordance
with Act Numbered Four hundred and eight, he shall be reimbursed for such
additional expenses as he shall be obliged to incur for bond by reason of such
designation; and making this Act retroactive.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy th£ Philippine
Commission^ thot:
Section 1. Whenever any official or employee shall be designated
376 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
by the proper authority for the tempoi'ary pi»rforiuance of the duties
of the head of a Bureau, or of aii}^ subordinate official or employee,
of any Office or Bureau, in accordance with Act Numbered Four
hundred and eight, the person so designated shall be reimbursed for
such expenses and disbursements as he is obliged to make on account
of the requirements of a bond in the position to which he has been so
designated; and this Act shall be retroactive so as to apply to all
officials and employees who have heretofore, by reason of such desig-
nation, been caused to incur expenses in the manner in this section
stated. 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.
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 Coimnis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 9, 1908.
[No. 627.]
AN ACT to bring immediately under the operation of "The Land Registration Act"
all lands lying within the boondaries lawfully set apart for military reservations,
and all lands desired to be purchased by the Grovernment of the United States for
military purposes.
By authorii/y of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All lands or buildings, or any interest therein, within the
Philippine Islands lying within tne boundaries of the areas now or
hereafter set apart and declared to be military reservations shall be
forthwith brought imder the operations of ''The Land Registration
Act," and such of said lands, buildings, and interests therein as shall
not be determined to be public lands shall become registered land in
accordance with the provisions of said ''The Land Registration Act,"
under the circumstances hereinafter stated.
Sec. 2. Whenever the Commanding General of the United States
Army, Division of the Philippines, shall certify to the Civil Governor
that all public lands within limits by him described in the Philippine
Islands have been reserved by the President of the United States for
military purposes, and are lawfully announced and declared military
reservations, it is hereby made the duty of the Civil Governor in writ-
ing to notify the judge of the Court of Land Registration that such
public lands have been reserved for military purposes and announced
and declared to be military reservations, and that all private lands,
buildings, or interests therein, within the limits describea, ought forth-
with to be brought within the operation of "The Land Registration
Act," and to become registered land within the meaning of said "The
Land Registration Act."
Sec. 3. Immediately upon receipt of the notice from the Civil Gov-
ernor in the preceding section mentioned it shall be the duty of the
judge of the t)ourt of Land Registration to issue a notice, stating that
the lands within the limits aforesaid have been reserved for military
purposes, and announced and declared to be military reservations, and
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 377
that claims for all private lands, buildings, and interests therein, within
the limits aforesaid, must be present^ for registration under ^'The
Land Registration Act" within six calendar months from the date of
issuing the notice, and that all lands, buildings, and interests therein
within the limits aforesaid not so presented within the time therein
limited will be conclusively adjudged to be public lands, and all claims
on the part of private individuals for such lands, buildings, or an inter-
est therein not so presented will be forever barred. The clerk of the
Court of Land Registration shall inmiediately upon the issuing of such
notice by the judge cause the same to be published once a week for
three successive weeks in two newspapers, one of which newspapers
shall be in the English language, and one in the Spanish language in
the city or province where the land lies, and, if there be no such
Spanish or Einglish newspapers having a general circulation in the city
or province wherein the land lies, then it shall be a suflScient compli-
ance with this section if the notice be published, as herein provided, in
a daily newspaper in the Spanish language and one in the Englisji lan-
guage, in the city of Manila, having a general circulation. The clerk
shall also cause a duly attested copy of the notice in the Spanish lan-
guage to be posted in a conspicuous place at each angle formed by the
fines of the limits of the land so reserved. The clerk shall also issue
and cause to be personally served the notice in the Spanish language
upon every person living upon or in visible possession of any part of
the military reservation. If the person in possession is the nead of a
family living upon the land, it shall be sufficient to serve the notice
upon him, and if he is absent it shall be sufficient to leave a copy at
his usual place of residence. The clerk shall certify the manner in
which the notices have been published, posted, and served, and his cer-
tificate shall be conclusive proof of such publication, posting, and serv-
ice, but the court shall have power to cause such further notice to be
given as in its opinion may be necessary.
Sec. 4. All claims for private lands, buildings, and interests therein
within the limits of such military reservation not presented to the
Court of Land Registration within six months from the date of the
notice in the previous section provided, shall be forever barred, and
the lands, buildings, and interests therein shall be deemed to be pubfic
and not private property : Provided^ nevertheless^ That it shall be in
the p)ower of the Court of Land Registration, on suitable application,
filed within three months after the expiration of the six months first
aforesaid, to allow an application and claim to be filed upon proof that
the failure to file it within the six months' limitation resulted from
fi-aud, accident, mistake, or excusable negligence.
Sec. 5. Upon the filing of claims and applications for registration
in the Court of Land Registration, the same procedure shall te adopted
as is by ''The Land Registration Act" provided for other claims and
applications; but in case of all claims and applications which are
finally dismissed, the judgment shall be that the lands embraced therein
are pubfic lands, unless the same shall be included within other claims
or appfications which are favorably acted upon by the court. It shall
be tne duty of the couii; to expedite proceedings under this Act, and
E've to them precedence over other claims for registration under "The
ind Registration Act." All rights of appeal secured by "The Land
Registration Act" shall be applicable to proceedings under this Act.
Sec. 6. The provisions of sections thirtv -eight, thirty-nine, forty,
forty-one, and lorty-two of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety,
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entitled ''An Act providing a code of procedure in civil actions and
special proi^eedintrs in the Philippine Islands," are hereby made appli-
cable to all lands, not more than sixteen hectares in extent, within the
limits of any militar}' reservation, notwithstanding such lands would
be public lands were it not for titles acquired in the manner stated in
saia sections thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty -one, and forty-two.
Sec. 7. When tne Commanding General of the United States Army,
Division of the Philippines, shall certify to the Civil Governor that
the military authorities of the United States wish to acquire by pur-
chase for military purposes property owned by private individuals in
the Philippine Islands, and not within the boundaries set apart for
military resei-vations, and shall describe specifically the lands so deisired
to be purchased, and shall certify that the titles to the same are so
uncertain that it is impracticable to determine who the true individual
owners thereof are, and asking relief in accordance with the provisions
of this section, it is hereby made the duty of the Civil Governor in
writing to notify the judge of the Court of Land Registration of such
certification, and request uiat the lands mentioned f ormwith be brought
under the operation of "The Land Registration Act," and to become
registered land within the meaning thereof. Immediately upon the
receipt of such notice from the Civil Governor, it shall be the duty of
the judge of the Court of Land Registration to issue a notice stating*
the contents of the notice received by him from the Civil Governor,
and that claims for all private lands, buildings, and interests therein,
within the limits described in such notice, must be presented for reg-
istration under "The Land Registration Act" within six calendar
months from the date of issuing notice, and that all lands, buildings,
and interests therein, within tne limits aforesaid, not so presented
within the time therein limited, will be conclusively adjudged to be
IHiblic lands, and all claims on the part of private individuals for such
ands, buildings, or an interest therein not so presented will be forever
barred. And thereupon such proceedings shall be had by the Court
of Land Registration for the determination of the true ownership of
the lands included in such limits as are provided in cases of land lying
within the boundaries of military reservations, as set forth in sections
three, four, and five of this act ; and the provisions of section six are
likewise made applicable to all lands in this section mentioned.
Sec. 8. The puolic 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, February 9, 1903.
[No. 028.]
AN ACT consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor of
the Province of Antique.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Coinmission^ that:
Section 1. The oflSces of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and fourteen, extend-
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ingthe provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of
Antique, arc hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall be
known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supei-visor-treasurer,
and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who shall
receive no additional compensation for such services, shall constitute
the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be ten
thousand dollars. His qualifications ana duties shall be the same as the
qualifications and duties of provincial supervisor and provincial treas-
urer as outlined in the Provincial Government Act, except that the
requirement that the provincial supervisor shall be a competent civil
engineer and survej^or shall not applJ^ The supervisor-treasurer may
employ a foreman m charge of the repair and construction of roads, at
a salary not to exceed sixty dollars a month.
Sec. 4. The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Prov-
ince of Antique shall be at the following rate per year, in money of
the United States or its authorized equivalent in local currency:
For the provincial governor, one thousand six hundred dollars.
For the provincial supervisor-treasurer, one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
For the provincial secretary, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the provincial fiscal, one thousand two hundred dollars.
The salary of provincial officers shall be payable monthly, so that
one-twelfth of the annual salary shall be paid on the last day of each
calendar month.
Sec. 5. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and fourteen and
its amendments as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
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, February 10, 1903.
[No. 629.]
AN ACT consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor, and
the offices of provincial secretary and provincial fiscal, of the Province of Abra.
By cmthority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
ConiTniasion^ that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered Two hundred and six, extending
the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of
Abra, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall be
known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer. The offices of
provincial secretary and provincial fiscal of said province are also
nereby consolidated, and tne office thus formed shall be known as the
office of provincial secretary -fiscal.
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Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treasurer,
and the division superintendent of schools for Abra and Ilocos Sur,
who shall receive no additional compensation for such services, shall
constitute the provincial board. The ffovemor shall be the presiding
officer of the board. The secretary -&cal shall be its secretary and
keep the minutes.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
five thousand dollars. His (qualifications and duties shall be the same
as the qualifications and duties of provincial supervisor and provin-
cial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial Government Act, except
that the requirement that the provincial supervisor shall be a competent
civil engineer and surveyor shall not apply. The supervisor-treasurer
may employ a foreman in charge of the repair and construction of
roads, at a salary not to exceed sixty dollars per month.
Sec. 4. The qualifications and duties of tne provincial secretary-
fiscal shall be the same as the qualifications and duties of provincial
secretary and the duties of provincial fiscal as outlined in the Provin-
cial Government Act.
Sec. 6. The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Prov-
ince of Abra shall be at the following rate per year, in money of the
United States or its authorized equivalent in local currency:
For the provincial governor, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the provincial supervisor-treasurer, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
For the provincial secretary-fiscal, one thousand dollars.
The salary of provincial officers shall be payable monthly so that
one-twelfth of the annual salary shall be paia on the last day of each
calendar month.
Sec. 6. So much of Act Numbered Two hundred and six and its
amendments as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is
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 its passage.
Enacted, February 10, 1903.
[No. 630.]
AN ACT consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor
of the Province of Misamis.
By avthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppvne
Cwnmission^ that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-eight,
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the
Province of Misamis, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus
formed shall be known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treasurer,
and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who shali
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receive no additional compensation for such services, shall constitute
the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
fourteen thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand three hundred dollars, payable monthly. His qualifications
and duties shall be the same as the qualifications and duties of provin-
cial supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial
Government Act, except that the requirement that the provincial
supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and surveyor shall not
apply. The supervisor-treasurer may employ a foreman in charge of
the repair and construction of roads, at a salary not to exceed sixty
dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty -eight
and its amendments as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 10, 1903.
[No. 631.]
AN ACT conBolidating the offices of provincial treasnrer and provincial supervisor
of the Province of Capiz.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and fifteen, extend-
ing the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province
of Capiz, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall be
known as the office of the provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treasurer,
and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who shall
receive no additional compensation for such services, shall constitute
the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
fifteen thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand dollars, payable monthly. His qualifications and duties shall
be the same as the qualifications and duues of provincial supervisor
and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial Government Act,
except that the requirement that the provincial supervisor shall be a
competent civil engineer and survej^or snail not apply. The supervisor-
treasurer may employ a foreman m charge of the repair and construc-
tion of roads, at a salary not to exceed sixty dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and fifteen and its
amendments as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passt^e 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 10, 1903.
[No. 632.]
AN ACT consolidating the oiBces of provincial treasurer and provincial Bupervisor
of the Province of Zambales.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Cotmnission^ that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered Two hundred and eleven, extend-
ing the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province
of Zamlmles, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall
be known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treas-
urer, and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who
shall receive no additional compensation for such services, shall con-
stitute the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
twelve thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual salarj of one
thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly. His qualifications
and duties snail be the same as the qualifications and duties of provin-
cial supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial
Government Act, except that the requirement that the provincial
supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and surveyor shall not
apply. The supervisor-treasurer may emplov a foreman in charge of
the repair and construction of roads, at a salary not to exceed sixty
dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered Two hundred and eleven and its
amendments as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 10, 1903.
[No. 633.]
AN ACT consolidating the oflSces of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor
of the Province of Isabela.
By authority of the United States^ he it ena^^ted hy the Philippine
Commismm^ that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered Two hundred and ten, extenaing
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the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of
Isaoela., are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall be
known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treas-
urer, and the division superintenaent of schools for Isabela and
Cagayan, who shall receive no additional compensation for such
services, shall constitute the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
twelve thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly. His qualifications
and duties shall be the same as the qualifications and duties of pro-
vincial supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Pro-
vincial Government Act, except that the requirement that the provincial
supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and sui*veyor shall not
apply. The 8uper\dsor-treasurer may employ a foreman in charge of
the repair and construction of roads, at a salary not to exceed sixty
dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered Two hundred and ten and its
amendments as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws, '"passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 10, 1903.
[No. 634.]
AN AC?T providing for the establishment of a Government rice farm under the
Bureau of Agriculture.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the rhilippine
Commiasioii^ mat:
Section 1. There shall be established under the Bureau of Agricul-
ture a Government rice farm in the Province of Pampanga for the
purpose of demonstrating to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands
the practical advantages of modern methods of cultivating, harvesting,
and threshing rice.
Sec. 2. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture is hereby authorized
to secure by rental a suitable tract of land not exceeding two thousand
acres in extent in the Province of Pampanga on the basis of the pay-
ment to the owner or owners of such land of one-fourth of the unhulled
rice produced on the land rented from each of them.
Sec. 3. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture is hereby author-
ized, with the approval of the Civil Governor, to sell at sucn time as
he may deem desirable, at the current market price at the time of sale,
any of the rice remaining after the payment of the annual rental and
not required by the Insular Government.
Sec. 4. The following sums in money of the United States are hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be expended by the Bureau of Agriculture in connec-
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tion with the Government rice farm for the purposes named: One
hundred mules, twenty-five thousand dollars; aCTicultural machinery,
implements, tools, wai^ons, harness, twine, and sacks, nine thousand
two hundred and eighteen dollars; buildings, five thousand dollars;
salaries and wages, including one superintendent at one thousand eight
hundred dollars per ye^r, one overseer at one thousand dollars per
year, one overseer at nine hundred dollars per year, five laborers at
sixty dollars per month each, thirty laborers at eight dollars per
month each, seventy-five laborers for thirtv days at tnirty cents per
day, ten thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars; oats, hay, and
coal, thirteen thousand one hundred and forty-eight dollars.
Sec. 5. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasury in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time of
the withdrawal; and payments in local currency of all obligations of
the Insular Government properly expressed in United States currency
shall be at the ratio in force at the time of payment, except salaries,
which shall be paid at the ratio existing on the next to the last day of
the month for which they are paid; and in any case where a deficiency
thereby arises in an appropriation for salaries, the appropriation of
such further siuns as may be necessary to meet the authorized salary
payments in such branch of the Insular Government is hereby made.
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 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, February 11, 1903.
[No. 635.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the
organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," and Act Num-
bered Three hundred and sixty-four amendatory thereof.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Subsection {j) of section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-
two, entitled ''A general Act for the organization of municipal gov-
ernments in the Philippine Islands," as amended by Act Numbered
Three himdred and sixty-four, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Q*) To license, tax, or prohibit cockfighting and the keeping or
training of fighting cocks and to license, tex, or close cockpits: ±^*o-
vided^ That cockfighting in such cockpits shall take place only on legal
holidays and during a period not to exceed three days on the occasion
of the celebration of the patron saint's day of the municipality: And
provided further^ That no game of chance be permitted on the
premises.
Sec. 2. The public good rejjuiring 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 11, 1908.
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[No. 636.]
AN ACT creating a Government reservation at Baguio, in the Province of Bengnet.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted ly the Philippine
Conunission^ that:
Section 1. Pending the plotting of a town site at Baffuio and the
setting aside of a tract of land as a military reservation, the following-
described tract of land shall be reserved for Government purposes,
exempt from settlement and claim: That parcel or tract of land m the
form of a circle with its center in the house occupied by Mateo Carino
at Baguio, and with a radius of one kilometer; and also a strip of land
one and one-half kilometers wide on the easterly side, and one kilo-
meter wide on the westerly side of the Government road as now loca-
ted, beginning at a point on the Government road due east of the civil
sanitarium, and extending southeasterly along said road for a distance
of four kilometers: Provided^ That nothing in this section shall apply
to private lands held under lawful title within the above-described
area.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the governor of the Province of Ben-
guet to prevent any i)erson from settling on public lands within the
area described in section one of this Act until me same shall be opened
up to sale and settlement by subsequent legislation.
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 Conmiis-
sion in the enactment of laws;" passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 11, 1903.
[No. 637.]
AN ACT regulating the registration, branding, (X)nveyance, and slaughter of large
cattle.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The registration and branding of large cattle, the form
and manner of their conveyance, and the slaughter of cattle for pub-
lic consumption are hereby regulated under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. There shall be established a central office of registration
under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, of which the Bureau
of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-Marks shall have charge.
There shall oe established in each province a provincial office of
registration under the supervision of the provincial board, of which
the provincial treasurer shall have charge.
There shall be established in each municipality a local office of
registration which shall be under the supervision of the provincial
Ixmrd, of which the municipal treasurer shall have charge.
Sec. 3. All brands of large cattle within the limits of a municipality
shall be registered at the local office of registration, together with the
name and surname, the occupation and profession, age and civil status
of the owner of the brand registered.
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Sec. 4. Each municipality shall have a mark or brand for the pur-
pose of counter-branding large cattle owned by the inhabitants thereof,
and each municipality nhall be provided with a facsimile impression of
such brand.
Sec. 5. Designs of branding irons by each and every municipality
in the province shall be registered at the provincial office of registra-
tion, together with proper specifications which shall prevent the
mistaking of the brand of one municipalitv for that of another.
The provincial office of registration shall keep a list of the names of
all owners of cattle in each and every municipality of its jurisdiction,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
The Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-Marks shall also keep
a register of all })rands adopted by the municipalities together with
those adopted by private owners resident therein, which snail be for-
warded to it by the provincial boards of the various provinces.
Sec. G. In order to carry out the provisions of section three, owners
of large cattle may have a private brand for their own use, but upon
registering the same at the office of registration of a municipality they
shall deliver to said office, in triplicate, upon sheets of stout paper
which shall be not less than approximately fifteen centimeters wide by
twenty centimeters long, a faithful and true copy of the size and shape
of the brand as presented for registration.
Sec. 7. Registered brands shall not be. altered, either in design or in
size — which latter shall be of the dimensions described in the foregoing
section — until after the necessary legal steps have been taken to eflfect
a new record in the registration t^ok showing the modification or
alteration which has been made in the original brand.
Sec. 8. The brand of the municipality shall be marked on the left
hip of all large cattle belonging to tne inhabitants of the municipality,
with the distinction that upon males the brand shall be vertical and
upon females horizontal. The private brand of the owner shall be
placed on the right hip of the animal, in a vertical position only.
Sec. 9. Cattle bred in the municipalitv shall be branded when they
are between two and three years old. Those from other municipalities
or provinces, and acquired in the manner prescribed in this Act, shall
be presented for a second branding within a period of ten days, count-
ing from the date of their arrival m the district of their new owner.
Sec. 10. The branding as ordered shall be effected by the municipal
treasurer, w ith the assistance of the secretary and in the presence of
the president. The municipal treasurer shall keep a register, to con-
sist of a bound book containing the properly printea blank forms, which
shall be obtained by him upon application to the provincial treasurer.
The provincial treasurer shall obtain said registers from the central
office of reeistration.
Of the blank form contained in the register, part shall be detachable
and after being properly filled out shall be delivered to the owner of
a branded animal as a certificate, of which a record shall be kept on the
corresponding stub.
Both the certificate and stub shall be signed as follows: Each shall
bear the signature of the municipal treasurer on the right hand side,
that of the president, together with his vis^, on the left hand side,
that of the owner on a line further down toward the center of the width
of the paper, and, below this, that of the secretary. If the owner is
unable to write, two witnesses shall sign for him at bis request.
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Each certificate shall have affixed to it stamps to the value of twentv
cents in money of the United States, which shall be duly canceled with
the seal of the proper municipality.
Sec. 11. When a herd is to be branded and it is not possible to have
it branded at the municipal building, the president, treasurer and sec-
retary, either jointly or severally, can delegate the actual branding to
one or more subordinate municipal employees.
Sec. 12. A certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of
paragraphs two, three and four of section ten shall prima facie attest
the true ownership of the animal recorded in it as having been branded
and registered.
Sec. 13. No person in charge of the registration and branding of
cattle shall permit such registration and branding until proof of own-
ership has been establishea by the testimony of two legally competent
witnesses who are also cattle owners. The testimony of the two wit-
nesses shall at once be weighed and passed upon by the president,
treasurer, and secretary who shall orally examine the witnesses in con-
ducting the investigation. The entire proceedings shall be recorded
in an instrument signed by all parties present at the transaction. If
the municipal officials, after consideration of the evidence, do not
believe that the person presenting the cattle for registration and
branding is the lawful owner they shall not grant the registration.
Sec. 14. In order that the provisions of the last paragraph of section
five may be carried out, the municipal treasurer, upon obtaining the
three designs of a brand presented for registration, shall keep one of
them in the archives of tne municipality and shall send the other two
to the provincial treasurer, who shall also keep one for his register and
shall send the third one for a like purpose to the Bureau of Patents,
Copvrights and Trade-Marks. '
T&e municipal treasurer shall make a collection of the designs
remaining in nis possession, binding them together in alphabetical
order, with a note at the bottom of each design showing the number
of the corresponding certificate as well as the owner's name.
Sec. 15. Tne Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-Marks, as
well as the provincial treasurers, shall make similar collections of the
designs of brands forwarded to them in accordance with preceding
sections of this Act and shall arrange them alphabetically according to
the municipalities.
^ Sec. 16. Municipal treasurers shall, in order to carry out the oro vi-
sions of paragraph two of section five, send to the provincial omce of
registration a duplicate list of the names of all cattle owners who have
obtained a certificate of ownership in their respective jurisdictions,
said list being made in alphabetical order similar to that followed in
the keeping of the designs of brands.
One of these lists shall remain in the possession of the provincial
treasurer who shall make a bound collection of the lists of all the
municipalities in his province in alphabetical order in accordance with
the names of the municipalities.
The provincial treasurer shall forward the other list to the central
Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-Marks. The lists received
by said bureau snail be collected in alphabetical order and bound
together by provinces and from this collection a general one contain-
ing all the provinces in the Archipelago shall be made, also in alpha-
betical order.
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Sec. 17. Cattle in transit shall not be allowed to remain for a longer
period than two days within the jurisdictional limits of a municipality
without the fact being conununicated to the municipal president.
Sec. 18. Municipalauthorities shall be subject to the same require-
ments regarding the registration of designs of branding irons at the
provincial offices of registration and the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights
and Trade-Marks as are required of private persons by the provisions
of section four of this Act.
Sec. 19. For each certificate of cattle branding the owner shall pay
ten cents in money of the United States, or its equivalent in local cur- .
rency at the authorized rate of exchange, which amount shall be paid
into the municipal treasury.
FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING CONVEYANCES.
Sec. 20. The term 'Marge cattle," for the purposes of this Act,
shall be held to include catSe, carabaos and horses, and the conveyance
thereof shall be eflfected in the following manner only:
(1) In the presence of the municipal president and treasurer of any
municipality, assisted by the secretary thereof, by registration and
the issuance of a print^ document in due legal form containing the
necessary detail similar to the certificates of registration of ownership.
(2) By a public instrument in the presence of a notary public: Pro-
viaed^ however^ That the cattle are a part of an estate ; but in this case
the provisions of the foregoing paragraph shall also be separately
complied with.
Sec. 21. The printed document referred to shall fulfill all the
requirements exacted by the provisions of paragraph three of section
ten, and shall be termed certificates of conveyances, and their issuance
shall be subject to the same regulations with regard to registration :
Provided^ That such registration shall be recorded in a book kept
separately from the regular register of cattle.
Said registry shall be kept in the archives of each mimicipality
under the custody and responsibility of the municipal treasurer. It
shall be subject to the immediate supervision of the provincial treas-
urer whose duty it shall be to see that it is properly kept.
Sec. 22. Whenever one or more of the municipal officials whose
presence is required to validate the branding, registration or convey-
ance of cattle under this Act shall be incapacitated from discharging
the duty, either by reason of illness or absence or for any other cause,
his place shall be taken by the person who acts as substitute in other
matters, in accordance with the Municipal Code. In case there is no
such person provided by law, then the municipal official or officials
actually present may select persons as substitutes for the absent official
or officials.
Sec. 23. When a sale of cattle is made, the title deeds or certificates
of ownership shall be delivered to the new owner, together with a note
recording the fact of said conveyance, signed by the conveyor, or, in
case he is unable to write, by two witnesses at his request.
Sec. 24. In case of the death or loss of an animal it shall be the
duty of the owner to show his certificate of ownership to the municipal
treasurer of the municipality where such death or loss has taken place,
and, upon proper identification of the animal or proof of its loss, the
treasurer shall, with the consent of the president and the certificate
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of the secretary, execute in writing upon the back of the certificate of
ownership or of conveyance, as the case may be, a statement of the
facts.
Sec. 25. Certificates of conveyance shall be issued in the munici-
pality where the contract is made and consummated by the delivery of
the cattle whenever the seller is able to establish his property rights
and after he has been properly identified by the officers who are par-
ties to the transaction.
In case the contract is not made by the owner himself, but by another
person who represents him, such representation shall be properly
authorized in writing. The authority of such person shall then he
scrutinized and the signature thereon compared with that of the certi-
ficate of ownership acquired from the last sale, and a note of such
comparisons shall be made on the back of the certificate of convey-
ance. If the seller is unable to write, two witnesses at his request
shall sign for him.
In cases where the conveyance shall be issued under this section in
a municipality which is not the municipalitv where the cattle were
originally registered, it shall be the duty of the municipal treasurer of
the municipality where the cattle are sold to send a certified copy of
the certificate of conveyance to the municipal treasurer of the munici-
pality where the cattle were originally registered, and such certified
copy of the certificate of conveyance shall be filed with the certificate
of original registration.
Sec. 26. Municipal treasurers shall comply with the provisions of
section ten of this Act as to the provision of blank forms for certifi-
cates of conveyance.
Sec 27. The same fees as are provided in section nineteen of this
Act for each certificate of cattle branding shall be collected for each
certificate of conveyance, and shall be deposited in the municipal
treasury of the municipality where such certificate of conveyance is
issued. The fee shall be paid by the purchaser before he shall receive
the certificate of conveyance.
slaughter op cattle.
Sec. 28. Whenever one or more cattle are to be killed for food, it
shall be a necessary requisite to exhibit to the municipal treasurer a
certificate of ownership or a deed of conveyance, or both, if they are
to be had. The municipal treasurer shall take up the certificates, and
with the approval of the president and the secretary he shall enter in
a register or slaughtered cattle, which shall be kept for that purpose,
the number of cattle to be killed, after proper identification nas been
had in the same manner and form as provided for in cases of registra-
tion and sale.
Sec 29. The certificates thus taken up shall be sent once a month
by the municipal treasurer of each municipality to the provincial treas-
urer of the province in which the municipality is located, whose duty
it shall be to keep a record of all cattle slaughtered in the province.
Sec 30. Except in eases hereinafter provided, the slaughtering of
male and female carabaos which may be used for agricultural labor, as
well as the slaughtering of cows which may be used for breeding pur-
poses, is strictly forbidden.
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Sec. 31. Whenever an animal of the classes mentioned in the next
preceding section shall have become disabled either through old age or
accident, the owner shall take such animal before the municipal treas-
urer, who, together with the president and secretary, shall authorize
the slaughter of such animal and the sale of its meat after the same
has been examined bv the president of the board of health of the munic-
ipality, providing that in his judgment the meat is fit for human
consumption.
If the animal is unable to be taken to the municipal building the
owner shall so inform the municipal treasurer, who in turn shall inform
the president of the municipal board of health in order that said offi-
cial may make the proper examination of such animal; and the permit
for slaughtering snail then be either granted or denied in accordance
with the results of such examination.
Sec. 32. Wild carabaos which have been captured shall preferably
be tamed and broken to work, but in the event of their being destined
to the slaughterhouse, on account of injuries received in the chase, or
because they can not be tamed, the owners in the first instance shall
be compelled to comply with the provisions of paragraph two of the
next preceding section, and in the second instance shall give informa-
tion of the fact to the municipal treasurer who, together with the
president and secretary, shall authorize the slaughter of the animal.
Sec. 33. All of the provisions of sections twentv -eight to thirty-two
inclusive of this Act shall be carried out under the supervison of the
municipal treasurer either within the public slaughterhouse or any
other part of the municipality: Provided^ however^ThsX the ti*easurer
may delegate to another in whom he has confidence, and always on his
own responsibility, the performance of his duties in this respect
PENALTIES.
Sec. 34. Violations of the provisions of this Act, except where other-
wise expressly provided, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceed one year, or botn, in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 35. In case the owner of cattle, by reason of the negligence
or fraud of the municipal oflicials in carrying out the provisions of
this Act, shall be subjected to loss of his* cattle, or to damage in the
recovery of the same, he shall, in addition to the criminal prosecution
in the next preceding section provided, have a right of civil action for
the recovery of such damages in the Court of I< irst Instance against
the official or officials so guilty of negligence or of making the loss or
damage possible.
Sec. 36. In cases of delegation mentioned in section eleven, the
responsibility incurred through inexact compliance with the provisions
of section thirteen as well as those of the nrst paragraph of section
twenty -five, shall fall both upon the person or persons delegating and
upon the delegates.
Sec. 37. Every animal over the age limit fixed by section nine found
not properly branded shall subject its owner to a fine of five dollars,
money of the United States, or m default of payment to imprisonment
for a period of twenty days.
Sec. 38. A violation of Hcction seventeen shall subject the owner or
drover of the cattle to a fine of five dollars, in money of the United
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States, for each animal in the herd, or in default of payment to impris-
onment for a period of twenty days.
OENERAL PROVISIONS.
Sec. 39. Within the jurisdiction of the city of Manila the same reg-
ulations as are now in force shall be continued.
Sec. 40. The provisions of the Municipal Code and of the charter
of the city of Manila with respect to a tax on the slaughtering of ani-
mals shall continue in full force and effect.
Sec. 41. Erasures, interlineations, or amendments in anj of the
documents referred to in this Act shall be presumptive evidence of
fraud, and documents containing such erasures, interlineations or
amendments shall not be received unless the emsures, interlineations,
or amendments are satisfactorily explained by a note on the instru-
ment which is signed and dateu by the party making the same, and
shall be further explained by oral evidence of good faith.
Sec. 42. No document shall treat of more tnan one animal, so that
for each head of cattle a separate certificate shall be issued.
Sec. 43. In all cases when it shall be necessarj^ under the provisions
of this Act, to write an indorsement on a document, if the same can
not be done for lack of space it may be placed on a separate sheet of
paper which shall be attached to the original document.
Sec. 44. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 45. 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 Septemoer twenty -sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 46. This act shall take effect May first, nineteen hundred and
three.
Enacted, February 12, 1903.
.[No. 638.]
AN ACT authorizing and directing the Civil Governor to appoint an electrical engi-
neer and a hydraulic engineer for the purpose for preparing plans and specifica-
tions for the conversion of the water-power at the Botocan waterfall in the Prov-
ince of La Laguna, near Majayjay, into electrical current to be conveyed to the
city of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it eri acted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized and directed to
appoint, by and with the consent of the Commission, an electrical
engineer and a hydraulic engineer, the first at a compensation not
exceeding four hundred dollars per month, and the second at a com-
pensation not exceeding three hundred dollars per month, for the j)ur-
poses described in the following section. The terms of the contract
of employment of such engineei*s with reference to the payment of
their expenses for travel and subsistence from the United States to
Manila and return shall be fixed in writing by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. The electrical engineer and the hydraulic engineer shall
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jointly make survey of the Dalitiuan River at Botocan Falls, near the
town of Lusiana and the town of Majayjay, for the purpose of deter-
mining the feasibility of erecting a plant to convert the water power
into electricity to be conveyed thence to the city of Manila. These
engineers shall measure the volume and flow of the water, determining
the practicability of the construction of a tunnel which shall turn the
water from an aajoining watershed into the Dalitiuan River and thus
increase the flow of water, determine the proper location of the elec-
trical plant, the cost of tne erection of the same, the survey of the
roads from the Botocan waterfall which must be constructed to make
the improvement possible, the amount of horsepower in electricity
which can be generated and conveyed to the city of Manila, the time
in which the improvement can be constructed, and all other details
with reference to the improvement which shall enable the Commission
to make a proper report to Congress, and to ask the power to issue
bonds for the construction of such a plant.
Sec. 3. As soon as the plans and specifications are completed and
presented to the Civil Governor, he is authorized to terminate the
employment of the engineers apjpointed hereunder.
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, February 16, 1903.
[No. 639.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Five hundred and forty-three, entitled "An Act
enabling the Civil Governor to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
head of a Department in the absence or disability of the head of the Department"
By OAithority of the United States^ he it enacted ly the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and forty-
three, entitled "An Act enabling the Civil Governor to perform t&e
duties and exercise the powers of the head of a Department in the
absence or disability of the head of the Department," is nereby amended
to read as follows:
'* Section 1. In all cases in which the head of a Department, because
of absence or disability, is unable to discharge the duties and exercise
the powers of his office, such duties may be discharged and such pow-
ers exercised by the Civil Governor or such other official or person as
may be designated by him, instead of by the head of the Department."
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 16, 1903.
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[No. 640.] .
AN ACT authorizing the improvement of the port of Cebu.
3y authority of the United Stc^tes^ he it eridcted hy the Philippine
Cortitiiissiort^ that:
Section 1. The sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in
money of the United States, is hereby appropriated out of any funds
in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended in
the improvement of the harbor of Cebu, in accordance with the general
plans now on file in the office of the Consulting Engineer to the Com-
mission, and subject to such modifications, approved by resolution of the
Commission, as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 2. This appropriation shall be applied to dredging, where nec-
essary, in the harbor of Cebu, for the construction of wharves and
docks along such part of the south water front of the city of Cebu, as
may be designated by the Consulting Engineer to the Conmaission, and
for the reclaming oi such lands as may be required for the use of the
public.
All such land or lands, together with such adjoining land or lands as
may be the property of the Insular Government are hereby reserved
for public use, and are to be held subject to such laws as the ^Philippine
Commission may hereafter enact.
Sec. 3. The work herein provided for shall, so far as practicable, be
done and the necessary materials purchased, by contract or contracts,
with private individuals or corporations.
Sec. 4. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall advertise
and contract for doing the work prescribed by this Act, either as a
whole or in parts as he may deem most advantageous to the public
interest. Notice of the lettmg of contracts shall oe advertised thirty
days in at least two newspapers, one or more of which shall be printed
in the English language, and one in the Spanish language, of general
circulation in the Philippine Islands. The Consulting Engineer to the
Commission is authorized to reject any or all bids and to waive defects,
and if in his opinion the bids are excessive, he may with the approval
of the Secretary of Commerce and Police purchase material and hire
labor and supervise the authorized work.
Paragraphs (J) to («), inclusive, of section five of Act Numbered
Twenty-two shall control the letting of contracts in so far as they are
applicable under the Government of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 5. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall prepare
plans, specifications and contracts, and advertise for proposals, for the
work herein provided for, within not more than sixty days from the
date of the passage of this Act.
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, February 16, 1903.
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[No. 641.]
AN ACT authorizing the improvement of 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 fiftj thousand dollars, in
money of the United States, is hereby appropriated out of any fundis
in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in
the improvement of the harbor of Iloilo, in accordance with the gen-
eral plans now on file in the office of the Consulting Engineer to the
Commission, and subject to such modifications, approved by resolu-
tion of the Conmiission, as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 2. This ai)propriation shall be applied to the dredging of a
channel in the Iloilo River having a depth of not less than fifteen feet
at mean low water, to the construction of suitable wharves and docks
along the right bank of the river, to the construction of breakwaters
to protect the harbor, and to the reclaiming of such land as may be
required for the use of the public.
AH such land or lands, together with adjoining land or lands as may
be the property of the Insular Government, are hereby reserved for
public use, and are to be held subject to such laws as the Philippine
Commission may hereafter enact.
Sec. 3. The work herein provided for shall, so far as practicable,
be done and the necessary materials purchased by contract or contracts
with private individuals or corporations.
Sec. 4. The Consulting Engmeer to the Commission shall advertise
and contract for doing wie work prescribed by this Act, either as a
whole or in parts as he may deem most advantageous to tiie public
interest. Notice of the letting of contracts shall be advertised thirty
days in at least two newspapers, one or more of which shall be printed
in the English language, and one in the Spanish language, of general
circulation in the rhihppine Islands. The Consulting Engineer to the
Commission is authorized to reject any or all bids and to waive defects,
and if in his opinion the bids are excessive, he may with the approval
of the Secretary of Commerce and Police purchase material and hire
labor and supervise the authorized work.
Paragraphs (5) to («), inclusive, of section five of Act Numbered
Twenty-two shall control the letting of contracts in so far as they are
applicable under the Government or the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 5. The Consulting Engineer to the Commi^ion shall prepare
plans, specifications and contracts, and advertise for proposals, for
the work herein provided for, within not more than ninety days from
the date of the passage of this Act.
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, February 16, 1903.
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[No. 642.]
AN ACT amending section seven hundred and eighty-nine of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety^ "the code of procedure in avil actions and special proceed-
ings in the Philippine Islands/' so as to make an allowance of three dollars per
day, in money of the United States, for attendance of oflScers of the court upon
the sessions of the Court of First Instance.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Com,mimion^ that:
Section 1. Section seven hundred and eighty-nine of Act Num-
bered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a code of
Erocedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine
3lands," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing words :
"The sheriflF of the province shall also be allowed three dollars per
day, in money of the United States, for each day the Court of First
Instance is in session in his province for attendance at such court by
himself and necessary deputies. This allowance shall be in addition
to fees for the service of process, and shall be paid from the Insular
Treasury as a part of the expense of the Bureau of Justice. In case
the governor of the province is the officer of the court he shall receive
the same compensation from the same source for the attendance of
himself and necessary deputies during the days of actual session of
the Court of First Instance in the province. During the sessions
of the Supreme Court, at other places than in the city of Manila, the
officer of the court shall receive tne same allowance as herein provided."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the si>eedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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, Februaiy 16, 1903.
[No. 643.]
AN ACT amending section four of Act Numbered Eighty as amended, and repealing
para^ph (6) of section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and thirty-eight,
relating to salaries and traveling expenses of appointees to the Philippine civil
service residing in the United States, and repealmg Act Numbered Two hundred
and twenty-four, relating to certain conditions of appointment in the service.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Paragraph (J) of section one of Act Numbered Three
hundred and thirty-eight, and Act Numbered Two hundred and twenty-
four are hereby repealed, so far as they affect appointments provided
herein, after May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three; and section
four of Act Numbered Eighty is hereby amended to read as follows:
''Sec. 4. 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:
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" (1) 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 Manim: Provided^ That it any
pert of his traveling expenses is borne by the Government of the Phil-
ippine Islands, ten per cent of his monthly salary shall be retained
until the amount retained is equal to the amount borne by the Govern-
ment: And provided further y That if he shall come by the route and
steamer directed, his actual and necessary traveling expenses shall be
refunded to him at the expiration of two years' satisfactory service in
the Philippines.
"(2) 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 be allowed
half salary for such time only 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 sat-
isfactory service in the Philippines.
"(3) A person residing in tne United States accepting an appoint-
ment to a position in the civil service of the Government of the Phil-
ippine Islands, imder 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 AflFairs, War Department, wherein the
appointee shall stipulate that he will remain in the service of the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands for at least two years, unless released
by the Civil Governor or proper head of an Executive Department
A breach of the conditions provided in the contract or a removal for
cause shall require the proper officer to withhold payment of all salary
and tmveling expenses due to the person employee! and violating the
conditions of the contract, and shall debar such person from ever enter-
ing again the public service of the Philippine Government in any of
its branches. No return transportation shall be furnished to such
employee. In such case, an action shall lie on the petition of the
Attorney-General for the recovery of the amount expended by the
Government in bringing the employee to the Philippine Islands.
''(4) A person who has been employed continuously in the Philip-
pine civil service for three years or more after the passage of the Civil
Service Act shall, if he so requests, upon his retirement form the serv-
ice, be furnished with transpoilation from Manila to San Francisco,
and shall be allowed half salary for thirty days in addition to full sal-
ary for the period which he may be granted as leave of absence under
the provisions 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 of ''An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Seo. 3. This act shall take effect Jime first, nineteen hundred and
three.
Enacted, February 27, 1903.
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[No. 644.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and seventv-three, creating a
Bureau of Archives, bv stating more in detail the duties of the Chief of said Bureau,
by providing for the fees to be collected by the Chief of the Bureau for copies of
documents or papers in the Archives furnished to private persons, and for other
parposee.
By authority of the United Stixtea^ he it enacted iy the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. Sections two, three, and four of Act Numbered Two
hundred and seventy-three, creating a Bureau of Archives, are hereby
amended to read as follows:
'*Sec. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau of Archives, who
shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, and who shall
be a notary public ex officio.
** Sec. 3. The duties of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives shall be:
"1. To have the care and custody of such public records as may,
in accordance with law, or by direction of tne Civil Governor, be
deposited in the Insular Archives, and to properly arrange and index
tiie same for easy reference.
"2. To have an official seal of suitable design and bearing the inscrip-
tion 'Bureau of Archives Philippine Islands,' and to use the same on
all certified copies of documents and papers issued by the Bureau and
all other papers upon which such seal may be required. When the
Chief of wie Bureau of Archives acts as notary public he shall use a
seal which shall bear the legend ' Chief of the Bureau of Archives,
ex officio Notary Public,' ana the fees received by him as such shall be
treated as fees of the office and not of the officer.
*'3. To furnish without charge, for official use, such information
from the Insular Archives and such papers and copies of papers con-
tained therein as may be requested in writing by the Civil Governor,
any member of the rhilippme Commission, the head of any Depart-
ment, Bureau, or Office of the Insular Government, or by any provin-
cial boarder municipal council: Provided^ That no original document
or file copy of any document shall be delivei'ed to the head of any
Bureau or Office or to any provincial board or municipal council with-
out the written approval of the Civil Governor or the Secretary of the
Department under which such bureau or office is established.
" 4. To certify to the correctness of all copies of documents or papers
furnished to any officer of the Government for official use and to affix
to such copies the seal of the Bureau.
*'6. To furnish to any private person or persons making written
application for the same one or more copies oi any document or paper
in the Archives in which such person or persons may be personally
concerned and to which he or they may be entitled, and to certify to
the correctness of same if required, on the payment of the following
fees: For every search for anything above ayear's standing, five cents
for every past year; for every one hundred words contamed in any
copy, five cents; and for every certificate of correctness to which the
seal of the Bureau shall be affiLxed, twenty-five cents. These fees
shall be paid in money of the United States or its equivalent in local
currency at the authorized rate on the date of jjayment.
** 6. To require a written receipt for each original document or paper
or file copy of any document or paper delivered to any officer of the
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Government or to any other person or persons, and to file and safely
keep such receipt until the return of such original document or paper
or nle copy, when the receipt shall be returned to the maker marked
or stampea with the word *void.' The oflScer of the Government or
other person or persons to whom such original document or paper or
tile copy is delivered shall be held responsible for its proper care and
custody while in his or their possession.
''7. To keep a record of alt papers or copies of papers furnished by
the Bureau to any private person or persons, to make a monthly report
to the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago in such form as may be
prescribed by said Auditor, showing the number of such papers and
copies of papers furnished, the subject matter of each, whether certi-
fied or not, the number of words in each copy and the sum collected
therefor, and such other information as may be required by the Audi-
tor; and to send a duplicate of this report to the Secretary of Public
Instruction.
"8. To keep a record of all papers or copies of papers furnished by
the Bureau to officers of the insular, provincial, and municipal govern-
ments for use in connection with the duties of their several offices.
''9. To make an annual report to the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion covering the aflfairs and business of the Bureau of Archives in
detail, and such other reports as may be required from time to time by
the Secretary of Public Instruction.
''10. To perform such other duties in connection with the Bureau
of Archives as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion or necessary for the proper conduct of the Bureau.
*'Seo. 4. The Chief of the Bureau of Archives shall be required to
furnish a bond in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Two hundred and forty-nine, and shall deposit in the Insular Treas-
ury an account for all fees coming into his hands under the provisions
of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed by the Auditor for
the Philippine Archipelago."
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 3, 1903.
[No. 645.]
AN ACT providing for the appointment of an assistant chief of the Bureau of Non-
Christian Tribes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Philippine Commission, is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant
chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes at a salary of three thou-
sand five hundred dollars, in monev of the United States, per annum.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the assistant chief to investigate and
report upon the customs and conditions of the Jolo Moros, to learn the
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Jolo lan^age, and to perform such other duties as the Secretary of
the Interior and the Chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes may
direct.
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 as of February first, nineteen hun-
dred and three.
Enacted, March 3, 1903.
[No. 646.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-seven, entitled "An Act
regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of lan^^e cattle,''
by fixing the requirements which must be observed and complied with in the con-
veyance of carabaos, horses, and cattle that have been seized and declared to be
of unknown ownership.
£y (mthoril/y of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas there has been a lack of uniformity in the pro-
cedure followed by municipalities in the sale of carabaos, horses, and
cattle of unknown ownersnip, section twenty of Act Numbered Six
hundred and thirty-seven is nereby amended by the insertion of the
following paragraph at the end of said section:
'*Tbira. At public auction by resolution of the municipal council or
when it shall be so ordered by the proper authority, in which case and
whenever one or more animals seized from thieves or confiscated for
any other legal cause are involved, it shall be the duty of the provin-
cial board to order their sale at public auction in the capital of the
province, subject to the following conditions:
*'(a) That whenever a municipality shall come into the possession
of an animal or animals under the provisions of this paragraph, it shall
be the duty of the municipal president to give information of the fact
to the provincial board and to cause the same to be published by writ-
ten notices in Spanish and the local dialect posted for three consecu-
tive days at the door of the provincial government building in the
capital of the province and at the door of the municipal building in
the municipalitv where such animal or animals are held, such written
notice to contain a detailed account of the origin, species, sex, age^
brands, and other distinctive marks of the animals to be sold, and shall
further fix the term of fifteen days during which the owner or owners
of such animal or animals may present themselves and prove title
thereto.
'^ (J) That after the expiration of said term of fifteen days the animal
or animals shall be valued by experts and the day and hour of their
sale at public auction shall be set. Said sale shall be advertised, for a
period of twelve days before it is held, in the same manner as herein-
oefore provided.
'*(c?) That the animal or animals, after a valuation has been placed
upon them in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be sent to
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the provincial board in order that such animal or animals may be pres-
ent at the provincial capital on the day that the sale at public auction
is held: Provided^ That where the provincial capital is at such a dis-
tance from the municipality in which the cattle are, or is so situated
with reference to such municipality that it would entail too heavy an
expense to transfer the cattle from the municipality where held to the
capital of the province, application may be made to the provincial
board to dispense with the necessity of such transfer and to allow the
sale to take place in the municipality where the cattle are held, and
the provincial board is authorized in its discretion to permit the sale,
in accordance with the application, at the municipality where the cattle
are held, but in all other respects procedure shall be as herein
provided.
^' (d) That all bids shall be made in writing and submitted in a sealed
envelope and shall be numbered in accordance with the order in which
they are received. The bids shall be opened at the expiration of the
time which may have been set for their presentation and the animal
or animals sold to the person making the highest bid.
"(^) That in case two or more oids are presented for the same
amount, after all bids shall have been opened and read, if such eaual
bids are the highest bids received, there shall immediately be held a
. verbal auction of the animals, to last not more than fifteen minutes,
between the makers of such eaual bids, and the animal or animals
shall be sold to the highest bidder at such verbal auction: Provided^
however^ That immediately after the holding of any auction the suc-
cessful bidder shall obtain written evidence of the adjudication made
in his favor, and it shall thereafter be his duty also to obtain the
certificate of conveyance in accordance with the provisions of i,his Act
The provincial board shall deliver to the corresponding municipality
the monejr received at such sale by auction, whicn shall oe turned into
the mimicipal treasury, after having deducted therefrom the true and
necessary expenses of transpoi-tation and maintenance of the animal or
animals from the time of their leaving the municipality until their
delivery to the successful bidder."
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 Conmiis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take eflfect May first, nineteen hundred and
three.
Enacted, March 3, 1903.
[No. 647.]
AN ACT repealing tariff 7 B, article seven, of the Internal Kevenue Laws of the Phil-
ippine Archipelago, whereby an industrial tax is imposed upon notaries public.
By authority of the United States^ ^>e it enacted iy the Philippine
Covimission^ that:
Section 1. Tariff 7 B, article seven, of Internal Revenue Laws of
the Philippine Islands, whereby an industrial tax is imposed upon
notaries public, is hereby repealed. This Act shall be retroactive, and
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effective from the first day of February, nineteen liundred and thiree,
wlien "The Land Registration Act," providing a new notarial system
went into effect.
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 3, 1903.
[No. 648.]
AN ACT authorizing the Civil Governor to reserve for civil public purposes, and from
sale or settlement, any part of the public domain not appropriated oy law for spe-
cial public purposes, until otherwise directed by law, ana extending the provisions
of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven so that pjublic lands demred to be
reserved by the insular government for public uses, or private lands desired to be
purchased by the insular government tor such uses may be brought under the
operation of the Land R^istration Act.
By axdJwrity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized and empowered
by executive order to reserve from settlement or public sale and for
specific public uses any of the public domain of the Philippine Islands
the use of which is not otherwise directed by law; and thereafter such
land shall not be subject to settlement or safe and shall be used for the
specific purposes directed by such executive order until otherwise
providea by law.
Sec. 2. Whenever the Civil Governor, in writing, shall certify that
all public lands within limits by him described in the Philippine Islands
are reserved for civil public uses, either of the Insular Government or
of any provincial or municipal government, and shall give notice thereof
to the ludge of the Court of Land Kegistration, it shall be the duty of
the judge of said court to proceed to issue notice thereof and that
claims for all*private lands, buildings and interests therein, within said
limits must be presented for registration under "The Land Registra-
tion Act" in the manner provided in Act Numbered Six hundred and
twenty-seven, entitled ''An Act to bring immediately under the opera-
tion of *The Land Registration Act' all lands lying within the bound-
aries lawfully set apart for military reservations, and all lands desired
to be purchased bv the Government of the United States for mili-
tary purposes." The procedure for the purpose of this Act and the
legal effects thereof, shall thereupon be in all respects as provided in
sections three, four, five, and six of said Act Numbered Six hundred
and twenty-seven.
Sec. 3. Whenever the Civil Governor shall certify that the civil
authorities, either insular, provincial, or municipal, wish to acquire
by purchase for public use property owned by private individuals in
the Philippine Islands, and not within the bounaaries of public lands
set apart for such use in accordance with the preceding section, and
shall describe specifically the land so desired to be purchased, and
further certify tnat the titles to the same are so uncertain that it is
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impracticable to determine who are the true individual owners thereof,
it shall be the duty of the judge of the Court of Land R^istration
upon receipt of such certificration to proceed to bring the lands men-
tioned forthwith under the operation of *'The Land Re^tration
Act " in the manner and with the legal effect provided in section seven
of said Act Numbered Six hundred and twentv-seven.
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, March 3, 1903.
[No. 649.]
AN ACT creating certain additional positions in the Bnrean of Agricnltare and
making provision for the payment of the salaries of the positions so created.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture is hereby author-
ized to appoint the following officials and employees for the agricul-
tural school and experiment station now known as ''La Granja
Modelo," on the Island of Negros: One farm manager at a salary not
to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars United States currency
Ser annum; one farm foreman at a salary not to exceed eight hundred
ollars United States currency per annum; two native foremen at a
salary not to exceed two dollars local currency each per day; and such
farm laborers as may be required from time to time, not to exceed an
aggregate number of seventy-five, at a salary not to exceed fifty cents
local currency each per dajj^.
Sec. 2. The payment of the salaries of the positions herein created
is hereby authorized out of the funds appropriated in section eleven
of Act Is umbered Five hundred and twelve.
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 3, 1903.
[No. 650.]
AN ACT providing for the employment of apprentices in the Bureau of Public
Printing, fixing their term of service and compensation, providing for the pay-
ment of extra compensation to native craftsmen in said Bureau, and repealing all
Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There may be employed in the Bureau of Public Printing
as many apprentices as in the judgment of the Secretary of Public
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Instruction the interests of the public service will permit, such appren-
tices to be selected by the Pubbc Printer subject to such requirements
as to age, physique, health, character, and education as may be pre-
scribed oy the Philippine Civil Service Board. Apprentices shall be
designated as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth class appren-
tices, and shall be paid and serve in each class as hereinafter pre-
scribed. All x)riginal appointments shall be to the sixth class, and
apprentices shall be required to serve at least three months in this
class at twentv cents per day before promotion to the fifth class, at
least six montns in the fifth class at thirty cents per day before pro-
motion to the fourth class, at least nine months in the fourth class at
forty cents per day before promotion to the third class, at least six
months in the third class at sixty cents per day before promotion to
the second class, at least six months in the second class at eighty cents
per day before promotion to the first class, and at least six months in
the first class at one dollar and ten cents per day, when they may be
rated in the Bureau of Public Printing as craftsmen. The promotion
or reduction of an apprentice from one class to another shall be made
by the Public Printer, and shall be based on the civil service efliciency
rating of the apprentice.
Sec. 2. Each native craftsman employed in the Bureau of Public
Printing at the end of three years or honest, faithful, satisfactory,
and continuous service in such Bureau from the date this Act becomes
effective shall be entitled to receive extra compensation as follows:
Ten cents per diem for each full day of actual service rendered at a
daily wage of sixty cents or more but less than one dollar and twenty
cents ; twenty cents per diem for each full day of actual service ren-
dered at a daily wage of one dollar and twenty cents or more but less
than one dollars and sixty cents ; and thirty cents per diem for each
full day of actual service rendered at a daily wage of one dollar and
sixty cents or more : Provided^ That on the recommendation of the
Public Printer, approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction, one
year's accumulated extra compensation may be paid at the conclusion
of two years' continuous service: And providm, further^ That in case
of the separation of any native craftsman from the Bureau of Public
Printing Def ore completing the three years' service herein prescribed
on account of permanent oisability or death, such native craftsman or
his estate, as the case may be, may, on the recommendation of the
Public Printer, approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction,
receive the extra compensation herein provided which may have
accumulated up to the time of his separation from service in the
Bureau. The time served by native craftsmen as second-class and
first-class apprentices shall be counted as a part of the three years'
honest, faithful, satisfactory, and continuous service for which extra
compensation is allowed by the provisions of this section. For the
purposes of this Act the services of native craftsmen shall be deemed
continuoas until such craftsmen are definitely separated from service
in the Bureau of Public Printing.
Sec. 3. There shall be kept m the Bureau of Public Printing an
accurate account of the extra compensation accruing under the pro-
visions of section two of this Act and the disbursing officer for the
Bureau shall pay the same to the persons entitled thereto, as the same
becomes due under and by virtue of this enactment, on the presenta-
tion of proper vouchers signed bj^the Public Printer and approved
by the Secretary of Public Instruction.
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Sec. 4. The compensation mentioned in this Act is stated in money
of the United States, but may be paid either in money of the United
States or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized rate, as may
be provided by law or order.
Sec. 5. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed.
* Sec. 6. 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. 7. This act shall take eflfect on March first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, March 3, 1903.
[No. 651.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-
three cents, in money of the United States, to be disbursed in local currency at
the authorized rate of exchange at the time of payment to Walcott I>e C. Beard,
former supervisor of Pangasinan, in lieu of salary for leave of absence earned by
him while employed by me Civil Government
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and
thirty-three cents. United States currency, payable in local currency
at the authorized rate of exchange at the time of payment, is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for Walcott Le C. Beard, former supervisor of Panga-
sman, in lieu of salary for leave of absence earned by him while in
the employ of the Civil Government.
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 4, 1903.
[No. 652.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, entitled **An Act
providing for the organization and government of an Insular Constabulary and for
the inspection of the municipal police," as amended, by providing that in the city
of Manila the Chief of Police, with the consent and approval of the Civil Governor,
shall license any resident thereof to have firearms in his possession.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. Section twenty-four of Act Numbered One hundred and
seventy-five, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and gov-
ernment of an Insular Constabulary and for the inspection of the
municipal police," as amended by Act Numbered Six hundred and ten,
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entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-
five, entitled 'An Act providing for the organization and government
of an Insular Constabulary and for the inspection of the municipal
police,' as amended," is Jbereby amended by substituting in lieu thereof
the following:
*^Sec. 24. The Civil Governor, the Chief of Philippines Constabu-
lary, the governors of provinces, with the consent and approval of the
Civil Governor, and the inspectors of Constabulary, with the consent
and approval of the Chief of Philippines Constabulary, may authorize
in writing any resident of the province to purchase or receive a gun
or revolver, or both, when satisfied that the person so purchasm^,
receiving, and having custody of the gun or revolver needs it for his
reasonable protection or will use it for hunting or other lawful pur-
poses only: Provided^ however^ That in the city of Manila such autnor-
ity shall be granted by the Chief of Police of said city with the consent
and approval of the Civil Governor. A list of the licenses issued here-
under shall be kept by the officer issuing them, and notice of the issue
of each license shall be given bv the issuing officer to the Chief of
Philippines Constabulary. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary shall
keep a record of all persons to whom written authority to keep an
arm or arms has been issued. The Civil Governor may, by executive
order, issue regulations as to the form of written authority to be
issued and provide for the exaction of a bond upon terms to be fixed
by him, which shall be conditioned for the safe keeping of the weapon
authorized to be purchased or held. Any person, not connected with
the Army or Navy of the United States or otherwise authorized by
law, having in his custody a gun. a revolver, or other firearm, or
ammunition for the same, who shall not have the license under this
section provided, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars and imprisonment not exceeding one year and one day."
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 oraer 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 4, 1903.
[No. 653.]
AN ACT amending sections three hundred and forty-four and three hundred and
forty-five of the rhilippine Customs Administrative Act, so as to provide for the
enforcement of certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures in the Court of Customs
Appeals.
By axdlwrity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
ConiTnisaion^ tnat:
Section 1. Section three hundred and forty- four of ''The Customs
Administrative Act" is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
'*Sec. 344. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures lawfully incurred or
imposed, not enforcible or collectible by collectors of customs, either
by reason of the nature of the statutory provision authorizing the same
or by reason of their being no property under the control of the col-
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lector upon which the lien for such liability created by the imposition
of the nne, penalty, or forfeiture can be enforced without a suit or
criminal prosecution, shall be reported by the collector within ten days,
together with a statement of all the facts and i^ircumstances of the case
witliin the collector's knowled^, or which may come to his knowledge
from time to time, together with the names of the witnesses and the
provisions of the law believed to be violated on which reliance may be
nad for condemnation or conviction. In such cases the decision of the
collector upon the Question of whether there is or is not property under
his control upon which the lien for such liability can be enforced shall
be final."
Sec. 2. Section three hundred and forty -five of "The Customs
Administrative Act" is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
' ' Sec. 345. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago,
upon receiving such report of the collector, shall cause suit or prose-
cution to be commenced without delay for the fines, penalties, and
other forfeitures by law in such cases provided in the Court of Cus-
toms Appeals, which court is hereby given jurisdiction to enforce the
fijies, penalties, and forfeitures against the persons upon whom the
same were imposed by ordering imprisonment at hard labor of the gruilty
person until such fimes, penalties, or forfeitures have been paid or
otherwise lawfully satisfied. The sentence shall provide that, if the
fine, penalty, or forfeiture is not paid, the imprisonment shall continue
a sufficient number of days to pay the same, with lawful costs, at the
rate of not less than twenty cents in money of the United States per
day for each da^'s imprisonment. The costs of prosecution shall be
add^ to the nne, penalty, or forfeiture ordered. The rate to be
allowed for each day's imprisonment shall be fixed by the court in its
judgment."
Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to all vessels,
and the owners and masters thereof, which are, or shall be, enfi^agea
either in the foreign or the cojistwise trade of the Philippine Islands,
whether by virtue of the Customs Administrative Act or otherwise.
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 eflFect on its passage.
Enacted, March 4, 1903.
[No. 654.]
AN ACT providing for an appeal from the decision of a single judge in habeas corpus
proceedings.
By avthorlty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whenever a writ of habeas corpus is made returnable
before a judge of the Supreme Court, or before a Court of First
Instance or a judge thereof, either in term time or in vacation, an
appeal may be taken from the judgment of the judge or court to the
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, whether the judgment be
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that the person alleged to be unlawfully detained should be released
and set at liberty or that he shall be remanded to the custody of the
oflScer or the jjerson detaining him. The appeal shall be taken in the
manner in this Act provided. If the prisoner is ordered to be
remanded by the judge or court, the appeal, if taken, shall be in the
name of the prisoner. If the order of the court or judge be that the
prisoner should be released, the appeal shall be taken in the name of
the officer or person detaining him. But if the detention is by reason
of civil proceedings, the party in interest or the person who caused
the imprisonment or detention shall be entitled to control the appeal
in the case last referred to. If the imprisonment or detention is by
virtue of criminal proceedings against the prisoner, the fiscal of the
province or the Prosecuting Attorney of tne City of Manila, as the
case may be, shall be entitled to control the appeal on behalf of the
Government, subject to the right of the Attorney-General to intervene
and represent the Government in all such cases.
Sec. 2. In case the decision of the court or judge is that the prisoner
shall be remanded to the custody of the officer or person detaining
him, the appeal shall not vacate such order, but it shall remain in full
force until the appeal shall have been determined by the Supreme
Court.
Sec. 3. In case the iudgment of the court or judge shall be that the
prisoner be dischargea, such discharge shall not be effective until the
officer or person detaining the prisoner has been notified of the decision
of the court or judge and given an opportunity to appeal. In case
the officer or person detaining the prisoner does not desire to appeal,
the prisoner snail be forthwith released, as provided in section five
hunared and forty -one of "An Act providing a code of procedure in
civil actions and special proceedings m the Philippine Islands;" but in
case the officer or person detaining the prisoner shall take an appeal
to the Supreme Court from the order discharging the prisoner as in
this Act provided, the court or judge shall suspend the order of release
until final decision of the Supreme Court upon the appeal, unless the
prisoner shall furnish good and sufficient bail to the satisfaction of the
court or judge ordering his release and in an amount sufficient to
secure his appearance and remand to custody should such be the final
order of the Supreme Court on the appeal. Bail ma}' be taken in the
form of a bond, or of a recognizance with sufficient surety, and shall
be for such a sum as the court deems reasonable — the circumstances
of the prisoner, and the nature of the offense charged, considered —
conditioned for his appearance before the Supreme Court to abide its
order in the appeal. Should the prisoner fail to provide such bail, or
enter into suca recognizance, he snail be committed to the custody of
the officer or person from whence he came until he shall enter into
such recognizance, or until the Supreme Court shall otherwise order.
Sec. 4. The appeal provided for in this Act shall be perfected by
filing with the clerk ot the Court of First Instance wherein the deci-
sion was rendered, or with the judge of the Supreme Court or a Court
of First Instance who granted the writ and made the order, within
twenty-four hours after the order has been made granting or refusing
the discharge of the prisoner, a statement that the person so appealing
is dissatisfied with the action of the court or judge in respect to the
order so made and appeals therefrom to the Supreme Court. The
clerk, or judge, as tne case may be, shall thereupon immediately
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tnuismit to the Supreme Coart the original petition for the writ of
habeas corpus, the writ of habeas corpus, the return thereon, a state-
ment of all the proceedings therein, and the original order discharging
or remanding tne prisoner, together with all the papers used upon the
hearing, and the orders in regard to appeal and the statement of
appeal The correctness of the papers shall be certified to by the clerk
or judge transmitting them.
Sec. 5. Upon the receipt of the appeal in habeas corpus proceedings
the Supreme Court shall forthwith proceed to hear and determine the
right of the prisoner to be released upon the appeal, and to order him
to be remanaed to custody, or to be released, as the law and facts of
the case may require. Such appeals shall take precedence over all
actions pending in the Supreme Court. The presence of the prisoner
in the Supreme Court at tne time of the hearing of the appeal shall not
>>e required, unless he has been set at liberty on bail as in this Act pro-
vided. If be has been at large on bail, his presence at the hearing shall
be required, and likewise at the time of the rendition of the judgment
by the Supreme Court, but his absence from the court shall not deprive
that court from proceeding, in its discretion, to hear the appeal and
render a decision thereon. In case the j udgment of the Supreme Court
shall be that he be remanded to custody, he shall forthwith be taken
into custody by the officer or person from whose custody he was
released. In case the judgment of the Supreme Court is that he shall
be released, he shall forthwith be so released. In case he shall not be
present when the appeal comes on for hearing, or for decision by the
Supreme Court, that court shall forthwith declare his bond or recog-
nizance forfeited, and shall also order that the prisoner be remanded to
the custody of the officer or person from whose custody he was taken.
The sum aue upon the forfeited bail or recognizance shall be collected
in the same manner as forfeited bail or recognizance in criminal pro-
ceedings are collected. Costs may be taxed for either party, as in other
actions in the Supreme Court.
Sec. 6. The prosecution of an appeal in habeas corpus proceedings
shall not operate to delay or postpone the original action or proceed-
ing to which the arrest or detention of the prisoner may have been
incident.
Sec. 7. In cases where an original petition for habeas corpus is filed
in the Supreme' Court, the Supreme Court shall have the power either
to decide on the face of the petition filed that no case has been made
for the issuing of a writ, or should such a case appear by the allega-
tions of the petition, to issue the writ and make the same returnable
and direct the hearing, either before the Supreme Court as a whole,
or any judge thereof, or any judge of a Court of First Instance.
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, and shall be appli-
cable to pending proceedings.
Enacted, March 4, 1903.
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[No. 655.]
AN ACT providing additional methods of enforcing the payment of the cedula tax;
repealing the provisions of existing law that no person shall be required to pay a
cedala tax who pays as taxes on real estate or industrial taxes an amount in excess
of one peso; ana exempting certain real estate of small value from land tax.
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section thirty of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
three, entitled "An Act to amend the Provincial Government Act.
Numbered Eiffhty-three," is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following words:
^^ Provided^ however^ That the provincial treasurer mav, in his dis-
cretion, enforce the collection of the cedula tax and penalty, after the
same shall remain delinouent for fifteen days, by causing the delin-
quent to be prosecuted before the president of the municipality in
which the delinquent shall reside for such delinquency, and upon con-
viction the person so delinquent shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for five days, and such imprisonment shall be deemed a satisfaction of
the tax and penalty and entitle the person so convicted, at the expira-
tion of his imprisonment, to the ceaula or certificate as though the tax
and penalty had been paid in money."
Sec. 2. Section thirty-four of said Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty- three, reading as follows:
"Sec. 34. For the year nineteen hundred and two, and succeeding
years, no person who shall pay to the province and municipality
togetner, as taxes on real estate, or as an industrial tax, an amount in
excess of one peso, shall be required to pay the cedula tax. The
receipt given for the land tax or the industrial tax shall contain the
particulars required above for the cedula or registration tax, and
shall be used for the same purpose of identification and to avoid dis-
qualification, to testify, to execute an instrument, to vote or to hold
office"—
is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. Whenever the entire final valuation of land or improve-
ments thereon, for the purposes of taxation, either in the city of
Manila or in any other one municipality, belonging to a single owner,
shall not exceed the sum of fifty aoUars, in United States currency,
no land tax shall be assessed or collected upon such land or improve-
ments. This section shall apply to all assessments of land taxes here-
after made, anything in existmg law to the contrary notwithstanding.
But all lands and improvements thereon shall be valued by the assess-
ors of real estate, whether more or less than fifty dollars in value, in
the manner provided by existing law.
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 oraer 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, March 4, 1903.
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[No. 666.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act
providing for the establishment of civil governments in the settlements of the non-
Christian tribes of the Province of Abra," by extending the time within which
owners of property are required to appear before the president of the township to
declare the value of property as a basis for taxation trom the thirty-firet of Janu-
ary, nineteen hundred and three, until the fifteenth of May, nineteen hundred
and three.
By authoHty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Co^nmission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Four himdred and forty- five, entitled
"An Act providing for the establishment of civil governments in the
settlements of the non-Christian tribes of the Province of Abra,'' is
hereby amended so that the requirement of sections fifty-two and
fifty-tnree of Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven, pro-
viding for the establishment of local civil governments in the town-
ships and settlements of Nueva Vizcaya, which by said Act Numbered
Four himdred and forty -five were made applicable to the settlements
of the non-Christian tribes of the Province of Abra, shall be sus-
pended in so far as they require property owners and taxpayers to
make a declaration of the value of their property before the president
of the township in which they live or in whidi their property lies
before the thirty -first day of January, nineteen hundred and tnree.
and it shall be a suflScient compliance for the year nineteen hundrea
and three with such sections of the law if the declarations therein
required are made before the fifteenth day of May, nineteen hundred
and three; and the provisions of law imposing penalties for failure to
make the proper declarations before the thirty -first of January, nine-
teen hundred and three, are modified so that, for the year nineteen
hundred and three, no penalties shall attach to failure to make such
declarations if they are made before the fifteenth day of May, nine-
teen hundred and three.
Sec. 2. The taxes for the year nineteen hundred and three in the
settlements of the non-Christian tribes of the Province of Abra may
be paid between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of October,
nineteen hundred and three, on a day or days during each month to
be fixed by the provincial supervisor-treasurer, and section fifty-eight
of Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-seven, in its application
under Act Numbered Four himdred and forty -five to the settlements
of the non-Christian tribes of the Province of Abra, for the year
nineteen hundred and three is accordingly amended.
Sec. 3. All penalties heretofore paid by property owners and tax-
Eyers for failmg to make declarations of the value of their property
fore the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and tnree,
as prescribed by the Acts above referred to, shall be repaid by the
provincial supervisor-treasurer to the persons paying the same.
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 himdred.
Sec. S. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 4, 1903.
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[No. 667.]
AN ACT amending section five of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-nine,
extending the proviaionB of **The Provincial Government Act" to the Province of
Nue va Eci ja and Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety-eight amendatory thereof,
By authority of the United Stdtes^ he it enacted hy the Philippvne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
nine, entitled ''An Act extending the provisions of *The Provincial
Government Act' to the Province of Nueva Ecija," as amended by Act
Numbered Three hundred and ninetv-eight, is hereby amended by
striking out the following words: " Which date shall not be later than
the first of January, nineteen hundred and three,'' so as to read as
follows:
" Sec. 5. The capital of the province shall be, as formerly, at the
town of San Isidro: Provided^ however^ That if at the semiannual
meeting of the presidents to be held on the third Monday of May,
nineteen hundred and two, under the preceding section, a majority of
all the presidents of the province shall vote to change the capital from
' San Isidro to some other town in the province, such town, arter a cer-
tain date to be decided upon by the provincial board, shall then become
the capital."
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 Conmiis-
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 4, 1903.
[No. 658.]
AN ACT changing the name of the pueblo of Patoc, in the Province of Abra, to that
of Pefiamibia.
JBy a/uthority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Uj>on the application of the municipal council for the
pueblo of Patoc,. in the Province of Abra, the name of such pueblo is
changed from Patoc to PeSarrubia.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the paj9sa^e 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, March 4, 1903.
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[No. 659.]
AN ACT amending section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six,
"The Land Resistration Act,'* so as to require that the necessary books, blanks,
and stationery for the use of the Court of Land Registration shall be purchased at
the expense of the Insular Government, and not of the city of Manila.
By aviharity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. That portion of section two of Act Numbered Four hun-
dred and ninety-six, "The Land Registration Act," which reads as fol-
lows: ''and shall provide all necessary books and such printed blanks
and stationery for use in registration proceedinffs as may be ordered
by the court hereby created," is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof
the following words shall be inserted:
"All necessary books, printed blanks, stationery, and office equip-
ment necessary for conducting the business of the court and the clerk
shall be paid tor from the Treasury of the Philippine Archipelago."
Sec. 2. All sums of money that have been paid or directed to be paid
by the city of Manila for any of the items named in the preceding sec-
tion, for the benefit of the Court of Land Registration, snail be repaid
to the city of Manila from the Treasury of the Philippine Archipelago.
Sec. 3. 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 4, 1903.
[No. 660.]
AN ACT authorizing the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and administrator of
the San Ldzaro estate to execute leases for certain lands of said estate with Rom^
Martinez y Andueza, Vicente Cenjor y Cano, and Mariano Velasco Chua Chengco.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippifve
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and admin-
istrator of the San Ldzaro estate is hereby authorized to execute
leases to the persons herein named for the lands hereinafter described,
which lands as herein designated by lot and block are so described on
the general plat and form a part of the property conmionly known as
the Mayhaligue or San Lfizaro estate:
(a) A lease with Romdn Martinez y Andueza, for the period of
seven years, to date from the first day of January, nineteen hundred
and two, for lot twelve of block four;
ip) A lease with Vicente Cenjor y Cano, for the period of eight
years, to date from the first day of January, nineteen and one, for lot
one of block four;
{c) A lease with Mariano Velasco Chua Chengco, for the period of
seven years, to date from the first day of January, nineteen hundred
and two, for lot fifty -eight of block twelve.
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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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 5, 1903.
[No. 661.]
AN ACT authorizing the employment of school-teachers as third and fourth class
observers for the Philippme Weather Bureau, under certain circumstances.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
CoHi mission^ that:
Section 1. In municipalities where third or fourth class stations of
the Philippine Weather Bureau are established, and where other suit-
able persons are not available for appointment as observers, the Director
of the Philippine Weather Bureau is authorized in his discretion to
appoint public school-teachers as third or fourth class observers of the
Weather Bureau: Provided^ hmvever^ That such appointment shall not
be made where service in the Weather Bureau shall interfere with the
regular duties of such teachers, and the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment there is such
interference, to withhold his consent to further seiTice by such teach-
ers under this section, and thereafter such service shall cease. Persons
so appointed are hereby authorized to receive the regular salaries of
third or fourth class observers of the Weather Bureau in addition to
the compensation which they receive as teachers, the provisions of
Act Numbered One hundred and forty -eight to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Sec. 2. This Act shall be retroactive so far as concerns the appoint-
ment of C. C. Brown, of Borongan, Samar, and Charles Stone, of
Cuyo, Cuyo, and the payment of the salary of a fourth-class observer
to each of these gentlemen for the period during which he has actually
served as a fourth-class observer is hereby authorized.
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 5, 1903.
[No. 662.]
AN ACT changing the boundaries of the Provinces of La Union and Bengaet so that
the rancheria of Galiano shall be included in the Province of La Union, and the
rancheria of Disdis shall be included in the Province of Benguet.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The existing boundary line separating the Provinces of
lia Union and Benguet between Mount Lusen on the south and Mount
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Bimmaka on the north, is hereby abolished, and a new boundary is
hereby established between these points extendingf in a straight line
from the highest point of Mount Lusen in a northwesterly direction
to the hijjhest point of the Cuesto Santo Domingo, and from this point
in a straight line to the highest point on Mount Bimmaka, so that the
rancheria of Galiano shall be included in the Province of La Union,
and the rancheria of Disdis shall be included in the Province of Ben-
guet.
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 5, 1903.
[No. 663.]
AN ACT amending section twenty-eight of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled
**The Municipal Code."
£y authority of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Comynission^ tnat:
Section 1. Section twenty -eight, paragraph (a), of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, entitled "The Municipal Code," is hereby amended to
read as follows:
''Sec. 28. {a) No municipal oflScer shall be directly or indirectlj^
interested in any contract work, or cockpits^ or other permitted games
and amusements, or business of the municipality, or in the purchase
of any real estate or any other property belonging to the corporation."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment or 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 its passage.
Enacted, March 5, 1903.
[No. 664,]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty-three, authorizing the
publication by the Insular Government of an Official Gazette, by providing for a
further distribution of free copies of such Gazette, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States, ie it enacted hy the PhiMppine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Sections three and four of Act Numbered Four hundred
and fifty -three, authorizing the publication by the Insular Grovem-
ment of an Official Gazette, are hereby amended to read as follows:
*'Sec. 3. The Official Gazette shall be published weekly in two
parts, one part in English and the other in Spanish. Each part shall
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be issued separately and shall contain all legislative Acts and all reso-
lutions of a public nature of the Insular Legislature, all executive
orders, such as decisions or abstracts of decisions of the Supreme
Court, the Court of Customs Appeals, and the Court of Land Kegis-
tration, as may be deemed by said courts of suflScient importance to
be printed and published, and such other oflScial documents as are
usually published in an official gazette which may be designated for
publication by the Secretary of Public Instruction or which may be
recommended for publication by the editor and approved by the
Secretary of Public Instruction.
"Sec. 4. The Official Gazette shall be delivered on subscriptions
received at the rate of six dollars, United States currency^ per year,
payable in advance, and shall be sold at fifteen cents. United States
currency, per single copy. Each provincial and municipal govern-
ment smll subscribe for one copy of such Grazette and pay for the
same out of provincial or municipal funds, and such copy shall be filed
and safely kept with the public records of the province or municipality
for reference. Subscriptions may be made by the provinces or munic-
ipalities for such additional copies of the Gkizette for distribution
among the provincial or municipal officers as they may deem necessary.
A number of copies of each number of the Gazette, not exceeding five,
may be retained by the Public Printer for the official use of the
Bureau of Public Printing, two copies shall be deposited in the library
of the Commission, the custodian of which library shall see to it that
these copies are properly indexed, bound, and preserved in the library,
and one copy shall be deposited with each of the following officers
weekly; The Civil Governor, the Secretaries of the several Executive
Departments, the members of the Philippine Commission, the Justices
of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Court of Customs Appeals,
the Courts of First Instance, and the Court of Land Registration, the
justices of the peace, the Executive Secretary, and the heads of the
various Bureaus and Offices under the Insular Government. These
copies shall be the property of the Insular Government, shall remain
on file in the respective offices supplied, and shall be turned over by a
retiring incumbent to his successor. One copy of each number of the
OfficialGazette may also be sent, without charge, to the following
officers: The President of the United States and each member of his
Cabinet, the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission,
the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, District of Columbia,
the Commanding General of the Army in the Philippines, the com-
manding generals of each of the several Departments and the Judge-
Advocate of the Division of the Philippines, the commanding officer
of the fleet on this station, the commandant of the naval station,
Cavite, and twenty copies of each number shall be sent to the Bureau
of Insular Affairs, and ten copies to the Library of Congress, Wash-
ington,^ District of Columbia. Copies may also be exchanged with
such similar publications as may be designated by the Secretary of
Public Instruction. Postage on copies forwarded on subscription or
exchange to foreign ports snail be borne by the Insular Government."
Sec. 2. All previous laws and orders relating to the distribution of
Sublic documents are hereby repealed in so far as they relate to the
istribation of the Official Gazette.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited 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. 4. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, March 5, 1903.
[No. 665.]
AN ACT to amend section two hundred and forty-one of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety, the code of procedure in civil actions and-special proceedincs,
BO as to declare that the words ** public use** shall include military posts for tiie
use of United States forces stationed in the Philippine Islands, and authorizing
the institution of proceedings for condemnation of lands for such purposes in the
name of the UnitM States, and providing a method of procedure in cases where
the owners of land sought to be condemned are not known.
By authartty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two hundred and forty-one 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," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the f(HK)w-
ing words: •
''The words 'public use' in this section shall include the use of land
in these Islands for the construction and maintenance of military posts
to be occupied by United States forces stationed in the Philippine
Islands, and an action in the name of and on behalf of the Philippine
Insular Government for the enforcement of the right of eminent
domain for the public use thus described may be instituted under this
section and the title acquired by the Philippine Government in this
land shall be indefeasible and, in furtherance of the use herein
described, may be by the Philippine Government, in accordance with
a resolution of the Philippine Commission, transferred by a duly
executed deed of the Civil Governor to the IJnited States forever."
Sec. 2. An action for the enforcement of the right of eminent
domain on behalf of the Government of the United States may be
instituted in the name of the Government of the United States upon
the direction of the President of the United States or the Secretary of
War, or upon the application of the Commanding General of the
United States Army, Division of the Philippines.
Sec. 3. Section two hundred and fifty-three of said Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following words:
^' Provided^ nevertheless^ That when it shall be made to appear to the
court that the interest of each of the several defendants in tne land, or
any interest therein, can not be clearly ascertained in the proceedings,
or when it shall appear that the names of the several owners are not all
known and can not be ascertained, the court mav order the payment of
the amount of damages awarded into court in the manner provided in
section two hundred and forty-seven, and direct that it shall there
remain until the land and interests therein involved in the litigation
shall be brought under the operation of 'The Land Kegistration Act,'
and it shall thereupon be the duty of all parties claiming the land, or
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an interest therein, to perfect their claims in the Court of Land Regis-
tration within a time to be fixed by the court wherein the proceedings
for eondenmation of the land are pending, and that all interests and
titles not so perfected shall be adjudged to be invalid. For good cause
shown, the court may extend the time originally fixed for perfecting
the title in the Court of Land Re^stration. Upon the final perfect-
ing of the title, and proof thereof m the court in which the condemna-
tion proceedings are pending, that court shall adjudge and award the
damages that have been allowed to the parties whose rights have been
thus established, and shall further adjudge that no other parties are
entitled to an interest in said land or the improvements thereon, and
the rights of any other persons claiming the land, or any interest
therein, shall be forever tnereafter barred."
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 eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, March 5, 1903.
[No. 6m.]
AN ACT defining property in trade-marks ^d in trade-names and providing for the
protection of the same, aefining unfair competition and providing remedies against
the same, providing registration for trade-marks and trade-names, and defining the
effect to be given to registration under the Spanish royal decree of eighteen Hun-
dred and eighty-eight relating to the r^istration of trade-marks and the effect to
be given to registration under this act.
JBy authority of the United /States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Sechon 1. A trade-mark is a 'name, emblem, sign, or device,
employed by any person, firm or corporation, to designate the goods
dealt in or manufactured by such person, firm or corporation, for the
purpose of enabling the public to recognize such goods and manu-
facture, and to distinguish them from the goods and manufactures of
others.
Sec. 2. Anyone who produces, or deals in, merchandise of any
kind by actual use thereof in trade may appropriate to his exclusive
use a trade-mark, not so appropriated by another, to designate the
origin or ownership thereof: Provided^ That a designation or part of
a designation which relates only to the name, quality, or descriptioi^
of the merchandise or geographical place of its production or origin,
can not be the subject of a trade-mark.
Sec. 3. The ownership or possession of a trade-mark, heretofore or
hereafter appropriated, as in the foregoing section provided, shall be
recognized and protected in the same manner, and to the same extent,
as are other property rights known to the law. To this end any per-
son entitled to the exclusive use of a trade-mark to designate the
origin or ownership of goods he has made or deals in, may recover
damages in a civil action from any person who has sold goods of a
similar kind, bearing such trade-mark, and the measure of the dam-
ages suffered, at the option of the complaining party, shall be either
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the reasonable profit which the complaining party would have made
had the defendant not sold the goods with the trade-mark aforesaid,
or the profit which the defendant actually made out of the sale of the
goods with the trade-mark, and in cases where actual intent to mislead
the public or to defraud the owner of the trade-mark shall be shown,
in tne discretion of the court, the damages may be doubled. The
complaining party, upon proper showing, may have a preliminary
injunction restraining the defendant temporarily from use of the trade-
mark pending the hearing, to be granted or dissolved in the manner
Erovided in the code of civil procedure, and such injunction upon final
earing, if the complainant's property in the trade-mark and the
defencfent's violation thereof shall be fully established, shall be made
perpetual, and this injunction shall be part of the judgment for dam-
ages to be rendered in the same cause as above provided.
Sec. 4. In order to justify recovery for violation of trade-mark
rights in the preceding sections defined, it shall not be necessary to
show that the trade-marks have been registered under the royal decree
of eighteen hundred and eightv -eight, providing for registration of
trade-marks in the Philippine Islands, in force during the Spanish sov-
ereignty in these Islanos, nor shall it be necessary to show that the
trade-mark has been registered under this Act. It shall be sufficient
to invoke protection of his property in a trade-mark, if the party com-
plaining shall prove that he ha!s used the trade-mark claimed by him
upon his goods a sul&cient len^h of time so that the use of the trade-
mark by another would be an mjury to him and calculated to deceive
the public into the belief that the goods of that other were the goods
manufactured or dealt in by the complaining party.
Sec. 5. A trade-name is the name, device, or mark by which is
intended to be distinguished from that of others, the business, profes-
sion, trade or occupation in which one may be engaged and in which
goods are manufactured or sold to the public, work is done for the
public, or professional services are rendered to the public. It is not
essential that the trade-name should appear on the goods manufactured
or dealt in by the person owning or usmg the same. It is sufficient if
the trade-name is used by way of advertisements, signs over the place
of business, upon letter heads, and in other ways to furnish to the
public a method of distinguishing the business, trade, or occupation
of the person owning and using such name. Property in trade-names
shall be as fully protected as property in a trade-mark by the civil
remedies provided in section three of this Act for the protection of
property m trade-marks.
Sec. 6. Any person who, with intent to defraud the public or the
owner of a trade-mark or trade-name, shall use the trade-mark of
another on his goods offered for sale, or the trade-name of another in
his business, occupation or profession, and any person who, knowing
that a trade-mark nas been fraudulently used on goods with the intent
aforesaid, shall sell such goods or offer the same for sale and any per-
son who shall knowingly aid or abet another in such fraudulent use of
a trade-mark or trade-name, shall be punished by a fine of not exceed-
ing two thousand five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceed-
ing three years, or both, in the discretion of the court. Any person
knowing the purposes for which such trade-mark or trade-name is to
be used, and that it is the property of one person, prints, lithographs,
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or in any way reproduces such trade-mark or trade-name, or a color-
able imitation thereof, for another person, to enable that other person
fraudulently to use such trade-marK or trade-name in the deception of
the public and the defrauding of the real owner of the trade-mark or
trade-name, shall be punishSi by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding eighteen months, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 7. Any person who in selling his goods shall give them the gen-
eral appearance of goods of another manufacturer or dealer, either in
the wrapping of the packages in which they are contained, or the
devices or words thereon, or in any other feature of their appearance,
which would be likely to influence purchasers to believe that the goods
offered are those of a manufacturer or dealer other than the actual
manufacturer or dealer, and who clothes the goods with such appear-
ance for the purpose of deceiving the public. and defrauding another
of his legitimate trade, or any subsequent vendor of such goods or any
agent of any vender engaged in selling such goods with a like pur-
pose, shall be guilty of unfair competition, and shall be liable to an
action for damages, in which the measure shall be the same as that
provided for a violation of trade-mark rights, together with discretion-
ary power in the court to impose double damaj^es, if the circumstances
call for the same. The injured party may also have a remedy by
injunction similar to that provided for in cases of violation of trade-
marks. This section applies in cases where the deceitful appearance
of the goods, misleading as to origin or ownership, is eflfected not by
means of tecnnical trade-marks, emblems, si^ns, or devices, but by the
general appearance of the package containing the goods, or by the
devices or words thereon, even though such packages, devices, or words
are not by law capable of appropriation as trade-marks; and in order
that the action shall lie under this section, actual intent to deceive the
public and defraud a competitor shall afiirmatively appear on the part
of the person sought to be made liable, but such intent may be inferred
from similarity in the appearance of the goods as packed or offered
for sale to those of the complaining party.
Sec. 8. Any person guilty of unfair competition, as defined in the
preceding section, in addition to the civil remedies to which he may
be subject, shall also be liable criminally, in case of conviction for the
same, to a fine of not exceeding two thousand dollars or imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 9. No action, or suit, or criminal prosecution shall be maintained
under the provisions of this Act in any case where the violation of the
trade-mark or trade-name or the unfair competition complained of has
been in any unlawful business, or with respect to any article trade in
which is unlawful, or is against public policy, or in any case where the
trade-mark, trade-name, or the indicia of origin, ownership, or manu-
facture have been used by the complaining and injured party for the
purpose of himself deceiving the public with respect to the character
of tne merchandise sold byliim or of the business or profession or
occupation carried on by him.
Sec. 10. The use of a trade-mark or trade-name by the assignee of
the original manufacturer or dealer who first used and established the
exclusive right to use such trade-mark or trade-name in his business,
shall be la^ul and shall be protected under this Act if the fact of the
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assienment from the original owner is shown in association with the
trade-mark or trade-name wherever used by the assignee.
Sec. 11. The owners of trade-marks or trade-names domiciled in the
Philippine Islands, or the United States, or in any foreign country
which by treaty, convention, or law affords similar privileges to the
citizens of the United States and of the Philippine Islands, maj^ obtain
registration of such trade-marks or trade-names by complying with
the following recjuirements:
First. By caasmg to be recorded in the Bureau of Patents, Copy-
rights, and^ Trade-Marks a statement specifying the name, domicile,
location, and citizenship of the applicant; the general class or classes
of merchandise to which the trade-mark claimed nas been appropriated;
or in case of a trade- name the description of the business, profession,
or occupation it is to distinguish; a description of the traae-markor
trade-name itself, with facsimiles thereof, and a statement of the mode
in which the same is applied and affixed to goods, or is to be used in
the business, profession or occupation, and tne length of time during
which the trade-mark or trade-name has been used.
Second. By paying into the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and
Trade-Marks the sum of twenty -five dollars in money of the United
States and complying with such regulations as may be prescribed by
the Chief of said Bureau.
Sec. 12. The application prescribed in the foregoing section must
be accompanied by a written declaration verified by the person, or by
a member of the hrm, or by an officer of the corporation applying, to
the effect that such party has at the time a right to the use of the
trade-mark or trade-name sought to be registered, and that no other
person, firm, or corporation has the right to such use, either in the
identical form or in any such near resemblance thereto as might be
calculated to deceive; and that the description and facsimiles presented
for registry truly represent the trade-mark sought to be registered.
Sec. 13. The time of the receipt of any such application shall be
noted and recorded. But no alleged trade-mark or trade-name shall
be registered which is merely the name, quality, or description of the
merchandise upon which it is to be used or the geographical place of
its production or origin, or which is identical with a registered or
known trade-mark owned by another and appropriate to the same class
of merchandise, or which so nearly resembles another person's lawful
trade-mark or trade-name as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake
in the mind of the public, or to deceive purchasers. In an application
for registration the Chief of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and
Trade-Marks shall decide the presumptive lawfulness of claim to the
alleged tmde-mark.
Sec. 14. Certificates of registration of trade-marks and trade-names
under the Spanish sovereignty in these Islands unannulled, under the
royal decree of eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall be conclusive
evidence of the exclusive right of ownership of such trade-marks or
trade-names in respect to the goods and articles of merchandise or the
business, profession, or occupation to which they by the terms of the
registration apply.
Sec. 15. Certificates of registry of trade-marks and trade-names shall
be issued in the name of the Insular Government of the Philippine
Archipelago, under the seal of the Department of the Interior, and
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shall be signed by the Chief of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights
and Trade-Marks, and a record thereof, together with printed copies
of the specific trade-marks or trade-names, shall be kept by him in
books for that purpose. Certified copies of trade-marKs or trade-
names and of statements and declaration filed therewith, and original
certificates of registry, shall be evidence in any suit in which such
trade-marks or trade-names shall be brought into controversy. But
reg'istrationof trade-marks and trade-names under this Act shall only be
prima facie evidence of the exclusive right by the person securing the
registration to use the same. '
Sec. 16. A certificate of registry shall remain in force for thirty
years from its date, except in cases where the trade-mark is claimed
for, and applied to, articles not manufactured in this country, and in
which it receiver protection under the Jaws of a foreign country for a
shorter period, in which case it shall cease to have any force in this
country by virtue of this Act at the time that such trade-mark ceases
to be exclusive property elsewhere. At any time during the six months
prior to the expiration of the term of thirty years, such registration
may be renewed on the same terms and for a like period.
Sec. 17. Applicants for registration under this Act shall be credited
for any fee or part of a fee heretofore paid into the Bureau of Patents,
Copyrights ana Trade-Marks, with intent to procure protection for the
same trade-mark or trade-name.
Sec. 18. Any person who shall procure the registry of a trade-mark,
or of himself as the owner of a trade-mark or trade-name, or an entry
respecting a trade-mark or trade-name, in the Bureau of Patents, Copy-
rights and Trade-Marks, by a false or fraudulent representation or
declaration, orally or in writing, or by any fraudulent means, or any
person who shall aid or abet such fraudulent procuring of registry,
shall be liable to pay any damages sustained in consequence thereof to
the injured party; and snail further be liable to criminal prosecution,
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year and one
day, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 19. The Chief of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-
Marks is authorized to make rules and regulations and prescribe forms
for the transfer of the ri^ht to use trade-marks or trade-names and for
recording such transfers in his oflSce.
Sec. 20. The citizens and residents of this country wishing the pro-
tection of trade-marks in any foreign country, the laws of which require
registration here as a condition precedent to getting such protection
there, may register their trade-marks for that purpose, as is above
allowed to foreigners, and have certificate thereof from the Bureau of
Patents, Copyrights and Trade-Marks, upon payment of the same fee
as that required by section eleven.
Sec. 21. All the duties appertaining to the Bureau of Patents, Copy-
rights and Trade-Marks are hereby devolved upon the Chief of the
Bureau of Forestry.
Sec. 22. The royal decree of eighteen hundred and eighty -ei^ht as
to the registration of trade-marks, as continued in force by military
order, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 23. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 6, 1903.
422 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 667.]
AN ACT prescribing the method of applying to governments oi mnnicipalitiee, ex-
cept the city of Manila, and of provincee for franchises to construct and operate
street railway, electric light and power and telephone lines, the conditions upon
which the same may be granted, certain powers of the grantees of said franchues
and of grantees of similar franchises under special act of the Commission, and for
other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Coinjnisnon^ that:
. Sectign 1. Whenever an^ person or corporation authorized to do
such business in the Philippine Islands shall desire a franchise to con-
struct and maintain an electric street railway, a telephone plant and
line, or an electric light or power plant and line, he shall file a formal
application with the council of the municipality in which or through
which he desires to construct and maintain nis line, stating the general
route of his proposed line, whether on public streets, or roads, or on
private property, the approximate length of the line, the time within
which he will begin its construction, the time within which he will
complete it, the character of the materials which he expects to use,
and the rates per passenger on the electric street railway line, and per
kilo of freight, if he intends to carry freight thereon, the rate per
month for the use of telephones, and the rate per month for electric
light, by lamp of specified standard candlepower, and by amount of
electricity consumed where a meter is used; it shall also state the I'ate
per cent of the gross receipts which he is willing to pay into the
provincial treasury for the franchise.
. Sec. 2. The municipal council is authorized to accept the proposi-
tion of the petitioner upon certain fixed conditions as follows, to wit:
First. That the francnise shall not exceed thirty -five years in dura-
tion and shall not be exclusive.
Second. That not less than one-half of one per cent of the gross
earnings shall be paid into the provincial treasury.
Third. That the rates to be charged shall always be subject to regu-
lation by Act of the Philippine Commission or the legislative body of
the Islands.
Fourth. That failure to construct within the time limited shall be
ground for forfeiture at the option of the municipalities and provinces
through which the lines run, with the approval of the Civil Governor.
Fifth. That in case of the construction of an electric railway the
person or company receiving the franchise shall be under continuing
obligation to keep the highway in repair between rails and eighteen
inches on each side of the track.
Siith. That in electric light or power franchises there shall always
be a tenn requiring the placing or poles, the insulation of wires, and
their stringing on poles, in such a manner as to aflford every reason-
able precaution against injury to the public or danger of fire, and to
cause no unnecessary injury or inconvenience to private owners. The
grantee of the franchise, in the maintenance and operation of the line,
shall be constantly subject to reasonable regulations for this purpose
by the municipal council and the provincial board.
Seventh. That no franchise shall become operative until the same
shall have been approved, first by the municipal council, secondly by
the provincial board, and finally by the Civil Governor.
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Eighth. That failure to build and maintain any part of the lines
granted, without the consent of the municipal council and the provin-
cial board, shall, if approved by the Civil Governor, constitute a
ground for forfeiture, at the option of the municipality.
Ninth. That no franchise shall be granted until after the applicant
shall have deposited, in cash or in negotiable bonds of the united
States or other securities to be approved by the Civil Governor, in
the Insular Treasury, a sum not less than ten per cent of five thousand
dollars in case of telephone or electric light or power lines, and not
less than ten per cent of fifteen thousand dollars in case of electric
street railways, as an earnest of the good faith of the application.
Within six months after the franchise shall be granted the nmety per
cent of the sums above stated shall be deposited, and the whole deposit
thus made shall be retained in the Insular Treasury as security for
the completion of the work to be done by the applicant within* the
time specified in the franchise. The amount of the deposit, either as
an earnest of the good faith of the application or as securitv for the
completion of the work, may be increased by the municipal council,
the provincial board, or the Civil Governor over and above the sums
in this section mentioned. In case the ninetv per cent of the whole
deposit is not made within six months after the franchise is granted,
the ten per cent already deposited shall be forfeited to the province
or provinces in which the road was to be constiiicted. In case, after
the deposit of the ninety per cent of the sum or sums above men-
tioned, the work to be done under the franchise is not be^un within
the time specified or is not completed within the time specified in the
franchise, the whole deposit may be forfeited, at the option of the
municipality, provincial board, and the Civil Governor, to the prov-
ince as liquiaated damages for the breach of the contract involved in
the acceptance of the iranchise: Provided^ however. That provision
may be made in the franchise by which, after work shall be begun,
the money or funds deposited may be delivered to the grantee of the
franchise as the work progresses, monthly or quarterly, in the pro-
portion which the work done bears to the work to be done.
Tenth. That no franchise shall be operative for any purpose until
the same shall be accepted in writing oy the grantee thereof and the
acceptance filed in the oflSce of the S^retary of Commerce and Police.
But this provision shall not be used as a deiense by the grantee where
he has begun to exercise the privileges conferred by the franchise and
has incurred liability by forfeiture or otherwise to the municipality
or province.
Sec. 3. In addition to the conditions above required as part of every
granting of a franchise, the municipality or the provincial board may
stipnlate for such additional conditions, in favor of the public, as may
seem to it wise.
Sec. 4. In cases where, in the opinion of the Civil Governor, such
a course would result in benefit to the public, he may require that the
letting of a franchise in any municipality or province shall be put up
for public bid, after due aaveiiisement to be prescribed by him; but
in eai»e8 where, in his judgment, there is likely to be but one bidder,
and no benefit would accrue to the public by requiring the expense and
delay of advertising, he is authorized to dispense with the same upon
petition from the municipality and provincial board.
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Sec. 5. Every franchise granted hereunder shall contain a provision
that it is granted subject to the power of Congress to alter, modify,
or repeal the same in accordance with the Act of Congress entitled
"An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs
of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,"
approv^ July first, nineteen hundred and two.
bEC. 6. There shall be no power on the part of the municipal council
or the provincial board in the granting of franchises to contract for
the exemption from taxation of the property of the grantee of the
franchise; such exemption can only be granted by special Act of the
Conmiission.
Sec. 7. The books of the person or corporation maintaining and
operating a line of street railway, telephone, or electric light or power
plant under this law, shall always be open to the inspection of the pro-
vincial treasurer or a deputy designated by him for the purpose, and
it shall be the duty of the grantee of the franchise operating under the
same to submit to the provincial treasurer quarterly reports showing
the gross receipts and the net receipts for the quarter past and the
general condition of the business. The percentage of gross receipts,
which by the terms of the franchise are to be paid by the grantee
thereof, shall be paid in quarterly installments^ and shall be paid to
the provincial treasurer for deposit in the provmcial treasury. One-
half thereof shall be retained for provincial purposes, and the other
half shall be distributed to the municipalities m which the line of rail-
way, telephone line, or electric light or power line is constructed; and
where the line runs through more than one municipality, the one-half
of the receipts shall be distributed between the two or more munici-
palities in proportion to the mileage of the line in each.
Sec. 8. The quarterly reports of the grantee- of the franchise,
required in the preceding section, shall be in duplicate and the pro-
vincial treasurer shall forward one of them to the Insular Auditor,
who shall keep the same on file.
Sec. 9. Franchises may be granted for the operation of an electric
street railway line, electric light or power line, or electric telephone
line, in two or more provinces; but in such cases the grant shall be
made not only by the municipalities through which the line runs, but
also by the action of the provincial boards of the provinces in which
the proposed lines are to be, and in such cases the distribution of the
percentage of gross receipts for the franchise shall be between the
provinces in proportion to the mileage therein.
Sec. 10. The owner of an electric street railway, electric telephone
line, or an electric light or power line constructed under this law, or
by authority of a special Act of the Commission, shall have the power
to issue a mortgage upon the franchise, plant, equipment, and projperty
owned and operated in connection with the franchise, which shall con-
stitute a first lien on the entire property, movable and immovable,
then in possession of or subsequently acquired by the owner of the
franchise and used by him in operation under the franchise. Such
mortgage shall not prevent the sale of movables or personal property
of the owner when the same shall have ceased to be useful for the
maintenance and operation of the line free from the lien, but the lien
shall attach to all property purchased and substituted in the proper
equipment of the line. In order that the mortgage shall constitute a
prior lien as against purchasers of immovables, the mortgage having
been dulv executed in accordance with law shall be filed with the
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registrar or registrars of land in the province or provinces in which
the line is. When the mortgage is foreclosed and the property sold
thereunder in accordance with its terms, as a whole, the sale shall include
the franchise, which may pass bj assignment to the assignee and be
enjoyed by him. If he is otherwise competent to do such business in
the Philippine Islands, in accordance with its terms. The mortgage
may be issued to secure one loan or to secure a number of negotiable
bonds, the owners of which shall be represented by one or more
trustees, who shall be the grantee or grantees of the mortgage.
Sec. 11. The franchise, when granted, shall be spresS upon the
minutes of the municipal council, upon the jninutes of the provincial
board, and a copy of the same, certified by the provincial secretary,
shall be foi^warded to the Secretary of Commerce and Police, by him
to be tiled in the records of the Executive Bureau.
Sec. 12. Neither the provincial board nor the council of any munic-
ipality shall have power to confer the right to use water power
derived from any of the streams in such province or municipality in
connection with the franchise, the granting of which is herein pro-
vided for. Water power rigjhts are nereby declared to be grantable
only by and in accordance with Acts of the Commission.
Sec. 13. The grantee of a franchise for an electric street railway,
electric light or power or telephone line, granted hereunder, or under
any special Act of the Commission, shall have the power of condemn-
ing private property reasonably needed for the construction of its
line, to be exercised by a special proceeding begun in the proper
Court of First Instance, with such auxiliary proceedings as may be
necessary in the Court* of Land Registration according to law; but
such power of eminent domain shall only be exercised after approval
by the Civil Governor, to be given before the judicial proceedings are
b^un.
Sec. 14. Nothing herein contained, except the language of sections
ten and thirteen, shall have application to electric street railways,
electric light or power or telephone lines, or to the grantees of fran-
chises for the same, in the city of Manila.
Sec. 15. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Commission
from granting a special franchise to erect and maintain an electric
street railway, or electric light or power or telephone line when, in
the opinion of the Commission, the franchise applied for shall involve
the construction of a line so long and important as to justify the exer-
cise of insular authority in granting the franchise without requiring
action by municipal and provincial governments to give it legality
and force.
Sec. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 6, 1903.
[No. 668.]
AN ACT appropriating fifty thonsand dollars in money of the United States, to be
disbursed oy the disbursing agent of the Government of the Philippine Islands
resident in Washington, District of Columbia.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is herebjr appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thou-
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sand dollars, in money of the United States, to be paid to the disburs-
ing f^ent of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, resident
in Washington, District of Columbia, appointc^under Act Numbered
One hundmi and twenty-nine. The sum hereby appropriated shall be
devoted to the payment of such bilb of the Civil Government of the
Philippine Islands as may be, or may have been, approved by the Sec-
retary of War, or ordered paid by the Civil Governor.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expeditcNi 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 6, 1903.
[No. 669.]
AN ACT authoriziog the improvement of the river front on the soath Bide of the Pasi^
River at the expense of the civil government by the taking down of a part of the
city wall of Manila and the erection of a river wall, and the reclaiming of land
behind the same, and providing the mode in which such work shall be done.
By avthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philvppine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. That part of the city wall extending from the Santo
Domingo Gate to the Almacen Gate, along thef south side of the Pasig
River, m the city of Manila, shall be taken down. The moat between
the bridge of tne Santo Domingo Gate and the Pasig River shall be
filled up after proper drainage pipes have been constructed, allowing
the drainage from the rest of the moat to drain into the Pasig River,
and a river wall shall be constructed from or near the east bank of the
moat where it empties into the Pasig River to a point opposite and at
or near the present site of the Almacen Gate. The bottom of the river
behind this wall thus newly to be constructed shall be reclaimed by
filling in behind the wall sufficient earth or other material to make the
space filled level with the surrounding land. The river in front of the
wall shall be dredged to the depth of eighteen feet so as to permit
the mooring alongside of the wall of the largest steamers which enter
the river. The improvement hereby authorized and directed shall be
in accordance with the general plan prepared by Major Sears, Corps of
Engineers of the United States Army, in charge of the Port Works of
Manila, and Captain McGregor, Corps of Engineers of the United
States Army, then acting as City Engineer, which plan was one of two
plans prepared and submitted by sucn engineers and is the one known
as Plan Number Two, now on file in the office of the Commission.
Sec. 2. All the land between the river wall and Calle Maestranza,
including that to be reclaimed and that which is now covered by the
city wallto be taken down by virtue of this Act, is hereby declared to
be property of the Insular Government and subject to the disposition
of the Commission only, in accordance with the provisions of the Act
of Congress approved July second, nineteen hundred and two. The
cost of this improvement shall be defrayed out of the funds of the
Insular Treasury.
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Sec. 3. The improvement authorized and enjoined in section one of
this Act shall be carried on under the immediate direction of the Citj^
Engineer of Manila and under the supervision of the Consulting Engi-
neer of the Commission. The plans and specifications for the improve-
ment shall be prepared by the City Engineer and concurred in by the
Consulting En^neer of the Conmiission as soon as practicable. The
plans and specifications thus prepared shall be submitted to the Muni-
cipal Board and to the Civil Governor for the approval of each, and
wnen thus approved shall be the plans and specincations upon which
bids as hereinafter provided shall be invited and the work done.
Sec. 4. After the plans and specifications shall be finally approved
as directed in the preceding section, the City Engineer shall advertise
for bids for the construction of the work in two papers printed in the
English language in the city of Manila and in two papers printed in
the Spanish language in the city of Manila, and- also in one paper
print^ in Hongkong and in a paper printed in Singapore, at least
once a week for three weeks. Bids shall be received within one month
after the first publication in the newspapers in Manila. Bids shall be
opened in the presence of the Municipal Board and the contract shall
be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, upon the recommend-
ation of the City Engineer and the Consulting Engineer, and with the
approval of the CivilGovernor. Authority snail be reserved to reject
any and all bids. If the amount bid for the work is in the opinion of
the Municipal Board and the Civil Governor too high, all bids shall be
rejected and new bids advertised for in the same manner as provided
for the first bids. Should the bids continue at the second bidding to
be too high in the opinion of the Municipal Board and the Civil Gov-
ernorj then, by order of the Municipal Board, with the approval of
the Civil Governor, the City Engineer, under the supervision of the
Consulting Engineer, may be given authority to proceed with the work
bv the direct employment of labor and the direct purchase of material.
l?ne advertisement for bids shall require the beginning of the work
within a certain time and its completion within a certain time, and such
terms shall be embodied . in the contract. A bond of ten thousand
dollars signed by a fidelity insurance company authorized to give such
bond in these Islands shall be deposited with every bid made, and no
bid shall be received and considered unless such bond sliall accompany
it The contract shall provide for partial payments upon estimates of
the City Engineer, approved by the Consulting Engineer of the
Conunission.
Sec. 5. The contracts may contain a provision giving to the con-
tractor the use of all suitable stone taken out of the walls for the
construction of the new river wall, and also for the use of the debris
for the filling in of the moat and the filling in of the river bottom
behind the river wall, as in the discretion oi the City Engineer and
the Consulting Engineer may seem best.
Sec. 6. Except where this Act specifically provides otherwise or is
inconsistent witn the general rules and regulations contained in section
five of Act Numbered Twenty -two, such rules and regulations shall
control in the letting of bids, and the conduct of work upon this
imnrovement so far as the same are applicable.
Sec. 7. The City Engineer shall make to the Consulting Engineer
of the Commission detailed monthly reports of the progress of the
work directed hereunder, containing a statement of the expenditures
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made during the month, and the Connulting Engineer shall transmit the
same to the Civil Government.
Sec. 8. After the contract shall have been duly awarded in accord-
ance herewith, the contmct shall be signed by the contractor and his
sureties, on the one hand, and by the municipal board and the Civil
Governor, on the other, and the incurring of the liability of the Insular
Government by reason of such contract is hereby authorized. The
amounts necessary for the payment of the contractor under the con-
tract shall be provided in current appropriation bills upon the estimate
of the City Engineer approved by the Consulting Engineer of the
Commission.
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, March 6, 1903.
[No. 670.]
AN ACT creating the pofiition of local purchasing agent
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cornmiasion^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby created in the office of the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent the position of local purchasing agent, at a salary of
three thousand five hundred dollars United States currency per annum.
The local purchasing agent shall be appointed by the Civil Governor,
by and witn the consent of the Philippine Commission. The said local
purchasing agent shall perform such duties as the Insular Purchasing
Agent shall direct and, during the absence of the Insular Purchasing
Agent, he shall act as Insular Purchasing Agent.
Sec. 2. The appropriation for " Salaries and wages, Bureau of Insu-
lar Purchasing Agent, nineteen hundred and three," appropriated in
Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety -five, is hereby made available
for the payment of the salary of the said local purchasing agent for
the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 3. The said local purchasing agent shall pve a bond to the sat-
isfaction of the Chief Executive or the Islands in the sum of twenty-
five thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties and the
E roper accounting for all moneys and property which may come into
is nands.
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 eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, March 6, 1903.
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[No. 671.]
AN ACT amending section two of Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty-two
relative to the payment of rewards for information leading to the capture and con
viction of the perpetrators of any murder or robbery or of the members of any
band of briganas in the Archipelago.
By avihorit/u of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1 . Section two of Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty-
two, entitled "An Act empowering the Civil Governor to authorize
any provincial governor or the Chief of the Philippines Constabulary
to offer a rewara of any sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred
dollars, local currency, for information leading to the capture and con-
viction of the perpetrators of any murder or robbery or of the mem-
bers of any band of brigands in the Archipelago," is hereby amended
by substituting in lieu Cnereof the following:
'*Sec. 2. The rewards, the offer of which is authorized in the pre-
ceding section, shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury in pursuance
of an appropriation duly made. The oflScer offering the reward is
authorized to incur the expense of properly advertising the same and
such expense shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury m pursuance of
an appropriation duly made: Provided^ however^ Tliat the provincial
board of any province in which rewards in accordance with section one
hereof are offered, is authorized to order the payment from provincial
funds of such rewards; and reimbursement from the Insular Treasury
of the amounts so paid shall be made by settlement warrant to the
province upon certification by the Auditor, based on claim for the
same by the provincial treasurer of the province, supported by proper
vouchers and evidence."
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 7, 1903.
[No. 672.]
AN ACT amending Act numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of
Public Instruction, as amended by Acts Numbered Four hundred and seventy-
seven and five hundred and twenty-five, by providing for an assistant to the
General Superintendent of Education, for the reduction of the number of school
divisions to thirty-five, for the traveling expenses of the General Superintendent,
assistant to the General Superintendent, and division superintendents, and for
other purposes.
By axdhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act numbered Seventy-four, as amended by Acts Num-
bered Four hundred and seventy-seven and five hundred and twenty-
live, is hereby amended as follows:
{a) By making paragraph (J) of section three read as follows:
''/i) He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction, an assistant to the General Superintendent of
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Education, at an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars,
payable monthly, and shall prescribe the duties of said assistant He
shall also appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public
Instruction, a city superintendent of schools for Manila and division
superintendents of schools for other parts of the Archipelago at the
salaries hereinafter provided, and the teachers and clerks authorized
by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such teachers and clerks."
(J) By making section five read as follows:
*'Sec. 5. The Archipelago shall be and is hereby divided into
thirty-five school divisions. In the First Division (the city of Manila
and its barrios) there shall be a city superintendent of schools, and in
each of the other divisions, except the Thirty-second, Thirty-third,
Thirty-fourth, and Thirty -fifth, there shall be a regularly appointed
division superintendent. The division and the annual salaries of the
superintendents thereof shall be as follows:
*' First Division, the city of .Manila and its. barrios, three thousand
dollars.
"Second Division, Albay and Sorsogon, one thousand eight hun-
dred dollars.
''Third Division, Ambos Camarines, two thousand dollars.
"Fourth Division, Batangas, two thousand dollars.
"Fifth Division, Bohol, two thousand dollars up to July first, nine-
teen hundred and three, and on and after that date one thousand eight
hundred dollars.
"Sixth DivisioUj Bulacan, one thousand six hundred dollars.
"Seventh Division, Cagayan and Isabela, two thousand two hun-
dred and fiftv dollars.
"Eighth Division, Capiz, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Ninth Division, Cavite, one thousand six hundred dollars.
" Tenth Division, Cebu, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
"Eleventh Division, llocos Norte, two thousand dollars."
"Twelfth Division, llocos Sur and Abra, two thousand two hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
"Thirteenth Division, lloilo and Antique, two thousand five hun-
dred dollars.
"Fourteenth Division, La Laguna, one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
"Fifteenth Division, La Union, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Sixteenth Division, Leyte and Samar, two thousand four hundred
dollars.
"Seventeenth Division, Masbate, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Eighteenth Division, Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception of
Misamis and Surigao), two thousand five hundred dollars.
"Nineteenth Division, Misamis, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Twentieth Division, Nueva Ecija, two thousand dollars.
"Twenty-first Division, Nueva Vizcaya, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
"Twenty- second Division, Occidental Negros, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
"Twenty-thiri Division, Oriental Negros, one thousand six hundred
dollars.
"Twenty-fourth Division, Pampanga and Bataan, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
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"Twenty -fifth Division, Pangasinan, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
"Twenty -sixth Division, Bizal, one thousand five hundred dollars.
*' Twenty-seventh Division, Romblon, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
"Twenty -eighth Division, Surigao, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
"Twenty-ninth Division, Tarlac, one thousand five hundred dollars.
"Thirtieth Division, Tayabas, two thousand dollars.
"Thirty -first Division, Zam bales, one thousand five hundred dollars.
" In the Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth
Divisions, comprising the Provinces of Mindoro, Benguet, Lepanto-
Bontoc, and Paragua, thfe respective governors shall act, without addi-
tional compensation, as division superintendents: Provided^ That for
school purposes the entire Island of Paragua shall constitute the school
division under the supervision of the governor of the Province of
Paragua."
(c) By making section six read as follows:
Sec. 6. Whenever the business of his office renders it necessary,
each division superintendent mav be allowed a clerk to be appointed
under the provisions of the Civil Service Law. The respectiv e salaries
of the clerks of the Seventh, Tenth, Twelftn, Thirteenth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth, Twenty -second, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-fifth Divi-
sions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per
annum; the respective salaries of the clerks in the Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Twentieth, and Thirtieth Divi-
sions shall ftot exceed a sum at the rate of nine hundred dollars per
annum; and the respective salaries of the clerks in the Sixth, Eighth,
Ninth, Kfteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-third,
Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twentv-ninth, and
Thirty-first Divisions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of six hundred
dollars per annum."
{d) By making section seven read as follows:
"Si '
5ec. 7. The actual expenses, -including the cost of subsistence in
excess of one dollar money of the United States per day, of the Gen-
eral Superintendent, assistant to the General Superintendent, and the
division superintendents while absent from their usual places of resi-
dence on omcial business, shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury."
(e) Bv making the last sentence of section nine read a^ follows:
" Unless otherwise authorized and directed by the General Superin-
tendent of Education or the Civil Governor, he shall have and main-
tain his residence and keep his office in the town in which the provin-
cial school is established, if such school exists, and if no such school
exists he shall have and maintain his residence and keep his office in
one of the large towns in his division from which all the pueblos in
such division can be most conveniently reached."
Sec. 2. The General Superintendent of Education is hereby author-
ized to pay the salary of the assistant to the General Supenntendent
until July first, nineteen hundred and three, from funds al ready appropri-
ated for elementary teachers. He is also authorized to pay the salary
of the division superintendent of Nueva Vizcaya from the funds already
appropriated for the superintendent of the former division of Antique.
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 procedare by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed Septemter twenfy-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 7, 1903.
[No. 673.]
AN ACT anthorizin^ the nomination to the Director of the Censos of certain enu-
merators and special agents of the census, the provisions of paragraph two of sec-
tion eight of Act Numbered Four hundred ana sixty-seven to the contrary not-
withstanding.
By authornty of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The supervisor of the census for the district comprised
in the Province of Bonol is hereby authorized and empowered to nom-
inate to the Director of the Census Gerarda Clarin, Andrea Clarin,
Ramos Clarin, Froilan Gallardo, Cirilo Clarin, Proceso Clarin, Santi-
ago Butalid, Andres Lumain, Pedro Lumain, Oaudio Butalid, For-
tunato Butalid, Macario Lumain, Luis Butalid, Protasio Clarin, Seve-
rino Clarin, Osidio Gallardo, Gaudencio Mendoza, Esteban Lumain,
Nicolas Butalid, and Simeon Clarin as enumerators and special a^nts
of the census within his district, regardless of the relationship, by
affinitv or consanguinity , of said persons to him, the provisions of par-
agraph two of section eight of Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-
seven, entitled ''An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philip-
pine Islands," to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. The supervisor of the census for the district comprised in
the Province of Misamis is hereby authorized and empowered to nom-
inate to the Director of the Census Pedro Roa, Pedro Valez, and Pio
Roa as enumerators and special agents of the census within his district,
regardless of the relationship, by affinity or consanguinity, of said
persons to him, the provisions of paragraph two of section eight of Act
Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven, entitled ''An Act to pro-
vide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands," to the contrary
notwithstanding.
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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws,' passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 9, 1903.
[No. 674.]
AN ACT appropriating one million dollars in money of the United States for improve-
ment of the port of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of one million dollars in money of the United
States is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury
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not otherwise appropriated, to be made available and expended by the
Civil Governor through the Chief En^neer of the United States Armv,
Division of the Philippines, for continuing the improvements of the
harbor of Manila, and other public works as providea in Act Numbered
Twenty-two, as amended.
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, 1903.
[No. 675.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-eight, regulating the
golice control of Cavite Harbor and vesting the same in the Admiral of the United
tates Navy commanding the Asiatic station, as amended, by providing that noth-
ing in the Act containea shall affect the customs jurisdiction of the Insular Col-
lector of Customs.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEcrnoN 1. Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and thirtv-
ei^ht^ entitled '*An Act fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor, vesting the
Aamiral of the United States Navv in command of the Asiatic station
with police jurisdiction thereof and providing rules and regulations for
foverning vessels anchored therein," as amended, is hereby amended
y addingat the end of the section the following proviso: ''''Provided
Kawever^ That nothing in this section or Act contained shall affect or
diminish the power and duty of the Collector of Customs of the Islands
and of Manila to take all steps provided and authorized by law with
respect to vessels in Cavite harbor prescribed for the purpose of pro-
tecting the customs revenues of the 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, March 12, 1903.
[No. 676.]
AN ACT to amend section forty-one of Act Numbered Eighty-two known as "The
Municipal Code,** by saving the provincial board of a province power to annul
acts, oniinaneee, or resolutions of a municipal council or an executive order of
tiie president of a municipality when the same are unauthorized by the Munici-
pal Code."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section forty-one of Act Numbered Eighty -two, known
as "The Municipal Code," is hereby amended by striking out all of
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the section as it appears in the Act, and substituting in lieu thereof
the following :
''Sec. 41. Whenever the council is desirous of securing a l^al
opinion upon questions arising in relation to the constitution or at&i-
butes of the municipal government, it shall frame the questions in
writing and submit them to the provincial fiscal for decision. It shall
be the duty of the secretary of the municipal council to forward,
immediately after their passage, certified copies of all resolutions,
ordinances, and other acts of uie municipal council to the provincial
governor. It shall be the duty of the president of each municipality
whenever he makes a formal executive order which is published, to
direct the municipal secretary to forward a certified copy of the same
to the governor of the province. In case the governor shall think it
probable that any act, ordinance, or resolution of the municipal coun-
cil, or any executive order of the municipal president is not within its
or his legal power, as conferred by the Municipal Code and ite amend-
ments, he shall bring the same to the attention of the provincial board,
which shall request the opinion of the provincial fiscal as to the validity
of the act, ordinance, resolution or order in question, and if, after
receiving the opinion of the provincial fiscal, the board shall conclude
that such act, ordinance, resolution, or executive order is in violation
of the powers conferred by the Municipal Code upon the council or the
president making the same, the provincial board shall have the power,
and it shall be its duty, to declare such act, prdinance, resolution, or
executive order to be null and void, and shall immediately notify the
council or the president, as the case may be, of its action. Any attempt
to enforce sucn act, ordinance, resolution, or executive order, after
the provincial board shall have declared it to be null and after the
action of the provincial board shall be brought to the attention of the
municipal authorities, shall be sufficient ground for the dismissal of
the officer or officers attempting to enforce the same. Should the coun-
cil or the president be dissatisfied with the decision of the provincial
board, an appeal may be taken by it or by him to the Civil Governor,
who shall decide the same question which was presented to the pro-
vincial 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 annulled.
If, however, he shall reverse the decision of the provincial board, then
and in that case notice of hi§ decision shall be given to the provincial
governor, to the president or council of the municipality appealing,
and upon receipt of notice by the appellant, the act, ordinance, resolu-
tion, or executive order shall be revived and come into force again.
Pending the decision on appeal from an order of the provincial bcmrd
annulling any act, ordinance, resolution, or executive order, tho same
shall have no force and effect. Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to deprive 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, with-
out respect to the decision or the executive authorities."
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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twent}^ -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1903.
[No. 677.]
AN ACT authorizing the Commissioner of Public Health, with the approval of the
Civil Governor, to assign presidents of provincial boards of health and presidents
of municipal boards of health to duty outside their provinces or municipalities,
providing for the payment of their traveling expenses and subsistence while so
assigned, creating certain additional positions in the Board of Health for the
Philippine Islands, and making provision for the payment of the salaries of the
positions so created.
By avihority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEcnoN 1. The Commissioner of Public Health is hereby author-
ized, subject to the approval of the Civil Governor, to assign presi-
dente of provincial boards of health to temporary duty outside the
province m which they are regularly located. The traveling expenses
and subsistence of presidents of provincial boards of health so assigned
shall be paid during such assignment from the Insular Treasury.
The Conunissioner of Public Health is further authorized, when in
his judgment such a course is in the public interest, to assign presi-
dents of jmunicipal boards of health to temporary duty outside the
municipalities in which they are regularly located. I'he traveling
expenses and subsistence of presidents of municipal boards of health
so assigned shall be paid during such assignment from the Insular
Treasury.
Sec. 2. The Commissioner of Public Health is hereby authorized to
appoint the following employees for the purpose of initiating the
work of immunizing the cattle and carabaos of the Philippine Islands
against rinderpest: Two veterinarians of class seven and ten inocula-
tors of Class A.
Sec. 3. The payment of the salaries of the positions herein created,
and of the traveling expenses and subsistence of presidents of provin-
cial and municipal ooards of health when assigned in accordance with
the provisions of section one of this Act, for the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and three, is hereby authorized out of funds appropriated in
Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five under the heading *'Sup-
Sression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests. Board of
[ealth for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and three."
Sec. 4. This Act snail be retroactive in so far as necessary to author-
ize the payment from the Insular Treasury of the traveling expenses
and subsistence of Doctor F. W. Dudley, president of the provincial
board of health of Pampanga, who was assigned by the Commissioner
of Public Health on February twentieth, nineteen hundred and three,
to duty outside the Province of Pampanga.
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, March 12, 1903.
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[No. 678.]
AN ACT to amend section two hundred and eighty-four of the Philippine Customs
Administrative Act,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commi^on^ that:
Section 1. Section two hundred and eighty-four of the Philippine
Customs Administrative Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
''Sec. 284. The following papers shall not be issued, received,
granted, or in any manner recognized by any customs oflScer unless there
shall be affixed thereto a lawful customs stamp or stamps of the Philip-
{)ine Islands, representing the value in United States currency as fol-
ows, subject to the exemptions prescribed by section one nundred
and thirty-five of this Act for vessels possessing second-class coastwise
licenses:
"Each foreign clearance $2. 00
*'Each coastwise clearance, except for vessels possessing a 'special license' :
For vessels up to 75 tons, net 10
For vessels from 75 to 125 tons, net 30
For vessels from 125 to 200 tons, net 1. 00
For vessels from 200 to 300 tons, net 1. 50
For vessels from 300 tons, net, and upward 2. 00
"Each original inward manifest except for vessels possessing a * special license * :
For vessels up to 75 tons, net 20
For vessels of 75 to 125 tons, net 30
For vessels of 125 to 200 tons, net 1.00
For vessels of 200 to 300 tons, net 1.50
For vessels of 300 tons, net, and upward 2. 00
"Each bill of health 50
" Each outward foreign passenger list 50
" Each original export entry exceeding $25 in value 50
"Each original import entry exceeding $25 in value 50
" Each original withdrawal entry 20
"Each enSy for immediate transportation in bond 50
" Each original free entry, except free entries of stores for Government use,
exceeding $10 in value $0.20
" Each original certificate 50
" Each original bond 50
" Each copy of official document 50
*' Until due provision can be made for printing a supply of customs
stainps, the Insular Collector is authorized to make a requisition upon
the Collector of Internal Revenue of these Islands for a sufficient
number of internal revenue stamps, which shall first be stamped across
their face with the word ' Customs ' and then kept for sale by customs
officers for use in compliance with the provisions of this section. The
funds accruing from tue sale of the internal revenue stamps so used
and sold for customs purposes, shall be regularly deposited as customs
collections. The stamps shall be in lieu of internal revenue stamps
heretofore used on the above-mentioned customs documents.''
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-sixtJi, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1903.
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[No. 679.]
AN ACT to unend Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-four, entitled **An Act
creating the Bureau of Engineering*' by increasing the number of employees
therein
By cmthority of the United St€Ues^ be it enacted by the PhilippiTie
Com7nission^ tnat:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-
four, entitled ''An Act creatine the Bureau of Engineering," is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the words ''and one assistant
engineer at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum."
Sec. 2. Section three of Act Numbered Five hundrea and eighty-
four is hereby amended by inserting after the word " Engineermg,"
in lines three and four, the words " one assistant engineer, class four,"
and by striking out the words "one draftsman, Class D," in line six
and inserting flierein the words "three draftsmen, Class D."
Sec. 3. The appropriations made in Act Numbered Five hundred
and ninety -five under the head of " Salaries and wages, Buj*eau of
Engineering", nineteen hundred and three," are hereby made available
for the positions herein authorized for the remainder of the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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, March 13, 1903.
[No. 680.]
AN ACT to amend section three of Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty-five so as
to decrease from fifty dollars to twenty-five dollars the minimum value of land or
improvements upon which the land tax shall be assessed or collected.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Nmnbered Six hundred and fifty-
five, entitled *' An Act providing additional methods of enforcing the
payment of cedula tax; repealing the provisions of existing law that
no person shall be required to pay a cedula tax who pays as taxes on
real estate or industrial taxes an amount in excess of one peso; and
exempting certain real estate of small value from land tax," is hereby
amended to read as follows:
''Sec. 3. Whenever the entire final valuation of land or improve-
ments thereon, for the pui^pose of taxation, either in the city of Manila
or in any other one municipality, belonging to a single owner, shall
not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars, m United States currency,
no land tax shall be assessed or collected upon such land or improve-
ments. This section shall apply to all assessments of land taxes here-
after made, anything in existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
But all lanos and improvements thereon shall be valued by the assess-
ors of real estate, whether more or less than twenty-five dollars in
value, in the manner provided by existing law."
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the pasna^e 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. 3. This act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, March 13, 1903.
[No. 681.]
AN ACT authorizinfi; the loan of six thousand dollars in money of the United
States or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the Province of
Nueva Ecija.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cmnmission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Nueva Ecija
is hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Gov-
ernment, the sum of six thousand dollars in money of the United
States, or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio, to
be expended by the provincial board for the general purposes of the
Provincial government in accordance with the provisions of "The
rovincial Government Act." The sum thus borrowed shall be repaid
to the Insular Treasury, without interest, in two equal annual install-
ments, within one ani two years, respectively, from the date upon
which such funds are withdrawn from the Insular Treasury by the
provincial board. The amount of the loan shall be paid to the
provincial treasurer upon receipt of the resolution of the provincial
Doard, and shall be by him disbursed upon order of the provincial
board as in other cases.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand
dollars in money of the United States, or its equivalent in local
currency at the legal rate, in order to comply with the provisions of
this Act.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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 13, 1903.
[No. 682.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred
and five dollars and forty-five cento, in money of the United States, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for certain expenses of the Insular Government dur-
ing the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
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priated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named, for the hscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three:
EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
Contingent expenses. Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of furniture, stationery,
office supplies, electric lighting and supplies for the Ayuntamiento
Building, advertising, telegrams, cablegrams, publication of laws, per
diems of five dollars to the aide-de-camp to the Civil Governor oi the
Philippine Islands, from October twenty-first, nineteen hundred and
two, for reimbursement, not exceeding sixty-two dollars local cur-
rency, to the master of the Coast Guard steamship Bitananga for
perishable provisions purchased and not used by reason of abandon-
ment of proposed trip of said steamer under directions of the Com-
mission, and other incidental expenses, eleven thousand seven hundred
and thirty dollars.
BUREAU OF INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
The Insular Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized to employ three
clerks of class nine in lieu of one clerk Class A, one clerk Class D, one
clerk Class H, two watchmen Class C, and two laborers at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum, heretofore authorized, and appropria-
tions made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for
salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, are hereby
made available for the force herein authorized for the remainder of
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thre>e.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Salaries and wages. Board of Health for the Pilippine Islands, nine-
teen hundred and three: Sanitary Engineer for the City of Manila at
three thousand dollars per annum, one thousand dollars.
Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nine-
teen hundred and two: For allowances in lieu of traveling expenses to
Liborio Silva, not exceeding twenty-nine dollars local currency , and to
Felipe Atilano, not exceeding twenty-seven dollars, local currency,
while discharging the duties of public vaccinators in the Province of
Cebu, from Apru twenty-third to June eighth, nineteen hundred and
two, twenty-three dollars.
Contingent expenses. Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen nundrea and three: For payment to Robert V. Dell, for bal-
ance due for caskets furnished and services rendered in the burial of
the remains of Bert Vanbalkenberg and G. C. Baker, employees of the
Insular Government, not exceeding three hundred and twenty-seven
dollars and eighty -five cents, lociu currency, one hundred and fifty
dollars.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, one thou-
sand one hundred and seventy-three dollars.
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PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU.
Contingent expenses; Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and three: For the purchase and installation of storm signals, not
exceeding six hundred and ninety-two dollars local currency, two hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars.
BUREAU OP GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: One librarian class eight, one clerk Class A, six
hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
The Superintendent of Government Laboratories is hereby author-
ized to employ two assistant bacteriologists, class nine, in lieu of one
assistant bacteriologist at one thousand live hundred dollars per annum,
and one clerk at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum as hereto-
fore authorized, and appropriations made under Act Numbered Five
hundred and ninety-five for salaries and wages, Bureau of Government
Laboratories, are hereby made available for the force herein author-
ized for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three-
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including rent of addi-
tional laboratory building, not to exceea three hundred and fifty dollars
local currency per month, four hundred and four dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, one thousand
and sixteen dollars and fifty cents.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three: For
the difference between the pay of brigadier-general and colonels, respec-
tively, and that of their respective ranks in the United Stated Army
of the officers detailed as Chief and assistant chiefs of the Philippines
Constabulary pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the Congress of
the United States, entitled ''An Act to promote the efficiency of the
Philippines Constabulary, to establish the rank and pay of its command-
ing officers, and for other purposes," approved January thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and three, from the dates of the respective details of said
officers to the Philippines Constabulary, two thousand three hundred
and seventeen dollars and sixty -six cents.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundredand
three: For the purchase and transportation of telegraph and telephone
supplies, construction, repair and maintenance of telegraph ana tele-
Ehone lines, and other incidental expenses, fifty-nine thousand four
undred and twenty-three dollars ana twenty-nine cents.
The allowance for per diems of five dollars to the Chief and first
assistant chief made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-
five, shall not be paid after the dates of the respective appointments
of said officers under the provisions of Act oi Congress approved
January thirtieth, nineteen nundred and three.
The payment of per diems of five dollars to the superintendent of
the telegraph division, from the date of his service with the Bureau,
is hereby authorized out of appropriations for contingent e2cpenses,
Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three.
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In all, for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, sixty-one thou-
sand seven hundred and forty dollars and ninety-five cents.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUBEAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIORATION.
Revenue launches., Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For the maintenance and expenses of launches and
revenue cutters, including salaries and wages of officers and crews,
supplies, fuel, and repairs for the same, one thousand one hundred
and thirty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For the purchase of a building at Jolo for use in
the transaction of customs business and for office purposes by the
different officers of the Insular Government stationed at Jolo, not to
exceed forty thousand dollars local currency, fifteen thousand four
hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, sixteen thousand
five hundred and thirty dollars.
BUBEAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
Court of Land Registration:
One assistant clerk at two thousand dollars per annum, one exam-
iner of titles for the city of Manila at one thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, two clerks class seven, one clerk class eight, one clerk
Class D. one clerk Class E, one clerk Class F, one clerk Class G. one
clerk Class H, one clerk Class I, two employees at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of supplies, furniture,
advertising, for incidental expenses of the Court of L^nd J^gistration,
six thousand five hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice., eleven thousand one hundred and
fifty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and two:
For payment of salaries to teachers during the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and two, not exceeding ninety dol£rs local currency, thirty-
five dollars.
BUBEAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
The following Bureaus are authorized to order from the Bureau of
Public Printing such printing and binding as may be approved by the
Civil Governor or by the head of the Executive department to which
they respectively belong, not exceeding in cost the amount set oppo-
site the name of the respective Bureaus:
Bureau of Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars.
City of Manila, eight hundred dollars.
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BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBUC BUILDING&
Public works. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings: For maintenance, repairs to, and construction of the fol-
lowing public buildings, and so forth, not exceeding in cost the
amounts respectively set opposite:
At Baguio, in the Province of Benguet,.two thousand five hundred
dollars.
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, two thousand dollars.
Bureau of Architecture, five hundred dollai*s.
Pilot's and semaphore stations, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
In all, for public works, six tliousand seven hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and three:
Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, two clerks class
eight, three hundred and forty -one dollars and sixty -seven cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of furniture, office
supplies, and other incidental expenses, two hundred and eighty
dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Archives, six hundred and twenty -one dol-
lars and sixty-seven cents.
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
The Editor of the Official Grazette is hereby authorized to employ
one clerk of Class I in addition to the force heretofore authorized, and
appropriations made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five
for '^Salaries and wages, The Official Grazette," are hereby made avail-
able for the payment of said additional clerk.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
For a fund to be expended bj the provincial governor of Lepanto-
Bontoc for the purchase of articles for presents to members of non-
Christian tribes in said province, for the purpose of bringing said non-
Christian tribes in closer contact with the Government authorities, and
for purchase of seeds, plants, and so forth, for distribution among the
inhaoitants of said province, not to exceed four hundred and fifty dol-
lars local currency, two hundred and seventy -five dollars.
CITY OF MANILA.
Salaries and waffes. Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: One Register of Deeds at two thousand dollars per
annum, one deputy register of deeds Class A, two clerks Class I, two
clerks Class J, and one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum, one thousand seven hundred and eight dollars and thirty-
three cents.
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Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of sta-
tionery and supplies, books, furniture, coolie hire, repairs, and hire of
vehicles in ISIanila on official business when such transportation can not
be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed fifty
dollars, for the office of the Register of Deeds, one thousand two hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the city of Manila, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-
eirfit dollars and thirty-three cents.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, one hundred and fourteen
thousand two hundred and five dollars and foi;1;y-five cents, in money
of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasury in local currency at the ratio authorized at the time of
the withdrawal; and payments in local currency of all obligations of
the Insular Government, properly expressed in United States currency,
shall be at the ratio in force at the time of payment, except salaries,
which shall be paid at the ratio existing on the next to the last day of
the month for which they are paid; and in any case where a deficiency
thereby arises in an appropriation for salaries, the appropriation of
such further sums as may.be necessary to meet the autnonzed salary
payments in such branch of the Insular Government is hereby made.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accoroance with section two of "An Act prescribing the oroer of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septem-
ber twenty -sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 14, 1903.
[No. 683.]
AN ACT creating the position of Assistant Solicitor-General in the office of the
Attorney-General for the Philippine Islands, and fixing the salary of such position.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor may appoint, by and with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Commission, an Assistant Solicitor-
General in the office of me Attorney-General for the Philippine
Islands, who shall receive a salary at the rate of two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and who shall perform
such duties as he may be directed to perform by the Attorney-General
or the Solicitor-General.
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 16, 1903.
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[No. 684.]
AN ACT pro\idinff that Charles C. Cohn, member of the Board of Tax Reviaoii for
the city of Manila, shall be paid salary as such officer, although receiving a salary
as reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissio7i^ that :
Section 1. The disbursing officer of the Municipal Board is hereby
authorized and directed to pay to Charles C. Conn, member of the
Board of Tax Revision for the city of Manila, the compensation pro-
vided by law for such position, notwithstanding the fact that said (J6hn
is the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court and receiving"
salary therefor, for the reason that the salary provided for the reporter
of the Supreme Court was not intended to compensate such reporter
for his entire time, it bein^ expected that he could practice law or
engage in other business without interfering with his duties as such
reporter.
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 effective as of the fifteenth day of January,
nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, March 16, 1903.
[No. 685.] -
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An Act
to provide for the revision of the assessment upon real estate in the city of Manila,"
by {providing for the compulsory attendance of witnesses before the Board of Tax
losvision in the city of Manila.
By OMthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section three 'of Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-
one, entitled "An Act to provide for the revision of the assessment
upon real estate in the city of Manila," enacted January eighth, nine-
teen hundred and three, is hereby amended by substituting in lieu
thereof the following:
" Sec. 3. The Board of Tax Revision shall hear such evidence as it
may deem wise as to the value of the property, including the rental
income therefrom, and shall personally, so far as seems necessary,
view the lands and improvements, the value of which is under consid-
eration. The Board is hereby empowered in case of the failure of a
witness duly summoned to appear before it, to attend, to cause to be
issued a warrant to arrest such witness and bring him before the
Board.
" The members of the Board of Tax Revision and the secretary
thereof are authorized to administer oaths to witnesses before said
Board. In the event that a witness brought before the Board shall
refuse to answer Questions propounded to him by the Board, or any
member thereof, tne Board is empowered to direct such witness so
refusing to answer to be taken before the municipal court of the city
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of Manila, where, in the event of his still refusing to answer ques-
tions, and if the Court shall deem such questions proper and compe-
tent and within the reasonable scope of the powers of the Board of
Tax Revision, he shall be dealt with as if a witness before said court.
'*The City Attorney shall be the legal adviser of the Board and sub-
ject to calls by the Board in matters pertaining to- the exercise of its
functions."
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 16 1903.
[No. 686.]
AN ACT authorizing the disbnreing officer of the municipal board, city of Manila, to
pay to Frank B. Ingereoll the sum of two hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty-
nine centa in addition to the amount already allowed him for salary during leave
of absence to which he was entitled, and in lieu of all claim against the Insular
Government
By (mtharity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ ttiat:
Section 1. The disbursing oflBcer of the Municipal Board, city of
Manila, is hereby authorized and directed to TOy to h rank B. Ingersoll,
out of funds appropriated in Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-
five under the nead of *' Salaries and wages. Law Department, city of
Manila, nineteen hundred and three," the sum of two hundred and thir-
teen dollars and eighty-nine cents. United States currency, or its equiv-
alent in local currency at the rate of exchange authorized at the time
of jmyment, in addition to the amount already allowed him for salarv
during leave of absence to which he was entitled, and in lieu of all
claim against the Insular Government.
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 16, 1903.
[No. 687.]
AN ACT authorizmg the provincial board of Ilocos Sur to pay for labor on roads
and bridges in rice instCHEul of in money, as the necessities of the situation may
demand.
£y authority of the United States^ he it ennacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas the municipality of Cabugao, Province of
Ilocos Sur, has been destroyed by fire and large quantities of rice
stored by the inhabitants thereof have been destroyed:
The provincial board of the Prt)vince of Ilocos Sur is hereby author-
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ized, in its discretion, to expend a proper portion of money, devoted
to the repairs of roads and oridges of that province, for the purchase
of rice and to pay the wa^es of laborers in rice instead of in monev,
as the necessities of the situation may demand, and any action of the
provincial board heretofore taken in authorizing the payment of the
wa^es of laborers in rice for the above-mention^ purposes is hereby
ratified and confirmed.
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 16, 1903.
[No. 688.]
AN ACT authorizing the appointment of a collecting librarian of the Insular Govem-
Bient for the purchase, in Europe and elsewhere, of books and manuscripts relating
to the history of the Philippine Islands, and for the making of historioEd researches,
and the taking of copies of nistorical records.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized and directed,
by and with the consent of the Commission, to appoint a collecting
librarian of the Insular Government whose duty it shall be, under the
supervision and direction of the Civil Governor, to visit the countries
of Europe, Mexico, and elsewhere for the purpose of purchasing books
and manuscripts relating to the history of the Philippine Islan(fe, mak-
ing historical researches into said history, procuring copies of official
documents relating thereto, with the view to the foundation in Manila
of a public historical library upon the subject of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2. The salary of the collecting libmrian authorizea by this Act
shall be three thousand dollars per annum in money of the United
States, payable monthly. The collecting librarian shall receive his
reasonable and actual traveling expenses, not including subsistence
except where the same is included in the fare paid, as upon steamship
lines, such traveling expenses to be supported by proper vouchers and
approved by the Civil Governor. The Civil Governor shall direct the
places which shall be visited by the collecting librarian and the time
of his stay at each place. The collecting libmrian shall make monthly
reports to the Civil Governor of what ne has done by virtue of this
Act and of the purchases made.
Sec. 3. There shall be advanced by the disbursing officer of the
Executive Bureau to said collecting librarian the sum of five hundred
dollars for traveling expenses, and the sum of five hundred dollars
with which purchases may be made on account of the Insular Govern-
ment as herein provided; and an appropriation of one thousand dollars
is hereby made out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not other-
wise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this section. Reauests
shall be made by the collecting librarian from time to time ana for-
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warded, with the approval of the Civil Governor, to the Commission
for further appropnations for advances for salary, traveling expenses,
and purchases.
Sec. 4. The collecting librarian appointed under this Act shall give
a bond in the sum of three thousand dollars, monev of. the United
States, conditioned upon his faithful performance of his duty and the
{ircper accounting of all moneys received by him for the use of the
nsular Government, which bond shall be approved by the Insular
Treasurer.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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 17, 1903.
[No. 689.]
AN ACT appropriating seven thousand five hundred dollars local currency to com-
plete the pier and wharf at Calbayog^ Province of Samar.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissimi^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven thou-
sand five hundred dollars, local currency, for the purpose of com-
pleting the construction of the pier and wharf at Calbay^og, in the
Frovince of Samar.
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 17, 1900.
[No. 690.]
AN ACT creating the position of Sanitary Engineer for the city of Manila, under
the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There shall be employed under the Board of Health for
the Philippine Islands, in addition to the persons heretofore authorized
to be employed, a Sanitary Engineer for the city of Manila, at a salary of
three thousand dollars per annum, who shall be ajppointed by Jhe Civil
Governor with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission.
The Sanitary Engineer for the city of Manila, in the absence or
inability of the Samtary Engineer of the Philippine Islands to attend
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the meetings of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, shall
act as a member of the Board of Health as provided for the Sanitary
Engineer of the Philippine Islands and shall perform such daties as
the B(mrd of Health or the Secretary of the Interior may direct.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of tiiis bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expediteJl in accordance with sectioD
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 March first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, March 17, 1903.
[No. 691.]
AN ACT amending Act Nambered Two hundred and ten, extending the proviaoiu
of *'The Provincial Government Act" and its amendments to 3ie Province of
Isabela, by increasing the salary of the provincial secretary to one thousand dcA-
lars per annum.
JBy authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tfiat:
Section 1. Act Numbered Two hundred and ten, extending the
provisions of '^The Provincial Government Act" and its amendments
to the Province of Isabela, is hereby amended by striking out the
words ''For the Provincial Secretary, nine hundred dollars ($900.00),''
in section two of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the words
''For the provincial 8eci«etary, one thousand dollars."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the aame is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of ' ' An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'°pas8ed September twenty-sixtii, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March, 17, 1903.
[No. 692.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars in
money of the United States to be paid to Daniel R. Dwyer and Charles E. Herron,
in full compensation for their services and expenses in api>rehending and deUvei^
ing to the authorities of Manila, William A. Wilson, a fugitive from justice.
By authority of the United Sta^tes^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insidar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand
two himdred and fifty dollars. United States currency, to be paid to
Daniel R. Dwyer and Charles E. Herron, special agents of the Depart-
ment of Justice of the United States, in full compensation for their
services and expenses in apprehending and delivering to the authori-
ties of Manila, William A. Wilson, a fugitive from justice, charged
with embezzlement of Government funds.
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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 20, 1903.
[No. 693.]
AN ACT to amend acts Numbered Five hundred and eighty-one and Five hundred
and eighty-two by permitting the payment of taxes in any municipalitv as soon as
the revision of assessments in such municipalitv shall have been completed and by
providing for the assessment of property not heretofore decla^red for assessment.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Five hmidred and eighty-
two, entitled ''An Act to provide for the partial revision of the assess-
ments upon real estate in the municipalities in the Philippine Islands
outside the city of Manila," is hereby amended by adding at the close
of said section the following additional proviso:
''And provided further^ That the Board of Revision may certify a
list of the changes made by them in the previous assessments as soon
as they have completed the revision of assessments in any one munic-
ipality, and that tnereaf ter the taxpayers of any such municipality may
pay, and the provincial treasurer shall receive, the taxes due under
the revised assessment for the year nineteen hundred and three, but
the taxes shall not become delinquent until September first, nineteen
hundred and three, as above provided."
Sec. 2. In case it shall be discovered by the Board of Tax Revision
in the city of Manila or by any provincial board of revision, or in case
it shall be brought to the attention of any of such boards or to the
attention of any member thereof, that real estate not exempted by law
from taxation has not been heretofore assessed, it shall be the duty of
such board to assess such real estate for taxation and to charge against
the owner thereof the taxes which may be payable upon such assess-
ment; and Acts Numbered Five hundred and eighty-one and Five
hundred and eighty -two, providing for the partial revision of the
assessments upon real estate in the city of Manila and in the munici-
palities in the Philippine Islands outside the city of Manila, respec-
tively, are hereby amended so far as is necessary to authorize the action
required by this section.
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
ui the enactment of laws, passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 21, 1903.
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[No. 694.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and eighteen, entitled "An Act
creating a Bureau of Public Lands/' by authorizing additional employees lor that
Bureau and appropriating a sum sufficient for the payment of the salaries of such
employees for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Two hundred and ei^i^hteen,
entitled ^ 'An Act creating a Bureau of Public Lands," is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. There may be employed in the Bureau of Public Lands
the following force: Chief clerk class four, one law clerk class six, one
draftsman class six, two clerks class seven, one draftsman class eight,
three clerks class eight, three clerks class nine, one clerk class ten, one
surveyor Class C, one a raftsman Class G, two draftsmen Class H, four
clerks Class H, one messenger at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum."
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum in addition to the
amount appropriated under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-
five for ''salaries and wages. Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hun-
dred and three," sufficient lor the payment of the force herein authorized
for the remainder of the fiscal year, nineteen hundred and 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 as of March first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, March 21, 1903.
[No. 695.]
AN ACT amending section eleven of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled **A eeneral
act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine l8land&"
By a/iithority of the United States^ ie it eruicted by the Philippine
Cormnission^ that:
Section 1. Paragraph (/) of section eleven of Act Nunoibered Eighty-
two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal gov-
ernments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby repealed and the following
substituted in place tnereof :
"(/) Any elector who can not read and write shall be assisted in the
preparation of his ballot by two persons whom he shall designate, who
shall accompany him to a table. One of the said persons, in the pres-
ence of the other, shall thereupon fill out a ballot in accordance with
the dictation of the elector, who shall then deposit it in the usual
manner."
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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 21, 1903.
[No. 696.]
AN ACT aathorizinff the issue of three million dollars of certificates of indebtedness
under and by authority of section six of the Act of Conn-ess entitled ''An Act
relating to currency for the Philippine Islands," approved March second, nineteen
htindr^ and three, and niaking an appropriation of two million dollars in money
of the United States immediately available for the purpose of purchasing silver
bullion with which to coin silver Philippine pesos in accordance with section five
of the said Act of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred and three.
By (mthorit/y of the United Stdtes^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
GoTmnission,^ that:
Section 1. With the approval of the Secretary of War there may
be coined imder the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury by the
mints in the United States two million silver Philippine pesos per
month, of the weight of four hundred and sixteen grains each, with a
standard such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall
be of pure silver and one hundred of copper alloy, under and by virtue
of section two of the Act of Congress entitled ''An Act relating to
currency for the Philippine Islands,"' approved March second, nineteen
hundred and three, and said monthly coinage of two million silver
Philippine pesos may continue with the approval of the Secretary of
War until tnere shall have been coined twenty-four millions of said
pesos.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, on behalf of
the Government of the Philippine Islands, temporarily to issue certifi-
cates of indebtedness to the extent of three million dollars in money
of the United States, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four per
centum annually, payable at periods, of three months or more, but
not Later than one year from date of issue, in denominations of one
thousand dollars in currency of the United States, and redeemable in
fold coin of the United States, which certificates of indebtedness shall
e disposed of by the Secretary of War at such favorable rate of
interest or premium as he may be able to secure, the proceeds thereof
to be deposited with the Guaranty Trust Company, the authorized
depository of the Government of the Philippine islands, to the credit
of the Treasury of the Philippine Islanas. These certificates are
authorized by, and shall be issued in accordance with, section six of
said Act of dongress, approved March second, nineteen hundred and
three, and shall state upon their face that they have been issued in
accordance with the terms of said section for the purpose of purchas-
ing silver bullion in execution of the provisions of said Act of Con-
gress and by authority of this Act of the Philippine Commission.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of War shall report to the Auditor and the
Treasurer of the Philippine Islands the amount of such certificates of
indebtedness as are described in the previous section which he has
issued under the authority thereof, the numbers and denominations
thereof, the rate of interest to be paid thereon, the time when pay-
able, the premium, if any, at which they were issued, and the total pro-
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oeeds therefrom, and the same shall be made a matter of record in the
oflBces of the Auditor and the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 4. By way of anticipating the proceeds of the foregoing loan,
and to avoid delay in the {)urchase of the silver bullion and the coin-
age of the silver Philippine pesos, as provided in the first sectioD
hereof, there is herebv appropriated and made immediately available
out of any funds in tne Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum of two million dollars in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purpose of pur-
chasing silver bullion with which to enable the Secretary of the Treas-
ury throu^ the mints of the Government of the United States to coin
the silver Philippine pesos of the size, weight, and fineness and of the
character described and prescribed in section two of the Act of Con-
gress entitled ^'An Act reuating to currency for the Philippine Islands,"
approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, and in section
one of this Act; and the proceeds of the certificates of indebtedness so
issued, as authorized in section two hereof, when deposited to the credit
of the Treasury of the Philippine Islands, shall replace in said Treas-
ury the sum by this section advanced and appropriated for the pur-
poses herein declared.
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 -sixtii, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 23, 1903.
[No. 697.]
AN ACT to furnish transportation to the United States to officers and employees of
the Insular Government when it is impracticable to secure the same on IJnited
States Army transports.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In every case wherein it is impracticable to secure for an
oflSicer or employee of the Insular Government transportation from
Manila to San Francisco on a United States Army transport, and such
oflScer or employee is entitled by law or under his contract, after two
or more years of satisfactory service, to return transportation, exclu-
sive of subsistence, from Manila to San Francisco, the Executive
Secretary is hereby authorized to issue an oflScial rec^uest for such
ti-ansportation upon any transportation company with which the Insular
Government may have a contract, upon the payment to the disbursing
oflScer of the Executive Bureau of a sum which such officer or employee
would have been required to pay for subsistence if he had made the
journey upon a United States Army transport, allowing thirty days
for the trip. The sum so received by the disbursing officer of the
Executive Bureau shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury to the
credit of the appropriation, "insular salary and expense fund." The
account of the transportation company shall be paid by settlement
warrant upon certification of the amount by the Auditor, and said
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payment is hereby made a proper charge against the appropriation
designated '^Insular salary and expense fund/'
Sec. 2. In every case where an officer or employee is by law entitled
to full traveling expenses, which include transportation and subsist-
ence, from Manila to San Francisco or to his home or place of appoint-
ment in the United States, the Executive Secretary is hereby authorized
to issue an official request for such transportation, as in the first section
Erovided, upon any transportation company with which the Insular
ovemment may have a contract, and the cost thereof shall be a proper
charge against the "Insular salary and expense fund," and settlement
shall be made as provided in the preceding section.
Sec. 3. Every transportation company upon which requests are issued
shall submit to the Auditor bills for transportation furnished under
this Act, accompanying the same with the official requests upon which
the said transportation was furnished, the same to be duly receipted,
showing that the transportation was actually furnished.
Sec. 4. The Executive Secretary shall certify the name of the officer
or enmloyee to whom such transportation was furnished, the Bureau
or Office to which he belonged, the amount received from him and
deposited in the Insular Treasury to the credit of the "Insular salary
and expense fund," and shall also cite the law or authority under which
the said transportation was furnished, with a true copy of the contract
providing for such return transportation, if any.
Sec. 5. No transportation shall be furnished at the cost of the Insular
Government when an officer or emploj^ee is going to or coming from
the United States on leave of absence, except in cases specially pro-
vided by law or resolution of the Commission: Proviaed^ however^
that any officer or employee of the Philippine Government, Insular,
Erovincial or municipal, going to or coming from the United States on
»ve of absence or for any omer lawful reason may secure the benefit
of the contract of the Insular Government made with the commercial
lines for transportation between Manila and any town or city in the
United States, either for himself or for any member of his family,
including his fiancee, by applying in case he is going from Manila to
the United States to the Executive Secretary for a proper order of
transportation and by depositing upon the order of the Executive Sec-
retary the proper amount due for the same with the disbursing officer
of the Executive Bureau, who shall deposit such sum in the Insular
Treasury to the credit of the appropriation, ''Insular salary and
expense fund," and in case the officer or employee or any member of
his family is going from the United States to Manila by applying to
the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs in Washington and by
depositing upon the order of the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs
with the disbursing agent of the Philippine Government in Wash-
ington the proper amount due for the transportation applied for; and
said disbursing agent shall deposit the same with the depository of the
Insular Government in the city of New York to the credit of the appro-
priation. "Insular salary and expense fund," and the disbursing agent
of the Pnilippine Government in Washington shall be and he is nereby
authorized to draw upon funds thus deposited in payment of the cor-
responding claims of the commercial lines for the transportation thus
furnished.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
454 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE CdOOSSION.
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the CommissioD
in the enactment of laws,'^ passed September twenty-six nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 23, 1903.
[No. 698.]
AN ACT aathorizing the loan of fifteen thoosand doUara in money of the United
States or its equivalent in local currency at the anthorixed ratio to the Province of
Batangnw.
By cmthority of the United States^ he it enacted iy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Batangas is
hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Grovem-
ment the sum of fifteen thousand dollars in money of the United
States or its eauivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio, to be
expended by the provincial boai*d in the improvement and constmc-
tion of roaos and bridges in said province and to furnish labor to the
suffering poor. The sum thus borrowed shall be repaid to the Insular
Treasury, without interest, in annual installments of three thousand
dollars beginning two years from the date of the loan. The amount
of the loan shallbe paid to the provincial treasurer upon receipt of
the resolution of the provincial hoard, and shall be by nim disbui^
upon order of the provincial board as in other case^^.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thou-
sand dollars in money of the United States, or its equivalent in local
currency at the legal rate, in order to comply with the provisions 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
himdred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 23, 1903.
[No. 699.]
AN ACT to amend section nine of **The Provincial Government Act,** Nambered
Eighty-three, aa amended by Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section nine of ''The Provincial Government Act,"
Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act numbered One hundred
and thirty -three, is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph
(h) and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
''(J) He shall, by himself or deputy, collect all taxes imposed upon
property or persons in the province, either by the municipalities of
the province or the provincial government. He shall
have power to
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authorize municipal treasurers, as deputies of the provincial treasurer,
to issue cedulas and collect their value, and such municipal treasurers
shall be entitled to a percentage, not to exceed five per cent of the
amount thus collected. Provmcial treasurers shall exact from each
municipal treasurer acting as his deputy a bond to insure proper pay-
ment of the amounts thus collected. '
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the pass^e 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 23, 1903. ^
[No. 700.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An Act
to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to lands in the Philippine
Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Sbcjtion 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled
"An Act to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to
lands in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended as follows:
1. By adding to section twelve the following:
"The court is authorized to detail an exammer of titles appointed
for one judicial district to perform duties in another district when-
ever in its judgment the puolic interest will be served thereby.
"The judges of the Court of Land Registration and the clerk of
the court or any deputy thereof, and the examiners of titles, in ^oing
to and from their respective places of residence to other provinces
upon the business of tne court, shall be allowed their actual and nec-
essary traveling expenses and actual subsistence expenses, the latter
not to exceed two dollars, money of the United States, per day. When
transportation by steamship, &overnment transport, or otherwise
includes subsistence, no per diem shall be paid or allowed for such
portion of the journey."
2. By striking out the certificate of acknowledgment at the end of
nection twenty -one and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"united states of AMERICA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
*'^ Province or city of (date.)
"Then personally appeared the above-named ,
known to me to be the signer (or signers) of the foregoing applica-
tion, and made oath that the statements therein, so far as made of
his (or their) own knowledge, are true, and so far as made upon infor-
mation and belief, that he (or they) believe them to be true. The
cedula certificate of the applicant (or applicants, or representa-
tive) was exhibited to me, being No , issued
at , dated , 190..
"Before me,
U 59
(Notary public or other oflScial authorized to administer oaths.)
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3. By adding to section ninety-nine the following:
^'In case land is subdivided subsequent to the mst assessment and
registration proceedings are had as to a portion only of such land, the
value of sucn portion, for the purposes of this section and for the
payment required by paragraph four of section one hundred and
fourteen, shall be fixed by agreement between the applicant and the
tax collector of the city or province where the land is situated and
shall be proportioned to the value such land bears to the whole tract
assessed. In case of disagreement between the tax collector and the
applicant as to the value of the land, the question shall be submitted
to the court for decision.
^^ Where land sought to be registered has not been assessed for tax-
ation, its value, for the purposes of this Act, shall be its market
value, and the applicant shall file with his application the sworn
declaration of three disinterested persons that the value fixed by him
is to their knowledge a fair valuation.
^^The court is authorized to increase the valuation as fixed under
the two preceding paragraphs should it appear upop the hearing that
the value stated in the application is too small."
4. By adding to section one hundred and twenty-four the follow-
ing:
''AH the powers and faculties conferred by section two hundred
and sixty-eight (paragraph five), two hundred and sixty-nine and two
hundred and seventy -six of the Mortgage Law, and sections one hun-
dred and twelve and one hundred and twenty of the regulations for
its execution, upon the president of the audiencia and the judges of
First Instance in the matter of inspecting registries of property,
receiving consultations from the registers of deeds and hearing and
determining all questions affecting the registration of instruments,
are hereby conferred upon the C!ourt of Land Registration created by
this Act.'^
5. By striking out the form of acknowledgement in section one
hundred and twenty -seven, being Form Numbered One, and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
''united states of AMERICA, PHILIPPINE ISU^NDS.
'''Province {or city) of (date).
"At the municipality of , in said province, on
this , day of , A. D., 190.., pei*sonally
appeared , known to me to be the same person (or
persons) who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
that the same is his (or their) free act and deed. The cedula certifi-
cates of the parties to the instrument were exhibited to me, being
Nos , issued at , dated ,
190..
"Before me.
(Notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths.)
6. Bjr inserting in each of the forms of deed, mortgage and lease
appearing in section one hundred and twenty-seven, after the spac^
provided therein for the name and address of the grantee, mortgagee,
or lessee, the word "...married," followed by a blank space, such
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instrument bein^ required to show whether or not the grantee, mort-
gi^e, or lessee is married, and if so to whom.
7. By amending section one hundred and twenty-eight to read one
hundred and twenty-nine, and inserting as section one hundred and
twentv-eight the following:
"The (5)urt of Land I^gistration, for the purpose of giving pub-
licity to the law and to facilitate the work of me court, is authorized
to have printed for free distribution such number of blank forms of
application, rules and regulations, forms of deeds, mortgages and
leases, or other matter of use or information to the public in the regis-
tration of lands as the Court may in its discretion deem proper."
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 26, 1903.
[No. 701.]
AN ACT requiring matnal benefit, relief, and benevolent societies and associations
to make an annual statement to the Insular Treasurer of their receipts, disburse-
ments, and financial condition, and providing for the inspection of the accounts
and for the examination of the financial condition of such societies and associations
by the Insular Treasurer.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippi/ne
Commission^ tlmt:
Section 1. Mutual benefit, relief, and benevolent societies or asso-
ciations, whether incorporated or not, formed or organized for the
purpose of paying sick benefits to members, or of furnishing support
to members while out of employment, or of furnishing professional
assistance to members, or of paying to relatives of deceased members
a fixed or any sum of money, or providing for any method of accident
or life insurance out of dues or assessments collected from the mem-
bership, and societies or associations making either or any of such
purposes features of their organization on the basis of fixed dues or
assessments, shall report to the Insular Treasurer within thirty days
after the passage of tnis Act or within thirty days after their organi-
zation the fact of their formation, the name of the association, its
principal place of business, the name of the president, secretary, and
treasurer, and board of directors, or the names of officers having
the usual duties of such offices by whatever name designated, the
general purposes of such societies and the provision of the constitu-
tion or by-laws fixing the amount of dues or assessments and their
disposition. Such societies or associations shall annually, on the first
day of July, make a full report to the Insular Treasurer of their
financial condition and a complete itemized statement of all their
receipts and disbursements, including the name and address of the
p)erson from whom received and the name and address of the person
to whom disbursed.
Sec. 2. Whenever a petition is presented to the Insular Treasurer
duly verified by at least three persons interested in such society either
458 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
as members, beneficiaries, or creditors and showing the necessity or
expediency of such action, or whenever he deems it proper or neces-
sary, the said Insular Treasurer either by himself or his duly author-
ized representative must make a careful examination into the financial
affairs of such society or association, verify the resources and moneys
on hand, check up the expenditures and ascertain its ability to meet
its liabilities and fulfill the obli^tions entailed upon it by its constitu-
tion, by-laws, rules, or regulations.
Seg. 3. Such examination and inspection by the Insular Treasurer
shall be had in the province in which such society or association has
its principal place of business, and the Insular Treasurer may apply
to the Court of First Instance of such province and cause to be issued
therefrom subpoenas to witnesses to attend and testi^ before him and
bring with them such books, papers, documents and letters as may be
described in such subpoenas. A witness failing to attend or comply
with the terms of the subpjoena or refusing to reply to material, rele-
vant, and competent questions touching the subject-matter of the
investigation or inspection, shall be punished by the Court of First
Instance after proper showing in the same manner and to the same
extent as if the failure or refusal of the witness had occurred in an
action or proceeding pending before such court. In making such
investigation the Insular Treasurer is authorized to call upon the
Attorney-General to assist in the conduct of the examination, either
in person or by deputy or agent of the Attorney-General duly
authorized.
Sec. 4. Any person, whether a member or not of any such society
or association, who shall misappropriate or divert from its lawful pur-
pose, or appropriate to his own use or that of another, without proper
authority, any of the funds or property of the society, shall be pun-
ished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars or by imprisonment
not to exceed five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 5. Whenever the result of the examination by the Insular
Treasurer shall show that the finances of the association are in such
condition that it can not meet its liabilities and that its funds have
been diverted from the purposes for which it was organized, to such
an extent as to require him to declare it to be solvent, he shall report
the same to the Attorney-General, who shall, in the name of the Insu-
lar Government, file a petition in the Court of First Instance to dis-
solve the association, sell its property, collect its assets and distribute
the proceeds to the persons oy law entitled to receive the same. In
the settlement of the affairs of the association it shall be within the
discretion of the court either to appoint the Insular Treasurer as the
agent of the association to close up the affairs of the association or to
appoint a receiver who shall discharge the same duty.
DEC. 6. The petition provided for in the last section shall be filed
against the officers and members of the association. It shall be a suf-
ficient service upon the association and the members thereof to serve
the president, secretary, treasurer, directors, or board of managers or
trustees of the association personally with a copy of the petition. In
addition to such personal service of the officers, however, it shall be
necessary to publish a copy of the petition in two newspapers, one
Eublished in the English language and one in the Spanish langua^,
aving a general circulation in the judicial district in wnich the petition
is filed. If there be no such newspaper of general circulation, then
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the petition shall be posted at the door of the provincial building for
two weeks. Such puolication in the newspapers, if possible, shall take
place once a week for two weeks. In case of emergency uie court is
authorized to appoint a receiver before the service of process, personal
and by publication, shall be completed.
Sec. 7. After the filing of the petition and the obtaining of service
under the next preceding section, the pleadings and procedure there-
after shall be the same as provided in the *'C^e of (3vil Procedure."
Sec. 8. The order appomting a receiver or designating the Insular
Treasurer as an a^ent for the settlement of such societies shall contain
an injunction against all officers, agents, and collectors of the society,
forbidding them to continue in the collection or disbursement of
moneys belonging to the society, whether such officers or ageflts are
resident or actually in the judicial district in which the petition is filed,
or in other provinces, and it shall be the duty of the officers of the
association at once, upon the making of the order appointing the
receiver, to notify all agents and collectors of the making of the order
and to direct same to cease collecting or disbursing money of the asso-
ciation.
Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for the Insular Treasurer or the Attorney-
General, or the deputy of either, engaged in the investigations and
examinations provided by this Act, to make public either the condition
of the society or any information obtained with respect to the condition
of the receipts or the expenditures of such society, unless it shall be
necessary to proceed against any of the officers of the association
criminally for an offense under section four, or to apply to the Court
of First Instance for a dissolution of the society under section five.
Sec. 10. This Act shall apply to existing associations and to all those
which may hereafter be organized, but section four shall not have appli-
cation except to offenses committed hereafter. *
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 27, 1903.
[No. 702.]
AK ACT to regulate the registration of Chineee persons in the Philippine Archipel-
ago, and to carry into effect and enforce the provisions of section four of the Act of
Ck>ngre8S approved April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled **An
Act to prohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United
States, its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of
Columbia, of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent. ''
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philvppi/ne
Commission^ trvat:
Section 1. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipel
ago is hereby authorized and directed to make the registration or all
Uiinese laborers in the Philippine Islands as reauired and prescribed
by section four of the Act of Congress approved April twenty-ninth,
nineteen hundred and two, entitl^ "An Act to prohibit the coming
into and to regulate the residence within the United States, its Tern-
tories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of
Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent," and to employ
for that purpose the personnel of the Philippine Customs Service, the
provincial and military oflScers hereinafter provided, and such other
persons as may be necessary.
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Sec. 2. The loBular Collector of Costoms shall make such roles and
regulations as may be necessanr for the efficient execution of this Act,
prescribing the form of certificates of registration required hereby,
and making such provisions that certificate may be procured in local-
ities convenient to the applicants.
Sec. 3. Fa^ch certificate of registration shall contain the name, age,
date, and place of birth, registry of birth, if any, local residence, occu-
Ktion, and photograph of the person therein described, and such oUier
ta in respect to nim as shall be prescribed by the Insular CJollector
of Customs, and shall be issued by the proper officer upon payment to
him of a fee of fifty cents. United States currency, said fee to be accom-
panied by a true photograph of the applicant in triplicate to the satis-
faetioft of such officer.
Sec. 4. Any Chinese laborer within the limits of the Philippine
Islands who shall neglect, fail, or refuse to obtain within the time pre-
scribed by section four of the Act of Congress of the United States,
referred to in section one of this Act, the certificate of registration by
this Act provided to be issued, and who shall be found within the
Philippine Islands without such certificate of registration after such
time has elapsed, mjnr be arrested upon warrant issued by the Court
of First Instance of the province or by the justice's court of Uie
municipality returnable before said Court of First Instance, by any
customs official, police. Constabulary, or other peace officer of the
Philippine Islancis and brought before any judge of a Court of First
Instance in the Islands, whose duty it shall be to order that such Chinese
laborer be deported from the Philippine Islands, either to China or die
country from whence he came unless he shall affirmatively establish
clearly and to the satisfaction of such judge, by at least one credible
witness other than Chinese, that although lawfully in the Philippine
Islands at and ever since the passage of this Act he has been unable by
reason of accident, sickness, or other unavoidable cause to procure the
certificate within the time prescribed by law, in which case the court
shall order and adjudge that be procure the proper certificate within a
reasonable time and such Chinese laborer shall Dear and pay the costs
of the proceeding: I^ovided^ hmoever^ That any Chinese laborer fail-
inj? for any reason to secure the certificate required under this law
within two years from the date of its passage shall be deported from
the Islands. If it appears that such Chinese laborer had procured a
certificate in due time but that the same has been lost or destroyed, he
shall be allowed a reasonable time to procure a duplicate from the
Insular Collector of Customs or from the officer granting the ori^nal
certificate, and upon the production of such duplicate such Chmese
laborer shall be dischargea from custody upon payment of costs.
Any Chinese person having procured a certificate of registration, and
the same having been lost or destroyed, shall have a right to procure a
duplicate thereof under such regulations as may be prescribed by the
Insular Collector of Customs upon the payment of double the fee
exacted for the original certificate and the presentation of his true pho-
tograph in triplicate.
rJo Chinese person heretofore convicted in any court of the States
or Territories of the United States or the Philipine Islands of a felony
shall be permitted to register under the provisions of this Act without
special authority from tne Civil Governor.
Sec. 5. Every Chinese person having a right to be and remain in
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the Philippine Islands shall obtain the certificate of registration speci-
fied in section tliree of this Act as evidence of such right and shall
pay the fee and furnish his photograph in triplicate as in said section
prescribed; and every Chinese person found without such certificate
within the Philippine Islands after the expiration of the time limited
byjawfor registration shall be presumed, in the absence of satisfactory
5 roof to the contrary, to be a Chinese laborer and shall be subject to
eportation as proviaed in section four of this Act. Every Chinese
person shall on demand of any customs official, police, constabulary,
or other peace ofiicer exhibit his certificate, and on his refusal to do
80 may be arrested and tried as provided in section four of this Act.
Sec. 6. Any person who shall knowingly and falsely alter or sub-
stitute any name for the name written in any certificate of registration
or forge such certificate, or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent
certificate, or falsely personate the person to whom said certificate was
originally issued, or who shall falsely present any such certificate,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollai*s and
imprisoned for a term not to exceed five years.
Sec. 7. Every Chinese person who may be entitled to come into the
Philippine Islands shall upon landing, if he so requests, be given by
the collector of customs of the port at which he lands a certificate con-
taining his name, age, photograph, occupation, place of last residence,
the date on whicn he landed, and such other (kita in respect to him as
may be prescribed by the Insular Collector of Customs, and such cer-
tificate shall be issued upon payment to the proper oflicer of fifty
cents, United States currency, accompanied by a true photograph of
the applicant in triplicate to the satisfaction of such oflScer.
Sec. 8.' Each certificate issued under this Act shall be made out in
triplicate and to each of the triplicate copies shall be attached a true
photograph of the person to whom issued. One of such triplicate
certificates shall be delivered to the applicant, one filed in the office of
the reristrar of Chinese for the district within which the application
is made, and the third transmitted to the Insular Collector of Customs
for permanent record and file.
Sec. 9. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago is
hereby authorized to deputize^ as registrar or deputy registrar of
Chinese in each organized province of the Civil Government any col-
lector or deputy collector of customs or treasurer of the province, and
the ofiicers so deputized shall give the necessary assistance under the
direction of the Insular Collector of Customs in the execution of this
Act
Sec. 10. In unorganized provinces the Insular Collector of Customs
is, authorized to designate, where available, any oflicer or qualified
employee in the Customs Service for duty as registrar or deputy reg-
istrar of Chinese, and in case none such is available, then by ana with
the consent of the commanding oflScer of the Division of the Philip-
pines he is authorized to designate an oflicer of the United States
Army to serve as registrar of Cninese.
Sec. 11. Registrars and deputy registrars of Chinese, in addition to
their compensation as ofiicials or employees of the Civil Grovemment or
officers of the United States Army, shall receive not to exceed the sum
of seventy -five dollars, United States currency, per month, and their
actual and nexjessary traveling expenses, not to exceed three dollars.
United States currency, per day, mcurred under orders of the Insular
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Collector and by reason of their being engaged in the work prescribed
in this Act.
Sbo. 12. The word "laborer" or * 'laborers'' wherever used in this
Act shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled manual labor-
ers, including Chinese laundrymen and Chinese employed in mining,
fishing, huckstering, peddling, or taking, drying, or otherwise pre-
serving shell or other fish for home consumption or exportation.
The term "merchant" as employed in this Act sifiuifies a person
engaged in buying and selling mercnandise at a fixed place of business,
which business in conducted in his name, and who during the time
he claims to be engaged as a merchant does not engage in the perform-
ance of any manusu labor except such as is necessarv in the conduct of
his business as such merchant. The definition of "laborer" and ''mer-
chant" set out in this section shall receive the same construction as
that given to it by the Federal Courts of the United States and the
rulings and regufations of the Treasury Department ofi the United
States.
Sec. 13. For the purposes of this Act the following temporary
employees, or so many thereof as may be necessary, are hereby author-
izea in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archi-
pelago: Six registration clerks and two Chinese translators of class
nine and two stenographers and typewriters of class eight.
Sec. 14. The sum or forty thousand dollars, United States currency,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out
of any moneys in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
pay the salaries and expenses of registrars and deputy registrars and
necessary clerical assistance, interpreting, translating, printing, adver-
tising, traveling, transportation, stationery, and sucn other 'expenses
as may be incurred in connection with this registration.
Sec. 15. It being impossible to complete the registration herein pro-
vided for within one year from the passage of the Act of Congress
approved April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two, the time for
such registration is, pursuant to authority granted by section four of
said Act, hereby extended for a period of six months to date from April
twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 27, 1903.
[No. 703.]
AN ACT conferring a franchise upon the Manila Railway Company, limited, to
construct, maintain, and operate a railroad from a point on the present Manila and
Dagupan Railroad one and five-hundred-thousandths kilometers from what is
known at the present time as the terminus of said railroad in the dty of Manila,
to Antipolo, in the province of Rizal, an estimated distance of thirty-two kilome-
ters, and to construct, maintain, and operate a spur or branch of said railroad
from its crossing of the River San Juan to a point on the River Padg opposite the
municipality of San Pedro Macati, in the Province of Rizal, an estimatea distance
of three kilometers.
By (mthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. The Manila Railway Company, Limited, an English
corporation, which under a Spanish concession constructed, and is
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now operating the Manila and Dagnpan Railroad, is hereby author-
ized to construct from a point on the present Manila and Da^pan
Railroad one and five-hundred-thousandths kilometers from wnat is
known at the present time as the terminus of said railroad in the city
of Manila, a railroad in an easterly direction, to Antipolo, in the
Province of Rizal, an estimated distance of thirty-two kilometers, and
to construct a spur or branch of said railroad from its crossing of the
River San Juan to a point on the River Pasig opposite the munici-
pality of San Pedro Macati, in the Province of Kizal, an estimated
aistance of three kilometers.
Sec. 2. The Manila terminus of the railroad, the construction of
which is authorized in the preceding section, shall be the present cen-
tral station of the Manila and Da^pan Railroad at Tutuban, the junc-
tion with the existing line of said railroad bein^ at a point one and
five-hundred-thousandths kilometers from what is at present known
as the termipus of the said Manila and Dagupan Railroad in the city
of Manila. From this point the railway line shall run easterly, passing
north of th^ district of Sampaloc, through the district of randacan,
passing near the present race course, commonly called the ^' Santa
Mesa Race Track;" crossing by suitable bridge the River San Juan,
passing between the municipalities of San Felipe Neri and San Juan
del Monte, following a northeasterly course by tangents and curves
bending easterly anasoutheasterly to the barrio of San Isidro; cross-
ing by suitable bridge the River Mariquina to the municipality of
Mariquina; running thence southeastly to the municipality of Cainta;
bending* thence easterly, crossing by suitable bridges the Rivers Cut-
cut and Qiy-ticlin to the municipality of Taytay; and running thence
northeasterly, by tangents and curves, to Antipolo.
The spur or branch of said road shall begin at a point near the east-
em end of its crossing of the River San Juan, bending in a southeast-
erly direction te the River Pasig. run thence along and up said river
to a point on the same opposite tne municipality of San Pedro Macati.
The grantee of the franchise shall be allowed in the route described
to make the variations in location which a detailed study of the ground
mav show to be necessary to avoid floods or heavy cutting of bank,
and to allow for lessening of curvature, reduction of gradient, or the
benefiting of the railrosul. If. after completed survey and detailed
study of the route of said railway hereinbefore described, it shall
appear to the grantee company more advantageous, the railway line
mav pass, continuing from the terminus of the spur or branch of said
railroad nereinbefore authorized to be constructed, at a point on the
River Pasig opposite the municipality of San Pedro Macati, easterly
along and up the River Pasig, crossing by necessary bridges the River
Manquina at a point above the municipality of Pasig to Cainta, and
continue thence to Antipolo as hereinbefore described. In the event of
the acceptance of the last-described route the grantee companj^ shall
construct a spur or branch of said railroad connecting the municipali-
ties of Cainta and Maricjuina, along the route hereinbefore described
for said line between said points: I^ovided^ however^ That until such
time as the route from Taytav to Antipolo can be properly surveyed
and staked, the municipality of Taytay is denominated as the provisional
terminus of said railroad.
Seo. 3. The maximum grade and minimum curve to be employed in
the construction ^ball be two per oept and two hundred meters radius,
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re^^pectirelj. The grade on carves shall be so compensated that the
maximum grade on curves of minimum radius shall not exceed one per
cent
Sec. 4. The grantee shall construct and maintain stations in the dis-
trict of Sampaloc,in the division of the district of Pandacan conunonly
known as Santa Mesa, and in the municipalities of San Felipe Nen,
San Juan del Monte, Mariquina, Cainta, Tajrtay, and Antipole, and
shall ab^ construct and maintain a freight depot on the River Pasigat
the terminu8 of the spur or branch hereinbefore authorized to be con-
Htructed. At Antipoio, and at Tajtay for such period as the same is
Erovisional terminus of said railroad, the grantee, in addition to station
ouses shall construct locomotive sheds with necessary turn-tables,
water service, and cranes, in the situation which shall be most suitable
for railroad nurposes.
Sec. 5. All material emploved in the construction of the line shall
be of good class and quality adaptable to the conditions of the country.
The rails shall be of steel of a weight not less than sixty -five pounds
per yard, and shall be thirty feet long.^ Two thousand one hundred
and twelve cross-ties, six feet by eight inches by five inches, of native
hard wood, shall be employed per mile of track. In the case of its not
being poasible to obtain the number required from the forests of the
Archipelago with the necessary despatch, due to want of propr
machinery and insufficient labor, Australian hard woods, puriog, maire,
ironbark, karri, and kauri, such as used on the Australian GU>vernment
railways, shall be employed.
Sec. 6. The railway shall be a single line of three feet and six
inches gauge (that is, the distance between the inner surfaces of the
rails shall be three feet and six inches), sidings and loops necessary
for the proper working of the line being provided for passing the
trains at eacn station. The width of banks and cuttings shall be that
necessary to carry the track.
Sec. 7. All materials employed in the construction of buildings
shall be of good class and quality. Roofing shall be of galvanized
iron. Bridges shall be constructed of native hard wood or foreign
timber, to be replaced by steel and masonry when the development
of traffic shall justify the outlay.
Sec. 8. The grantee shall acquire for the construction of the rail-
road a strip of land thirty meters in width, except in such places where
greater width is required for stations, buildings, embankments, cuts
and borrow pits, quarries, and such additional lands as may be reauired
for diversions of water, roads or highways, drainage of swamp lands,
dikes and other works to protect the tracks from floods and freshets,
as well as for yards, shops, wharves, platforms, storehouses, turn-outs,
switches, or for any other purposes necessary and proper to the rail-
road. In the case 'when lands necessary for the proper construction
of the line can not be obtained by free arrangement with the owners,
the grantee shall have the right to expropriate the same in the manner
established by law.
Sec. 9. Before conunencing work on any one section or district of
the line the grantee shall fife with the Consulting Engineer to the
Conunission a map or plan and profile thereof showing the course and
direction, accompanied by an explanatory statement as to the route
and general conmtions of said section or district of the proposed rail-
road. On approval of said plan and profile two copies shall be drawn
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by the grantee, one of which shall remain in tne possession of the
grantee and the other be filed in the office of the Consulting Engineer
to the Commission.
Sec. 10. At points where the railroad shall cross public highways
the grantee shall construct the necessary bridges and crossings so that
the public conmiunication shall not be interrupted unnecessarily. The
grantee shsJl further put up the necessary notices to the public to avoid
danger from passing trains, the same to be specified by the Consulting
Engineer; and at points of peculiar danger for crossing, when required
by the Consulting Engjineer or by the provincial board of the province
in which the crossing is, shall s^tion a gate or a guard or both at the
crossing to prevent accidents.
Sec. 11. The grantee shall establish along the whole length of the
road a telegraph line for the exclusive use of the railroad. The posts
of this line shall also carry the number of wires which the Government
may consider necessaiy to erect for public service. The establish-
ment, protection, and maintenance of the wires and stations necessary
for public service shall be at the cost of the Government
Sec. 12. The grantee before opening the road or portions of the
road for convevance of passengers and freight shall give notice in
writing to the Consulting Engineer of the date when the railroad, or
portion of the railroad will be, in the opinion of the company, suffi-
ciently completed for safe conveyance. Upon receipt of such notifi-
cation the Consulting Engineer shall himself or by his assistant forth-
with examine all bridges, tunnels, and other works, locomotives and
rolling stock intended to be used thereon, and if he finds the same to
be satisfactory, in accordance with law, ana safe for public travel, shall
authorize the opening of all or a portion of the line.
Sec. 13. The grantee shall enjoy the following powers, privileges,
and exemptions:
(a) To occupy any part of the public domain not occupied for other
public purposes, wnich may be necessary for the purposes of the
enjoyment of this franchise and may be approved by the Consulting
Engineer. The land to be taken under this power shall be acquired
by the company in the following manner: The company shall file a
petition describing the land which it desires to acquire from the pub-
lic domain, showing that the same belongs to the public domain, is not
in use for any other public purpose, ana is property necessary for the
enjoyment of the franchise to construct and maintain the railroad
herein described, and praying that the same may be conveyed to it for
uses and purposes of the enjoyment of said franchise. The petition
shall be accompanied by a plat and survey of the land described in
the petition. The Consulting Engineer, after an examination of the
petition and the plat and the taking of evidence if necessary, shall
approve the same, if he finds the land petitioned for to be necessary
and proper for the enjoyment of the franchise herein granted. The
Consulting Engineer shall then forward the petition, with his approval,
to the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, who shall, upon due inves-
tigation, determine whether the land sought is public land, and is not
in use for any other public purpose, and shall certify the same to the
Civil Governor, who, being satisfied of the propriety and legality of
granting the petition, shall execute a patent to the railway company
for the land aescribed in the petition and plat. The patent shall be
recorded in the office of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and
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thereafter delivered to the grantee company. The patent shall oper-
ate to convey the land described therein to the grantee company for
the uses of the franchise herein granted, but shall contain a clause pro-
viding for a reverter of the land to the Insular Government whenever
it shall have ceased to be used for the purposes of the franchise.
(b) To acquire from provincial governments, municipalities, corpo-
rations, or private individuals, by contract or expropriation, land which
may be necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of
the railroad, but no lands within the boundaries of any province or
municipality shall be occupied by the grantee if the same is in actuaJ
use for provincial or municipal purposes, nor shall any land within
the boundary of any municipality be occupied without the consent of
the municipal authorities of such municipality. No part of a public
rood shall be occupied by the railroad without the consent of both
the municipal and the provincial authorities,, except such part as may
be necessary in the crossing of the road by the railroad. The char-
acter of the crossing of any road shall be agreed upon by the provincial
board of the province and the agents of the grantee company. In case
of a difference the question shaffl be ref errM to the Consulting Engi-
neer, whose decision shall be final.
{c) To appear, to petition, to indicate, continue or discontinue at any
stage all proceedings in or out of court; to sue and be sued; and to
appoint or separate freely such employees and agents as the business
of the corporation shall require, and to allow them a suitable com-
pensation.
(d) To acquire for railroad purposes by purchase, voluntary grant,
or by any other lawful title, the ownership or possession of lands and
other real and personal property, as well as any estate, right, interest
or easement therein, and to take, hold, lease, exchange, mortgi^
pledge, sell or dispose of the same or any part thereof in confomuty
with the law.
(<?) To construct, alter, substitute, maintain, and operate the railway
conceded, make or construct all buildings, stations, shops, planes,
tunnels, embankments, aqueducts, bridges, or other structures^ wharves,
roads, ways, passages, conduits, drains, piers, arches, cuttings, ana
fences on lanas acquired, or on which the necessary right has been
obtained, and to cross any railway, tramway, river, stream, water
course, lake, canal, shore, road, and highway, where the necessary
right has been obtained from those public or private corporations or
individuals whose rights will be affected, also to direct or alter, as well
temporarily as permanently, the course of any river, stream, water
course or highway, or raise or sink the level thereof, in order the more
conveniently to carry the same across, over, under, or by the side of
the railroad, when approved by the Consulting Engineer to the Com-
mission and when tne consent of the owners of rights or interests
which may be prejudiced or injured shall have been obtained through
contract, or the injury compensated for in the case of expropriation
proceedings.
(/) To open quarries, to collect stone from the surface of the land,
to cut timber, to mine in lands for materials, and to build and operate
kilns for lime, gypsum, and brick for railroad purposes on lands
owned, occupied, leased or under control of the grantee company.
(g) To conduct water to the railroad for the use of the same, and to
acquire the necessary land and to make such roads thereon as may be
necessary to give access to the stations from public roads in the vicinity.
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(A) To borrow such sums of money and contract such debts from
time to time as may be necessary to construct, complete, maintain,
and operate the railroad or for any other lawful purposes; to issue and
dispose of promissory notes, debentures or other securities for any
amount so borrowed or debt contracted with or without the security
of the properties or property rights of the railroad, and to secure such
debts, notes, bonds, deoentures, or securities by a moi-tgage deed,
creating mortgages, charges, and incumbrances upon owned properties
and property rights or rights of any kind, or by deeds constituting
liens ana charges affecting the rents and revenues of the railroad in
whole or in part. The grantee shall not have power to mortgage the
railroad, construction of which is authorized herein, to the extent of
more than an amount eauivalent to fifteen thousand dollars a kilometer
in money of the United States.
(i) No real or personal property of the railroad actually used and
necessary for railroad purposes shall be taxed by any province or
municipality for twenty years from the granting of this franchise.
{j) In the case of refusal, neglect, or delay in payment of the cost
and expenses of transportation and conduction or freight over the
whole length or any part of the line, the grantee shall have the right
to detain the same until such time as the amount due shall be paid.
The amount due shall include all proper charges for storage of goods
left in the care of the grantee company for over forty-eight hours
after reaching their destmation.
(k) To make application before the justice of the peace of the dis-
trict wherein the station is situated for the sale at public auction of all
articles of freight or luggage transported by the company which may
have remained at such ^tion for two months or over and not been
called for by the owner or consignee. In the before-mentioned cases
or when the owner or consignee can not be found or is unknown or
shall refuse to receive the goods transported or pay the cost of trans-
port, application may be made by the company to the justice of the
peace for an order to sell at public auction after general advertisement
for two days those goods which are of a peiishable nature, and within
thirty days those not subject to deterioration. The proceeds of sale
shall go first to defray the cost and expenses of said sale, and then to
the account of freight and charges of the railroad company on said
goods, and the balance, if there oe any, shall be deposited with said
ludge at the disposition of the person who may have right to the same.
The grantee company shall have the right to refuse to transport
goods of a perishable nature unless the freight charges are prepaid or
guaranteed.
Sec. 14. The grantee company fhall undertake to provide on its
trains the locale which may be necessary for the service of mails, the
rate of transportation, terms, and conmtions under which same shall
be carried being arranged and agreed to between the Director of Posts
and the company. In case the Director of Posts and the company
shall not agree as to the rate and terms of transportation thereoi, the
Chief Executive of the Islands, after giving the company opportunity
to be heard, shall fix the prices, terms, and conditions therefor. Such
prices shall not be less for carrying such mails in the regular passenger
trains than the amount which the company would realize as freight on
a like transport of merchandise and a fair compensation for the post-
office car. If the Government of the Islands snould require in addi-
tion to the ordinary mail service, the transport of mail or urgent
468 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPIHE COMMISSIOlf.
oixlers, at other hours or at higher speed than the passen^r trains are
run, the transport of troops, ammunition, bullion, or freight, the com-
pany shall provide, day or ni^ht, special conveyance for same and be
allowed extra compensation therefor.
Sec. 15. The grantee company shall not put obstacles in the way of
the road conceded being crossed by other lines of railroad or highways
authorized by the Government of the Islands, where full compensation
is made for any damage which may be sustained and the police law of
railroads is complied with.
Sec. 16. The legal domicile of the grantee company shall be in Manila
where there shall also be a duly authorized representative with full
powers to carry out the duties and sustain the rights conferred under
the concession.
Sec. 17. From the time when the whole or part of the railroad shall
be opened to public service the grantee company shall run its regular
trains for the transportation of passengers and freight as near as
practicable at regular hours fixea by public notice and shall fumisb
sufficient accommodation for the transportation of passengers and
property as are within a reasonable time previously thereto offered for
transportation at the places of starting.
Sec. 18. The company shall concede to all passengers holding first-
class tickets, the free carriage of fifty kilograms of personal baggage and
those holding lower-class tickets thirty kilograms of personal baggage.
By personal baggage is to be understood ordinary wearing apparel,
bicycles, and sucn articles as may be required by persons practicing
any profession or trade, it being further understood that such articles
shall only be accepted by the company when contained in such recep-
tacles as will safely contain the same for purposes of transportation
and that the grantee company shall not be uable beyond the extent of
one hundred dollars. United States currency, for each fifty kilograms
of weight of such baggage unless the owner thereof shall, upon offer-
ing the same for transportation, declare the contents thereof and pay
therefor by wa}^ of insurance for the additional amount of responsibility
to be assumed by the company in case of loss.
Sec. 19. Every locomotive used in the working of the line shall be fur-
nished with a bell and with a steam whistle and the bell shall be rung or
the whistle sounded at a distance of at least three hundred meters from
every place at which the railroad passes any highway and be kept ring-
ing or sounding until the engine nas crossed such highway. Brakes
and such other safety appliances for the security of life and property
shall be installed by the grantee company on all trains and locomotives,
at road crossings and at other places of danger, as may from time to
time be designated and approved by the Government.
Sec^ 20. It shall be the duty of the grantee company to provide the
locomotives used in the operation of the road with the necessary appa-
ratus to prevent sparks or live coals setting fire to any property sajfL-
cent to the line.
Sec. 21. The grantee company shall regulate the speed of trains
running through the streets of towns or on public highways where
the line is not fenced in, or where there are no gates or flagmen at
crossings of such streets or highways to the velocity which the munic-
ipal councils of the respective municipalities shall decide on. Incase
the decision seems unreasonable the -company may appeal to the C!on-
sulting Engineer, whose decision shall be final.
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Sec. 22. The company shall oblige every employee working on a
passenger train or at a station for passengers, to wear upon his hat or
cap a badge which shall indicate nis office, and he shall not without
such badge be entitled to exercise any of the powers of his office or
ask for the help of the guardians of the law if such are necessary.
Sec. 23. It shall be obligatory for the company by means of its
agents or employees to affix chects or tags to every parcel of baggage
delivered to such agents or employees for transportation and a dupTi-
cate of such check or tag shall be delivered to the passenger delivenng
same. If the grantee company does not comply with this obliga-
tion no fare or toll shall be received from such passenger, and if such
passenger has already paid same it shall be returned on demand.
Sec. 24. The company may refuse to transport any package or par-
cel suspected to contain goods of a dangerous nature or whose trans-
port shall be prohibited by the Government.
Sec. 26. The grantee company shall charge for the transport of
passengers or freight prices fixed by reasonable tariffs. Such tariffs
shall be approved by the Consulting Engineer or by such other officers
as may be provided by law. The legislative authority of the Islands
may provide for the change and regulation of tariffs so as to make
them reasonable.
Sec. 26. The tariff^ approved by the governmental authority for
the conduction and transport of i)assengers, bag^ge, packages, freight,
and live stock shall be posted by the company in prominent places in
its stations before such tariffs shall go into effect and any cnange in
said tariffs shall also be published in the papers of Manila for the gen-
eral information of the public.
Sec. 27. The franchise conferred herein to construct, maintain, and
operate a railroad from Manila to Antipole is, subject to the right of
Congress to amend, modify, or repeal the same under the Philippine
Act, made perpetual.
Sec. 28. The tariffs for transport of public and Government freight
and passengers which shall be applied for the working of the line
from Manila to Antipole shall be those approved by the Government
of the Islands for the Manila and Dagupan Railroad. These tariffs
shall be revised by the proper governmental authority when a stand-
ard currency shall be established for these Islands in the place of the
Mexican dollar to-day in circulation or a law fixing the monetary basis
in the Islands be enacted.
Sec. 29. Before inaugurating the first district of the line conceded
the grantee company shall submit for the approval of the proper gov-
ernmental authority of the Islands the working rules and regulations
for the government of its train and station service, for the condition of
its traffic, for the proper care of its tracks, bridges, and other appur-
tenances and for tne guidance of its employees, and the Government
having given the company opportunity to be heard thereon, shall make
in said working rules and regulations the additions and alterations
which shall be considered necessary. These working rules and ref-
lations, after being approved by the proper governmental authority,
shall have the force of law, but they shall be subject to modification at
any time at petition of the company, or by direction of the Govern-
ment, said modifications being suoject, after giving the company oppor-
tunity to be heard, to alteration by the proper authority, and when
approved in presented or modified rorm snail have the force of law.
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Sec. 30. Within the term of fifteen days from the date of the accept-
ance of the concession as hereinafter provided, the grantee compimy
shall deposit in the office of the Insular Treasurer in Manila, a sum, in
money of the United States, equal to three hundred dollars for each
kUometer of the concession; said deposit shall be returned to the
grantee company in proportion and as the work be terminated and for
lengths which shall not be le-ss than ten kilometers. The grantee com-
pany shall lose all or part of said deposit in favor of the Lisular (joy-
ernment if more than six months shall elapse without having b^on
the railroad, or more than three years shall elapse before it is termi-
nated. The deposit shall not be forfeited when the termination of the
works shall have been partially or totally interrupted by force majeure
or by fortuitous causes. In case the grantee company desires to do so,
the deposit herein required may, with the approval of the Civil Gov-
ernor, be made in interest bearing bonds, or other securities, at least
equivalent, both in par and actual value, to the money deposits above
re(][uired, and the interest due on the bonds or other securities shjJl,
as it accrues, be paid to the grantee company or its order.
Sec. 31. The Legislature of the Islands after hearing the grantee
company shall have the power to declare the forfeiture of the conces-
sion in the following cases:
{a) If the works are not commenced or the road finished within the
period prescribed in the concession except in cases fortuitous or force
majeure; when such cases shall occur the Legislature of the IslaDcIs
shall have the power to extend as considered necessary the i)eriod fixed
for the execution of the works. At the termination of the extension
of time, the concession shall be forfeited.
(b) If on the opening to public traffic of the total length of line the
grantee company interrupts the public service for a longer period than
one month when such interruption shall not be due to force majeure or
to the carrying out of repairs as considered necessary for the security
of the public by the inspector named by the Government or by the
company.
Sec. 32. Against the declaration of forfeiture of the concession made
by the Legislature of the Islands, the grantee company may apply in
the first instance to the courts of the Islands and on appeal to the
Supreme Court of the United States of America. If the grantee com-
pany should not appeal against the declarations of forfeiture within a
Kenod of two montns after the same has been communicated, it shall
e understood that the above privilege is renounced. The forfeiture
of the concession implies the loss of the deposit.
Sec. 83. Once that the declaration of forfeiture of the concession is
signed all works which shall have been completed shall be put up to
public auction and the concession shall be adjudicated .to the highest
bidder who shall pay to the original grantee the amount obtained in
such auction for said works, deducting costs and expenses which the
same may occasion. The basis of the auction shall be the estimated
value of the technical study for the work executed, the lands bought,
works completed, the existing plant and material for the execution of
the works and the working of the line. The valuation shall be made
by two experts, one to be named by the Government and the other by
the grantee company, and a third who shall be named by common con-
sent in case of disagreement. This Act shall be subject to all the
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requirement and limitations of Act Nmnbered Ninety -eight and tlie
amendments thereto heretofore or hereafter made. A failure to com-
ply with the provisions of this Act or the orders of the proper author-
ities shall be pimishable as provided for the violation of Act Numbered
Ninety-eight, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 34. Nothing herein contained shall be used to prejudice the Insu-
lar Government or the Government of the United States in the issues
pending between the Manila Railway Company, Limited, and the United
States or the Insular Government as to claims for damages or the for-
feiture of the right to present such claims by the IVmnila Railway
Company, Limited.
Sec. 35. The granting of this charter shall be subject in all respects
to the limitations upon corporations and the granting of franchises con-
tained in the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred
and two, entitled ''An Act temporarily to provide for the administra-
tion of affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for
other purposes."
Sec. 36. The Manila Railway Company, Limited, shall pay into the
Treasury of the Insular Government as compensation for the granting
of this franchise, one and one-half per cent upon the gross income
received by it from the passenger and freight traffic upon said branch
railway from Manila to Antipolo. Where receipts either from freight
traffic or passenger traffic shall include transportation over part of the
main line and the branch herein authorized, the receipts for traffic on
the branch line shall be determined in proportion to the mileage. Said
Ercentage of gross receipts shall be due and payable by the Manila
ilway Company, Limited, monthly, and shall be in lieu of all taxes
upon tne privileges, earnings, income, and franchises of said railway
company, from other tax upon and assessment upon which, said rail-
way companv is hereby expressly exempted for twenty years from the
passage of this Act.
Sec. 37. The Manila Railway Company^ Limited, shall keep a record
of all its receipts for the carriage or freight and passengers over the
line herein autnorized, which shall be subject to the inspection of the
authorities of the Insular Govenment, wno shall audit and approve
the accounts of the company at the end of each month before the pay-
ment of the percentage tax. The accounts when audited and approved
as herein provided shall be conclusive evidence of the liability of the
company under the provisions of section thirty -six.
Sec. 88. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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 89. This act shall take effect on its passage, but the grant of the
franchise shall not become operative unless the grantee company shall,
within sixty days after the passage hereof, file with the Civil Governor
its acceptance of the franchise and its agreement to comply with the
terms of this act.
Enacted, March 27, 1903.
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[No. 704.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Five hondred and fifty-four conferring a franchise
upon the Manila Railway Compon}^, Limited, to construct a branch railroad from
Guiguinto to Cabanatuan, by rMuiring the company to pay one and one-half per
cent of its gross earnings to Uie Insular Government
By authority of the United States^ he it eruicted by the PhUijypine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Act Numbered Five hundred and fif^-four, entitled
^^ An Act conferring a franchise upon the Manila Railway Company,
limited, to construct and operate a railroad from Guiguinto, on the
present line of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad, to Cabanatuan, in
the Province of Nueva Ecija, an estimated distance of seventy -one
kilometers," is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
sections:
'' Sec. 37. The Manila Railway Company shall pay into the Treasury
of the Insular Government as compensation for the granting of this
franchise one and one-half per cent upon its gross income received by
it from the passenger and freight traffic upjon said branch railway
from Guiguinto to Cabanatuan. Where receipts either from freight
traffic or passenger traffic shall include transportation over part of the
main line and the branch herein authorized, the receipts for traffic on
the branch line shall be determined in proportion to the mileage.
Said percentage of gross receipts shall be due and payable by flie
Manila Railwav Company montnly, and shall be in lieu of all taxes
upon the privileges, earnings, income, and franchises of said railroad
company, from other tax and assessment upon which said railway
company is hereby expressly exempted for twenty years from the
passage of this Act.
^'Sec. 38. The Manila Railway Company, Limited, shall keep a
record of all of its receipts for the carriage of freight and passengers
over the line herein authorized, which shall be subject to tne inspec-
tion of the authorities of the Insular Government, who shall audit and
approve the accounts of the company at the end of each month before
the payment of the percentage tax. The amounts when audited and
approved as herein provided snail be conclusive evidence of the liability
of the company under the provisions of section thirty-seven."
Sec. 2. The Manila Railway Company, Limited, within sixty days
after the passage hereof, shall file with the Civil Governor its accept-
ance of this amendment of the franchise and its agreement to comply
herewith.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accoi*dance with section
two of *^An Act prescribing the oraer 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 27, 1903.
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[No. 705.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-five conferring a franchise
upon the Manila Railway Company, Limited, to construct two branch roads, one
connecting Mabalacat with the main line and one connecting Bayambang with
the main line, by requiring the company to pay one and one-half per cent of its
gross earnings to the Insular Government.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Coramiss^ion^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An
Act to authorize the construction by the Manila Railway Company,
Limited, owning and operating the Manila and Dagu^n Railway, of
two branches, one connecting Mabalacat with the main line and one
connecting l^yambang with the main line," is hereby amended by
adding thereto the following sections:
" Sec. 5. The Manila Railway Cympany shall pav into the Treasury
of the Insular Government as compensation for the granting of th;s
franchise one and one-half per cent upon its gross income received by
it from the passenger and freight traffic upon said branch railways,
one connecting Mabalacat with the main line and one connecting Bay-
ambang with the main line. Where receipts either from freight traffic
or passenger traffic shall include transportation over part of the main
line and either or both of the branches herein authorized, the receipts
for traffic on the branch lines shall be determined in proportion to the
mileage. Said percentage of gross receipts shall be due and payable
by the Manila Railway Company, Limited, monthly and shall be in
lieu of all taxes upon the privileges, earnings, income, and franchises
of said railroad company, irom other tax and assessment upon which,
said railway company is hereby expressly exempted for twenty years
from the passage of this Act.
"Sec. 6. The Manila Railway Conapany, Limited, shall keep a
record of all its receipts for the carriage of freight and passengers
over the lines herein authorized, which shall be subject to the inspec-
tion of the authorities of the Insular Government, who shall audit
and approve the accounts of the company at the end of each month
before the pavment of the percentage tax. The amounts when audited
and approved as herein provided snail be conclusive evidence of the
liability of the company under the provisions of section five."
Sec. 2. The Manila Kailwav Company, Limited, within sixty days
after the passage hereof, shall file with the Civil Governor its accept-
ance of this amendment of the franchise and its agreement to comply
herewith.
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 27, 1903.
474 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 706.]
AN ACT providinff for commntation of quarters for officers of the Philippinee Con-
stabulary and telegraphic inspectors assigned to duty in the city of Mimil^^ when
quarters in kind are not furnished to them.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted iy the PhUippime
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Officers of the Philippines Constabulary and inspectors
of Philippines Constabulary in the telegraphic division, assigned to
duty in the city of Manila, when not furnished quarters in kind, shsdl
hereafter be entitled to commutation of quarters at the rate of fifteen
dollars, United States currency, per month, during the period in
which they may be so assigned: Provided^ hmoever^ That the benefits
of this section shall not accrue to officers of the Philippines Constabu-
lary detailed from the Army of the United States.
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
Conmiission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall be effective as of January first, nineteen
hundred and three, and shall make valid all commutations of quar-
ters made within its provisions since that date.
Enacted, March 28, 1903.
[No. 707.]
AN ACT consolidating the municipalities of Civile, San Roque, and La Oaridad, in
the Province of Cavite, into one municipality under the name of Oavite.
By authority of the United States^ he it ena^cted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The three municipalities of Cavite, San Roque, and La
Caridad, in the Province of Cavite, shall be consolidated into one mu-
nicipality under the name of Cavite, in accordance with the provisions
of tnis Act, and the seat of the municipal government shall be in the
present municipality of Cavite.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor of Cavite shall direct the holding
of a municipal election in the new municipality under the provisions
of sections ninety -one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-four of
the Municipal Code on the hfth dav of May, nineteen hundred and
three. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and
shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipali-
ties mentioned in section one of this Act shall be thereby abolished,
and all offices held by virtue of said organization shall be vacant and
abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold
office so soon as the new officials shall nave taken the oath of office.
Until the officials elected for the new municipality shall have quali^sd
the present organizations of the three municipalities above named 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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty -sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on it^ passage.
Enacted, March 28, 1903.
[No. 708.]
AN ACT reducing thirteen of the municipalities in the Province of Batangas to five.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Thirteen of the municipalities in the Province of Batan-
gas shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to
five, as follows:
1. The municipalities of Calata^an, Tuy, and Calaca shall be con-
solidated with that of Balayan, under the name of Balayan, and with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Balayan.
2. The municipality of Lian shall be consolidated with that of
Nasugbu, under tne name of Nasugbii, and with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Nasugbfi.
3. The municipality of Talisay shall be consolidat-ed with that of
Tanauan, under tne name of Tanauan, and with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Tanauan.
4. The municipality of Loboo shall be consolidated with that of
Taysan, under the name of Taysan, and with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipalitv of Taysan.
5. The municipalities of Lemery and San Luis shall be consolidated
with that of Taal, under the name of Taal^ and with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Taal.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor of Batangas slmll direct the holding
of a municipal election m each of the new municipalities under the
provisions oi sections ninety -one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-
lour of the Municipal Code on the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred
and three. 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 offices held by virtue of their present organization
shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials
shall cease to hold office so soon as the new officials shall nave taken
the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities
as described in section one shall have qualified, the present organiza-
tions of the thirteen municipalities therein named 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 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 28, 1903.
476 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPI»E COMMISSION.
[No. 709.]
AN ACT prohibitinff the traffic in intoxicatiiig liquors within certain distances d
land used by the Lnited States for military porpoees and at certain camps therein
named.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppme
Comrnission^ that:
Section 1. No license shall be granted by a municipal council or
other municipal authority or provincial authority for the sale of any
intoxicating liquors, beer, or wine^ at any place or on any premL^
situated within a distance of two miles of land now used or hereafter
to be used by the United States for military purposes at Camp Stot-
senberg, in the municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga;
Camp Morrison, municipality of Salomague, Province of Uocos Sur;
Camp Jossman, municipality of Guimaras, Province of Hoilo; Camp
Gregg, municiimlity of Bayambang, Province of Pangasinan; in or
near the municipality of Los Banos, Province of La Laguna; in or
near the municipality of Iligan, Province of Misamis; in or near the
municipality of mtangas, Province of Batangas; in or near the munici-
pality of'Legaspi, Province of Albay; in or near the municipality of
Sorsogon, Province of Sorsogon; in or near the municipality of Santo
Tomas, Province of La Laguna; at Fort William McKinJey, near San
Pedro Macati, Province of Rizal; or within a distance of one and one-
half miles of land used or to be used by the United States for military
Jurposes at Camp Wallace, in the municipality of San Fernando,
rovince of La Union; at Pasay barracks, municipality of Pasay,
Province of Rizal; in or near the municipality of Nueva Caceres, Prov-
ince of Ambos Camarines; in or near the municipality of Lucena,
Province of Tayabas; in or near the municipality of Calamba, Province
of La Laguna; or within a distance of one mile of land used by the
United Sfittes for military purposes at Santa Mesa in the city of Manila:
Provided^ however^ That the prohibitions herein provided shall not
extend to the following-described land within the prohibited areas:
Land situated on the left bank of the Pasig river within one mile of
Santa Mesa in the city of Manila; land within a circle with a radius of
five hundred and eighty yards with a center at the middle of the road
in the immediate front of the parish church of the municipality of
Batangas, Province of Batangas; land within a circle with a radius of
four hundred yards with the center at the southwest comer of the
prison in Albay, Province of Albay; land within a circle with a radius
of four hundred yards with the center at the southeast corner of the
old Tribunal at Daraga, in the Province of Albay; land within a circle
of seven hundred yards with the center at the door of the church of
San Rafael, in the town of Legaspi, Province of Albay; land within a
circle with a radius of three hundred yards with the center at the door
of the parish church in Santo Tomas, Province of Batangas; land
within a circle with a radius of five hundred yards with the center at
the center of the public square in the town of tasig, Province of Rizal;
land within a cirde with a radius of seven hundr^ yards with the cen-
ter at the center of the public square in the municipality of Nueva
Caceres, Province of Ambos Camarines.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall sell, furnish or give away^ any intoxi-
cating liquors, wine or beer, within the boundaries prohibited in the
preceding section shall be punished for each offense by a fine not exeeding
one hundred dollars, in money of the United States, or by imprisonment
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at hard labor not exceeding six months, or by both said punisnments,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Persons to whom licenses have heretofore been granted for
the sale of intoxicating liquors within the limits prohibited by this
Act, and whose licenses have not yet expired, shall be entitled to be
reimbursed, from the treasury into which their license fees have been
paid, such a proportion of the fees paid as the time for which the license
nas yet to run he&Ts to the whole time for which the license was granted;
but shall be subject to all the penalties proWded by law for selling,
furnishing, or giving away intoxicating liquors without a license after
this Act shall come into force.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of enforcing this Act, and for no other
purpose, the commanding officers of the United States troops stationed
at the places named in the first section of the law shall have the powers
of a justice of the peace, as defined by existing laws. Prosecutions
before such officers, acting as justices of the peace, shall be governed
by the provisions of General Orders Numbered Fifty -eight, Office of
the Military Governor for the Philippine Islands, dated Manila, Philip-
pine Islands, April twenty-third, nineteen hundred, and the amendments
thereof, and all rights of appeals secured by such order and the amend-
ments thereof shall be allowed to defendants prosecuted under this Act.
Any order for arrest issued by authority of this Act may be executed
by a military officer or soldier designated for that purpose by the officer
commanding, as justice of the peace. The imprisonment of defend-
ants convicted under this Act shall be in the civil jail of the province,
or the city of Manila, as the case may be. All questions of appeal
shall be determined in the manner provided in said General Orders
Numbered Fifty-eight. Commanding officers, acting as justices of the
peace by virtue of this section, shall not be entitled to fees as justices
of the peace for services so rendered; nor shall military officers or
soldiers making arrests or serving process be entitled to fees for said
services. All fines and costs imposed hj virtue of this Act shall be
paid into the treasury of the municipality in which the offense was
committed, or into the Insular Treasury for the benefit of the city of
Manila, as the case may be.
Sec. 5. For the purpose of avoiding future misunderstandings and
of facilitating.the enforcement of this Act, it shall be the duty of the
commanding officer of the United States troops stationed at each of
the places named in the first section of this Act to notify the municipal
authorities of the municipalities affected hereby of the making or a
survey and the running of the line of the precincts within which, by
virtue of this Act, the licensing of saloons for the sale of intoxicating
liquors is prohibited; and it shall be the duty of such commanding
officer and of the municipal officers, after the line shall have been run,
to notify all persons then engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors
within the prohibited territory of the operation of this Act and of the
time within which they must remove their places of business.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on the first day of May, nineteen
hundred and three, except in so far as it applies to the saloons now
licensed within the municipality of ^yambang, in the Province of
Pangasinan, and the municipality of Los Bancs, in the Province of La
Lia^na, and as to the municipality of Bayambang and the municipality
of Los Bancs, this Act shall take effect six months from the date of
its passage.
Enacted, March 28, 1908,
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[No. 710.]
AN ACT declaring the enumeration of censos in the oomandanda of Dapitan, made
prior to March second, nineteen hundred and three, to be effective, and anthorix-
\ng the payment of a per diem of five dollars, United States currency, to the army
officer detailed as supervisor of the census for such ccmiandancia or census district
Bj/ authority of the United States^ he H enacted hy the PhUippiM
Ctrmmission^ that:
Section 1. Whereas, owing to the irregularity of the mail serrice,
the instructions of the Director of Census and the laws regarding the
Census were not received by the supervisor for the comandancia of
Dapitan, and said supervisor^ acting under instructions formerly ^ven,
commenced the enumeration in the comandancia of Dapitan prior to
the date fixed by law, and whereas the same was made in other respects
in accordance with the law, such enumeration is hereby declared to be
legal and effective.
Sec. 2. The payment of per diems of five dollars, United States
currency, to the Army oflicer detailed as supervisor of the census for
the district comprising the comandancia of Dapitan is hereby author-
ized, the same being declared to be a proper charge against the appro-
priation for census purposes.
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 oraer 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 28, 1903.
[No. 711.]
AN ACT to create the office of Assistant Attorney-General for the Bureau of Philii^
pines Constabulary.
By aaithority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. There shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and
with the consent of the Commission, an Assistant Attorney-General
for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, who shall receive ocwn-
pensation at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum
in money of the United States. The Assistant Attomejr-General thus
authorized shall be the legal adviser of the Chief of Philippines Con-
stabulary, and shall assist the Chief and the other officers of the Bureau
in the collection and preparation of evidence for criminal prosecutions;
he shall appear on benalf of the Chief of the Bureau, and other officers
thereof, in habeas corpus and other proceedings, to which the Chief of
the Bureau or any officer thereof may be a party as such Chief or
officer; he shall take part in any criminal trials when ordered by the
Civil Governor or the Attorney-General, and shall discharge such
other duties in the Bureau of Justice as the Attorney-General noay
direct.
Sec. 2. The Attorney-General mav assign to assist the Assisant
Attorney-General for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary such
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officers or employees of the Bureau of Justice as from time to time
may seem necessary.
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 30, 1903.
[No. 712.]
AN ACT amending section two of Act Numbered One hundred and forty, by provid-
ing for an increase in the salaries of judges of the Courts of First Instance.
By aiUharity of the United States^ he it enacted 5y the Philippine
Cormnission^ that:
Secjtion 1. Section two of Act Nmnbered One hundred and forty,
entitled "An Act defining the judicial districts of the Philippine Islancts,
prescribing the salaries of the judges thereof, and the times when and
the places where terms of Courts of First Instance shall be held in the
several districts," is hereby amended by substituting in lieu thereof
the following:
"Sec. 2. The annual salaries of the judges of the Courts of First
Instance for the several districts shall be as follows, payable monthly:
"For the First, Second, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Districts, four
thousand dollars.
"For the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Districts, five thousand dollars.
"For the District of Manila, five thousand five hundred dollars."
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 oraer 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 July first, nineteen hundred and
three.
Enacted, March 30, 1903.
[No. 713.]
AN ACT providing for additional employees in the office of the Collector of Cnstoms
for the JPhiUppine Archipelago.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following employees are herebj authorized in the
office of the Collector of C^toms for the Philippine Archipelago, at
Manila: One superintendent of semaphore station. Class D, at fifty-
two dollars and fifty centsper month; one assistant superintendent of
semaphore station. Class Gr; two messengers. Class E, at sixteen dol-
lars per month.
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Sec. 2. The sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cente.
United States currency, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of
pAyivig the salaries of said employees for the month of March, nine-
teen hundred and three.
Sec. 3. The position of harbormaster, class three, is hereby reduced
to harbormaster, class five.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedjr 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 from the first day of March, nine-
teen hundred and three.
Enacted, March 31, 1903.
[No. 714.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of five thooeand dollars to be expended in the dis-
cretion of the Collector of Costoms for the Philippine Archipelago.
By aiUhority of the United States^ he it eno/cted hy the PhUippms
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriatea, the sum of five thousand
dollars. United States currency, for expenditure in the discretion of the
Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelaeo during the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and tnree.
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. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 1, 1903.
[No. 716.]
AN ACT reducing the twenty-four municipalities of the province of Oriental Negroe
to fourteen.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Oriental
Negros shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to fourteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Dumaguete shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of Sibman, with the seat of the municipal government
at the present municipality of Dumaguete.
2. The municipality of Nueva Valencia shall preserve its present
boundaries.
3. The municipality of Bacon shall preserve its i)resent boundaries-
4. The municipality of Dauin shall consist of its present territory
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and the municipality of Zamboan^ita, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Zamboanguita.
5. The municipality of Siaton shall preserve its present boundaries.
6. The municipality of Tolong shall consist of its present territoiy
and that of Bayauan, with the seat of the municipal government at the
present municipality of Bayauan.
7. Themunicipabty of Ayuquitan shall consist of its present territory
and that of Amblan, with the seat of the municipal government at the
present municipality of Amblan.
8. The municipality of Tanjay shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Bais snail consist of its present territory and
that of Manjuyoa, with the seat of the municipal government at the
present municipality of Bais.
10. The municipdity of Tayasan shall consist of its present territory
and the territories of the municipalities of Jimalalud and Libertaa,
with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality
of Tayasan.
11. The municipality of Guiljugan shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
12. The municipality of Larena shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Canoan, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Canoan.
13. The municipality of Lazi shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Maria, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Lazi.
14. The municipality of Siquijor shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of iSan Juan^ with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipahty of Siquijor.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor of Oriental Negros shall direct the
holding of a municipal election in each of the new municipalities under
the provisions of sections ninety -one, ninety-two, ninety -three, and
ninety-four of the Municipal Code, on or before the first oay of June,
nineteen hundred and three, and not earlier than the fifth day of May,
nineteen hundred and three. When the new municipal officials have
been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each
of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except
those described in paragraphs numbered two, three, five, eight and
eleven of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held
by virtue of their present or^nization shall be vacant and abolished,
so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office so
soon as the new officials shall nave taken the oath of office. Until the
officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one
shall have qualified, the present organizations of the existing munici-
palities therein named 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 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, April 2, 1903.
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[No. 716.]
AN ACT reducing the thirty-foor mnnicipalitiee of the Province of Occidental Negroe
to twenty-one.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The thirty-four municipalities of the Province of Occi»
dental Negros shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be
reduced to twenty-one, as follows:
1. The municipality of Cauayan shall consist of the same territory
as is included in the present barrio of Cauayan, municipality of Isiu,
together with all other territory included in the present municipality
of Isiu, and the present municipality of Guijulngan, except the barrio
of Dancalan, of said municipality, and with the seat of the mimicipal
government at the present barrio of Cauayan.
2. The municipality of Hog shall consist of its present territory, of
the barrio of Dancalan, municipality of Guijulngan, and of the present
municipality of Cavancalan, and with the seat of the municipal govern-
ment at the present municipality of Hog.
3. The municipality of Jimamailan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Suay, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Jimamailan.
4. The municipality of Isabela shall preserve its present boundaries.
5. The municipality of Binalbagan snail consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Soledad, with the seat of the muni-
cipal government at the present municipality of Binalbagan.
6. The mimicipality or Jinigaran shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
7. The mimicipality of Pontevedra shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of La Castellana, with tne seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Pontevedra.
8. The municipality of La Carlota shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of San Enrique, with tne seat of the
mitnicipal government at the present municipality of La Carlota.
9. Tne municipality of Valiadolid shall consist of its present terri-
tory and of all the territory of the municipality of Pulupandau except
that portion of the territory of Pulupandan which was originally a
part of the municipality of Bago under Spanish rule, but was subse-
quently transferrea by the so-called revolutionary government from
flie municipality of Bago to the municipality of Pulupandan, and the
seat of the municipal government of the new municipality of Valia-
dolid hereby authorized shall be at tTie present municipalitv of
Valiadolid.
10. The municipality of Bago shall consist of its present territory,
of the territory of the municipality of Maao, and of that portion of
the municipality of Sumag indicated upon a chart now on file in the
office of the Pmlippine Commission as oelonging to the municipality
hereby authorizea, a copy of which chart, signed by the President of
the Commission and attested by the recorder thereof, shall be filed in
the office of the provincial secretary of Occidental Negros; and of that
portion of the municipality of Pulupandan not included in the new
municipality of Valiadolid as authorized by this Act. The seat of the
municipal government of the new municipality of Bago as herein
authorized shall be located at the present municipality of Bago. Copies
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of the cliart herein referred to shall be duly authenticated by the pro-
vincial secretary of Occidental Negros and forwarded to the newly
elected secretaries of the municipalities of Bago, Murcia, Bacolod,
Silay, and Saravia, authorized by this Act.
11. The municipality of Murcia shaH consist of its present territoiy
and of that portion of the territory of the municipality of Sumag indi-
cated as a part of the municipality of Murcia on the chart referred to
in paragraph numbered ten hereof, and with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Murcia.
12. The municipality of Bacolod shall consist of its present territory
and that portion of the territory of the municipality of Sumag indi-
cated as a part of the municipality of Bacolod on the chart referred to
in paragraph numbered ten hereof, and of the territory comprised in
the present municipality of Gran^, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Bacolod.
13. The municij^ity of Talisay shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
14. The municipality of Silay shall consist of its present territory,
of the territory or the municipality of Guimbaloan, and of that por-
tion of the territory of the present municipality of Eustaquio Lopez
indicated as a part of the municipality of Silay on the chart referred
to in paragrapn numbered ten hereof, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Silay.
15. The municipality of Saravia shall consist of its present territory
and that portion of the territory of the municipality of Eustaquio
Ijopez indicated as a part of the municipality of Saravia upon the chart
referred to in paragraph numbered ten hereof, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Saravia.
16. The municipality of Victorias shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
17. The municipality of Manapla shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
18. The municipality of Cadiz shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
19. The municipality of Sagay shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
:^0. The municipality of Escalante shall preserve its present boun-
daries.
21. The municipality of San Carlos shall consist of its present terri-
tor3' and that of the municipality of Calatrava, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Carlos.
Sec. 2. The provincial supervisor of Occidental Negros, with the
assistance of the municipalities concerned shall determine the boun-
daries between the now municipalities of Bago and Valladolid, Murcia,
and Bacolod, and Silay and Saravia, to be organized under this Act,
in conformity with the chart referred to in paragraph numbered ten
of section one of this Act.
Sec. 3. The provincial governor of Occidental Negros shall direct
the holding of a municipal election in each of the new municipalities
under the provisions of sections ninety-one, ninety -two, ninety-three,
and ninety-four of the Municipal Code, on or before the first day of
• June, nineteen hundred and three, and not earlier than the fifth day
of May, nineteen hundred and three. When the new municipal
officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present
484 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHIXJPPINE COMMI8BIOK.
or^nization of each of the thirty-four municipalities mentioned in
section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered
four, six, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty
of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all oflSces held by virtue
of their present organization snail be vacant and abolished, so that all
the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as die
new officials shall nave taken the oath of office. Until the officials
elected for the new municipalities as described in section one shall have
qualified the present organizations of the existing municipalitieB
tncrein named shall continue.
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, April 2, 1903.
[No. 717.]
AN ACT authorizing additional employees of the Philippine Civil Service Boaxd,
and appropriating the sum of eight hundred dollars in money of the United States
for the payment of salaries of such employees for the remainder of the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of ths United Stdtes^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cormnission^ that:
Section 1. There may be employed by the Philippine Civil Service
Board two examiners, class seven, in addition to the force heretofore
authorized.
Sec. 2. The sum of ei^ht hundred dollars in money of the United
States, or its equivalent in local currency, at the authorized rate of
exchange, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Service Board, mne-
teen hundred and three, in addition to the amount appropriated under
Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for such purposes.
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 oraer 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, April 4, 1903.
[No. 718.]
AN ACT making void land grants from Moro sultans or dattos or from chiefe of non-
Christian tribes when made without governmental authority or consent
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All grants, deeds, patents, leases, or other instruments
of conveyance purporting to convey from Moro sultans or dattos, or
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from chiefs of non-Christian tribes, lands situate in the Philippine
Archipelago or rights of property, privileges, or easements appertain-
ing to, or growing out of, land tnerein, made without the authority
of the Spanish Government while the Philippine Archipelago wa^
under the sovereignty of Spain, or without the consent of the United
States Government or of the Insular Government since the sovereignty
of the Archipelago of the Philippines was transferred by the Treaty
of Paris from Spain to the United States, and not based on any lawful
patent or grant of the Government of Spain or tiie Unitwi States, or
of the Insular Government, whether such grants, deeds, patents, leases,
or other instruments of conveyance were made before the passage of
this Act or shall be made after its passage, bein? made without anv
lawful authority or ownership, are hereby declared to be illegal, void,
and of no eflfect.
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, April 4, 1903.
[No. 719.]
AN ACrr reducing the fifty-one municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to seventeen.
By (mthority of the United States^ he it enacted Jyy the Philippine
CoTnmission^ ttiat:
Section 1. The fifty-one municipalities of the Province of Iloilo
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to
seventeen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Iloilo shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of La Paz, Mandurriao, Molo, and Jaro,
■with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality
of Iloilo.
2. The municipality of Santa Bdrbara shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipalities of Pavia, Legan^s, Zarraga,
and Lucena, with the seat of the municipal government at the present
municipality of Santa Bdrbara.
3. The municipality of Pototan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Mina and Dingle, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipalitv of Pototan.
4. The municipality of Cabatuan shall consist o\ its present territory
and that of Maasin, with the seat of the municipal government at the
present municipality of Cabatuan.
5. The municipality of Miagao shall consist of its present territory
and that of San Joaquin, with the seat of the municipal government
at thepresent municipality of Miagao.
6. Tiie municipality of Janiuay shall consist of its present teiTitory
and that of Lambunao, with the seat of the municipal government at
the present municipality of Janiuay.
7. The municipality of Passi shall consist of its present territory and
that of the mumcipalities of Duenas^ San Enrique, and Calinog, with
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the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Passi.
8. The municipality of Sara shall consist of its present territory and
that of the municipalities of Ajujr, Lemery, Concepci6n, and San Dio-
nL:>io, with the seat of the municipal government at the present muni-
cipality of Sara.
9. The municipality of Lfe6n shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of San Miguel and Alimodian, with tk
seat of the municipal government at the present munici^litj of Le6n.
10. The municipality of Tigbauan shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Cordoba, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Tigbauan.
11. The municipality of Guimbal shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipalities of Igbai^ and Tubungan, with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Guimbal.
12. The municipality of Ar^valo shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
13. The municipality of Ot6n shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of Banate shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Barotac, Viejo and Anilao, with the
seat of the municipal government at tiie pi*esent municipality of
Banate.
15. The municipality of Dumangas shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Barotac Nuevo^ with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Duman^.
16. The municipality of Buenavista shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipalities of Nabalis, Nagaba, and Nueva
Valencia, with the seat of the municipal government at the present
municipality of Buenavista.
17. The municipality of Balasan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Batad, Estancia, and Carlos, with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Balasan.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor of Iloilo shall direct the holding of
a municipal election in each of the new municipalities under the pro-
visions of sections ninety-one, ninety-two, ninetv-three, and ninety-
four of the Municipal Code on or before the first dSEty of June, nineteen
hundred and three, and not earlier than the fifth day of May. nine-
teen hundred and three. When the new municipal officials sliall have
been elected, and shall have qualified, the present or^nization of
each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except
those described in paragraphs numbered twelve and thirteen of said
section, shall be thereby abolished, and all officers held by virtue of
their present or^nization shall be vacant and abolbhed, so that all
the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the
new officials shall nave taken the oath of office. Until the officials
elected for the new municipalities as described in section one shall
have qualified the present organizations of the existing municipalities
shall continue.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the pass{^?e of the same is herebv 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passa^^.
Enacted, April 4, 1903.
[No. 720.]
AN ACT reducing the thirty-four municipalities of the Province of Oapiz to twenty-
two.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Conu/iission^ that:
Section 1. The thirty-four municipalities of the Province of Capiz
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to
twenty-two, as follows:
1. The municipality of Capiz shall consist of its present territorv
and that of the municipality of Loctugan, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Capiz.
2. The municipality of luisan shall preserve its present boundaries.
3. The municipality of Panitan shall preserve its present boundaries.
4. The municipality of Dao shall consist of its present territory and
that of the municipality of Cuartero, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Dao,
5. The municipality of Dumarao shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
6. The municipality of Dumalag shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
7. The municipality of Tapds shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Sigma shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Mambusao shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
10. The municipality of Jamindan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Ja^naya^ with the seat of the
municipal government at the present mumcipality of Jamindan.
11. The municipality of Panay shall preserve ite present boundaries.
12. The municipality of Pontevedra shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Maayon, with the seat of the
municiml government at the present municipality of Pontevedra.
13. The municipality of Pilar shall consist of its present territory and
that of the municipality of Casanayan, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Pilar.
14. The municipality of Sapian snail preserve its present boundaries.
15. The municipality of New Washington shall consist of the present
territory of the municipality of Batan, and that of the municipalities
of Jimeno and Belete, and the barrio of Lagatic, of the present muni-
cipality of Calibo, with the seat of the municipal government at the
present barrio of Lactic.
16. The municipality of Calibo shall consist of its present territory,
with the exception of the barrio of Lagatic, and the territory comprised
in the municipalities of Banga, Lezo, and Numancia with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Calibo.
17. The municipality of Malinao shall preserve its present boundaries.
488 LAWS OF ITKITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
18. The municipality of Taft shall consist of the territory compritsed
in the present municipalities of Macate and Tangalan, with the seat of
the municipal government within the territory comprised in the present
barrios of Dapdap and Bay bay.
19. The municipality of Ibajay shall preserve its present boundaries.
20. The municipality of Nabas shall preserve its present boundaries.
21. The municipality of Buioianga snail preserve its present bound-
aries.
22. The municipality of Libacao shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Madalag, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Libacao.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor of Capiz shall direct the holding of
a municipal election in each of the new municipalities under the pro
visions oi sections ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-tour
of the Municipal Code on or before the first dav of June, nineteen hun-
dred and three, and not earlier than the fiftn da^ of May, nineteen
hundred and three. 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 tnis Act, except those
described in paragraphs numbered two, three, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, eleven, fourteen, seventeen, nineteen, twentj^, and twenty-one,
shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of the present
organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present muni-
cipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officiab shall
have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new
municipalities as described in section one shall have qualified, the present
organizations 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 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.
Enacti^d, April 4, 1903.
[No. 721.]
AN ACT amending the provincial government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, so as to
provide for the deposit of surplus provincial fluids in the Insular Treasury.
By authority of the United States^ he it e7iacted hy the Philippine
CoTnmission^ that:
Section 1. Paragraph (A) of section thirteen of Act Numbered
Eighty-three, entitled ^' A general Act for the organization of provin-
cial governments in the Philippine Islands," is herebv amended bj
adding at the close of said paragraph the following: " Provided^ Tlmt
the provincial treasurer or any province organized under Act Num-
bered Eighty-three^ or any other Act of the Commission, shall deposit
his surplus provincial funds with the Insular Treasurer whenever the
Insular Treasury shall be designated as the depository for tiie pro-
vincial funds of the province by the Insular Treasurer," making the
said paragraph (A) read as follows:
^^ (A) To authorize the provincial treasurer to deposit so much of the
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provincial funds as tbaj not be needed in the near future for public
nse in a bank of deposit of approved standing in the Islands. All
interest paid on such deposit shall inure to the ^nefit of the provincial
treasury, and no funds shall be deposited in the bank by the treasurer
until there shall be spread upon the minutes of the board a resolution
i-eciting and approving the exact terms, of the contract of deposit in
the bank. The bank shall certify the weekly balances of provincial
funds held by it to the provincial governor and to the Treasurer of the
Islands: Provided^ That the provincial treasurer of any province
organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, or any other Act of the
Commission, shall deposit his surplus provincial funos with the Insular
Treasurer whenever the Insular Treasury shall be designated as the
depository for the provincial funds of the province by the Insular
Ti^urer,"
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, April 4, 1903.
[No. 722.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Six hundred and forty, entitled ''An Act author-
izing the improvement of the port of Cebu."
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Chnmiission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Six hundred and forty, entitled "An Act
authorizing the improvement of the port of Cebu," is hereby amended
by striking out in section five thereof the phrase ''within not more
than sixty days from the date of the passage of this Act,'^ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the words " on or before the first day of May, nine-
teen hundred and three," so that said section five shall read as follows:
"Sec. 6. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall prepare
plans, specifications, and contracts, and advertise for proposals, for the
work herein provided for, on or before the first day of May, nineteen
hundred and three,"
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of me 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, April 7, 1903.
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[No. 723.]
AN ACT providing for an increase in the number of telegraph operatorB and offices
in the Bureau of Philippines Constabularv, and amending Acts Numbered One
hundred and seventy-nve, Four hundrea and ninety, and five hundred and
ninety-five.
By mitlwrity of the Unit^ States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is hereby author-
ized to employ as many telegraph operators, not to exceed twenty, and
as many linemen, not to exceed ten, as may be necessary to meet the
necessities which may arise in g'radually taking over from the Army
of tiie United States the control of telegraph lines in the Philippine
Archipelago.
Sec. 2. Section five of Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five,
providing for the organization and government of an Insular Constabu-
lary and for the inspection of the Municipal Police, as amended, is
hereby further amended by creating the position or sixth assistant
chief of the Philippines Constabulary, who shall be appointed by the
Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission, who shall
receive the same compensation as provided by law for other assistant
chiefs, and whose duties shall be those prescribed in said section five
of Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, as amended, for
assistant chiefs of Constabulary.
Sec. 3. The Chief of Philippmes Constabulary is hereby authorized
to increase the number of officers in the Philippines Constabulary over
the number now provided for by law, so that there may be five addi-
tional officers appointed in each grade, the total maximum number to
be as follows: Forty-seven captains and inspectors, fifty first lieuten-
ants and inspectors, seventy second lieutenants and inspectors, eighty
third lieutenants and inspectors, and forty-five subinspectors.
Sec. 4. Any provisions contained in Acts Numberea Four hundred
and ninety ana Five hundred and ninety-five, under the heading
"Bureau of Philippines Constabulary," which may be in conflict with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. Appropriations made' under Act Numbered Five hundred
and ninety-fave, under the head of ''Pay of Philippines Constabularv,
nineteen hundred and three," are hereby rendered available for t6e
g^yment of the increased number of officers and employees in the
hilippines Constabulary for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and three.
Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand
dollars. United States currency, for pay of Philippines Constabulary,
nineteen hundred and three, the same to be expended in addition to
the amount appropriated in Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-
five for pay of Philippines Constabulary, in the payment of the fort*
herein authorized for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hun-
dred and three.
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 Hat
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Commission in tne enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 7, 1903.
[No. 724.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Eighty, as amended, by requiring that during the
heated term the hours of labor required of employees each day may be reduced to
five under certain conditions.
By authm^ity of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
(hrmnission, t/iat:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Eighty, entitled "An Act
regulating the hours of labor, leaves of absence, and transportation of
appointees under the Philippine Civil Service," as amended by Act
Numbered Three hundred ana thirty-eight, is hei'eby further amended
by adding at the close of the first sentence of said section, after the
word "compensation," the following words: Provided, however^ That
during the heated term from the first day of April to tne fibfteenth day
of June in each year the heads of Departments, Bureaus, or Offices in
the Philippine Civil Service shall have discretion to reduce the required
number oi hours of labor each day, not including Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays, to five hours, one hour and a half of which time shall be
after four o'clock in the afternoon: And provided further^ That during
the present year of nineteen hundred and three the period during which
such reduction in the hours of labor may be granted shall be from the
tenth day of April to the twenty-fifth day of June."
Sec. 2. The provisions of the preceding section 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 snail be within his
discretion to reduce the present number of hours if consistent with the
needs of the public service. The amendment shall not be regarded as
conferring a right upon officers or employees.
Sec. 3. The reduction of the required hours of labor under this Act
shall not apply to the officers or employees of any Department, Bureau,
or Office to whom an overtime wage is allowed and paid.
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, April 7, 1903.
[No. 725.]
AN ACT to authorize the Commanding Greneral in the Philippines to use the land
now occupied by the ruins of the old Jesuit church, located at the comer of Calles
Victoria and Palacio, in the walled city of Manila, for the purpose of constructing
a continuation and improvement of the Cuartel de Espafla.
JBy authority of the United States^ he it encLcted hy the PhUi^ppine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Conunanding General of the Division of the Philip-
pines is hereby permitted and authorized to take possession of the land
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now occupied by the ruins of the old Jesuit church located at the
corner of Calles Victoria and Palacio in the walled city of Manila,
which is public property and under the control and disposition of the
Insular Government, for military use and for the purpose of construct-
ing a continuation and improvement of the Cuartel de EspaSa, such
improvement, however, not to encroach upon the small park or square
located immediately in front of the ruins of the old Jesuit church and
affording light and air to the Santa Potenciana building.
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.
Enac-ted, April 7, 1903.
[No. 726.]
AN ACT defining the procedure to be followed in the apportionment of the assets of
existing municipalities which may be consolidated or divided by the formation of
new municipalities, or by annexation to other existing munidpfuitiee.
By cmthoriUj of the Urdted States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppine
Comnvission^ that:
Section 1. In all cases in which two or more municipalities orgui-
ized under the Municipal Code shall be united by Act or the Commis-
sion it shall be the duty of the provincial treasurer of the province in
which such municipalities are located to examine the office of the
municipal treasurer of each of the municipalities united, to audit his
accounts, and to receive from each municiim treasurer the amounts of
money remaining in the treasury of the municipality. The amounts
thus received, when covered into the provincial treasury, shall be paid
out by the provincial treasurer £o the municipal treasurer of the new
consolidatea municipality.
Sec. 2. Whenever one or more barrios, or any other part of an exist-
ing municipality, shall be separated from such existing municip^dity,
eiuier to form a new municipality or to be added to another existing
municipality, or in cases of the consolidation of parts of two or more
municipalities into a new municipality, or in cases in which an old
municipality is divided and a portion thereof assigned to the one new
municipality and a portion to another, it shall be the duty of the pro-
vincial board equitably to divide the funds on deposit in the treasury
of the existing municipality to be divided, and the taxes payable to
such municipality and uncollected, and to apportion both tHe funds
and the taxes to the parts of the divided municipality as equity nmy
require, having such regard as may seem proper to the amount of
taxes produced by the respective parts of the municipality whose ter-
ritory is divid^. In case any municipality affected shall be aggrieved
by the disposition made of such funds or taxes an appeal may oe taken
within twenty days after the action of the provincial board from the
decision of the provincial board to the Civil Governor, whose decision
shall be final.
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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"493
prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
the enactment of laws, passed September
roof **An Acti
twenty-sixth, nineteen
mdred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage, but shall apply to all
ses of division of municipalities as provided in section two, whether
6 same be now provided for by law or shall hereafter be provided for
r law.
Enacted, April 7, 1903.
[No. 727.]
^ ACT to amend Act numbered six 'hondred and seventy-two, amending Act
uombered seventy-fonr, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, and its
Amendments, as to the status of me assistant to the General Superintendent of
Education.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Tmmiasion^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Six hundred and seventy-two, entitled
in Act amending Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Depart-
ent of Public Instruction, as amended by Acts Numbered Four hun-
•ed and seventy -seven and Five hundred and twenty-five, by providing
r an assistant to the General Superintendent of Education, for the
duction of the number of school divisions to thirty-five, for the
aveling expenses of the General Superintendent, assistant to the
eneral Superintendent, and division superintendents, and for other
irposes," 18 hereby amended by inserting in paragraph (h) of section
le of said Act, at the close of the first sentence therein, the following:
Provided, That the status of the assistant to the General Superin-
ndentof Eklucation in reference to the requirements of the Civil
jrvice Law shall be the same as that of the General Superintendent,
le division superintendents, and the teachers of public schools."
Sec. 2. This Act shall be retroactive in so far as to authorize and
ake legal the payment of salary for services rendered by a person
)pointed to the position of assistant to the General Superintendent
ithout a compliance with the CSvil Service Law.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
le passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
iro of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Comrais-
on in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
sen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 7, 1903.
[No. 728.]
N ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Ambos Camarines to
maintain a force of vomnteers daring the operations against ladrones in the
Province of Albay.
By a^Uhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
^ommtssion^
Section 1
that
The provincial board of the Province of Ambos Camar-
les is hereby authorized to make provision for the pay and subsistence
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of a force of volunteers organized for the purpose of protectinpf the
boundary line between the Provinces of Altwiy and Ambos Camarines
during the active operation a^nst ladrones in the Province of Albaj,
and for other expenses incioental to such campaign. The provincial
treasurer of the Province of Ambos Camarines is hereby authorirod
to make payment out of provincial funds for such expenditures, pur-
suant to appropriation duly made by the provincial board.
Sec. 2. xhe 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, April 7, 1903.
[No. 729.]
AN ACT anthorizing and directing the Auditor for the Philippine Ardiipelage to
transfer on the books of his office to the general revenue account balances lemaiii-.
me in fiscal year appropriations one year after the expiration of the fiscal year to
which they pertain, or when the h^ui of any Department, Bureau, or Office may
certify that there are no outstanding obligations against said appropriations.
By authority of the United StcUes^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. The Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer on the books of his office from the
appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two to the gen-
eral revenue account as unappropriated moneys all balances undrawn
and to the credit of the various Departments, Bureaus, and Offices of
the Insular Government on account of said fiscal year, except the fol-
lowing amounts expressed in United States currency:
The sum of three thousand dollars for "Support of hospitals, plants,
and stations, Board of Health, nineteen hundred and two."
The sum of one thousand dollars for ^^Suppression and extermina-
tion of epidemic diseases and pests. Board of Health, nineteen hundred
and two.
The sum of twelve thousand dollars for '^Contingent expenses,
Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hundred and two."
The sum of one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-nine cents
for ''Contingent expenses, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and two."
The sum of four dollars and ninety-four cents for "Contingent
expenses, Civil Sanitarium at Benguet, nineteen hundred and two.
The sum of four hundred dollars for '^Contingent expenses, Bureao
of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hundred and two."
The sum of two thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars and
forty -eight cents for "Contingent expenses, Insular Cold Storage and
Ice riant, nineteen hundred and two."
The sum of three thousand dollars for ' ' Contingent expenses, Bureau
of Public Instruction, nineteen hundred and two."
The sum of fifty-two thousand one hundred dollars for "Mainte-
nance of public buildings, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and two."
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The sum of eight hundred dollars for "Contingent expenses, Bureau
of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and two."
The sum of one hundred and eighty dollars for "Transportation,
Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and two."
The balances to the credit of the Chief Commissary, Division of the
Philippines, for "Subsistence of civil convicts, civil employees, and
native scouts," prior to September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one."
The balance to the cremt of the "Insular salary and expense fund,
nineteen hundred and two."
Sec. 3. The Auditor is further authorized and directed to deduct
from the balances undrawn and standing to the credit of the various
Departments^ Bureaus, and Offices on account of appropriations for the
fiscal year nmeteen hundred and three the followme amounts and to
transfer the same to the account of unappropriated moneys in the
Treasury:
The sum of eight thousand dollars from the appropriation for
"Salaries and wages," and the sum of fifteen tihousand dollars for
"Contingent expenses" of the Executive Bureau.
The sum of five thousand dollars from the appropriation for
"Expenses of steamer" of the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The sum of five thousand dollars from the appropriation for "Sala-
ries and wages" of the Bureau of Grovemment Laboratories.
The sum of seven thousand dollars from the appropriation for " Sal-
aries and waffes," and the sum of one thousand dollars from the appro-
priation for "Transportation" of the Bureau of Public Printing.
The sum of eightv thousand dollars from the appropriation for the
purchase and distrioution of rice. Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-five.
The sum of seven hundred dollars from the appropriation for
"Transportation" for the Civil Service Board.
The sum of one thousand five hundred dollars from the appropria-
tion for "Salaries and wages," the sum of one thousand eight nundred
dollars for "Contingent expenses," and the sum of two toousand five
hundred dollars for "Support of Mariveles Station," for the Quaran-
tine Service.
The sum of sixteen thousand dollars from the appropriation for
"Salaries and wages," and the sum of one thousand dollars for
"Transportation," for the Forestry Bureau.
The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars from the appropria-
tion for "Salaries And wages," the sum of five hundred dollars for
"Transportation " and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for ''Con-
tingent expenses" of the Bureau of Agriculture.
The sum of three hundred and fifty dollars from the appropriation
for "Salaries and wages," and the sum of two thousand doUars for
"Contingent expenses" of the Philippine Civil Hospital.
The sum of ten thousand dollars from the appropriation for " Trans-
portation," the sum of ten thousand dollars for "Barracks and
Quarters," and the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars- for
"Maintenance of police" for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary.
The sum of five thousand six hundred dollars from the appropriation
for "Contingent exi)enses" of the Bureau of Prisons.
The sum of nine thousand dollars from the appropriation for "Sal-
aries and wages" of the Bureau of Posts.
The sum of one thousand five hundred dollars from the appropria-
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tion for '*' Salaries and wages,'' and the sum of two thousand dollars
for " Contingent expenses^ of the Bureau of Coast Guard and Trans-
portation.
The sum of five thousand dollars from the appropriation for '^Sal-
aries and wages" of the Bureau of the Insular Treasurer.
The sum of one thousand five hundred dollars from the appropria-
tion for ^^ Claries and wages," and the sum of one thousand five
hundred dollars for "Transportation" for the Bureau of the Insular
Auditor.
The sum of twenty thousand dollars from the appropriation for
*' Salaries and wages," the sum of two thousand dollars for "Trans-
portation," and the sum of eight thousand dollars for "Contingent
expenses" of the Bureau of Customs and Immigration.
The sum of twelve thousand dollars from the appropriatimi for
"Salaries and wages," and the sum of five thousand dollars for "Ohi-
dngent expenses" of the Bureau of Cold Storage and Ice Plant.
The sum of five thousand dollars from the appropriation for "Salaries
and wages," and the sum of one thousand five nundred dollars for ^^Ccn-
tingent expenses" of the Bureau of Justice.
The sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars from tiie
appropriation for " Salaries and wages," the sum of ten thousand dol-
lars for "Transportation," and the sum of one hundred thousand dol-
lars for " School furniture and supplies" for the Bureau of Education.
The sum of seven hundred dollars from the appropriation for "Sala
ries and wages," the sum of six hundred dollars for "Transportation,"
the sum of one thousand dollars for "Contingent ex{)en8e8/' and the
sum of five thousand dollars for "Public works," for the Bureau of
Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings.
The sum of eight hundred and fifty-one dollars and six cents from
the appropriation for ' ^Expenses of publication" of the Ofiicial Gtazette.
The sum of seven hundred and f oity-seveh dollars and fourteen cents
remaining to the credit of the appropriation for the Province of Muin-
duque.
The sum of forty thousand dollars from the appropriation for ''Old
transportation claims."
The following sums from the appropriations for the city of Manila:
For "Salaries and wages, Municipal Board," five thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars; lor "Contingent expenses. Municipal Board,"
one thousand one hundred and ten dollars; lor "Salaries and wages.
Department of Engineering and Public Works," eighty thousand dol-
lars; for "Public works. Department of Engineering and Public
Works," one hundred thousand dollars; for "Contingent expenses.
Department of Engineering and Public Works," seven thousand dol-
lars; for "Salaries and wages. Department of Assessments and Collec-
tions," seven thousand dollars; for " Contingent expenses. Departmrait
of Assessments and Collections," five hundred doUars; for "Salaries
and wages. Fire Department," four thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars; for "Salaries and wages. Law Department," two thouaaiKi
dollars; for "Contingent expenses. Law Department," one thousand
five hundred dollars; for "Salaries and wages. Department of Police,"
thirteen thousand dollars; for "Salaries and wages. Department of
City Schools," eight thousand dollars.
The Auditor is iiereby authorized and directed to transfer, as herein
provided, from the appropriations standing on his books under the
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heading of *' Miscellaneous" for the fiscal year mneteen hundred and
three, all balances except the ''Insular salary and expense fund."
Sec. 3. If in the settlement of an account by the Auditor it is found
that a disbursing officer has made disbursements from one appropria-
tion which are cnargeable to another by this Act reverted to the gen-
eral revenue account, or if any outstanding claims arise which are
properly payable from the balances hereby returned to the general
revenues, there is hereby restored to such appropriation of any Depart-
ment, Bureau, or Office a sufficient sum, not to exceed the original sum
standing to the credit of said appropriation and transferred under the
E revisions of this Act, to penmt a proper adjustment of such account
y the Auditor.
Sec. 4. The Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago is hereby author-
ized and directed to transfer hereafter on the books of his office from
appropriated moneys, to the general revenue or unappropriated mon-
eys, ail sums undrawn and standing to the credit of any Department,
Bureau, or Office one ^ear after the expiration of the fiscal year for
which said appropriations were originallv made, provided that such
appropriations were made within the fiscal j^ear and not as deficiency
appropriations subsequent to the close of said fiscal year. The Audi-
tor is nereby further authorized and directed, upon approval of the
Civil Governor, to transfer at any time from appropriated moneys to
the general revenue any balances standing to the credit of a Depart-
ment, Bureau, or Office when the head of such Department, Bureau, or
OflBce shall certify to the Auditor that there are no outstanding obliga-
tions payable from said balances.
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 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, April 7, 1903.
[No. 730.]
AN ACT farther to poetpone the holding of the regular mnnicipal elections for the
year nineteen hundred and two.
JBy a/athorit/u of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philipphie
Comnmmm^ that:
Whereas the Philippine Commission has by resolution approved and
adopted the policy of consolidating many of the municipalities in the
various provinces for the purpose of securing municipal organizations
which shall be self-supporting and for the purpose of securmg a more
efficient administration of the local municipal laws; and
Whereas this consolidation can not be effected in all the provinces
-where it is needed before September or October next, because a visit
should be made by a member of the Commission to confer with the
municipal presidents and the provincial authorities in each province to
be affected before the Commission can take intelligent action; and
Whereas the holding of an election in May, as now directed by
Executive Order Numfered One hundred and eight of the Civil Gov-
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ernor, or by Acts Numbered Seven hundred and seven, Seven hun-
dred and eieht, Seven hundred and fifteen, Seven hundred and sixteen.
Seven hunored and nineteen, and Seven hundred and twenty, would
entail the expense and labor of two elections within six months, or a
less period: Therefore,
Section 1. The present municipal officers of all existing municipali-
ties in the Philippine Islands organized under the Municipal Code shall
continue in office and shall dischar^ the duties requirea of them by
law until after the election to be held on the first Tuesday of Deceto-
ber of the present year, the date fixed by law for the regular annual
election in municipalities organized under the Municipal O^e, on which
date all elective municipal officers provided for by the Municipal Code
who are by existing law then to be elected shall be elected: Pro^ided^
That in municipalities the territorial limits of which have been changed,
in carrying out the policy of consolidation hereinbefore mentioned,
the election held on tne first Tuesday of December, nineteen himdred
and three, shall be for all elective municipal officers provided by law
for a municipality, and that the councilors elected in such municipali-
ties shall divide themselves by lot into two classes. The seats of those
of the first class shall be vacated on the first Monday of January, nine-
teen hundred and five, or when their successors are duly chosen and
shall have qualified, and the seats of those of the second class shall be
vacated one year thereafter, or when their successors are duly chosen
and shall have qualified. The elections in such municipalities in De-
cember, nineteen hundred and three, shall be held in accordance with
the rules providing for the first general municipal election prescribed
in sections ninety-one to ninety-four inclusive, of Act Numbered Eighty-
two, entitled ''The Municipal Code."
Sec. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions 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
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, April 8, 1903.
[No. 731.]
AN ACT appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for the
purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of sub-
sidiary coins for use m 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 one million
dollars, in money of the United States, for the purchase of silver,
copper, and other metals or alloys needed to coin the subsidiary coin-
age provided by law for the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2. The sum of money by this Act appropriated shall be deposited
with the depository of the Philippine Government in the city of New
York to the credit of the disbursmg agent of the Philippine Govern-
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ment in Washington, to be by him disbursed for the purpose stated in
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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 8, 1903.
[No. 732.]
AN ACT authorizing the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and administrator
of the San Lazaro Estate to execute a lease for certain lands of said estate with
Nageel T. Hashim, and repealing paragraph (a) of section one of Act Numbered
Six hundred and sixty ana all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the pro-
vbions of this Act
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ th<d:
Section 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and adminis-
trator of the San Lazaro Estate is hereby authorized to execute a lease
with Nageel T. Hashim for the period of seven years, to date from the
first day of January* nineteen hundred and two, for sixteen thousand
four hundred and fifteen and thirty -seven hundreths square meters of
lot number twelve of block number four, and for three hundred and
ninety-six square meters composing lot number fourteen of block
number four, and two himdred and twenty-two and two-tenths square
meters composing lot number fifteen of block number four of the lands
commonly known as the Mayhaligue or San Lazaro Estate.
Sec. 2. Paragraph {a) of section one of Act Numbered Six hundred
and sixty, entitled "An Act authorizing the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands and administrator of the San Lazaro Estate to execute
leases for certain lands of said estate with Roman Martinez y Andueza.
Vicente Cenjor y Cano, and Mariano Velasco Chua Chengco," and all
Acts or part^ of Acts in conflict with the provisions 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
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, April 8, 1903.
[No. 733.]
AN ACT providing that the Civil Governor may, in hie discretion, direct an exten-
sion of the period within which the Board of Tax Revision in the city of Manila,
and provincial boards of revision, shall complete their work.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Seotion 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized and empowered,
in his discretion, to direct a postponement of the date upon which the
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Board of Tax Revision in the city of Manila, and any provincial board
of revision, shall complete its work, anything in Act rJumbered Five
hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An Act to provide for the revision
of the assessment upon real estate in the city of Manila," or in Act
Numbered Five hundred and eighty -two, entitled "An Act to provide
for the partial revision of the assessments upon real estate in the
municipalities in the Philippine Islands outside the city of Manila," to
the contrary notwithstanding, and in the event of such extension by the
Civil Governor, he shall also direct that the date upon which the pay-
ment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent
shall be likewise extended.
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, April 8, 1903.
[No. 734.]
AN ACT authorizing the employment of school teachers as collaborators of the For-
estry Bureaa and providing for additional compensation as such.
By authority of the United /States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Chief of the Forestry Bureau is authorized, in his
discretion, to appoint public school teachers, not to exceed six in num-
ber, as collaborators of the Forestry Bureau during the school vacation
only. Persons so appointed are hereby authorized to receiye a com-
pensation at the rate of seyenty-fiye dollars monthly as collaborators
of the Forestry Bureau in addition to the compensation which they
receiye as teachers, the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and
forty-eight, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. The additional salaries of teachers appointed under the pro-
visions of this Act for the second half of the fiscal year nineteen hunared
and three are hereby made a proper charge against the appropriation
for " Salaries and wages. Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundrw ana three,"
made in Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five.
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, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 8, 1903.
[No. 736.]
AN ACT authorizing the Superintendent of Government Laboratories to sell certain
public animals when they are no longer required for use in the Serum Laboratories.
By aaithorii/y of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
CoTnmission^ that:
Section 1. The Superintendent of Government Laboratories is
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hereby authorized to sell at public or private sale to butchers for food
purposes, or to others, animals originally purchased for use in connec-
tion with the operation of the Serum Laboratory, when the said animals
are no longer adapted to the use of the said Laooratory, but are fit for
food purposes. Such sales may be made on the best terms obtainable,
the provisions of section fourteen of Act Numbered Two hundred and
fifteen relative to the sale of public animals to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Sec. 2. The sums realized from such sales shall be deposited in the
Insular Treasury as *' miscellaneous receipts," and an accoimt thereof
rendered to the Auditor, the same to be accompanied by a list or abstract
showing the number of animals sold, the name of each purchaser, and
the price received for each animal.
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, April 8, 1903.
[No. 736.]
AN ACT for the relief of George M. Havice, superintendent of the San Ramon Gov-
ernment Farm.
By authority of the United States ^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppine
Commission^ mat:
Whereas, George M. Havice, superintendent of the San Bamon
Government Farm, on or about May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred
and two, left in the custody of a corporal of the United States Army
in charge of a detachment of soldiers on duty as guard at the said
San Samon Government Farm the sum of five hundred dollars, local
currency; and
Whereas the said sum of money was stolen from said guards through
no fault of the said Havice; and
Whereas a board of survey appointed for the purpose of investi-
gating the facts and circumstances connected witn the loss of said
money finds that said Havice exercised due care and diligence in the
preservation of the same: Therefore,
Section 1. Said George M. Havice is hereby relieved from account-
ability for said funds, and the Auditor is hereby authorized to place to
bis credit the sum of five hundred dollars, local currency, on account
of the appropriation for said Government farm.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 8, 1903.
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[No. 737.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Three hundred and sixty-eeven, entitled "An Act
to reorganize the perBonnel of the Philippine Customs Service."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Three hundred and sixty-
seven of the Philippine Commission, entitled *'A n Act to reorganize
the personnel of the rhilippine Customs Service." is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following words: ''One deputy sur-
veyor of customs of class three."
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, April 8, 1903.
[No. 738.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum- of one hundred thousand dollars, in money of the
United States, for preliminary expenses in the purchase of draft cattle for the
relief of agricultural conditions in the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, in money of
the United States, is hereby appropriated out of the three million
dollars voted by tne Congress of the United States for the relief of
agricultural depression in the Philippine Islands and now on deposit
in the depository of the Philippine Government in the city of New
York to the credit of the Insular Treasury, for the preliminary
expenses of the Insular Purchasing Agent and other agents of the
Insular Government in visiting the ports and countries where draft
cattle may be purchased, in paying agents for the jjrocuring of such
cattle, in securing the necessary immunization against rinderpest of
the cattle purchai^, in paying the purchase price for same, in char-
tering the necessary transportation for their importation into the
Philippine Islands, and for all other expenses incident to their pur-
chase and delivery in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2. The sum of money by this Act appropriated shall be
expended by the Insular Purchasing Agent, and accounted for by him
as provided by law.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby exp^ited 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, April 8, 1903.
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[No. 739.]
AN ACT extending the provisions of section eighteen of Act Nomhered Eighty-
three, as amended, ana of section two of Act Numbered Three hundred and
eleven to provinces organized under the Nueva Vizcayan Acts Numbered Three
hundred and thirty-seven and Three hundred and eighty-seven, and amending sec-
tion two of Act Numbered Three hundred and eleven.
By a/idhority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
ComTnission^ that:
Section 1. The provisions of section eighteen of Act Numbered
Eighty-three, as amended bv Acts Numberea One hundred and thirty-
three and Five hundred and tv^enty-seven, and of section two of Act
Numbered Three hundred and eleven, as hereafter amended in this
Act, are hereby made applicable to all provinces now or hereafter
organized under the general provisions of the Nueva Vizcayan Acts
Numbered Three hundred and thirty-seven and Three hundred and
eighty-seven and amendments thereto; and if the provincial treasurer
ot any province organized under the Nueva Vizcayan Acts Numbered
Three hundred and thirty -seven and Three hundred and eighty-seven,
and the amendments thereto, has taken official action upon an erroneous
construction of law by whicn such sections herein made applicable to
such province were deemed to be so applicable before the passage of
this Act, such action is now ratified and confirmed, and the Auditor
for the Philippine Archipelago is directed to audit the accounts of
such provincial treasurer upon the basis of such ratification.
Sec. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Three hundred and eleven
is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence of said section and
substituting therefor the following: " Such return shall be made upon
certification of the amount due by the Auditor, hj a settlement war-
rant, and shall be disposed of as provided by section eighteen of the
Provincial Government Act as amended."
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 Ciommission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 8, 1903.
[No. 740.]
AN ACT to correct an error in Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty-five, entitled
"An Act providing additional methods of enforcing the payment of the cedula
Tax; repealing the provisions of existing law that no person shall be required
to pay a cedula tax who pays as taxes on real estate or industrial taxes an
amount in excess of one peso; and exempting certain real estate of small value
from land tax."
By autJwrity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Whereas, in Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An
Act providing additional methods of enforcing the payment of the
cedula tax; repealing the provisions of existing law that no person
shall be required to pay a cedula tax who pays as taxes on real estate
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or industrial taxes an amount in excess of one peso; and exempting
certain real estate of small value from land tax,'' section two recognizes
section thirty-four of **The Provincial Government Act,'' as set out
in section two of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, reading
as follows:
'^ Sec. 34. For the year nineteen hundred and two, and succeeding
years, no person who shall pay to the province and municipall^
together, as taxes on real estate, or as an industrial tax, an amount in
excess of one peso, shall be reauired to pay the cedula tax. The
receipt given for the land tax snail contain the particulars required
above for the cedula or registration tax. and shall be used for the same
purpose of identification and to avoid disqualification, to testify, to
execute an instrument, to vote or to hold office " —
to have been in force and repeals the same; and
Whereas said section thirty -four of the Provincial Government Act
as set out in section two of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
three had been amended in pai-agraph (f) of section one of Act Num-
bered Three hundred and twenty so as to read as follows:
'^ Seg. 84. For the year nineteen hundred and two and succeeding
years no person who shall pay to the province and municipality to-
gether as taxes on real estate, or as an industrial tax, an amount in
excess of one peso, shall be required to pay the cedula tax. But every
person so exempted from the cedula tax shall be entitled to receive,
and shall receive from the provincial treasurer, a cedula free of
charge, to be used for the same purpose of identification and to avoid
disqualification, to testify, to execute an instrument, to vote or to hold
office. Cedulas so issued shall be in the same form as those issued io
return for the payment of one peso, and there shall be printed, across
their face the words 'Issued Free'"; and
Whereas it was the intention of the Commission in Act Numbered
Six hundred and fifty-five to repeal all provisions of law by which any
person paying taxes on real estate or industrial taxes should thereby
be exempted from payment of the cedula tax: Therefore,
Section 1. Section two of said Act Numbered Six hundred and
fifty-five is hereby repealed and there is substituted in lieu thereof the
following :
''Sec. 2. Paragraph (/) of section one of Act Numbered Three
hundred and twenty, reading as follows: 'By amending section thirty-
four of Act Numbered One hundred ana thirty-three to read as
follows:
' "Sec. 34. For the year nineteen hundred and two and succeeding
years no person who shall pay to the province and municipality t^
gether as taxes on real estate, or as an industrial tax, an amount in
excess of one peso, shall be required to pay* the cedula tax. But every
person so exempted from the cedula tax shall be entitled to receive,
and shall receive from the provincial treasurer, a cedula free of charge,
to be used for the same purpose of identification and to avoid disqudi-
fication, to testify, to execute an instrument, to vote or to hold office.
Cedulas so issued shall be in the same form as those issued in return
for the payment of one peso, and there shall be printed across their
face the words "Issued Free"' —
"is hereby repealed and stricken from said Act Numbered Three hun-
dred and twenty, and hereafter any person paying taxes on real estate
or industrial taxes in an amount m excess of one peso, shall not
thereby be exempted from the payment of the cedula tax."
LAWS OF UNITBD STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 505
Sec. 2. All laws or parts of laws, including section thirty-four of
the Provincial Government Act as set out in section two of Act Num-
bered One hundred and thirty-three, inconsistent with the provisions
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
two of "An Act prescribing the oraer 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 April 8, 1903.
[No. 741.]
AN ACT authorizing the payment to Percy M. Moir of compeDBation in accordance
. with law as Sopervieor of the Census for the district comprising the Province of
Cavite, notwithstandins the fact that he is the provincial treasurer of the Province
of Cavite and, as such, disbursinff officer of f nnos for census purposes and receiving
salary and compensation for such positions.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Thepi^vincial treasurer of Cavite, in hiscapacity as dis-
bursing officer of funds for census purposes, is hereby authorized and
directed to pay to Percy M. Moir the compensation provided by law
for the position of Supervisor of Census, under provisions of Act Num-
bered Four hundred and sixty-seven and its amendments, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the said Moir is the provincial treasurer of the Prov-
ince of Cavite and, as such, disbursing officer of funds for census pur-
poses and receiving salary and compensation in both of such last-
named positions.
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 effective on its passage, but shall be retro-
active in its effect, so as to enable the said Percy M. Moir to receive
salary during his incumbency in the position named.
Enacted, April 8, 1908.
[No. 742.]
AN ACT providing that the clert of the Supreme Court and the clerks of Courts of
First Instance as ex officio notaries public, and other officers, shall administer
uaths to Government officials and employees in the performance of official duties
without charge.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The clerk of the Supreme Court and clerks of Courtw of
First Instance in their capacities as ex officio notaries public, and all
officers of the Government of the Philippine Islands or of the various
Erovincial mvernments who are ex officio notaries public or authorized
y law to amninister oaths for general purposes, are hereby empowered
and directed to administer oaths and execute certificates required by
506 LAWS OF UKITBD STATES PHIUPPIKS OOMMISSIOK.
officers and employees of the Government in the performance of their
official duties without charge for so doing, and without cost to the
officer or employee of whom such oath or certificate is required.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 8, 1903.
[No. 743.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of seven hundred dollars, in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the salary of Samuel B,
Shiley, an employee of the Insular Museum of Ethnolo^, Natural History, and
Commerce temporarily under the direction of the Exposition Board.
By cmthoritu of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
CorriTnission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of seven hundred
dollars, in money of the United states, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the purpose of paying the salary of Samuel B. Shiley,
an employee of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History,
and Commerce, temporarily placed under the direction of the Exposi-
tion Board, said salary being for the second half of the fiscal year nine-
teen hundred and three, and payable monthly in local currency at the
authorized rate of exchange at the time of payment.
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, passexi September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 8, 1903.
[No. 744.]
AN, ACT placing the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-marks under the
immediate direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives subject to the execu-
tive control of the Secretary of Public Instruction, increasinff the number of
employees of said Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-marks, and amending
acts numbered six hundred and thirty-seven and six hundred and sixty-six.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-marks is
hereby placed under the immediate direction of the Chief of the Bureau
of Arcmves, who shall act as Chief of the Bureau of Patents, Copy
rights and Trade-marks without additional compensation and shall exer-
cise all powers and perform all duties appertaining to said Bureau
subject to the executive control of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
to whose Department said Bureau is hereby transferred.
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Sec. 2. The following personnel is hereby authorized for the Bureau
of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-marks,- to include the present em-
ployees of the Bureau: One clerk class eight, one clerk class ten, one
clerk Class D, and one employee at a compensation at the rate of one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. The following sums, in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropri-
ated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
Eriated, in addition to the amount provided under Act Numbered Five
undred and ninety-five for the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and
Trade-marks, to meet the expenses of said Bureau during the remain-
der of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three: For salaries and
wages, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; for contin-
gent expenses, three hundred dollars. The Bureau is also hereby
authorized to order from the Bureau of Public Printing such printing
and binding as mav be approved by the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion, not to exceed in cost the sum of one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
Sec. 4. Section twelve of Act Numbered Six hundred and sixty-six
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 12. The application prescribed in the foregoing section must
be accompanied bv a written declaration verified by the person, or by
a member of the firm, or by an officer of the corporation applying, or
by the duly authorized attorney or agent of such person, firm, or cor-
poration, to the effect that such party has at the time a ri^ht to the use
of the trade-mark or trade-name sought to be registered, and that no
other person, firm or corporation has the right to such use, either in
the identical form or in any such near resemblance thereto as might
be calculated to deceive; and that the description and fascimiles pre-
sented for registry truly represent the trade-mark sought to be reg-
istered."
Sec. 5. All Acts and orders in so far as they conflict with the pro-
visions 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 Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect as of April first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, April 8, 1908.
[No. 745.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-five, entitled "An
Act deeignating the dajrs which shall be obeerved as public holidays in the Philip-
pine Islands," by adding to the days specified in such Act the thirtieth day of
Ma^, to be known as Memorial Day^ in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the
Umted States who have sacrificed their lives for their cotmtry.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppi/ne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-five, entitled
"An Act designating the days which shall be observed as public holi-
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dajrs in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by inserting in the
third line of section one thereof , after the words " Holy Week," and
before the words '' Fourth of July," the following: " The thirtieth
day of May, to be known as Memorial Day in honor of the soldiers
and sailors of the United States who gave up their lives for their
country;" and by inserting after the words "the twenty -second of
February " and hief ore the words ** the fourth of July " in the second
section of said Act, the words, " the thirtieth of May."
Sec. 2. The public good requirine 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
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 13, 1903.
[No. 746.]
AN ACT providing that the Secretary of Commeroe and Police may, in his discretioii,
direct an extennion of time withm which the Oonsolting Engineer to the Oom-
mission shall advertise for bids for the improyement of the Port of Iloila
By avthority of the United States^ he it enacted Jyy the PhUippin
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby author-
ized and empowered, in his discretion, to direct a postponement of the
date upon which the Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall
advertise for bids for the improvement of the port of Iloilo, anything
in Act Numbered Six hundred and forty -one, entitled "An Act author-
izing the improvement of the port of Iloilo, '' to the contrary notwith-
standing; and in the event of such extension by the Secretary of
Commerce and Police, he shall also direct the date upon which the
advertisement shall be published.
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-sixdi, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 14, 1903.
[No. 747.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, as amended, by
defining new limits for the Province of Para^irua, and for other porpoeee.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-
two, entitled ''An Act providing for the organization of a provincial
government in the Province of raragua and defining the limits of that
province," as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-seven,
IS hereby amended to read as follows:
''Sec. 2. The Province of Paragua shall consist of the entire Island
of Paragua, the Islands of Dumaran and Balabac, the Calamianes
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Islands, the Cuyos Islands, the Cagayanes Islands, and all other
islands adjacent thereto and not included within the limits of any other
province."
Sec. 2. Section four of said Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-
two is hereby amended so as to provide that the provincial capital of
the Province of Paragua shall be at the municipality of Puerto rrincesa
on the Island of Paragua, and the provincial officials shall reside and
have their offices in said municipality of Puerto Princesa: Jhrovided^
however^ That until cable communication shall have been established
between Puerto Princesa and Manila, the provincial governor of Para-
gua shall have discretion to fix the capital of that province either at
Cuyo or at Puerto Princesa, and to change the place of the capital from
one place to the other, as the public interests may require, tne change
of tne capital, if made, to be effected by a proclamation of the pro-
vincial governor, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Executive
Bureau in Manila.
Sec. 3. The action of the Director of the Census in ordering the
census of the Cagayanes Islands to be taken by the supervisor of the
census for the Province of Paragua as a part of said province is hereby
legalized, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Bec. 4. All Acts and 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 tiake effect on its passage.
Enacted May 14, 1903.
[No. 748.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of Albay to loan provincial funds to cer-
tain municipalities of that province.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Sechon 1. The provincial board of the Province of Albay is hereby
authorized to loan two thousand dollars, local currency, to each of
seven municipalities in that province the inhabitants of which are in
need of assistance. The loans made by the provincial board of Albay
under this Act to said municipalities shall be used by the municipal-
ties solely for the construction of highways coming under their juris-
diction and to give temporary employment to the poor, such work to
be done under the supervision of tne provincial supervisor. The loans
by this Act authorized shall be without interest and shall be paid by
the municipalities into the provincial treasury within one year from
the date of the making of such loans.
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, 1908.
510 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE OOMKISSION.
[No. 749.]
AN ACT i^niring officers and agents of the Insnlar Gk>Y6mment whose duty it
is to receive and deposit revennes or other moneys in the Insnlar Treasnry or
in a desigriated depository, to deposit the same promptly, and providing a pei>
alty for failure to do so; and also a penalty for failure by any acconntable offi-
cer of the Insnlar Government or provincial governments to render aoeonntB as
required by law.
By authority of the United StaieSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All oflScers or agents of the Insular Gk)vemment whoee
duty it is to collect or receive revenues or other moneys and deposit
the same in the Insular Treasury or a designated depository shall
make deposits or remittances of the same, regardlens of the amount
received or collected, as often as once a month, where safe and pos-
sible, and if there is no opportunity for such remittance within tiie
month, as soon thereafter as possible, and a deposit shall be made in
every case as soon as possible where the revenue or moneys in the
hands of any oflScer or agent amounts to five hundred dollars, United
States currency, or its equivalent in Philippine or Mexican currency:
Provided^ That no such ofl&cer or agent shall be required to make a
deposit oftener than once a day: And provided furthery That i)08t-
masters who are authorized to issue and pay money orders shall remit
by registered mail to their designated depository all sums received by
them from sales of money orders in excess of their authorized reserve
or the amount of the advices of unpaid orders on hand less than two
weeks, such remittances to be made with each and every mail dis-
patched from their respective offices which maj'^ convey mail to their
designated depository.
Sec. 2. Any officer or agent of the Insular Government who fails
or neglects to comply with the provisions of this Act as to deposits or
remittances shall be, upon conviction, punished by a fine in any sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars in the discretion of the court, and
may be imprisoned until fine and costs are paid. Such failure to
deposit or remit in accordance with the foregoing section on the part
of a collecting officer shall be also held to be prima facie evidence of
embezzlement of the sum not remitted or deposited in any proseca-
tion for .embezzlement thereof.
Sec. 3. Every officer or agent of the Insular Government or of any
provincial government required by law to render accounts to the
Insular Auditor, who fails or neglects for the period of two months
to render accounts to the Insular Auditor as required by law, or when
required to do so by the Insular Auditor pursuant to law, shall be
deemed guilty of gross neglect of duty, and upon conviction thereof
may be punished by a fine of not exceeding two thousand dollars, in
the discretion of the court, and may be imprisoned until the fine and
costs are paid. Failure to make the proper accounts for money
received shall be held to be prima facie evidence of embezzlement of
the sums received and not accounted for.
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 16, 1903.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 511
[No. 750.]
AN ACT ratifying the action of the Civil Gk)Temor of the Philippine Islands in
directing the Insular Purchasing Agent to furnish to the suffering inhabitants
of the town of Mariquina, in the Province of Rizal, rendered homeless by the
burning of a large part of that town on the twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen
b.undred and three, twenty-five thousand pounds of rice, two thousand pounds
of fish, and one hundred tents.
£y authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. Whereas, by order of the Civil Governor of the Philip-
pine Islands, the Insular Purchasing Agent has furnished gratui-
tously, through the supervisor of the Province of Rizal, twenty-five
thousand pounds of rice, two thousand pounds of fish and one hun-
dred tents, to relieve the people of the town of Mariquina who were
rendered homeless by the burning of a large part of that town on the
twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and three:
Therefore, the action of the Civil Grovemor of the Philippine
Islands in ordering the distribution of these supplies is hereby con-
firmed and ratified.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the fund of three mil-
lions of dollars, in money of the United States, voted by the Con-
gress of the United States by Act approved the third day of March,
nineteen hundred and three, out of funds not otherwise appropriated
from that fund, a sum sufficient to pay the Insular Purchasing Agent
for the supplies thus furnished, in the same manner and at the same
prices as if they had been lawfully furnished to one of the bureaus or
provinces of the Philippine Government.
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 16, 1903.
[No. 751.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nmnbered Seven htindred and twenty-f onr by striking ont
one of the conditions of the reduction to five hours of the required number of
hours of labor per day during the heated term.
Sy authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
CoTnmissiony thai:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-
four, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered Eighty, as amended,
by requiring that during the heated term the hours of labor required
of employees each day may be reduced to five under certain conditions,"
is hereby amended by striking out of the first proviso of said section
the following words: "one hour and a half of which time shall be
after four o'clock in the afternoon."
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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1903.
[No. 752.]
AN ACT k) amend paragraph (f) of section nine of Act Nnmhered Eighty-three,
as amended hy Act Namhered One hundred and thirty-three, by adding to said
paragraph a provision requiring a committee consisting of the provincial gov-
ernor, the provincial supervisor, and the provincial secretary to count the cash
of the provincial treasurer at the end of each month and to certify the reenlt oi
such count to the Insular Auditor and the Insular Treasurer.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tnai:
Section 1. Paragraph {f\ of section nine of Act Numbered Eig^hty-
three, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial ^v-
ernments in the Philippine Islands," as amended by Act Numbered
One hundred and thirty-three, is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following:
Promptly at the close of business on the last day of each month, a
committee consisting of the provincial governor, the provincial super-
visor, and the provincial secretary shall count the cash in the hands
of the provincial treasurer. If the provincial treasurer is authorized
to deposit funds in a designated depository, he shall keep a true and
correct record of all deposits made by him therein and a true and cor-
rect list of checks drawn against the said depository by him, showing
the date and number of such checks, the name of the payee, and the
purpose for which drawn. In counting the cash in the hands of the
provincial treasurer the aforesaid committee shall include therein as
a separate item the balance on deposit in such depository as shown by
the records kept by the provincial treasurer. If the provincial treas-
urer is acting as a disbursing officer of insular funds, the committee
aforesaid shall count and determine the cash balance on hand of said
account under each separate designation as disbursing officer of insu-
lar funds, in the same manner and at the same time as the balance of
provincial funds is ascertained. The committee aforesaid shall certify
in detail to the Insular Auditor and to the Insular Treasurer the result
of each count and verification of cash herein provided for, and such
certificate shall be signed by each member of the committee. In the
absence or disability of any member of the aforesaid committee, two
of the said committee may act and properly make the verification."
Sec. 2. A duplicate of the certificate forwarded in accordance with
section one of this Act to the Insular Auditor and the Insular Treas-
urer shall be spread upon the minutes of the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The public good requiringthe 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 May 19, 1903.
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[No. 753.]
AN ACT providing for the establishment of local civil governments for the non-
Christian tribes of the Province of Pangasinan.
By avihority of the United StcUeSy be it enacted by the Philippine
CorriTnissiony that:
Section 1. Whereas the non-Christian tribes of the Province of
Pangasinan have not progressed sufficiently in civilization to make it
practicable to bring them under any form of municipal government,
the provincial governor is authorized, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, in dealing with these non-Christian tribes,
to appoint officers from among them, to fix their designations and
badges of office, and to prescribe their powers and duties: Provided^
That the powers and duties thus prescribed shall not be in excess of
those conferred upon township officers by Act Numbered Three hun-
dred and eighty seven, entitled "An Act providing for the establish-
ment of local civil governments in the townships and settlements of
Nueva Vizcaya."
Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
the provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a
course necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct members
of such tribes to take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied
public lands to be selected by him and approved by the provincial
board. Members of such tribes who refuse to comply with such
directions shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a period not
exceeding sixty days.
Sec. 3. The constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the non-
Christian tribes of his province to acquire the knowledge and expe-
rience necessary for successful local popular government, and his
supervision and control over them shall be exercised to this end,
and to the end that law and order and individual freedom shall be
maintained.
Sec. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Pangasinan
any settlement of non-Christian tribes has advanced sufficiently to
make such a course practicable, it may be organized under the pro-
visions of sections one to sixty-seven, inclusive, of Act Numbered
Three hundred and eighty-seven, as a township, and the geographical
limits of such township shall be fixed by the provincial board.
Sec. 5. ITie 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 19, 1903.
[No. 754.]
AN ACT to amend section thirty-two of the municipal code by providing for the
approval by the provincial boiEwd of the action of the mnmcii)al council in
expelling a member thereof for cause.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Section thirty-two of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled
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''A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the
Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by inserting before the word
* ' expel " in said section the following words : "subject to the approval
of the provincial board, may"; so that said section shall read as
follows:
"Sec. 32. The municipal council shall determine its own rules of
procedure, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the
concurrence of two- thirds of the members, the council may suspend
or, subject to the approval of the provincial board, may expel a
member for cause, electing his successor by a majority vote of all the
members."
Sec. 2. The public good requiiing 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 three.
Enacted, May 20, 1903.
[No. 755.]
AN ACT empowering the provincial board of the Province of Albay to make
appropriation for proportionate part of accmed leave of absence earned by
Ladislans Szily, late provincial snpervisor of said province, and appropriating
the sum of one hnndrsd and forty-six dollars and fifteen cents, in money of the
United States, for proportionate part of snch accmed leave dne by the Improve-
ment of the Port of Manila.
By avihority of the United StaieSj be it enacted, by the Philippine
Comniission, that:
Section 1. Whereas Ladislans Szily, late provincial supervisor of
the Province of Albay, having resigned his position, is entitled to
leave of absence expiring June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and
three, and whereas such leave should be apportioned between the
Office of the Improvement of the Port of Manila and the Province of
Albay, in view of the fact that said Szily was for a portion of his
service an employee of the Improvement of the Port of Manila:
The provincial board of the Province of Albay is hereby author-
ized and empowered to appropriate the sum of four hundred and
fourteen dollars and ninety-six cents, in money of the United States,
to Ladislans Szily, late provincial supervisor of said province, in pay-
ment for the proportionate part of accrued leave of absence dne to
said Szily by said province, such leave being that to which he is
entitled under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty, as amended,
and the computation for the appropriation being upon the basis of
leave commencing March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and three, at a
compensation of two thousand dollars per annum. The provincial
treasurer of said province is authorized and directed to make p^y-
ment in accordance with law to said Szily of such amount, pursuant
to appropriation duly made.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred
and forty-six dollars and fifteen cents, in money of the United States,
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized rate of exchange
at the date of payment, for payment to Ladislans Szily of a propor-
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tionate part of allowance in lieu of accrued leave of absence due him
by the Improvement of the Port of Manila under the provisions of
Act Numbered Eighty, as amended, the computation for such appro-
priation being upon the basis of leave commencing March sixteenth,
nineteen hundred and three, at a compensation of two thousand dol-
lars per annum. The Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago is
directed to issue his certificate for settlement warrant for this amount,
pursuant to this appropriation.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the i)assage 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 20, 1903.
[No. 756.]
AN ACT emiwwering the provincial board of the Province of Bnlacan to make
appropriation for proportionate part of accrued leave of absence earned by
Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor of said province, and appropri-
ating the sum of two hnndred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents, in
money of the United States, for proportionate part of snch accmed leave due
by the city of Manila.
By atdhority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony mat:
Section 1. Whereas, Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor
of the Province of Bulacan, having resigned his position, is entitled
to leave of absence expiring June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred
and three, and whereas such leave should be apportioned between the
city of Manila and the Province of Bulacan, in view of the fact that
said Wheeler was for a portion of his service a city engineer:
The provincial board of the Province of Bulacan is hereby author-
ized and empowered to appropriate the sum of one hundred and
thirty-six dollars and seventy-four cents, in money of the United
States, to Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor of said prov-
ince, in payment for the proportionate part of accrued leave of
absence due to said Wheeler by said province, such leave being that
to which he is entitled under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty,
as amended, and the computation for the appropriation being upon
the basis of leave commencing April first, nineteen hundred and
three, at a compensation of one thousand seven hundred dollars per
annum. The provincial treasurer of said province is authorized and
directed to make payment in accordance with law to said Wheeler of
snch amount, pursuant to appropriation duly made.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and
sixty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents, in money of the United
States, or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized rate of
exchange at the date of payment, for payment to Robert C. Wheeler
of a proportionate part of allowance, in lieu of accrued leave of
absence due him by the city of Manila under the provisions of Act
Numbered Eighty, as amended, the computation for such appropria-
tion being upon the basis of leave commencing April first, nineticen
hundred and three, at a comi)ensation of one thousand seven hundred
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dollars per annum. The Auditor for the Philippine Archix>elago is
directed to issue his certificate for settlement warrant for this amount,
pursuant to this appropriation.
Sec. 3. The pubUc good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance witii
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 20, 1903.
[No. 757.] 1
AN ACT amending Act Nnmbered Four hmidred and twenty-nine, entitled ^'An
Act making temporary provisionfl for the care of invaUd civil employees at
Bagnio, in the Province of Bengnet, pending the establishment of a Government
sanitarinm/^ bv changing the rates at the civil sanitarinm, anthorizing certain
additional employees, and appropriating fnnds for the payment of the salaries
of snch employees.
By authority of the United StateSy he it enaded hy the PhUippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-nine, entitled
"An Act making temporary provisions for the care of invalid civil
employees at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, pending the estab-
lishment of a Government sanitarium," is hereby amended as follows:
(a) By changing section three to read as follows:
"The attending physician and surgeon so appointed is hereby
authorized to appoint one dispensing clerk of class nine who shall also
serve as property clerk, one nurse and housekeeper of Class A, one
nurse of Class C, one employee of Class D, one employee of Class F,
one employee of Class J, one temporary employee of Class J to serve
at time when the presence of a large number of persons at the sani-
tarium makes his employment necessary, one employee at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum, three employees at ninety-six dollars
per annum, two emplojees at sixty dollars i)er annum. The employees
named shall be furnished food and lodging free of charge. The attend-
ing physician and surgeon shall, after July first, nineteen hundred
and three, be allowed to occupy free of charge the Government cottage
known as cottage number five, but shall provide his own subsistence."
(b) By changing section five to read as follows:
"The attending physician and surgeon shall receive into the build-
ings aforesaid, upon seasonable application, civil officers and employees
of the insular and provincial governments, and of the government of
the city of Manila, officers of the United States Army, and members
of the families of all such officers and employees. He shall make
weekly reports to the Secretary of the Interior covering all matters
relating to the performance of his duties and to the occupancy of the
buildings aforesaid and to the receipt and disbursement of funds, and
shall communicate by telegraph if occasion requires. Persons received
in the buildings aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions of this
section, shall pay not less than one dollar, nor more than one dollar
and fifty cents, per day for room, the amount to be fixed for each
room by the attending physician and surgeon, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That one-half the rates
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here prescribed shall be charged for children over two and under ten
years of. age, and that no charge shall be made for children under
two years of age: Provided further, That the minimum charge for a
room reserved for one person shall be three dollars per day; And
provided further^ That the Secretary of the Interior may in his dis-
cretion reduce the rates here prescribed in especially meritorious
cases of officers, employees, or members of their families when such
officers or employees receive an annual salary of one thousand five
hundred dollars or less. Private servants of persons so received,
who serve under the direction of the attending physician and surgeon,
shall be lodged and subsisted free of charge. Other private servants
of persons so received may be lodged and subsisted at twenty-five
cents i)er day. A charge of fifty cents shall l>e made for each meal
provided for guests of patients or employees. No additional charge
shall be made for medical and surgical attendance, medical supplies,
nursing, or food to persons so received. The buildings under the
charge of the attending physician and surgeon shall be a main build-
ing provided with wards and private rooms and such separate cot-
tages or other buildings as have heretofore been or may hereafter be
authorized. The attending physician and surgeon is also authorized
to rent temporarily the cottages in this section named for the use of
persons authorized by this Act to be received therein, at rentals to be
fixed by the attending physician and surgeon and approved by the
Secretary of the Interior. Persons occupying such cottages may
secure meals in the main building at one dollar per day. The Com-
missioner of Public Health, upon request by the attending physician
and surgeon and approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall pur-
chase and send to Baguio medical and other supplies needed for the
purpose of this Act."
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to detail
any employee of the Civil Sanitarium, Baguio, Benguet, for tempo-
rary service at the Civil Hospital in Manila, when in his judgment
such detail will be conducive to the public interest, and the attending
physician and surgeon is hereby authorized to dismiss employees
when their services are no longer required at the Civil Sanitarium.
Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred
and thirty-six dollars, in addition to the amount appropriated in Act
Numbered Five hundred and nine-five for " Salaries and wages, Civil
Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred and three," for the payment
of the force herein authorized for the remainder of tbe fiscal year
nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 4. Where the word ** dollars" is used in this Act, it shall be
understood to mean dollars in money of the United States.
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 Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect as of April first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, May 20, 1903.
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[No. 758.]
AN ACT amending Act Nmnbered One hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act
authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil Depart-
ments, Bureaus, and Offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and
fixing their compensation as such/' as amended by Act Numbered Five hun-
dred and four.
By atvthority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-
five, entitled **An Act authorizing the appointment of disbursing
clerks in the various civil Departments, Bureaus, and Offices, pre-
scribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensa-
tion as such," as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and four,
is hereby further amended by adding, after the word "disbursement''
in the third line of said section, the following words: "or any other
officer of the Insular Government, or of the city of Manila, who col-
lects or receives public moneys, or by virtue of his official position
receives moneys which may be considered in the nature of trust
funds," so that said section shall read as follows:
" Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer in the city
of Manila having any public moneys intrusted to him for disburse-
ment, or any other officer of the Insular Government, or of the city
of ManUa, who collects or receives public moneys, or by virtue of his
official position receives moneys which may be considered in the
nature of trust funds, to deposit the same with the Treasurer of the
Archipelago or in a depository designated by him and to draw for
the same as may be required for payments made by him in pursuance
of law. No payment shall be made in cash by any disbursing officer
in the city of Manila where the amount to be paid exceeds the sum of
ten dollars. United States currency, except for salaries and wages.
All payments to creditors other than for salaries and wages, as stated,
in the city of Manila, shall be by check upon the designated deposi-
tory for the disbursing officer, the number and amount of the check
so drawn being entered on the voucher covering said payment. Pay-
ments of salaries and wages may be made in cash, but the disbursing
officer shall draw his check payable to himself for an amount not
exceeding the amount of any pay roll to be paid by him for any month,
and he shall state on the check so drawn that it is for funds with which
to pay salaries and wages, and, if required to do so by the Treasurer
of the Archipelago, shall submit a list of the salary payments to be
made from the proceeds of such check. No disbursing officer shall
keep in his personal possession at any time an amount in cash exceed-
ing his immediate requirements for disbursement, but shall deposit
all surplus funds drawn from the Insular Treasury in his designated
depository until such time as he may be required or directed by the
Auditor to deposit the same in the Insular Treasury as repayments to
the appropriations originally drawn upon. All original transfers from
the Treasury to a disbursing officer shall be by warrant on the Treas-
ur3% as provided by Act Numbered Ninety."
Sbc. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 20, 1903.
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[No. 759.]
AN ACT anthorizin^ provincial boards to pnrchase and sell rice to laborers
engaged in work on provincial pxiblic roads and bridges.
Sy authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The provincial board of any regularly organized prov-
ince is hereby authorized in its discretion to expend such amounts as
may appear necessary for the purchase of rice to be sold to laborers
actually at work on the roads and bridges of the province. Payments
on this account shall be made from the road and bridge fund of the
province and all money derived from sales shall be deposited in the
provincial treasury to the credit of said fund.
Sec. 2. The amount of rice purchased at any one time under the
provisions of section one hereof shall not exceed a supply suf&cient
for two months, and shall be sold at cost, including transportation,
shrinkage, and storage, but shall not include cost of distribution
within the province to the various road gangs. Such cost of distn-
bution, if any, shall be borne by the province and shall be a proper
charge against the road and bridge fund thereof. Sales of rice pur-
chased under the provisions of this Act shall be under the supervision
of the provincial supervisor, who shall be accountable for the property
purchased, and who shall, on the last day of each month, render an
account to the provincial treasurer, showing the quantity and value of
rice on hand at date of preceding account, the quantity and value
of rice received and sold since, and the balance on hand and value
thereof at date of the report. The supervisor shall, at the time of
rendering the above-mentioned account, or oftener if deemed expe-
dient, deposit with the provincial treasurer all money received from
such sales of rice since his last report.
Sec. 3. The provincial treasurer shall take up on his account-current
rendered to the Auditor all money deposited on account of sales of rice
under the provisions of this act, as a reimbursement to the road and
bridge fund, and shall forward with his monthly accounts to the Auditor
a copy of the supervisor's report for the month.
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 pix)cedure 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 21, 1903.
[No. 760.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine, entitled **An Act pro-
hibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within certain distances of land nsed
by the United States for mihtary pnrpoees and at certain camps therein named,"
by prohibiting the said traffic on the Island of Talim or within a distance of
three miles of Malahi Island, Lagnna de Bay.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony thai:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine,
entitled "An Act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within
520 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
certain distances of land used by the United States for military pur-
poses and at certain camps therein named," is hereby amended so far
as necessary to prohibit the granting of any license by a municipal
council or other municipal or provincial authority for the sale of any
intoxicating liquors, beer, or wine, at any place oi; on any premises
situated on the Island of Talim, Laguna de Bay, or within a distance
of three miles of the Island of Malahi, reserved for military purposes
in the Laguna de Bay; and the provisions of said Act Numbered Seven
hundred and nine shall be as fully applicable to the prohibition by
this Act provided as if this prohibition had been originally included
in said Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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 21, 1903.
[No. 761.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of three thousand dollars, United States currency,
to the Province of Abra.
By authority of the United StateSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Carnmission, thai:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thou-
sand dollars. United States currency, or its equivalent in local cur-
rency at the authorized ratio, to be loaned to the Province of Abra
and to be expended by the provincial board of that province for the
general expenses of the provincial government.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in the first section of this Act shall
be paid to the supervisor-treasurer of the Province of Abra upon the
production by him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago of a
certified copy of a resolution of the provincial lK)ard of the Province
of Abra accepting such 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 Abra.
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.
Enact.ed, May 22, 1903.
[No. 762.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of five thousand dollars, United States cmrency,
to the Province of Antique.
By avihority of the United Staies, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
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Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand
dollars, United States currency, or its equivalent in local currency at
the authorized ratio, to be loaned to the Province of Antique and to
be expended by the provincial board of that province for the general
expenses of the provincial government.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in the first section of this Act shall
be paid to the supervisor-treasurer of the Province of Antique upon
the production by him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago
of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Prov-
ince of Antique accepting such 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 Antique.
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, May 22, 1903.
[No. 763.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of three thousand dollars, United States cnrrency,
to the province of Paragna.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand
dollars. United States currency, or its equivalent in local currency at
the authorized ratio, to be loaned to the Province of Paragua and to be
expended by the provincial board of that province for the general
purposes of the provincial government in accordance wfth the provi-
sions of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenfy-two, organizing the
Province of Paragua.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in the first section of this Act shall
be paid to the secretary-treasurer of the Province of Paragua upon
the production by him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago
of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Prov-
ince of Paragua accepting such loan and agreeing to repay the money,
without interest, on or before the first day of January, nineteen hun-
dred and 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, May 22, 1903.
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[No. 764.]
AN ACT ffranting earned leave of absence to P. L. Sherman for the period dur-
ing which he was an employee of the Forestry Bureau bnt not a member of the
classified civil service.
By avihority of the Untied Stales^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony mat:
Section 1. Whereas P. L. Sherman, on aoconnt of special fitaiess,
was authorized by the Civir Service Board to serve in the Forestry
Bureau as a special agent from May eighteenth, nineteen -hundred
and one, to October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, and as an
inspector of the Forestry Bureau from October sixteenth, nineteen
hundred and one, to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two,
without complying with the usual conditions for entry in the classi-
fied service:
It is hereby provided that said P. L. Sherman shall be allowed the
leave of absence for this x>eriod which he would have earned had he
been in the classified service.
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 23, 1903.
[No. 765.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nmnbered Five htmdred and fonrteen, entitled "An Act
creating a commission to secure, organize, and make an exhibit of Philiiypiiie
products, mannfactores, art, ethnology, and education at the Louisiana Par-
chase Exposition to be held at Saint Louis, in the United States, in nineteen
hundred and four,'* by dispensing with the necessity for the holding of a pre-
liminary exposition at Manila and by making allowances in lieu of actual tray-
eling expenses for each member of the board and the secretary of ^e board
while absent from their usual places of residence on the business of the board
during the year nineteen hundred and four.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and four-
teen, entitled '^An act creating a commission to secure, organize, and
make an exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, ethnology,
and education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held at
Saint Louis, in the United States, in nineteen hundred and four," is
hereby amended by inserting, after the sentence "The actual travd-
ing expenses of each member, while absent from his usual place (rf
residence on business of the board, shall be paid out of the Exposition
fund hereinafter provided," the following: " and during the year from
January first, nineteen hundred and four, to January first, nineteen
hundred and five, each member of the board shall be allowed, in lieu
of his actual traveling expenses, the sum of ten dollars a day whUe
absent from his usual place of residence on business of the board."
Sec. 2. Section two of said Act Numbered Five hundred and four-
teen is hereby amended by adding after the first x>aragraph thereof
the following: "The secretary of the board shall, when absent from
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his usual place of residence on husiness of the board, be allowed his
actual traveling expenses: Provided^ That during the year nineteen
hundred and four he shall be allowed, in lieu of his traveling expenses,
the sum of seven dollars a day, while absent from his usual place of
residence on business of the board."
Sec. 3. Section four of said act is hereby amended by striking out
the first sentence thereof, beginning with the words "The board is
authorized" and ending with the word ** Manila."
Sec. 4. Section five of said Act is hereby amended by striking out
of the second paragraph thereof the words *'and the holding of the
preliminary exposition at Manila."
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, May 25, 1903.
[No. 766.]
AN ACrr consolidating the offices of provincial treaaurer and ^royincial snper-
yisor in the Province of Oriental Negros and making the president of the pro-
vincial board of health a member of the provincial board of the province.
By authority of the United StateSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and twenty,
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act and the
Municipal Code to the Province of Oriental Negros, are hereby con-
solidated, and the office thus formed shall be known as the office of
the provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial sui)ervisor-treasurer,
and the president of the provincial board of health for the province,
who shall receive no additional compensation for such services, shall
constitute the provincial board of the Province of Oriental Negros.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer of Oriental
Negros shall be twenty thousand dollars, subject to increase or dimi-
nution by the Insular Treasurer in accordance with Act Numbered
Four hundred and sixty-four; he shall receive an annual salary of
two thousand dollars, payable monthly; his qualifications and duties
shall be the -same as the qualifications and duties of provincial super-
visor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial Govern-
ment Act, except that the requirement that the provincial supervisor
shall be a competent civil engineer and surveyor shall not apply.
The sui)ervisor- treasurer may employ a foreman in charge of the repair
and construction of roads at a salary not to exceed sixty dollars per
month.
The duties of provincial supervisor by this Act transferred to the
provincial sujwrvisor-treasurer shall be understood to include the
duties heretofore performed by the provincial supervisor as a member
of the provincial board of health.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty or of
any other Act as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
is hereby rei)ealed.
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Sec. 5. 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. 6. This act shall take effect June first, nineteen hundred and
three.
Enacted, May 26, 1903.
[No. 767.]
AN ACT appropriating five thousand dollars, local currency, for the purpose of
continuing work uix)n Government buildings and improvements at Bagnio,
Province of Benguet.
By autJiority of the United States^ be it enacted by the PhUippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thou-
sand dollars in local currency, to be available for the purchase of
lumber and the continuance of work upon Government buildings
and improvements at Bagnio, Province of Benguet, one thousand
five hundred dollars, local currency, of which sum shall be used for
the purpose of reimbursing the contingent fund expendable by the
Civil Governor for a like amount which was devoted to the purposes
covered by this appropriation.
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 26, 1903.
[No. 768.]
AN ACT fixing the boundary line between the subprovinces of Ambura3ran and
Lepanto and the Province of Benguet, and adding the territory comprised in
the former comandancia of Eayapa to the latter province.
By authority of the United Staies^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The boundary between the Province of Benguet on
the south and the subprovinces of Lepanto and Amburayan on the
north shall be a line beginning at the point where the watershed
dividing the waters of the Amburayan River and its tributaries on
the north from those of several smaller streams on the south flowing
in a generally southwesterly direction through the Province of Benguet
intersects the present eastern boundary of the Province of La Uni6n,
and extending in a generally northeasterly direction medially along
the crest of the above-described watershed and of the watershed
which divides the waters of the Abra River and its tributaries from
the waters of the Agno River and its tributaries to the point where
the ridge forming the latter watershed leaves the face of the high
mountain known as Mount Dat4, and thence in a straight line along
the side of Mount DatA to the point where the ridge or watershed
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between the Agno River and the streams of Nueva Vizcaya joins
Mount Dat&.
Sec. 2. That portion of the township of Loo lying south of the
boundary thus fixed shall be a barrio of the town of Buguias. The
present organization of the township of Loo is hereby abolished and
all offices existing by virtue of the present organization of this town-
ship are hereby declared vacant and such offices are abolished. Local
civil government shall be provided for the inhabitants of the terri-
tory lying to the north of the line described in section one which did
not previously belong to the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc by the gov-
ernor and the provincial board of that province, in accordance with
the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and eleven.
Sec. 3. The territory formerly included within the comandancia of
Eayapa is hereby added to the territory of the Province of Benguet,
and the provincial governor of Benguet shall establish a government
in the township of Kayapa in accordance with the provisions pre-
scribed for the establishment of local civil governments in the town-
ships of the Province of Benguet by Act Numbered Forty-eight.
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, May 26, 1903.
[No. 769.]
AN ACT to amend section two hundred and six of Act Numbered Three hundred
and fifty-five, known as the Customs Administrative Act, by correcting an obvi-
ous error of omission in the language of said section.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section two hundred and six of Act Numbered Three
hundred and fifty-five, known as the Customs Administrative Act, is
hereby amended by inserting, after the word "merchandise" in the
third line of said section, the words "shall have been paid and such
goods, wares, and merchandise," so that the section shall read as
follows:
"Sec. 206. Whenever any goods, wares, and merchandise shall
have entered and passed free of duty, and whenever duties upon any
imported goods, wares, and merchandise shall have been paid and
such goods, wares, and merchandise shall have been delivered to the
owner, importer, agent, or consignee, such entry and passage free of
fluty and such settlement of duties will, after the expiration of one
year from the time of entry, in the absence of fraud and in the absence
of protest by the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, be final and
conclusive upon all parties."
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 27, 1903.
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[No. 770.]
AN ACT to provide that the appropriation of two millioiiB of dollars made in Act
Numbered Six hundred and ninety-eiz may be expended not only to purchase ^
sUver bullion with which to coin sUver Philippine pesos but also to pay the
expenses of such coinage and the transportation of the coins, when cornea, from
the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including insurance
and all other proper expenses.
By authority of the United StcUeSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. The appropriation of two millions of dollars provided
for in section four of Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-six for
the purchase of silver bullion to be coined into silver Philippine
pesos may also be expended for the expenses of coining the same,
including the making of the necessary dies, for the transportation of
the coins, when coined, from the mints of the United States to the
Philippine Islands, for insurance, and for all other proper expenses
of putting such pesos into circulation.
Sec. 2. All moneys heretofore disbursed by the Disbursing Agent
of the Philippine Government in Washington for the purposes men-
tioned in the preceding section are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the 8i)eedy 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 27, 1903.
[No. 771.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty-one, entitled **An Act
appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for the purchase
of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of snhsidiaiy
coins for nse in the Philippine Islands,'' by providing that the money appro-
priated may be expended not only for the purchase of bullion needea in the
coinage, but also for the making of necessary dies and other expenses of coinage,
for the cost of transporting coins when coined from the mints of the United
States to the Philippine Islaiids, including the necessary insurance, and for all
other expenses of putting such coins into circulation.
By axdhoritiJ of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty-
one, entitled "An Act appropriating one million dollars, in money of
the United States, for the purchase of silver, copper, and other metals
or alloys needed in the coinage of subsidiary coins for use in th«
Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by providing that the money
appropriated may be expended not only for the purchase of bullion
needed in the coinage but also for the making of necessary dies and
other expenses of coinage, for the cost of transporting coins when
coined from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands,
including the necessary insurance, and for all other expenses of putting
such coins into circulation.
Sbc. 2. AU moneys heretofore disbursed by the Disbursing Agent
of the Philippine Government in Washington, for the purposes men-
tioned in the preceding section, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
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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, May 27, 1903.
[No. 772.]
AN ACT to amend section forty-seven of Act Nmnbered Eighty-two and section
thirteen of Act Nmnbered Eighty-three by providing that the mmiicipal comicil
and the provincial board may alter the rate per centmn of the land tax to be
levied in any current year at any time before the period fixed for the collection
of the tax.
By atUhority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered Eighty-two, .
entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal govern-
ments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at
the close of para^graph (g) of said section the following paragraph:
"(fe) At any time after the rate per centum of the land tax to be
levied for the current year shall have been determined by ordinance
of the municipal council and before the time fixed by the law for the
collection of the land tax, the municipal council may by ordinance,
with the consent of the provincial board, increase or decrease the
rate per centum of the land tax already fixed and to be levied for that
year within the maximum and minimum limits fixed by law for the
levy of the land tax for municipal purposes; and the certified copy
of the action of the municipal council in making the change shall be
sent by the municipal secretary to the provincial treasurer who, if the
provincial board approves the action of the council, shall make col-
lection of the tax in accordance with the amended levy."
Sec. 2. Paragraph (i) of section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-
three, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial gov-
ernments in the Philippine Islands" is hereby amended by adding to
such paragraph the following:
"After the provincial boaM shall have by resolution fixed the rate
per centum of the land tax for the province for the current year and
before the period fixed for its collection under the law it may for
good cause, in its discretion, change the rate per centum thus fixed
by increase or decrease within the maximum and minimum limits
fixed by law and the provincial treasurer shall make his collections
in accordance with the change."
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 27, 1903.
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[No. 773.]
AN ACT providing for certain changes in the personnel of the Civil Hospital at
Manila and aathorizin^ the Secrets^ of the ulterior to detail employees of the
Civil Hospital for service at the Civil Sanitarinm at Bagnio, Bengnet.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by tJie Philippine
Comviissiotiy mat:
Section 1. The position of Assistant Attending Physician and Sur-
geon at the Civil Ilospital in Manila shall be abolished on June first,
nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 2. The following employees of the Civil Hospital at Manila are
hereby authorized : Two house surgeons at one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum each, with boai^ and lodging, in lieu of one house
surgeon at one thousand dollars per annum, with board and lodging,
heretofore authorized; and one additional ambulance driver at six
hundred dollars per annum, with board and lodging.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to detail
any officer or employee of the Civil Hospital at Manila for service at
the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio, Ben^et, when in his judgment such
a course will promote the public interest.
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, May 27, 1903.
[No. 774.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled *'A general Act for the
organization of municipal governments m the Philippine Islands " by imposmg
a tax nx)on sledges and maMng it the duty of provincial boards to designate
improved roads in the several provinces uix)n which it shall be unlawful to uae
certain carts and sledges.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Paragraph (j) of section forty-three of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, entitled *'A general Act for the organization of municipal
governments in the Philippine Islands," shall be amended to read as
follows:
** (j) An annual tax, hereby imposed for the purpose of protecting
the roads of the municipality and the province from destruction, of
three dollars Mexican upon each draft cart the wheels of which have
tires less than two inches and a half in width, and an annual tax of
two dollars Mexican upon each cArt the wheels of which are rigid
with the axle to which they are attached, and an annual tAx of five
dollars Mexican upon each cart having both such tires and axles, aod
an annual tax of three dollars, Mexican, upon each sledge witli run-
ners less than two and one-half inches in width, all to be collected by
the provincial treasurer in the usual manner. One-half the proceeds
of such taxes shall be paid into the municipal treasury and one-half
shall be paid into the provincial treasury.
**The use of carts with wheels having tires less than two and one-
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half inches in width and with wheels rigid with the axles and all
sledges upon improved or well-constructed public roads in the Philip-
pine Islands, is hereby prohibited after December first, nineteen
hundred and three.
"It shall be the duty of the provincial board of each province in
which well-constructed or improved public roads exist to designate
by public notice, which shall be posted at the door of the municipal
building or presidencia of every municipality or township in the
province, the roads on which it shall be unlawful to use narrow-
wheeled carts, carts the axles of which are rigid Avith the wheels, or
sledges. Any person violating the provisions of this paragraph by
using a cart or sledge of the prohibited type after December first,
nineteen hundred and three upon a road which has been designated
as an improved or well-constructed public road by the provincial
board of any province, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one
hundred dollai*s Mexican for each offense."
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 27, 1903.
[No. 776.]
AN ACT appropriating the smn of fifty thousand dollars, local cnrrency, from
the war emergency nee fnnd of the Province of Batan^^ for the purpose of
erecting a school building and manual training schools in the mumcipality of
Batangas.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the war emergency
rice fund of the Province of Batangas, as constituted by Act Num-
bered Four hundred and eighty-eight of the Philippine Commission,
the sum of fift}'^ thousand dollars, local cuiTency, for the construction
of a provincial school building and manual training schools.
Sec. 2. Of the said sum of fifty thousand dollars above appropri-
ated, forty-five thousand dollars, local currency, shall be paid by the
treasurer of the said war emergency rice fund to the provincial treas-
urer of the Province of Batangas, who shall receive and receipt there-
for, and the said sum so paid into the provincial treasury shall
constitute a building fund for the erection of a provincial school
building and manual training annex for girls in the municipality of
Batangas, in accordance with pfens and specifications prepared by the
Insular Bureau of Architecture, which fund shall be expended by
order of the building committee hereinafter designated upon warrant
drawn on the provincial treasurer, signed by the provincial governor,
and countersigned by the division superintendent of schools. The
provincial board of the Province of Batangas, the division superin-
tendent of schools for the Province of Batangas, the president of the
municipality of Batangas, and three members from the province at
large, nominated by the provincial governor, shall constitute a build-
ing committee to carry forward the work of erecting such buildings.
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Sec. 3. Of the said sum of fifty thousand dollars above appropri-
ated, five thousand dollars, local currency, shall remain in the hands
of the treasurer of the war emei^ncy rice fufid and shall be expended
by him for the erection of a building, the plans for which have been
approved by the Civil (lovemor, for the manual training of boys,
wherein shall be taught the trades of the blackBmith, carpenter,
wheelwright, and painter.
Sec. 4. The said school building shall be erected on a tract of land
in the municipality of Batangas, lying directly north of the Govern-
ment building, and donated for such use by the municipality of
Batangas. The municipality of Batangas having consented thereto,
the title to the said land and buildings to be erected thereon, as pro-
vided above, is hereby vested in the Province of Batangas, for the
use aforesaid, and subject to the provisions of section five herein-
after set out and to the control, direction, and supervision of the
Department of Public Instruction. The said buildings, when erected,
shall be kept in repair by the Province of Batangas, except that the
cost of keeping in repair the first fioor of the school building shall
be charged to and paid for by the municipality of Batangas.
Sec. 5. The first floor of the school building shall be used for pri-
mary schools of the municipality of Batangas and for pupils from
other municipalities in the province in such numbers, in the discre-
tion of the division superintendent of schools, as will not unduly
crowd or inconvenience pupils resident in the municipality of Batan-
gas. The entire cost of furnishing the first floor of the school build-
ing and the maintenance of the primary schools shall be paid by the
municipality of Batangas.
The second floor of said school building shall be used as a pro-
vincial secondary school, and the other buildings to be erected shall
be used as provincial manual training schools free to all residents of
the Province of Batangas. The Province of Batangas shall maintain
said secondary school and manual training schools and shall provide
such schools with the necessary school furniture.
Sec. 6. The said primary schools of the municipality of Batangas
and the provincial secondary and manual training schools shall be
under the control, direction, and supervision of the Department of
Public Instruction.
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 it>s passage.
Enacted, May 28, 1903.
[No. 776.]
AN ACT authorizing and directing the treasurer of the Province of Bohol to
make refund of penalties collected upon the delinquent land tax in that province
for the year nineteen hundred and two, to such taxpayers as shall have made
payment of such tax and penalties on or before the thirtieth day of June,
nineteen hundred and three.
Whereas certain taxpayers of the Province of Bohol, without fault
of their own, had not opportunity to pay their land tax for the year
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nineteen hundred and two within the proper time prescribed by law:
Now, therefore,
By avihority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission that:
Section 1. The treasurer of the Province of Bohol is hereby author-
ized and directed to make refund of the penalties collected upon the
delinquent land tax in that province for the year nineteen hundred
and two to such taxpayers of said province as shall have made pay-
ment, to said treasurer of the said land tax with the accrued penalties
on or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and three.
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 28, 1903.
[No. 777.]
AN ACT amending Act Nmnbered Six hnndred and twenty-four, prescribing
regulations governing the location and manner of recording mining claims and
the amount of work necessary' to hold possession of a mining claim, by correcting
an error in section three of said act.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-
four, prescribing regulations governing the location and manner of
recording mining claims and the amount of work necessary to hold
possession of a mining claim, is hereby amended by substituting the
word " mineral " for the word " mining " in the first line of the second
paragraph 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, May 29, 1903.
[No. 778.]
AN ACT authorizing the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago to
commission masters and watch officers of coast guard vessels to make searches
and seizures.
By avihority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago
is hereby authorized to commission, in writing, the masters and watch
officers of vessels belonging to the Bureau of Coast Guard and Trans-
portation to make searches and seizures under the provisions of Chap-
ter Twenty-five of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five of the
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Philippine Commission, in the same manner as duly designated cnstoms
officers.
Sec. 2. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago
shall also prescribe the necessary regulations governing said masters
and watch officers in performance of the duties thereby assigned to
them.
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, May 29, 1903.
[No. 779.]
AN ACT to confirm and ratify the action of municipal preeidents in administeiing
oaths to enmnerators and special agents of the Census.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Cornmission, that:
Section 1. The action of municipal presidents in administering
oaths to enumerators and special agents of the Census is hereby con-
firmed and ratified as sufficient compliance with the law, but no proee-
cution for perjury shall be founded on such oaths.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on it^ passage.
Enacted, May 29, 1903.
■^
[No. 780.]
AN ACT providing for the examination and licensing of applicants for the por-
tions of master, mate, i)atron, and engineer of seagoing yessels in the PhilippinB
coastwise trade, and prescribing the number of engineers to be employed l^
such vessels.
Byautlwrity of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. A board is hereby created, to consist of the Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Archipelago, the Suj)erintendent of the
Nautical School, the Inspector of Boilers, the Inspector of HuUs, and
one master of a merchant vessel, who shall be appointed by the Insu-
lar Collector of Customs, to examine and certify for licenses all appli-
cants for the positions of master, mate, patron, and engineer of sea-
going vessels in the Philippine coastwise trade. The Insular Col-
lector of Customs shall be president of the Board ex officio, and any
three members thereof shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. This board shall be known and referred to as the "Board
on Philippine Marine Examinations."
Sec. 2. Whenever any person applies for license as master, mate^
patron, or engineer of a Philippine coastwise vessel it shall be the
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duty of the Board on Philippine Marine Examinations tx) make thor-
ough inquiry as to his character and carefully to examine the appli-
cant, the evidence he presents in support of his application, and such
other evidence as it may deem proper or desirable, and if satisfied
that his capacity, experience, habits of life, and character are such
as to warrant the belief that he can be safely intrusted with the duties
and responsibilities of the position for which he makes application, it
shall so certify to the Insular Collector of Customs, who shall issue a
license authorizing such applicant to act as master, mate, patron, or
engineer, as the case may be.
Sec. 3. The Board shall meet at the office of the Insular Collector
of Customs at Manila during the last week of the months of April,
August, and December of each year and examine all applicants for
any such positions who have filed in writing their applications for
examination at least one month before the meeting of the Board.
Every applicant shall be examined physically by a competent physi-
cian selected by the Board, and, unless found to be physically sound,
shall not be further examined and shall not be licensed. The Board
may, in its discretion, require the production of ship's journals and
log books for inspection in the examination of applicants for positions
of master or mate.
Every applicant for license as master must produce satisfactoiy
evidence that he has served as certified first mate for at least three
years in a seagoing sailing vessel or at least five years. in a seagoing
steamer, andmust not be less than twenty-eight years of a^e.
Every applicant for license as first mate shall be required to pro-
duce to the Board properly certified documents showing that he has
served in the capacity of second and third mate for at least two years
in a seagoing sailing vessel or at least three years in a seagoing
steamer, and must not be less than twenty-five years of age.
Every applicant for license as second mate must produce to the
Board a certificate as third mate and properly certified documents
showing that he has served in the capacity of third mate in a sea-
going sailing vessel for at least one year or in a seagoing steamer for
at least two years, and must not be less than twenty-three years of
age.
Every applicant for the position of third mate shall be required to
present to the Board documents properly certified showing that he
has served as seaman, apprentice, or quartermaster continuously for
at least nine months in a seagoing sailing vessel or at least eighteen
months in a seagoing steamer: Provided, That, if the applicant pro-
duces a certificate of graduation from the Nautical School of Manila,
it shall be sufficient evidence of his technical knowledge, but not of
his physical condition, experience, habits, or character. The appli-
cant shall not be less than nineteen years of age.
Every applicant for license as patron shall not be less than twenty-
three years of age. He shall be examined on the following subjects:
Reading and writing; management of the sails and rigging of coast-
ing and pilot boats; manner of loading according to cargo; manner
of careening a boat so as to rid it of water, as well as manner of
stranding same; knowledge of the coasts where he is to navigate,
their shoals, banks, and reefs; of ocean currents and tides; of pre-
vailing, winds; which winds to sail with and which to sail away from;
how to square the compass; to take bearipgs by the lead, and other
practical methods for determining the nearness of the coast and what
course is to be taken; methods of entering and leaving the ports of
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the provinces; precautions to be taken in time of storms at sea as
well as in port; method of repairing damage sustained by vessels;
familiarity inth all existing coast light-houses on their routes; knowl-
edge of all maritime laws relating to the sanitation and i)olice regula-
tions of ports; knowledge of regulations governing the use of lights
and signals for the prevention of collisions, and, in short, of all
subjects that may have a bearing on his calling.
The Board in -examining applicants for the position of engineer
shall diligently inquire into the knowledge of said applicants of the
construction and operation of steam machinery and esx>ecially of
engines and boilers, also as to the applicant's practical experience,
character, and habits, and the Boaini may, in its discretion, make
such practical tests and examinations of applicants as it may deem
necessary to demonstrate their fitness or unfitness for the positions
which they seek. The Board may also take the statements, written
or oral, of any persons cognizant of the qualifications of such
applicants.
Sec. 4. The holders of licenses as master, mate, or engineer under
the laws of the United States shall be eligible to appointment to like
positions under this Act. The examination of every applicant shall
be in writing and shall include a thorough examination ^as to his
knowledge of seamanship and navigation in its various branches, his
capacity and skill in lading and unlading cargo, in handling and
storing freight under all conditions, and his knowledge generally of
the duties of the position which he seeks.
Sec. 5. To obtain a license, every applicant shall be required to
show a proficiency in the subjects upon which he is examined and
shall answer correctly at least seventy-five per cent of the questions
propounded to him on such examination. Examinations of all appli-
cants, as well as the records of the Board, shall be kept in the office
of the Insular Collector of Customs at Manila.
Sec. 6. Every license authorized to be issued as above set forth
shall be operative and in force until July first, nineteen hundred and
four, but the Insular Collector of Customs may at any time suspend
or revoke any license upon satisfactory proof of misconduct, intem-
perate habits, incapacity, or inattention to duty on the part of the
licensee.
Sec. 7. On and after August first, nineteen hundred and three,
every applicant for license as master, mate, patron, or engineer of a
Philippine coastwise vessel shall be a citizen of the United States or
of the Philippine Islands : Provided^ however ^ That any citizen or sub-
ject of any other country who may be acting as master, mate, patron,
or engineer of any Philippine coastwise vessel at the time of the pas-
sage of this Act, may, upon application to the Insular Collector of
Customs, be granted a certificate of service, which shall authorize him
to continue to act in the Philippine coastwise trade as such master,
mate, patron, or engineer, as the case may be, upon his making pn^i^er
showing to the Board hereinbefore created, either by the presentation
of a properly authenticated license from some other recognized mari-
time country satisfactory to the Board, or by such other evidence of
competency and good character as the Board in its discretion may
deem sufficient: And provided further ^ That he shall have seen at
least two years' service in the coastwise trade of these Islands under
the American flag and that he shall take the following oath:
*' I hereby solemnly swear that I acknowledge the sovereignty and
authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands and of the
Government constituted by the United States herein, and that while
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in the Islands I will support and maintain the same, and that I will
not at any time hereafter while in these Islands or while serving under
this license at any place aid, abet, or incite resistance to the authority
of the United States or of the government established by the United
States in these Islands, and that I take this oath voluntarily, without
any mental reservation whatsoever. So help me God."
Skc. 8. On and after August first, nineteen hundred and three,
every Philippine coastwise vessel which is in charge of a master who
is not a citizen of the United States or of the Philippine Islands but
is authorized to perform the duties of master in accordance with the
preceding section of this Act, shall be required to have on board, as
either a mate or other watch officer, a citizen of the United States or
of the Philippine Islands duly authorized by said Board to act as such.
Any Philippine coastwise vessel which fails to comply with the terms
of this section shall be required to pay an additional tonnage tax at
the rate of ten cents. United States currency, per net ton per month
during the continuance of said failure.
Sec. 9. On and after August first, nineteen hundred and three,
every Philippine coastwise vessel which has on board a mate or other
watch officer who is not a citizen of the United States or of the Philippine
Islands, although authorized to perform the duties of such in accord-
ance with section seven of this Act, shall likewise be required to have
on board, as either master or some watch officer, a citizen of the
United States or of the Philippine Islands duly qualified by the Board
to act in such capacity: Provided^ Jiotvever, That, in the case of Phil-
ippine coastwise vessels on which neither the master nor mate are
citizens of the United States or the Philippine Islands, although author-
ized to perform the duties of such positions in accordance with sec-
tion seven of this Act, the other watch officer or watch officers of the
vessel shall bo citizens of the United States or citizens of the Philip-
pine Islands duly authorized by the Board to act in such capacity.
Any Philippine coastwise vessel which fails to comply with the terms
of this section shall be required to pay an additional tonnage tax at
the rate of ten cents. United States currency, per net ton per month
during the continuance of said failure.
Sec. 10. Philippine coastwise vessels which have on board a chief
engineer who is not a citizen of the United States or of the Philippine
Islands, although authorized to perform the duties of such in accord-
ance with section seven of this Act, shall have on board as a first
assistant engineer a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the
Philippine Islands duly authorized by the Board to act as such ; and
every Philippine coastwise vessel which has on board a first assistant
engineer who is not a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the
Philippine Islands shall have, as chief engineer, either a citizen of the
United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands duly authorized
by the Board to act as such : Provided^ however^ That, in the case of
Philippine coastwise vessels on which neither the chief engineer nor
the first assistant engineer is a citizen of the United States or a citizen
of the Philippine Islands, there shall be employed and carried at least
two other assistant engineers who shall be citizens of the United States
or citizens of the Philippine Islands, duly authorized by the Board to
act in such capacity.
Any Philippine coastwise vessels which fails to comply with the
terms of this section shall be required to pay an additional tonnage
tax at the rate of ten cents. United States currency, per net ton per
month during the continuance of said failure.
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Sec. 11. No Philippine ^coastwise vessel which shall fail to comply
with any of the provisions of the three preceding sections of this Act
shall be permitted to sail under the United States flag or to engaged
in tlie Philippine coastwisfe trade, except upon payment of the addi-
tional tonnage taxes hereinbefore prescribed.
Sec. 12. All seagoing steam vessels engaged in Philippine coastwise
trade shall employ and carry a licensed chief engineer, and all sucli
steam vessels making night runs will employ and carry at least one
licensed chief engineer and one licensed assistant engineer: Promied,
however^ That the Insular Collector of Customs may direct that more
than two licensed engineers shall be employed and carried on any
steamer when, in his opinion, the same are required.
Sec. 13. All steam vessels engaged exclusively in bay, river, and
harbor work shall only be required to carry a chief engineer possessing
a second-class license.
Sec. 14. Whenever the term "sailing vessel" is used in this Act, it
shall be understood and held to apply to sailing vessels of one hun-
dred and fifty tons or over; and whenever the term "steamer" is used,
it shall be understood and held to apply to all vessels of one hundred
tons or over propelled by steam alone or by steam and sail.
Sec. 15. Before issuing a license to any applicant for the position
of master or engineer, the Insular Collector of Customs shall receiye
from such applicant the sum of ten dollars in compensation for his
examination and license, and for the same service shall demand and
receive from every mate, patron, or assistant engineer the sum of five
dollars, money of the United States. The sums thus collected shall
be paid by the Insular Collector of Customs into the Insular Treasury.
Sec. 16. Members of the Board created by this Act, unless they are
in the service of the United States or of the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands, shall be paid a per diem of five dollars. United States
currency, during the period of time required in the examination of
applicants.
Sec. 17. The Board on Philippine Marine Examinations shall be
convened in extra session on July first, nineteen hundi'ed and three,
for the examination of all applicants who may present themselv^
before that date.
Sec. 18. Act Numbered Seventy-three of the Philippine Commis-
sion and all Acts amendatory thereof are hereby repealed.
Sec. 19. 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 enactpient of laws," passed September twenty-siJith,
nineteen hundred. "
Sec. 20. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 29, 1903.
[No. 781.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An
Act providing for the organization of an Insular Constabnlary and for the
inspection of the municipal i)olice," and Acts Numbered Six hundred and ten.
Six hundred and eighteen, and Six hundred and nineteen amendatory thereof.
By aidJiority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Civil Governor, or the provincial governor with the
approval of the Civil Governor, is hereby authorized, whenever in his
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judgment the public interest will be subserved thereby, to place the
municipal police of the respective municipalities of any province
under the control of the senior inspector of Constabulary on duty in
the province at the time. The senior inspector in such case is hereby
authorized and empowered, under the general sui)ervision of the pro-
vincial governor, to control and direct the movements of the municipal
police and, with the approval of the provincial governor, to discharge
any member of the police force and substitute a fit and suitable resi-
dent of the municipality in his place. It shall be the duty of the
senior inspector when thus placed in charge of the municipal police
of a province to see that they are properly uniformed, drilled, and
disciplined. When thus vested with authority over the municipal
police he shall see that all lawful orders of the provincial governor,
municipal president, and othera in authority are executed as provided
by the Municipal Code, and amendments thereof, and shall further
see that all proper arrests are made for violations of law or municipal
ordinances, and in case of emergencies is authorized, under the gen-
eral supervision of the provincial governor, to unite the forces of the
various municipalities of the province in suppressing ladronism or
brigandage or other grave violations of the law which threaten the
peace of the entire community; and he may also unite the Constabu-
lary forces under his command with the municipal forces in the
execution of his authority for this purpose.
Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the provincial board of each
and every province to prescribe a suitable uniform for the municipal
police of each and every municipality, with a proper insignia to indi-
cate the municipality to which the police belong. Authority is also
hereby given the provincial board of each province to fix the number
of police which is required to be maintained by each and every munic-
ipality of the province. In the event that the provincial board shall
find that any municipality is unable properly to uniform and main-
tain the number of policemen fixed by the provincial board, the lat-
ter is authorized to vote necessary aid for the maintenance of such
I>olice out of provincial funds. In the event the provincial board
should not have provincial funds adequate for this purpose it may
apply to the Commission for aid in this behalf.
Sec. 3. Whenever the Chief of Philippines Constabulary shall
report to the Civil Governor that in any province the efficiency of the
Constabulary of the province is being interfered with by frivolous
arrests and unfounded prosecutions leading to the imprisonment of
members of the Constabulary and their unnecessary detention from
duty, it shall be in the power of the Civil Governor, if he finds the
report to be well founded, by executive order to make the following
section numbered four applicable to the method of arrests in such
province instead of the ordinary method of arrests now in force. But
until the Civil Governor shall issue such executive order, the section
following shall have no force and effect and it shall cease to have
effect as may be provided in said order.
Sec. 4. When in respect to any province the Civil Governor shall
issue the executive order described in the next preceding section, and
any ofl&cer or methber of the Philippines Constabulary shall in such
province be charged with the violation of any <3riminal law or ordi-
nance and a warrant is issued for the arrest of the alleged offender,
such warrant shall be placed in the hands of a Constabulary officer
on duty in the province for execution ; and it shall be the duty of
said officer to arrest such person and bring him before the justice of
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the peace, or officer issuing such warrant, to be dealt with as the
law directs. No officer or member of the police of a municipality in
such province shall have authority to arrest an officer or member of
the Constabulary upon any criminal charge, save for a criminal
offense committed in his presence, and when such offense is com-
mitted in his presence it shall be the duty of the municipal officer
making the arrest to deliver the prisoner to the nearest Constabulary
officer on duty in the province with a statement of the cause of the
arrest of the offender and the names of the witnesses to the offense;
and it shall be the duty of the Constabulary officer receiving the
prisoner, as soon as practicable, to bring him before a justice of the
peace, or the Court of First Instance of the province, to be dealt with
as the law directs. In case the justice of the peace shall bind over
any officer or member of the Constabulary to answer a criminal
charge and the defendant fails to give bail, when the offense is bail-
able, the defendant shall be delivered to the custody of the senior
inspector of Constabulary on duty in the province for safe-keeping;
and it shall be the duty of the inspector to safely guard and keep the
prisoner and produce him before the Court of First Instance, as
required by law, to be dealt with as the law directs; and such pris-
oner shall be committed to the provincial jail by the inspector, if
necessary for safe custody.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of all municipal officers, as soon as
practicable, to give notice to the provincial governor, or inspector of
Constabulary in the province, of the presence of any bands of
ladrones or brigands or other persons threatening the peace of the
community within their jurisdiction, or any act of robbery or theft
by such bands, when the offenders are at large; and any violation of
the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars and imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Sec. 6. In provinces which are infested to such an extent with
ladrones or outlaws that the lives and property of residents in the
outlying barrios are rendered wholly insecure by continued preda-
tory raids and such outlying barrios thus furnish to the ladrones or
outlaws their sources of food supply, and it is not possible with the
available police forces constantly to provide protection to such ba^
rios, it shall be within the power of the Civil Governor, upon reso-
lution of the Philippine Commission, to authorize the provincial
governor to order that the residents of such outlying barrios be
temporarily brought within stated proximity to the i)oblaci6n or
larger barrios of the municipality, there to remain until the necessity
for such order ceases to exist, and during such temporary residence
it shall be the duty of the provincial board, out of provincial funds,
to furnish such sustenance and shelter as may be needed to prevent
suffering among the residents of the barrios thus withdrawn, and in
case the provincial funds are not adequate for such purpose, applica-
tion may be made to the Commission for an appropriation to meet
the exigency.
Sec. 7. Act Numbered Six hundred and eighteen is hereby amended
by inserting immediatel}'^ after section one the following:
"Sec. 2. The pay of an assistant chief and lieutenant-colonel, not
an Army officer, shall be not less than two thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars and not exceeding three thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum, the amount to be fixed, within the limitations above
mentioned, by the Civil Grovernor. The grade of major and senior
inspector is hereby created, at a salary of two thousand dollars per
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annum. The Chief of Philippines CJonstabulary is hereby author-
ized and empowered to select from the most meritorious of the cap-
tains and senior inspectors of Constabulary not exceeding four in
number officers of this grade. The Chief of Philippines Constabu-
lary is further authorized and empowered to increase the pay of ten
of the most meritorious and deserving captains and senior inspectoi's
of Constabulary from the amount now fixed by law to a sum not
exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and he is
further authorized to increase the pay of a like number of first lieu-
tenants and inspectors of Constabulary to an amount not exceeding
one thousand two hundred dollars per annum: Provided^ however^
That the total number of Constabulary officers as now provided by
law shall not be increased."
Said Act is further amended by changing section two to be section
three and section three to be section four.
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, June 1, 1903.
[No. 782.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seventy-eight, entitled **An Act declaring all
persons in arms against the authority of the United States in the Philippine
Islands, and all persons aiding or abetting them, on the first day of April, nine-
teen hundred and one, or thereafter, ineligible to hold office,*' as amended.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Seventy-eight, entitled '*An Act declar-
ing all persons in arms against the authority of the United States in
the Philippine Islands, and all persons aiding or abetting them, on the
first day of April, nineteen hundred and one, or thereafter, ineligible
to hold office," as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and six,
is hereby further amended by providing that the same shall not apply
to those persons who were in arms against the authority and sover-
eignty of the United States in the Philippine Islands, or their aiders
or abettors, prior to July fourth, ninet<^en 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. 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, June 1, 1903.
540 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 783.]
AN ACT amending section sixteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three as amended by
Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section sixteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as
amended by Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, is hereby
amended by substituting the following:
**Sec. 16. The Insular Treasurer shall prescribe the method of
keeping the ledgers and records of the provincial treasurers, and
shall prepare such rules and regulations relative to the administration
of the affairs of their offices as may be necessary. The necessary
books and forms shall be furnished to the provincial governments by
the Insular Treasurer at cost.
"The Insular Auditor shall prescribe the manner in which the pro-
vincial treasurers shall render accounts submitted to him for settle-
ment, as provided by rule twelve of Act Numbered Ninety, and issue
instructions relative to the rendition of such accounts, as provided
in rules twelve and forty-four of said Act. For assistance in the
audit of the accounts of provincial treasurers, the Insular Treasurer
shall forward to the Insular Auditor copies of all resolutions of pro-
vincial boards approved by the Insular Treasurer authorizing the
appointment of assistants, deputies, and other employees, and fixing
their salaries.
"The books, accounts, papers, and cash of the provincial and
municipal treasurers shall at all times be open to the inspection of
the Insular Treasurer or his duly authorized agent. At least once
in every six months the office of each provincial treasurer shall be
examined by a traveling examiner of the Insular Treasurer. In case
such an examination discloses a shortage in the cash which should be
on hand, it shall be the duty of the examining officer to seize the office
and its contents and notify the Insular Treasurer and the Insular
Auditor forthwith. The Insular Treasurer or his deputy shaU there-
upon at once take full possession of the office, the books, papers,
vouchers, and cash of such provincial treasurer, close and render his
accounts to the date of taking possession, and temporarily continue
the public business until action is taken in accordance with section
nineteen of this Act as amended by Act Numbered Two hundred
forty-fiive. Upon the seizure of the office, the sureties of the default-
ing officer shall be at once notified by the Insular Treasurer.
"The deputy of the Insular Treasurer placed in charge of the office
of a provincial treasurer under the provisions of this section shall
render to the Insular Auditor the accounts of such provincial treas-
urer, and in his name to the date of taking possession, if the same
are delinquent, together with a copy of his report of the examination.
Upon receipt of such accounts the Auditor shall examine and audit
the same without delay. Upon the completion of such examination
and audit, when a defalcation is shown and it is necessary to institute
legal proceedings against the sureties of the defaulting officer, the
Insular Auditor shall forward to the Attorney-General a statement of
the account. Such proceedings shall be brought against the sureties,
under the direction of the Attorney- General, and in such suit the
account as stated by the Insular Auditor shall be prima facie evidence
of the amount due on the bond.
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** In case of a deceased provincial treasurer, the same procedure
shall be pursued and upon settlement of his accounts by the Insular
Auditor, the legal representatives of such deceased of&cer shall be
furnished with a certified copj^ of the settlement."
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every examiner of the Insular Treas-
urer to file with the Insular Auditor a complete report covering every
examination made by him of the of&ce of a provincial treasurer, par-
ticularly citing therein each and every discrepancy or failure to
charge a revenue, which may be discovered, and make such other
reports as the Insular Treasurer may require.
Sec. 3. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of
this Act, the Insular Treasurer is authorized to employ twelve exam-
iners, or such part of that number as he may deem necessary, in addi-
tion to the force of examiners at present employed by him, each at a
salary not to exceed two thousand dollars, United States currency,
per annum. In addition to the duties prescribed by this Act, the
examiners so appointed shall perform such other duties as may be
ordered by the Civil Governor or the Insular Treasurer.
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, June 1, 1903.
[No. 784.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, in money of
the United States, for the payment of the salary of the Collecting Librarian of
the Insular Government.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars, in money of the United States, for the pay-
ment of the salary of the Collecting Librarian of the Insular Govern-
ment, appointed in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Six hundred and eighty-eight, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 2. The funds appropriated by this Act shall be disbursed by
the disbursing ofl&cer of the Executive Bureau as in other cases.
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 1, 1903.
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[No. 785.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, entitled '*An
Act to amend the Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three/' by
providing that a civilian employee in the permanent employment or the War or
Navy Department of the United States, who was not a resident of the Islands
before his employment in such service, but was brought here for the purpowof
such employment, shall be exempt from the payment of a cedula tax.
Bij autlwriiii of the United StateSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Co m m iss ion , //t a i:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
three, entitled **An Act to amend the Provincial Government Act,
Numbered Eighty-three," shall be amended by adding to subsection
twenty-six thereunder, after the word **navy" in the eighth line of
said subsection, the following: *'or a civilian employee in the perma-
nent employment of the War or Navy Department of the United
States, who was not a resident of the Islands before his employment
in such service, but was brought here for the purpose of such employ-
ment," so that the said subsection shall read as follows:
' ' Sec. 20. There shall be collected in each province, by the provincial
treasurer, an annual tax of one peso or one dollar, Mexican, to be
called the cedula or registration tax, from every male person of eighteen
years of age and not more than fifty-five years of age residing in such
province, whether a native of the Philippine Islands, a citizen of the
United States, or a foreigner, except a soldier, sailor, or officer of the
United States Army or Nav3% or a civilian employee in the permanent
employment of the War or Navy Department of the United States,
who was not a resident of the Islands before his employment in such
service, but was brought here for the purpose of such employment, a
meml)er of a non-Christian tribe, or a foreign consular officer ex-
empted by treaty or international 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, ninet^n
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 1, 1903.
[No. 786.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in
money of tne United States, for expenses in connection with the purchase, sale
and distribution of rice to inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in the discre-
tion of the Civil Governor.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission y that:
Section 1. The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
in money of the United States, is hereby appropriated out of the
fund of three million dollars appropriated by the Congress of the
United States for the relief of distress in the Philippine Islands,
for expenditure in the purchase of rice for the purpose of securing
to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands opportunity to purchase
rice at reasonable prices and for the purpose of distributing rice
gratuitously to those people who are suffering from*lack of food and
unable to pay for the same*
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Sec. 2. The purchase of rice, authorized by section one hereof,
shall be made by the Insular Purchasing Agent in such manner
and quantities and at such prices and times as the Civil Governor
may direct. The rice so purchased shall be distributed by sale at
such prices and in such localities as the Civil Governor may direct,
or shall be paid for by work on roads or other public improvements,
or shall be distributed in emergencies gratuitously t.o starving people
upon order of the Civil Governor: Provided^ however, That it
is the declared policy of the Commission to distribute rice gratui-
tously only in cases of sudden emergencies and in all other cases of
destitution to furnish rice in consideration of work done for the
public. Where distribution of rice, either by sale or gratuitously,
is made under the provisions of this Act for the inhabitants of any
province, such rice shall be sent to the provincial supervisor of such
province, by him to be distributed under the orders of the provincial
board and the Civil Governor.
Sec. 3. When any of the rice purchased under this Act shall be
sold by a provincial supei*visor or supervisor-treasurer, as the case
may be, the proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the provincial
treasury upon order of the supervisor. The provincial treasurer or
provincial supervisor-treasurer shall then account to the Insular
Treasurer for all moneys thus received, and remit the same to the
Insular Treasurer upon order of the Insular Auditor. When the
rice shall be sold directly by the Insular Purchasing Agent, the
proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury
forthwith upon order of the Auditor. When the rice is distributed
for work done or gratuitously, the supervisor shall keep careful
account of the rice thus distributed, and make report thereof to the
Insular Auditor, including a statement of the work done for the
rice distributed, with copy of the receipts received by him from the
beneficiaries or from the presidents or other municipal officers,
through whom such distribution is made. The accounting by the
Insular Purchasing Agent and the provincial supervisors and treas-
urers under this Act shall be in accordance with regulations to be
prescribed by the Insular Auditor.
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, June 1, 1903.
[No. 787.]
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. All that part of the Island of Mindanao and its adja-
cent islands lying west or south of a boundary line beginning at a
point on the north coast of Mindanao at Point Balato, one mile west
of the western boundary of the barrio of Naburos, thence running due
south to the middle of the channel of the Mipangi River, thence along
said river to its mouth in Panquil Bay, thence along the south shore
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of Panquil Bay in an easterly and northeasterly direction to the sonth
shore of Iligan Bay, thence along the sonthem and southeastern shore
of Iligan Bay in an easterly and northeasterly direction to Salinbal
Point, about seven miles north of the stone pier in Iligan, and thence
from Salinbal Point due east to the crest of the watershed dividing
the waters which flow into Iligan Bay from those flowing into Maea-
jalar Bay, thence in a southerly direction along the crest of said water-
shed to the eighth parallel of north latitude, thence east along the
eighth parallel of north latitude to the eastern shore of Mindanao,
together with the Sulu Archipelago, including the islands known as
the Jolo Group, the Tawi Tawi Group, and all other islands pertain-
ing to the Philippine Archipelago under the sovereignty of the United
States of America south of the eighth parallel of north latitude, except-
ing therefrom the Islands of Paragua and of Balabac, and the imme-
diately adjacent islands, but including the Island of Cagayan Snln,
shall constitute the Moro Province, and shall be governed as herein-
after provided.
The limits and area of the Provinces of Surigao and Misamis, as fixed
in Acts Numbered One hundred and twenty-seven and One hundred
and twenty-eight of the Philippine Commission, are hereby reduced
in accordance with the boundary line of the Moro Province as herein
described and CvStablished, and all parts of the existing Provinces of
Surigao and Misamis included within the area of the Moro Province,
as herein described, are by this Act transferred from said provinces to
the jurisdiction of the Moi*o Province.
The capital of the Moro Province shall be at Zamboanga.
Sec. 2. The Moro Province shall be divided into five districts, to be
known as the Sulu, Zamboanga, Lanao, Cottabato, and Davao dis-
tricts, which are respectively described as follows:
(a) The Sulu District shall include all the islands of the Moro Prov^
inee in the Celebes Sea and in the Sulu Sea between the fourth and
eighth parallels of north latitude lying southwest of a line running
northwest and southeast and passing at a point two miles due east of
the northeast extremity of Taliran Island, sometimes known as Tala-
ran Island.
. (6) The Zamboanga District shall include the Island of Basilan
and its immediately adjacent islands not included in the Sulu Dis-
trict as above described, and all that part of the Island of Mindanao
and its immediately adjacent islands which lies to the west and south
of a line beginning at a point on the north coast line of Mindanao at
Point Balato, one mile west of the western boundary of the barrio of
Naburos, thence running due south to the Mipangi River, thence
along said river to its mouth in Panquil Bay, thence to and along the
south shore of Panquil Bay in an easterly direction to a point two
miles east of the intersection of the line of the old Spanish trocha with
the shore of Panquil Bay, and thence in a southerly direction on
a line parallel with the line of the trocha and two miles distant there-
from to Illana Bay, so as to include in the District of Zamboanga the
town of Tucuran.
For purposes of administration, there shall be carved out of the
Zamboanga District, just described, the subdistrict of Dapitan, the
capital of which shall be at the town of Dapitan on Dapitan Bay,
which shall be bounded on the south by the eighth parallel of latitude,
on the north and west by the Sulu and Mindanao Seas, and on the
east by the eastern boundary of the District of Zamboanga from
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Balato Point to the intersection of such boundary with the eighth
parallel.
(c) The Lanao District shall include all the territory of the Moro
Province in the Island of Mindanao lying east of the Zamboanga Dis-
trict and south and west of a line running due east from Salinbal
Point to the crest of the watershed which divides the waters flowing
into Uigan Bay from those flowing into Macajalar Bay, thence south
along the crest of said watershed to the crest of the watershed which
divides the waters flowing into Lake Lanao from those flowing into
the Rio Grande River, and thence south and west along the crest of
said last-mentioned watershed to the summit of Mount Bita, the
highest pealc south of Butig, thence south along the crest of the
watershed which divides the waters flowing into Parang Bay from
those flowing into Illana Bay north of Tugapangan Point, to such
point.
(d) The Cottabato District shall include all that part of the Island
of Mindanao lying east of the Lanao District, south of the eighth
parallel of north latitude, and west of a line running south from the
eighth parallel of north latitude along the crest of the Apo range of
mountains to the southernmost peak of Mount Apo, thence along the
watershed that divides the waters that flow into Davao Bay from
those that flow into the Rio Grande and Sarangani Bay to Sarangani
Point.
(e) The Davao District shall include all that portion of the Island
of Mindanao lying south of the eighth parallel of north latitude and
east of the eastern boundary of the Cottabato District, including the
Sarangani Islands.
8ec. 3. The capitals of the districts of Sulu, Zamboanga, Lanao,
Cottabato, and Davao shall be respectively at the towns of Jolo, Zam-
boanga, lligan, Cottabato, and Davao: Provided^ That the legisla-
tive council of the Moro Province may, in its discretion, change these
<»apitals.
Sec. 4. The Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, by and with
the consent of the Philippine Commission, shall appoint for the Moro
Province, a governor, attorney, secretary, treasurer, superintendent
of schools, and an engineer. The provincial governor and engineer
may be officers of the Army detailed on request of the Philippine
Commission by the Commanding General of the Division of the Phil-
ippines to perform the civil duties of such offices. In the event of a
vacancy in either of the offices hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be
promptly reported to the Civil Governor by the provincial governor.
The provincial governor may, until such vacancy is filled, require any
provincial officer to perform the duties of the vacant office in addition
to the regular duties of such provincial officer.
Sec. 5. The provincial governor shall discharge the duties of his
office under the general supervision of the Civil Grovernor of the
Islands, to whom he shall report- from time to time. If the provincial
governor be at the same time the commanding general of the Depart-
ment of Mindanao and Jol6, he shall furnish copies of the reports
made by him to the Civil Governor to the Commanding General of
the troops in the Philippine Islands, if such officer shall so require;
he shall see that the laws are faithfully executed by all officers of the
province, districts, subdistricts, and municipalities. Subject to the
provisions of law, he shall have control, through the proper dis-
trict governors, of the municipal police of the various municipalities
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therein, and, through the seventh assistant chief of Philippines Con-
stabulary, he may direct the use and control the movements of the
Insular Constabulary within the Moro Province; he may, when public
interests require, temporarily withdraw the Constabulary from one
district for use in another; he shall visit at least once in every six
months the capitals of every district in the pTOvince. Upon com-
plaint made, or of his own motion, the provincial governor may sus-
pend from the execution of the duties of his office any district officer
for misconduct or incompetency in office; he shall order the provin-
cial attorney to perfer formal charges against and serve the same
upon the accused officer, and after due hearing may dismiss the
charges, impose any penalty by loss of pay or a definite period of
suspension upon the offender, or, if the charges warrant, dismiss him
from office. If the charges involve either criminal or civil liability
of the accused, he may direct the provincial attorney to bring a proper
action, either criminal or civil, in the public interest against the
accused officer. lie shall make a report of the conditions of the
province between the first and fifteenth of September of each year
to the Civil Governor of the Islands for the year ending on the first
day of September, recommending therein such measures, executive
or legislative, as it may seem to him best that the Insular Executive
or the Commission should take for the betterment of the conditions
in the province. He shall, when notified by the judge of any Court
of First Instance of the province that the decrees and judgments of
the court can not be enforced with the ordinary procedure and by the
use of the usual officers of the law, give such assistance with the Con-
stabulary and municipal police as shall bring about a prompt enforce-
ment of such judgments and decrees. The provincial governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the legislative council hereinafter
created, shall appoint the district governors, the lieutenant-governor
of the subdistrict of Dapitan, the district treasurers, and the district
secretaries. The provincial governor shall also appoint all the sub-
ordinato officers and employees in the provincial government of the
Moro Province under the provisions of the Civil Service Act, except
such employees as are paid from special appropriations for pubhe
works, all of whom shall be appointed or employed in such manner
as the legislative council may direct, not inconsistent with the Civil
Service Law.
Sec. 6. The provincial secretary shall, during a vacancy in the
office of governor or during the governor's disability, or absence from
the province, perform the duties of governor; he may under the direc-
tion of the governor make inspections of civil affaii^ in the various
districts, and perform such duties in reference thereto as the gov-
ernor may authorize; he shall acquaint himself, as far as practicable,
with the language and customs of the Mdros and other non- Christians
in the province, and from time to time make report to the governor
of such matters as he deems necessary for their betterment. When
the governor is absent from the capital but present in the province,
the secretary shall perform such duties of the governor as may be
delegated to him in writing by the governor. He shall attest all the
official acts of the governor of the province, and shall record all of
the governor's acts which are required by law to be recorded; he
shall be the custodian of the provincial seal; he shall receive from
the governor and file in his office all reports to the governor required
by law, and shall index the same; he shall act as custodian of all
provincial records and documents and discharge all duties usually
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pertaining to that of the office of secretary; he shall on demand fur-
nish certified copies of all public records and documents within
his custody, for which he may charge, as personal compensation in
addition to his regular salary, to any private person, but not to any
public official needing the same for a public purpose, the amount of
ten cents, local currency, for every one hundred words of such copy,
including the certificate. He shall act as secretary' of the legislative
council hereinafter created and attest all its acts and resolutions
and, generally, shall discharge such other duties as the legislative
council may by law provide.
Sec. 7. The provincial treasurer shall be the chief financial offider
of the province; he shall supervise the appraisement and assessment
by the district treasurers and their deputies of all property in the
province required by law to be assessed for taxation; he shall super-
vise the collection by the district treasurers of all taxes imposed in
the province, either by the Central Government of the Islands, the
provincial government, or the municipalities in the province, except
only the customs duties, which shall be collected as now by the col-
lectors of customs under the direction of the Insular Collector of
Customs; he shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties
and accounting for all moneys coming into his custody and for the
lawful disbursements thereof; the amount of the bond shall be fixed
by the Insular Treasurer; he shall have authority and it shall be his
duty to require a bond from each of the deputies in his office, the
amount thereof to be fixed by the legislative council; he shall be the
custodian of all the funds of the province deposited in the provincial
treasury, and shall pay no money out of the treasury of the province
except upon warrants drawn in accordance with law, which duly
indorsed by the payee named therein shall be his voucher for the pay-
ment; he shall on the tenth day of January, April, July, and Octo-
ber of each year render quarterly accounts of the transactions of his
office for the preceding quarter to the legislative council hereinafter
created, who, by committee, shall examine such accounts and count
the cash, and if the accounts are found correct shall so certify on
the face of the accounts; he shall forward one copy of each quarterly
account to the Insular Treasurer and one to the Insular Auditor; the
books, accounts, and cash of the provincial treasurer shall be subject
to the same character of inspection by the examiners of the Insular
Treasurer as are the books, accounts, and cash of the provincial
treasurers under the General Provincial Government Act; the provin-
cial treasurer shall, b}'' examiners duly appointed by the provincial
governor under the authority of the legislative council, supervise and
examine the transactions of the district treasurers; such exami-
nations shall involve an investigation of the books and accounts of
each district treasurer and the counting of his cash, and shall be made
at least once every quarter. He shall perform all other duties which
may be provided by law of tiie legislative council.
Sbc. 8. The provincial engineer shall have supervision over the con-
struction, repair, and maintenance of the roads, bridges, ferries, public
buildings, and other public improvements of the province. It shall
be the duty of the engineer to make reports to the legislative council
at least once a quarter, and oftener if deemed necessary by the coun-
cil, of the conditions of the roads, bridges, public buildings, and other
improvements of the province, and to recommend the repair and new
construction which are necessar}'. Before a contract is let for the
work, it shall be the duty of the engineer to prepare plans and sped-
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ficHiions and to make an estimate of the cost thereof and to submit
the same to the legialative council. All contracts for such construc-
tion, repair, or maintenance shall be let by the engineer with the
approval of tlie legislative council hereinafter created, and no pay-
ment, partial or final, for any contract made for such public work
shall be authorized except upon the certificate of the engineer that the
same is due. All stationery and oflSce supplies and all supplies or
merchandise purchased for the use of the provincial and district gov-
ernments shall be purchased by him upon the order of the legislative
council for the use of the provincial and district officers and the Courts
of First Instance and other courts of the province. lie shall keep a
property account, in which he shall charge the provincial and district
officers with the furniture or other x)ersonal property delivered to them
and held or used by them for public purposes, and shall take receipts
for all supplies thus delivered to them. Except where otherwise
ordered by the Civil Governor, upon the recommendation of the gov-
ernor of the province, he shall make his purchases of supplies through
the Insular Purchasing Agent. In case of a vacancy in the office of
the provincial engineer, or if there is any reason why that officer can
not perform his duties, the provincial secretary sliall be vested with
authority to purchase stationery and office supplies for the offices of
the province and districts, and in making such purchases and deliv-
ering the same he shall ke<»p a property account and take the receipts
required herein of the provincial engineer. The engineer shall give
such bond and discharge such other duties as may be required by the
legislative council.
Sec. 9. The provincial attorney shall be the attorney and l^al
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 oa
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 munici-
pal authorities of any municipality organized in the province and
shall, upon request, submit in writing his views upon any question
properly arising in the discharge of the public duties of such officers
or authorities. He shall exercise super\ isory control in the courts in
the province over the district fiscals for whose appointment and sala-
ries the legislative council may have provided. The provincial attor-
ney 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 pro\nncial gov-
ernment and the municipality shall be obliged to employ special coun-
sel. The provincial attorney shall discharge his duties under the gen-
eral supervision of the Attorney-General of the Insular Government,
and the Attorney-General shall represent the provincial government
in aU suits for or against it which shall come before the Supreme Court,
but if the Attorney-General deems it necessary, he may require the
provincial attorney to assist in the presentation of the cause before
the Supreme Court. In every criminal case appealed to the Supreme
Court from the Court of Firat Instance held in the province, the pro-
vincial 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
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annual report to the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands as to
the conditions of public and private litigation in the courts through-
out the province, and shall discharge such other duties as may be
required by the legislative council.
Sec. 10. Subject to the restrictions contained in this Act or in any
law of the legislative council, the provincial superintendent of schools
shall exercise the powers granted him by this section. He shall estab-
lish schools in every municipality, rancheria, township, or other set-
tlement in the Moro Province where he deems it practicable and useful,
and shall reorganize those already established where such reorganiza-
tion is necessary. He shall fix the salaries of the American and native
teachers within the limits established by law. He shall fix a curric-
ulum for primary, industrial, and secondary schools, varying the
same for different schools and different localities in accordance with
the peculiar conditions prevailing therein. He may create principal
teachers in each district who shall discharge the duties of superin-
tendents of the district in his absence in addition to their duties as
teachers. He shall supervise the plans for the construction of school-
houses to be built in the province, whether by the municipalities, the
district government, or tlie provincial government, prescribing the
amount of land required in each case and rules of hygiene to be
observed in connection with the schools. He shall present requisi-
tions for proper school supplies to the provincial engineer, and such
supplies shall be purchased as other supplies, through the Insular
Purchasing Agent, whenever proper appropriation has been made or
proper authority for the purchase has been given by the legislative
council. He shall determine the places in which American teachers
shall teach. He shall present, quarterly, to the legislative council a
requisition for the appropriation of funds necessary for the mainte-
nance of the schools of the province. On or before January first and
July first of each year he shall make a report of his administration
for the previous six months to the provincial governor and such spe-
cial reports as may from time to time be called for by the governor;
he shall forward duplicates of all his reports to the provincial gov-
ernor to the General Superintendent of Education in the Islands. In
the regular semiannual reports it shall be the duty of the superin-
tendent to recommend changes in the school law which he deems
expedient. He shall exercise general supervision over the entire
school system of the province and shall prepare and promulgate rules
for the examination and qualification of the applicants for the posi-
tions of native teachers and for the guidance of officers and teachers
of the department not inconsistent with the school law to be adopted
by the legislative council. He shall forward requisitions for such
American teachers as he may need to the General Superintendent of
[Education at Manila, who are to be selected in accordance with the
civil-service rules made applicable by law to the selection of teachers
after the first of September, nineteen hundred and three. He shall,
through such deputy superintendents as he may appoint among the
American teachers in each district, by regulation define the school
districts for each school which he may establish. As soon as prac-
ticable he shall make the English language the basis of the public
school instruction, but this shall not prevent the instru'fction by native
teachers in Arabic, Moro, or other languages of the locality of the
school. He shall discharge such other duties as may be required by
the legislative council.
Skc, 11. The provincial governor shall receive an annual salary of
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six thousand dollars and each of the provincial officers shall receive
an annual salary of not exceeding four thousand dollars each, in
United States currency, to be fixed by the Civil Governor in the
appointment and to be approved with the appointment by the Com-
mission. The governors of the districts hereinafter authorized shall
receive not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars annual
salary, in United States currency, to be fixed in the case of each dis-
trict by the legislative council; and the district secretaries and the
district treasurers hereinafter authorized shall each receive an annual
salary of not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, in United
States currency, to be fixed for each district by the legislative council.
The lieutenant-governor of Dapitan shall receive an annual salary of
not exceeding two thousand dollars, in United States currency, to be
fixed by the legislative council. In case an officer of the Army is
detailed to perform the duties of provincial governoi', or provincial
engineer, or a governor of a district, he shall receive an allowance
equal to twenty per centum of his current proper yearly pay as an
officer of the Army and the actual and necessary expenses incurred
while absent from his station in the performance of his necessary
civil duties.
The salaries of all officers and employees of the province and dis-
tricts shall be payable out of the revenues of the province. The
salaries of the officers and employees of such municipalities as may be
organized within the province shall be payable out of the treasury of
the respective municipalities.
Sec. 12. The governor, the secretary, the treasurer, the engineer,
the superintendent of the schools, and the attorney of the province
shall constitute the legislative council for the province and shall each
have a right to vote therein. The governor shall be the presiding
officer of the council, but in his absence the secretary shall preside.
The secretary of the province shall be the secretary of the council
and shall keep the minutes of the meetings. Four members of the
council shall constitute a quorum for legislative action. In case of a
tie vote on any proposed enactment, the proposition which shall have
received the vot^e of the governor shall prevail.
The council shall hold regular meetings once every two weeks and
such special meetings as may be called by the governor or provided
for by resolution of the council.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty and within the power of the legislative
C/Ouncil:
(a) To provide, by construction or purchase or sale, suitable offices
at the capital of the province for provincial offices and suitable offices
for the district officers hereinafter provided for at the capitals of the
districts, for court-houses containing rooms suitable for the holding
of court and for the officers of the court at every place in the province
where a court is held, a provincial jail at the capital of the province,
and such district jails at the respective capitals or other places in tfie
district as may seem necessary to the legislative council.
(6) To furnish suitable vaults or safes to the provincial treasurer
and to the district treasurers hereinafter authorized in the various
districts in which the provincial and other public funds, as long as
they shall bo iA the custody of the provincial treasurer or the district
treasure?s, shall be kept, except as hereinafter provided.
(c) To order monthly payments of all salaries which by law shall
be paid from the provincial treasury and the payment of all lawfully
contracted indebtedness by directing the issue of warrants upon the
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provincial treasurer. Every warrant shall be drawn by the governor
and countersigned by the secretary, and shall recite the cause and
purpose of drawing the same, the date of the resolution^of the legis-
lative council authorizing it, and the page of the minutes of the
council's proceedings in which it is recorded.
(d) To pi*ovide for the appointment and employment of the neces-
sary subordinate employees under the various provincial and district
of&cers and to fix their salaries, and to adopt rules regulating the
hours and employment in the various oflfices in the province and
districts.
(e) To provide a seal for the province.
(/) To provide by law, in its discretion, for the raising of revenue
additional to that herein provided, by the imposition of taxes on
proi)erty, persons, or businesses, by the imposition of excise taxes or
stamp taxes, or by any other form of taxation which shall not infringe
the restrictions of the Act of Congress 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 specify in such
laws the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such taxes, whether the pro-
vincial government, the district governments, or the municipal gov-
ernments, and where there is more than one beneficiary the proportion
in which such governments shall enjoy the proceeds of the tax, and
to provide in such laws the procedure for the collection of the tax,
including proceedings for the satisfaction of the tax and penalties
out of the goods or property of the delinquent, and, if it is deemed
wise, by imprisonment. Until the legislative council shall make
other provision, the land tax, the internal-revenue taxes, and the
cedula taxes as now enforced in the municipalities organized under
the Municipal Code within the Moro Province shall continue in force,
and it shall be the duty of the provincial treasurer and the district
treasurers to see to their collection, and the proceeds of such taxes
shall be distributed between the municipalities and the provincial
treasury in the same proportions in which they are distributed under
the Municipal Code and the Provincial Government Act with their
amendment^. The legislative council shall exercise no legislative
power to amend either the Customs Administrative Act or the act for
the collection of fees for the cutting of wood or the collection of forest
products in the public forests of the province, except as provided in
paragraph (m) hereof.
(g) To enact laws, in its discretion, for the organiasation and sup,
port of a public-school system, providing therein, if it is deemed wise-
for special industrial schools for non-Christians, for the construction
and control of school buildings, and for general rules for the instruc-
tion of Moros and other non-Christians, and for the levy of a special
local school tax for the support of particular schools in particular
localities suited to the local conditions. The legislative council shall
not be required to pass a uniform school law regulating the primary
schools of the entire province, but shall have power to make special
provision to meet special requirements in the matter of public educa-
tion for any particular district or locality.
{h) To enact laws for the creation of local governments among the
Moros and other non-Christian tribes, conforming as nearly as possi-
ble to the lawful customs of such peoples, and vesting in their local
or tribe rulers as nearly as possible the same authority over their peo-
pie as they now exercise, consistent with the Act of Congress entitled
**An Act temi)orarily to provide for the administration of the affairs
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of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,**
and following as nearly as possible in the provisions of these laws any
agreements heretofore made by the United States authorities witli
such local of tribe rulers concerning the i)Ower and privileges which
under American sovereignty they are by such agreements to enjoy :
Provided, That they have not by their conduct and the breach of the
agreements forfeited such powers and privileges.
(i) To enact laws investing the district governors in their respec-
tive districts, or other provincial or district officers with the power of
adjusting, under the supervision of the provincial governor, all dif-
ferences between sultans, dattos, and any independent local authori-
ties, and of enforcing their decisions upon such differences.
{j) To enact laws which shall collect and codify the customary laws
of the Moros as they now obtain and are enforced in the various parts
of the Moro Province among the Moros, modifying such laws as the
legislative council think best and amending them as they may be
inconsistent with the provisions of the Act of Congress 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
provide for the printing of such codification, when completed, in
English, Arabic, or the local Moro dialects as may be deemed wise.
The Moro customary laws thus amended and codified shall apply in
all civil and criminal actions arising between Moros. In all civil and
criminal actions arising between members of the same non-Christian
tribe other than Moros, unless otherwise provided by the legislative
council, the customary laws of such non-Christiain tribe, if consistent
with the Act of Congress above mentioned and if defined and well
understood, shall govern the decision of the cause arising, but if there
be no well-defined customary laws or they are in conflict with such Act
of Congress then the cases shall be determined by the criminal or civil
code according to the laws of the Philippine Islands until the legisla-
tive council shall make other provision. In actions, civil or criminal,
arising between a Moro and a member of a non-Christian tribe, or
between a Moro and a Christian Filipino, or an American or a subject
or citizen of a foreign country, the Criminal Code and the substantive
civil law of the Philippine Islands shall apply and be enforced.
(k) To enact laws for the organization and procedure of district
courts, to consider and decide civil and criminal actions arising
between Moros, between members of non-Christian tribes, and between
Moros and members of other non-Christian tribes. The district court
shall be presided over by the secretary of the district, and the other
members of the court shall be appointed by the district governor and
shall vary with the race or tribe of the litigants, so that where the
action arises between Moros, there shall be at least two and not more
than four Moros upon the court; when it arises between members of
other non-Christian tribes there may be, if practicable, upon the court
members from such non-Christian tribes, and when the litigation arises
between Moros and members of other non-Christian trib^ there shall
be at least one Moro member of the court and at least one member
from the tribe of the pagan litigant: Provided^ however^ That judg-
ments of said courts shall not be given effect unless approved by the
governor of the district in which the court is held : And provided fur-
thery That in case of sentence of death or imprisonment for a longer
period of time than ten years, such sentence shall not be executed
unless approved by the provincial governor. But the legislative coun-
cil may, when it thinks proper, provide by law that civil and criming
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actions arising between a More and a member of another non-Christian
tribe shall be tried in the Court of First Instance or in the court of a
convenient justice of the peace, according to the nature of the action
and the proper and usual jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance
or the justice of the peace. The legislative council shall prescribe a
simple procedure for the district courts and require a written record
of its proceedings.
(l) To enact laws for the abolition of slavery and the suppression
of all slave hunting and slave trade.
(m) To regulate by statute the use, registration, and licensing of
boats of Moro or pagan construction of less than ten tons measurement
which shall be followed by collectors of customs in the Moro Province,
the provisions of the Customs Administrative Act and regulations of
the Insular Collector of Customs to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 14. The legislative council shall have authority to order, in its
discretion, the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads, bridges,
ferries, and public buildings in any part of the province on the rec-
ommendation of the engineer whenever the funds for such construc-
tion, repair, or maintenance are in the provincial treasury; to approve
or reject contracts for the construction, maintenance, and repair
ordered in the previous paragraph ; to agree with the provincial boards
of adjoining provinces on the terms upon which roads forming the
boundary iNBtween the two provinces and the bridges and ferries cross-
ing the streams forming such boundary shall be maintained and con-
trolled under the joint supervision of the governments of the provinces;
to direct, in its discretion, the bringing or defense of suits on behalf
ol the provincial government and to compromise the same, upon the
recommendation of the attorney and the approval of the judge of the
Coui't of First Instance for the province; to authorize the provincial
treasurer to deposit so much of the provincial funds as may not be
needed in the near future for public use in a bank of deposit of approved
standing in the Islands. All interest paid on such deposits shall inure
to the benefit of the provincial treasury and no funds shall be deposited
in the bank by the treasurer until there shall be spread upon the min-
utes of the council a resolution reciting and approving the exact terms
of the contract and deposit in the bank and the bank shall certify the
weekly balances of the provincial funds held by it to the governor of
the province and to the Insular Treasurer. The legislative council
is further authorized to enact laws modifying or amending the Munici-
pal Code in its application to municipalities within the province, so
far as conditions in the Moro provinces, differing from the conditions
in the Christian Filipino provinces may require a modification; to
provide for the printing, translating, and distribution, by proclama-
tion of the provincial governor, of such laws as may be proclaimed
and put in force in the manner hereinafter provided, and for the trans-
lation, printing, and distribution of such educational literature as may
seem wise to the council. The legislative council is authorized to pass
such other laws not inconsistent with this Act or the Acts of Congress
relating to the Philippine Islands as may conduce to the welfare of
the peoples of the Moro Province ; but it shall not be within the power
of the council to issue bonds of the province, or to authorize munici-
palities of the province to do so, except as provided in the Acts of
Congress.
Sec. 15. In each district of the Moro Province there shall be
appointed by the provincial governor, with the consent of the legisla-
tive council, a district governor, a district secretary, and a district
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treasurer. The office of district governor may be filled by proper
detail of an army officer, with the consent of *he legislative council
The district treasurers shall be selected in Accordance with the pro-
visions of the civil-service law. The governors and the secretaries of
the districts may be appointed without previous examination, but
they shall be able after eighteen months of service to pass a satisfac-
tory examination in the principal local dialect of their respective dis-
tricts, and a failure to pass such examination shall be sufficient cause
for dismissal.
Sec. 16. The governor of the district shall be its chief executive,
and shall discharge his duties under the orders and supervision of
the governor of the province ; he shall act as sheriff in accordance
with the Code of Civil Procedure in the execution of all the lawful
decrees of the Court of First Instance and the district courts having
jurisdiction in his district, and he shall give bond as required by tlie
Code of Civil Procedure and its amendments; he shall supervise the
custody of all prisoners detained in his district, and shall have
charge and responsibility for the maintenance and proper conduct
of the jail of his district; he shall exercise the same powers, with
respect to the discipline, suspension, and removal of the officers of
the municipalities organized within his district, which the provincial
governor under the general Provincial Government Act and its
amendments exercises over the municipal officers of the municipali-
ties of his province, except that, in addition to the power of suspen-
sion and the preferring of charges against such officers, he shall also
hear such charges after due notice and remove the offender or dis-
cipline him by imposing a definite suspension from office and a loss
of pay. An appeal shall lie from his action in this regard by the
punished or removed official to the governor of the Moro Province,
which appeal shall be taken by letter duly mailed to the provincial
governor, within ten days after the action of the provincial governor
shall be communicated to the sentenced official. He shall inspect
such municipalities at least once every six months and shall make
report of their condition to the governor of the province; he shall,
from time to time, make such recommendations to the governor of
the province as he may deem proper for the best interests of his dis-
trict; he shall employ and discharge all subordinate employees of the
district government as may be authorized by the legislative council
within the restrictions of the Civil Service Act and its amendments;
he shall inspect the municipal police and shall have power to dis-
charge any person unfit to serve therein; he shall have power to
direct that the municipal police of one municipality shall be tem-
porarily used in any other part of the district, and he shall dischai^
such other duties as may be imposed upon him by act of the legis-
lative council.
Sec. 17. The secretary of the district shall be the custodian of the
public records and documents of the district; he shall attest all the
official acts of the governor of the district and shall record all of those
acts which are required bylaw to be recorded, and shall discharge gener-
ally all the duties usually pertaining to the office of secretary; he shall
on demand furnish certified copies of all public records and documents
of the district, for which he may charge as x)crsonal compensation, in
addition to his regular salary, to any private person, but not to any
public official needing the same for public purpose, the amount of tea
cents, local currency, for each one hundred words, including the cer-
tificate. In case of a vacancy in the office of governor, or >of his
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absence from the district or of his disability, he shall perform the
duties of district governor; he shall inspect civil affairs in the district,
and acquaint himself as far as possible with the language and customs of
the M*oros and other non-Christian tribes living therein ; he shall be the
president of the district court as hereinabove provided; he shall make
recommendations to the provincial engineer in respect to the repairs
and improvements upon public works, public highways, and public
buMings, and when public works or public repairs are begun, by
direction of the legislative council, he shall, under direction of the
engineer and as his deputy, supervise them and see that the contracts
under which they are being carried out are complied with; he shall
have custody of all public property of the district, and be the custodian
of all buildings used for government purposes in the district; he shall
give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties, the amount of
which shall be fixed by the provincial engineer with the approval of
the legislative council; he shall discharge the duties of his office under
the orders and supervision of the district governor; and he shall dis-
charge all other duties within the district which may be imposed upon
him by act of the legislative council. When the district governor is
absent from the capital but present in the district, the secretary shall
perform such duties of the district governor as may be delegated to
him in writing by the governor.
Sec. 18. The treasurer of the district shall make collections of all
taxes due and collectible under the law within his district, except such
taxes or imposts as may be imposed by the municipal council and are
collectible from day to day or from week to week. He shall have such
agents and deputies as the legislative council shall by law provide. He
is empowered to authorize any municipal treasurer to coUect the cedula
tax as his deputy or agent and to pay to the municipal treasurer for
such collection a commission of five per centum of the amount col-
lected. He shall perform the duty of registrar of Chinese, when so
designated by the Insular Collector of Customs, and shall receive the
same compensation therefor as provincial treasurers when so desig-
nated. Until a registrar shall be otherwise provided for, he shall act
as registrar of property and discharge the duties imposed by law upon
such officer. He shall collect all amounts due under the Forestry
Regulations for the cutting of timber and the collection of forest prod-
ucts and shall dispose of the amount collected, as already provided
by this Act, by forwarding the same to the provincial treasurer. He
shall render a quarterly account of his collections and disbursements
to the provincial treasurer, and shall, as he may be ordered by the
provincial treasurer, retain custody of the money which he has col-
lected or forward the same or any part thereof to the provincial treas-
ury. He shall pay over to the municipal treasurers of his district such
amounts as may be due the latter according to law, taking a receipt
therefor, and shall advise the president and the council of the munici-
pality of the payments which he has thus made to the municipal
treasurer. He shall act as disbursing officer under the provincial
treasurer to pay the salary of the district governor, the district secre-
tary, his own salary, and the salary of the employees whose employ-
ment is lawfully authorized by the legislative council. His accounts,
books, i)ai)ers, cash, and all records shall always be open to inspection
by the provincial treasurer or any examining agent of such provincial
treasurer, or by any examining agent of the Insular Treasurer. In
case he shall be found on examination to be in default, the examining
agent, either of the Insular Treasurer or of the provincial treasurer,
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shall be authorized to seize his oflSce, the books, papers, cash, and all
records, and hold the same until the amounts due from him as such
treasurer can be stated. In case of the decease of the district treas-
urer, the same procedure shall obtain. When the account shall be
stated, the office, public papers, and records shall be turned over to
his lawful successor. The district treasurer shall discharge such
other duties as may be imposed upon him by act of the le^slative
council. The dist rict treasurer shall give bond in a sum to be fixed by
the provincial treasurer with the r-pproval of the legislative council.
Sec. 19. The Philippine Scouts may be employed in the aid of the
Constabulary of the province under the terms and conditions pre-
scribed in the Act of Congress approved the thirteenth day of Janu-
ary, nineteen hundred and three, entitled *'An Act to promote the
efficiency of the Philippine Constabulary, to establish the rank and
pay of its commanding officers, and for other purposes."
Sec. 20. It shall be lawful for the governor of the province, or any
district governor therein, to secure the enforcement of law and order
in cases of resistance to lawful authority or disturbances of the peace
which the Constabulary and municipal police are unable, or find it
difficult to suppre^, by requesting and obtaining the assistance of the
Army of the United States, by making application to the military
commander of any district or the commander of the Department of
Mindanao in any form and under any conditions prescribed in the
general orders of the Commanding General of the Division of the
Philippines.
Sec. 21. There is hereby created, in addition to the assistant chiefe
of Constabulary now provided by law, an additional assistant chief,
to bo known as the seventh assistant chief, who shall be in charge of
the Constabulary in the Moro Province, and who shall discharge his
duties under the supervision of the Chief of Constabulary, subject to
such s[)ecial control b)"^ the governor of the Moro Province as has been
hereinbefore provided. He shall organize Constabulary in each of
the districts from the natives, Christian or non-Christian, residents in
such districts, not to exceed one hundred and fifty enlisted men in any
ilistrict, unless duly authorized by law or resolution of the Commis-
8ion. The laws and regulations governing the organization of the Con-
stabulary shall apply to the Constabulary of the Moro Province, except
as the}'^ may be hereinafter specially modified by act of the Commis-
sion to suit local conditions. It shall be the duty of the assistant
chief of the Constabulary, and of the inspectors and subinspectors, to
inspect the local police of municipalities and to recommend to the
governors of the districts such changes, removals, and promotions
as may seem to them wise. The Constabulary force shall be sup-
ported by funds appropriated from the Insular Treasury in like man-
ner as the Constabulary force in the other parts of the Archipelago is
supported. In cases of emergency the Constabulary of one district
may be used in another district. The Constabulary of the province
may be used in any province of the Archipelago when so ordered by
the Civil Governor of the Islands.
Sec. 22. No contract for construction of a road, bridge, a public
building, or other public improvement shall be entered into by the
provincial government until the provincial treasurer shall, in writing,
certify to the governor that there is in the provincial treasury a sum
which may be lawfully devoted to such purpose sufficient to meet the
estimated cost of the construction of the improvement; and after such
certificate shall be made and filed and the contract entered into, the
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provincial treasurer shall treat the sum thus certified as not subject
to warrant except to meet the obligations of the contract.
Sec. 23. All work of repair, construction, or equipment of roads,
buildings, and public improvements involving a greater cost than one
thousand dollars, in money of the United States, shall be let to the
lowest responsible bidder, after ten days' public notice of the letting
by advertisement in a paper of general circulation in the province, or
if there is no such paper, by a notice posted for ten days at the main
entrance of the engineer's ofl&ce in the capital of the province, and at
the door of the oflBce of the secretary of the district in which the work
is to be done. If the provincial legislative council shall regard the
contract to be let and the work to be done of sufficient magnitude, it
may direct the engineer, in addition to giving the public notice above
required, to advertise for bids in a newspaper published in the city of
Manila. The pro\incial engineer is authorized to reject any or all
bids, and if the bids are too high, he may recommend to the council
that he be allowed to purchase the material and hire the labor and
himself supervise the work, and the legislative council may then
authorize such a course.
Sec. 24. The Insular Treasurer shall prescribe the method of keep-
ing the ledgers and records of the provincial treasurer and the district
treasurers, and shall prepare such rules and regulations relating to
the administration of the affairs of these offices as may be necessary.
The Insular Auditor shall prescribe the form and manner in which
the provincial treasurer and the district treasurers shall render
accounts for settlement, as provided by rule twelve of Act Numbered
Ninety, and issue instructions relative to the rendition of such accounts
as provided in rules twelve and forty-four of said Act. The neces-
sary books and forms for the provincial and district treasurers shall
be prepared under the direction of the Insular Treasurer, and shall
be furnished by him to the provincial treasurer at cost. The monthly
accounts-current of the provincial treasurer shall be audited by the
Insular Auditor. For assistance in such audit the provincial treas-
urer shall forward to the Insular Auditor certified copies of all acts or
resolutions of the legislative council authorizing the appointment of
assistants, deputies, and other employees, and fixing their salaries.
At least once in six months the office of the provincial treasurer shaU
be examined by a traveling examiner of the Insular Treasurer. In
case such an examination discloses a defalcation of the provincial
treasurer, it shall be the duty of the examining officer to report the
fact to the provincial governor, and to seize the office and its contents
and to notify the Insular Treasurer forthwith, who shall thereupon,
by himself or deputy, at once take possession of the office, the books,
papers, vouchers, and cash of such provincial treasurer, and shall at
once notify the Insular Auditor of the fact, and shall temporarily
continue such public business as is necessary until the amount due
from the provincial treasurer shaU be exactly determined by the Insu-
lar Auditor or his deputies, and a correct account stated, when, upon
proper certificate from the Auditor, the examining officer shall trans-
fer the office and its contents to the provincial treasurer then lawfully
entitled. The same procedure shall be pursued in case of the death
of the provincial treasurer. Upon the seizure the sureties of the
defaulting or deceased officer shall be at once notified thereof by the
Insular Treasurer. The Auditor shall forward to the provincial
attorney a statement of the account of the defaulting or deceased
officer, and request suit to be brought for any balance which may be
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due upon the official l)ond of the defaulting or deceased officer, and
in such suit the account stated by the Insular Auditor shall be prima
facie evidence of the amount due on the bond. In case of a default-
ingprovincial treasurer or district treasurer, criminal proceedings shall
be instituted against the offender. In case of a deceased provincial
treasurer, if no balance is found to be due from him, the Auditor
shall settle his account and furnish his legal representatives with a
certified co2)y of tlie settlement.
Sec. 25, Collections derived for the timber cut and forestry prod-
ucts on Government lands under the Forestry Regulations shall be
collected by the district treasurers, and shall be forwarded through
the provincial treasurer to the Insular Treasurer; he shall deposit
the same in the Insular Treasury to the credit of the Forestry Bureau.
At the end of each quarter it shall be the duty of the Insular Auditor
to determine the ratio of the total expenditures in the Archipelago m
the collection of forestry dues to the total collections thereof in the
Archipelago; he shall then reduce the total proceeds of forestry col-
lections for the quarter from the Moro Province by the proper per-
centage thereof for expense of collection as above determined, and
shall issue a warrant on the Insular Treasurer for the remainder of
the amount collec'ed in the Moro Province in favor of the provincial
treasurer of that province. So long as the internal-revenue tax laws
shall apply in the Moro Province, the stamps required by law in the
collection of such taxes shall be furnished to the provincial treasury
of the Moro Province by the Insular Treasurer, who shall obtain the
same from the Collector of Internal Revenue of the Islands in suffi-
cient quantities for the purpose of this section, giving a proper receipt
therefor. The provincial treasurer receiving the stamps shall receipt
for the same to the Insular Trf»asurer and the same method shall be
followed in the distribution of stamps by the provincial treasurer to
the treasurers of the districts. The Insular Treasurer shall render a
monthly account-current of the stamps furnished by him to the pro-
vincial treasurer supporting the same by proper vouchers. The
provincial treasurer for each month shall render a report of stamps
sold and stamps on hand to the Insular Treasurer and to the Insular
Auditor.
Sec. 26. The gross amount of customs receipts from whatever
source collected within the Moro Province, less the cost of collection ^
of the same therein, shall constitute a special fund to be expended in*
the discretion of the legislative council for provincial, district, and
municipal purposes in that province; and for this purpose such funds
shall be deposited by the collectors of customs in the Moro Province
directly with the treasurer of the province, taking receipts therefor
and forwarding one copy thereof to the Insular Collector of Customs
and one to the Insular Treasurer.
Sec. 27. Courts of First Instance and justices of the peace in the
Moro Province shall not have jurisdiction to try civjl or criminal
actions arising between Moros or arising between non-Christians, or,
except as otherwise provided by the legislative council, actions arising
between Moros and other non-Christians, and the existing laws of the
Philippine Islands are hereby amended accordingly: Provided^ how-
ever, That in accordance with paragraph (k) of section thirteen of
this Act, the legislative council may by law vest jurisdiction to try
cases between Moros and other non-Christians in such courts: Aful
provided further, That the Court of First Instance shall have juris-
diction in all habeas corpus cases, no matter between whom arising,
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to take cognizance of the petition for the release of any person within
its territorial jn^isdiction, to issue process, to hear the evidence, and
to discharge the prisoner or to remand him to custody in accordance
with the provisions of the cha[)ter on habeas corpus in the Code of
Civil Procedure.
Sec. 28. The legislative council shall have power to insure the grad-
ual transition from military to civil control in those districts in which
in its judgment it would not be wise immediately to establish com-
plete civil government by providing that the powers herein conferred
ui>on district officers shall be exercised and performed in any district
under the general supervision of the military commander of the United
States troops serving in that district for any period which it may deem
wise, and such period of transition may be decreased or lengthened in
the discretion of the legislative council by subsequent act.
Sec. 29. The 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 property, real and personal, to make contracts
for labor and material needed in the construction of duly autliorized
public works, and to incur such other obligations as are authorized
by law.
Sec. 30. The legislative council shall have power, in its discretion,
to make the government of a district a corporation, with power to sue
and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, to hold property, real
and personal, to make contracts for labor and material needed for dis-
trict purposes, and to incur such other obligations as maj' be expressly
authorized by law, and, if it deems wise, to constitute a district board
to consist of the governor, the secretary, and the treasurer, who shall
be the governing board of the district. It shall not be necessary that
such law shall uniformly apply to all districts, but differing provisions
may be made applicable to different districts as the legislative council
shall determine.
Sec. 31. The carving out of the subdistrict of Dapitan and the cre-
ation of the office of lieutenant-governor of that subdistrict are hereby
declared to l)e for the purpose of providing a form of provincial gov-
ernment for the people of the town of Dapitan and the towns lying in
its neighborhood, who are not sufficiently numerous to justify the
expense of a provincial government. The legislative council shall
have power to declare the duties of the lieutenant-governor, to pro-
' vide a deputy district treasurer, whose office shall be at Dapitan, and
to furnish such subordinate employees and make such j)rovision for
the quasi-independent government of the subdistrict as local condi-
tions may require.
Sec. 32. Laws passed by the legislative council shall take effect at
the time fixed by the legislative council in the Act, subject to annul-
ment or amendment by the Commission. It shall be the duty of the
secretary "of the council to forward a certified copy of each act of the
legislative council by registered mail to the Recorder of the Commis-
sion immediately after its passage.
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 b3''the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 34. This act shall take effect upon the fifteenth day of July,
nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, June 1, 1903.
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[No. 788.]
AN ACrr anthorizing the constmction of a f onrteen-htmdred-ton marine railwsy
and repair shops on Engineer Island, and anthorizing the expenditnre of ttte
snm of one hundred and forty thousand dollars, UnitSi States cnrrency, tbeie-
for.
By authority of the United SioteSy he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The effective service of the Coast Guard boats requiring
that some adequate place be prepared where they can be properly
docked and repaired, the Chief of Coast Guard and Transportation
is hereby authorized to have constructed, under his direction, a
fourteen-hund red-ton marine railway, with the necessary machine
or repair shops, for the use of the Coast Guard vessels and other
vessels belonging to the Insular Government. Said marine railway
shall be located on the small island known as Engineer Island, lying
immediately south of the Pasig River between the canal leading from
the Pasig River to what is known as the Inner Basin and the west
breakwater in Manila Bay, in accordance with the plans to be fur-
nished by the Chief of Coast Guard and Transportation and approved
by the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
Sec. 2. Such part of Engineer Island as is necessary for the use of
the Coast Guard fleet and for the construction of the marine railway
and repair shops as authorized by this Act is hei-eby assigned, subject
to regulation by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, to the Bureau of
Coast Guard and Transportation, together with all the wharfage front
about the island and the anchorage space in what is known as the
Inner Basin and inside of a line drawn from the southeast corner of
Engineer Island to the end of the pier on which the breakwater light
is now located, and also the canal leading to the proposed marine
railway, with the necessary entrance thereto.
Sec. 3. The Chief of Coast Guard and Transportation in construct-
ing said marine railway shall procure the building of same and of the
repair shop as far as practicable by contract or contracts by private
individuals or corporations. Advertisements for bids for doing such
work shall be inserted for at least ten days in at least two newspapers
of general circulation published in the city of Manila, one of which
shall be published in the English language, and one in the Spanish
language, and contracts for performing the work shall be awarded to
the lowest bidder or bidders, except as hereinafter provided. At the
time and place fixed in the advertisement all bids for doing the work
or parts thereof shall be opened by the Chief of Coast Guard and
Transportation, who shall award the contract for doing the same to
the lowest responsible bidder, provided the Chief of Coast Guard and
Transportation deems the bid reasonable. If he considers the lowest
responsible bid to be excessive, he is hereby authorized to reject
same and may again advertise one or more times for new bids and
open the same and award the contract, as in the first instance, to the
lowest responsible bidder, if in his judgment the same is reasonable,
and if not, he shall reject same: Provided^ however ^ That aft^r one
advertisement without obtaining a satisfactory bid, the Chief of Coast
Guard and Transportation, if he considers it more economical and
advantageous to the public interests, shall report the fact to the Sec-
retary of Commerce and Police, who shall, if he deems further adver-
tising undesirable, order the work done directly by the Chief of Coast
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Gnard and Transi)ortation, under such rules as the Secretary of Com-
merce and Police may establish for the employment of labor, and
other details: Provided further, That the amount contracted for or
expended under this section shall not exceed one hundred and forty
thousand dollars in money of the United States: And provided fur-
iheTy That no bid shall be accepted or contract concluded without the
approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
The provisions of subsections (d), (e), (/), (gr), (A), (*), (j), (fe),
(Z), {m)y (n), (o), (jP), {q)y (r), and (s) of section five of Act Numbered
Twenty-two, entitled "An Act appropriating one million dollars in
money of the United States for improving the port of Manila," shall
be observed by the Chief of Coast Guard and Transportation and
shall be applicable to all bids and contracts hereunder. In all cases
where the Chief of Coast Guard and Transi)ortation shall, in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act, find it necessary or advantageous
to purchase material or machinery, such purchase or purchases shall
be made through the Insular Purchasing Agent unless otherwise
directed by the Civil Governor.
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, June 1, 1903.
[No. 781).]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-two, entitled **An Act
amending Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, and establishing a supply
store for the benefit of civil servants of the Insular and Provincial GJovemmente
stationed outside of the city of Manila.''
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Connmission, mat:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-
two, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered One hundred and
seventy-five, and establishing a supply store for the benefit of civil
servants of the Insular and Provincial Governments stationed outside
the city of Manila," is hereby repealed, and the following substituted
therefor:
"Section 1. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is hereby
authorized and directed to establish a civil supply store in the city of
Manila and the necessary branches thereof in the provinces of the
Philippine Islands for the purpose of furnishing food supplies and
other necessaries of life to the officers and members of the Philippines
Constabulary at reasonable prices. All other officers and employees
of the various departments of the insular and provincial governments
and all teachers in the public schools, stationed outside of the city of
Manila, may purchase supplies at any branch of said supply store."
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, June 1, 1903.
[No. 790.]
AN ACT empowering the provincial board of the Province of Isabela to make
ap^*opriation for the porportionate part of accrued leave of abeence eiu^ned by
J. Thomas Hurd while provincial supervisor of said province.
Whereas J. Thomas Hurd, having resigned his position as an
employee of class eight in the Department of Engineering and Public
Works, city of Manila, is entitled to leave of absence expiring July
fourteenth, nineteen hundred and three; and.
Whereas such leave should be apportioned between the Province of
Isabela and the city of Manila, in view of the fact that said Hurd was
for a portion of his service the provincial supervisor of said province,
with a compensation of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
and 'the city of Manila having already granted him its proportionate
share of said leave of absence: Now, therefore.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The provincial board of the Province of Isabela is hereby
authorized and empowered to appropriate the sum of two hundred and
forty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents, in money of the United States,
to J. Thomas Hurd, formerly provincial supervisor of said province,
in payment for the proportionate part of accrued leave of absence due
to said Hurd by said province, such leave being that to which he is
entitled under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty, as amended,
and the computation for the appropriation being upon the basis of
leave commencing May first, nineteen hundred and three, at a com-
X)ensation of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The pro-
vincial treasurer of said province is hereby authorized and directed
to make payment in accordance with law to said Hurd of such amount,
pursuant to appropriation duly made.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 1, 1903.
[No. 791 ]
AN ACT to suspend the operation of Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-seven,
entitled **An Act regulating the registration, branding, convejrance, and
slaughter of large cattle." and all amendments thereto, until the first day of
August, nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United 8t<ites, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. TTie operation of Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-
seven, entitled ''An Act regulating the registration, branding, con-
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veyance, and slaughter of largo cattle," and of all amendments
thereto, is hereby suspended until the first day of August, nineteen
hundred and three.
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, June 1, 1903.
[No. 702.]
AN ACTT to anthorize the issne of three million dollars of certificates of indebt-
edness under and by authority of section six of the act of Congress entitled
"An Act relating tocmrency for the Philippine Islands.*' approved March second,
nineteen hundred and three, in addition to the three millions of dollars of cer-
tificates of the same character already authorized by Act Numbered Six hundred
and ninety-six; and amending .section two of Act Numbered Six hundred and
ninety-six by striking out the requirement that the certificates of indebtedness
already issued shall state upon their face that they were issued for the purpose
of purchasing silver bullion.
By aiUhority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, on behalf
of the Government of the Philippine Islands, temporarily to issue
certificates of indebtedness to the extent of three millions of dollars,
in money of the United States, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed
four per centum annually, payable at periods of three months or more,
but not later than one year from date of issue, in denominations of
one thousand dollars, in currency of the United States, and redeem-
able in gold coin of the United States, which certificates of indebted-
ness shall be disposed of by the Secretary of War at such favorable
rate of interest or premium as he may be able to secure, the proceeds
thereof to be deposited with the Guaranty Trust Company, the author-
ized depository of the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the
credit of the Treasury of the Philippine Islands. These certificates
are authorized by and shall l>e issued in accordance with section six
of said Act of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred
and three, entitled ''An Act relating to currency for the Philippine
Islands," and the proceeds thereof are to be used as provided in said
Act. The certificates issued hereunder shall state upon their face that
they have been issued in accordance with the terms of said section
and by authority of this Act of the Philippine Commission, and that
they are in addition to the issue of three millions of dollars of similar
certificates, issued under Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-six
of the Philippine Commission, enacted March twenty-third, nineteen
hundred and three.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of War shall report to the Auditor and Treas-
urer of the Philippine Islands the amount of the certificates of indebt-
edness the issue of which is authorized in the previous section, which
he shall issue under the authority thereof, the numbers and denomina-
tions thereof, the rate of interest to be paid thereon, the time when
payable, the premium, if any, at which they were issued, and the
total proceeds therefrom; and such facts shall be made a matter of
record in the offices of the Auditor and Treasurer of the Philippine
564 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Islands. The certificates to be issued under this Act shall be num-
bered consecutively, the first certificate thereof bearing the number
next after that of the last numbered certificate issued under Act Num-
bered Six hundred and ninety-six.
Sec. 3. It appearing that the certificates of indebtedness for three
millions of dollars, issued under Act Numbered Six hundred and
ninety-six, and already sold in the markets of New York, did not state
upon their face, as required by section two of said Act Numbered Six
hundred and ninety-six, *'that they have been issued in accordance
with the terms of said section for the purpose of purchasing silver
bullion in execution of the provioions of said Act of Congress," the
act of the Secretary of War in issuing the certificates without the
said statement is hereby confirmed, and said section is hereby amended
by striking out the words **and shall state upon their face that they
have been issued in accordance with the terms of said section for the
purpose of purchasing silver bullion in execution of the provisions of
said Act 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 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, June 30, 1903.
[No. 703.]
AN ACT to anthorize a loan of one thonsand dollars, United States cnrpency, to
the Province of Batangas, to enable the provincial hoard to make provision, by
loan or otherwise, to meet the emergency in the mnnicipality of Batangas
caused by a fire destroying the market and rendering homeless a large number
of people.
Bi/ authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The provincial board of Batangas is hereby authorized
to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Treasury, the same to be
paid out of the three-million-dollar relief fund, the sum of one thou-
sand dollars. United States currency ; said sum to be used by the
provincial board as it may deem wise in aid of the municipality of
Batangas to meet the emergency presented by a fire destroying its
market and rendering homeless a large number of its people. The
sum thus borrowed shall be repaid by the provincial board without
interest to the Insular Treasurer on or before the expiration of two
years from the date of the loan. The amount loaned shall be piiaid to
the provincial treasurer of Batangas upon receipt by the Insular
Treasurer of a resolution of the provincial board accepting the loan
and agreeing to repay the same as by this section provided.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of the thi-ee-miUion-doUar
relief fund voted by the Congress of the United States for use in the
Philippine Islands, the sum of one thousand dollars. United States
currency, to comply with the provisions 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 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 30, 1903.
[No. 704. J,
AN ACT appropriating the sum of seven thonsand five hundred dollars, in money
of the United States, or so mnch thereof as may be necessary, for the survey of
a wagon road from Naguilian, in the Province of Union, to Bagnio, in the Prov-
ince of Benguet, and for the survey of the town site of Bagnio.
£y autlhority of the United StateSy be it enacted' by the Philippine
Commission^ inat:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named, and shall be
available for withdrawal during the present fiscal year and for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four:
For defraying the expenses of a survey of a wagon road from Nag-
uilian, in the Province of Union, to Baguio, in the Province of Ben-
guet, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses of a survey of a town site at Baguio, in
the Province of Benguet, and for the location of a pumping station,
reservoirs, and mains for a water supply and sewerage system, five
thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. The funds appropriated in section one of this Act shall be
disbursed under the direction of Major L. W. V. Kennon, engineer in
charge of Benguet improvements, by a duly bonded disbursing officer.
Sec. 3. Major L. W. V. Kennon is hereby authorized to appoint,
subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, the
necessary officer and employees to carrj^ out this work, and to fix their
rate of compensation ; and the officers and employees so appointed by
him shall not necessarily be subject to the provisions of the Civil Serv-
ice Act and the Acts amendatory thereof: Provided^ however ^ That
employees belonging to the classified service may be temporarily trans-
ferred to this work without losing their status in the classified civil
service.
Sec. 4. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from
the Treasury and disbursed in money of the United States or its
equivalent in silver Philippine pesos.
Sec. 5. 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. 6. This aet shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 30, 1903.
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[No. 795.]
AN ACT Tnaking appropriations for snudry expenses of the Insular Govemmoit
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and otb^
designated periods.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby ap-
propriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named, these
appropriations being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three,
unless otherwise stated :
EXECUTIVE.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL, SERVICE BOARD.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and three: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of mem-
bers and examiners of the Philippine Civil Service Board in arranging
and conducting civil-service examinations at points other than Iloilo
and Cebu, fifteen dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and two: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of W. S.
Washburn, Chairman, and John E. Enright and Everett E. Thompson,
examiners, of the Philippine Civil Service Board in arranging and
conducting civil-service examinations at points other than Iloilo and
Cebu, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, fifty dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Service Board, sixty-five dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and three: Three clerks, class nine; six Assistant fore-
men, at three dollars per diem, whose employment was authorized by
resolution of the Commission of May twenty-second, nineteen hundred
and three, from that date; hire of such foremen, teamsters, drivers,
stablemen, janitors, blacksmiths, saddlers, wheelwrights, and addi-
tional watchmen and laborers as may from time to time be necessary
in the Transportation Department, coal and lumber yard, and for the
handling of supplies; eleven thousand six hundred and seventy-six
dollars and seventy-two cents.
Purchase of supplies. Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent,
nineteen hundred and two: For refunds to provinces and disbursing
officers for overpayments on their accounts due to changes of cur-
rency ratio, thirty-four dollars and seventy-eight cents.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, eleven
thousand seven hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BOARD OP HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board
of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hulidred and three: For
the suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests;
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purchase of vaccine virus and fees for diagnoses to be paid to the
I^urean of Grovernment Laboratories for deposit in the Insular Treas-
nry under the head of "miscellaneous receipts;" reimbursement of
funds expended for salaries and traveling expenses of veterinarians
and inoculators under the provisions of Act Numbered Six hundred
and seventy-seven; reimbursement for property, clothing, infected
xdoe, and so forth, destroyed to prevent the spread of epidemics; salaries
and traveling expenses of vaccinators; installation and maintenance
of the pail system at Mariquina, in^the Mariquina Valley, the source
of the water supply of the city of Manila, and other incidental
expenses; thirty-five thousand dollars.
Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests. Board
of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and two: For
the suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests;
reimbursement of the Quartermaster's Department, United States
Army, for ranges, stovepipe, boilers, and cooking utensils, tools, tents,
-wheelbarrows, furniture, cots, and so forth, purchased during the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, not to exceed twenty thousand
dollars; salaries and traveling expenses of vaccinators; reimburse-
ment for property, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to prevent the
spread of epidemics; claims for services, traveling expenses, and sub-
sistence of sanitary inspectors, practicantes, and nurses; rations for
and transportation and urgent expenses of patients, and other inci-
dental expenses for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, twenty-
six thousand dollars.
CJontingent expenses. Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including per
diems of five dollars to Captain Edward L. Munson, United States
Army, while detailed as assistant to the Commissioner of Public
Health; subscription to the Philadelphia Medical Journal from Janu-
ary first, nineteen hundred and one; allowance of one hundred dollars
to Carl D. Benche, hospital steward. United States Army, for services
with the Board of Health as chief disinf ector, from May twelfth, nine-
teen hundred and three, to June eleventh, nineteen hundred and three,
in addition to his pay from the United States Army; allowance of one
thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, to the Sisters of the
Assumption in full pa>Tnent of their claim for damages to the building
known as the Santiago Hospital, while occupied as a cholera hospital,
and other incidental expenses, one thousand three hundred and
twenty-six dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses, installation of the pail system in the city of
Manila, Boaixi of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For contingent expenses, including hire of bull carts;
freight and insurance on pails and lighterage of same; garbage pump
for night-soil barge; compensation of H. K. Struve for inspection of
night-soil barge while under construction at Shanghai; construction
of messroom on night-soil barge; cablegrams; payment of Insular
Purchasing Agent's voucher numbered six hundred and seventy-two,
month of February, fiscal j'^ear nineteen hundred and two, erroneously
charged against appropriation for the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and three, being in the 5um of eight thousand three hundred and
sixty-seven dollars and fifteen cents ; advertising, and other incidental
exx)enses, thirteen thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and
siscty-five cents.
The funds appropriated in Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-
five under the head of "Transportation, Board of Health for the
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Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and two," are hereby trans-
ferred to and made available under the head of " Contingent expensps,
installation of the pail system in the city of Manila, Bc^rd of Health
for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and two;" this transfer
and authority being hereby made retroactive and effective as of the
date of the passage of Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, seventy-
five thousand four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifteen cents.
PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hun-
dred and two: P^or rent of station at Iloilo, from September firsts
nineteen hundred and one, to March, nineteen hundred and two, not
to exceed four hundred and twenty dollars, local currency, two hun-
dred and ten dollars.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including office supplies, furni-
ture, drawing instruments, implements, and other incidental expenses,
one hundred and fifteen do'lars and thirty cents.
BUREAU OP AGRICULTURE.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
three : Agricultural College and Experiment Station, Island of Negros:
One clerk, class nine; one teamster, Class C; four hundred doUara.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred
and three: For reimbursement to William H. Scholz, late disbursing
officer, Bureau of Agriculture, of amount paid by him as premium
on his official l)ond, not to exceed forty-five dollars, pursuant to the
terms of his contract of employment made in Washington, District of
Columbia.
In all, for the Bureau of Agriculture, four hundred and forty-fiT*^
dollars.
BUREAU OP GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Government Laboratories, ninet^n
hundred and three : One entomologist, class eight; one photographer,
Class A; one photographer's helper. Class J; and for compensation
of Joseph J. Eaton, a teacher in the Manila Trade School, while tem-
porarily employed as microscopist and wood expert, at seventy-five
dollars per month, the payment of which is hereby authorized, any-
thing in existing laws prohibiting the payment of extra compensation
to civil servants and employees to the contrary notwithstanding; six
hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Government Laboratories: For the
payment of unforeseen expenses in caring for imported cattle, and
incidental expenses in making the necessary arrangements for the por-
chase, immunization, and sale of the same, to be expended in the dis-
cretion of the Superintendent of Government Laboratories, and to be
available both for the expenses incurred during the fiscal year nine-
teen hundred and three and the first half of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and four, one thousand five hundred dollars : Providedy Tli«^
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tills appropriation shall be a charge upon the fund of three million
dollars, in money of the United States, voted by the Congress of the
United States by Act approved the third day of March, nineteen hun-
dred and three, for the relief of distress in the Philippine Islands.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, two thousand
one hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL HOSPITAL.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred and
three: One clerk. Class A; one clerk. Class D; seventy-eight dollars
and thirty-three cents.
The officer in charge of the Philippine Civil Hospital is hereby
authorized to pay, out of anj^ funds appropriated for said hospital
under the head of " Salaries and wages, nineteen hundred and three,"
the increase in the salary of the house surgeon for the month of June,
nineteen hundred and three, authorized in Act Numbered Seven hun-
dred and seventy- three, and salary earned during the month of June,
nineteen hundred and three, by the Assistant Attending Physician
and Surgeon while on accumulated leave, said position having been
abolished under the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
seventy-three.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred and
three : For the purchase of an ambulance and horses for the same, one
thousand two hundred and ten dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred and
two : For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees; transportation of supplies; and purchase of one native
pony not to exceed one hundred and sixty-five dollars, local currency;
one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Contingent exjKinses, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and two: For contingent expenses, including hospital, commissary
and subsistence supplies; purchase and erection of one flag pole com-
plete; purchase of account books; native pony; and other incidental
expenses, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thou-
sand two hundred and sixty dollars and twenty-seven cents.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Hospital, two thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty-eight dollars and twenty-seven cents.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
BUREAU OF POSTS.
Post-Office Service:
Salaries and wages, .Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and
three : For the compensation of i>ostmasters appointed under the pro-
visions of sections three and four of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-one, three thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and
three: For contingent expenses, including mail equipment, supplies,
furniture, and other incidental expenses, three thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Posts, six thousand dollars.
SIGNAL. SERVICE.
C'onstruction and maint/cnance of telegraph, telephone, and cable
lines. Signal Service, nineteen hundred and two: For purchases and
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services in connection with the construction and maintenance of
telegraph, telephone, and cable lines in the Philippine Archipelago,
including purchase and transportation of poles and hire of labor in
erecting a telephone line between Candon and Cervantes, and for the
hire of linemen, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, two
hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-five cents.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three: For
deficiency pay of officers, enlisted men, and employees, thirteen thou-
sand dollars.
Clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, Philippines Constabulary,
nineteen hundred and three : For cloth, woolens, materials, and manu-
facture of clothing; equipage; purchase, repair, and preservation of
arms, ammunition, and equipments, and for clothing allowance not
drawn in kind by enlisted men on discharge, sixty thousand dollars.
Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
three : For transportation of officers and enlisted men and prisoners;
animals, and supplies; for the purchase and hire of draft animals, har-
nesses, wagons, carts, and so forth; for forage for animals; black-
smiths' tools, forges, and shoeing of animals; purchase of horses and
equipments for mounted service; veterinary attendance and supplies;
subsistence of officers and enlisted men while on campaign or travel-
ing under orders; twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and three: For contingent expenses, including stationery, furniture,
office supplies, cablegrams, special messengers; post-office expenses;
purchase of periodicals and professional books; medical treatment
and medicines for officers and enlisted men ; burial expenses of deceased
officers and enlisted men ; subsistence of prisoners, and other incidental
expenses, sixteen thousand dollars.
Barracks and quarters, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and one : For rent of building at San Pedro Macati owned by Trinidad
Buenaventura and occupied by native police from April first to June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, seventy-five dollars.
In all, for the Philippines Constabulary, one hundred and eleven
thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and three:
One engineer-machinist-electrician, class nine; one laundry foremau,
at one thousand and fifty dollars per annum; two emergency guards,
at nine hundred dollars per annum each, from May twentieth to June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three; eight emergency guards, at
two hundred and forty dollars per annum each, from May twentieth
to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, nine hundred and sixty-
five dollars and ninety-five cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and three:
For contingent expenses, including subsistence of prisoners, and other
incidental expenses, two hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Prisons, one thousand one hundred aud
sixty-five dollars and ninety-five cents.
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BUREAU OP COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION.
Launches, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, nineteen
liundred and three: For expenses in the maintenance of launches
and steamers, including salaries and wages of officers, crews, and
laborers; repairs and outfits; rations, coal, and oil, thirteen thousand
dollars.
BUREAU OP ENGINEERING.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred
and three: One chief civil engineer, at three hundred dollars per
month; and one assistant civil engineer, at two hundred dollars per
month, from March first, nineteen hundred and three, employed
under the provisions of Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-six,
two tho^sand dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR TREASURER.
Any unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
the head of *' Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer,
nineteen hundred and three," is hereby made available for the pay-
ment of salaries of such additional examiners as may have been
employed during the month of June, nineteen hundred and three,
under authority contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eighty-three.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen
hundred and two: For the payment of rebates due on unearned pre-
miums of surety bonds transferred or canceled during the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and two, the original papers of which are
now at such remote distances as to make the transmission and
return of properly executed vouchers by July first, nineteen hun-
dred and three, impracticable, one hundred and ninety dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, one hundred and
ninety dollars.
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Any unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
the head of '* Salaries and wages, Bureau of Customs and Immigra-
tion, nineteen hundred and three," is hereby made available for the
payment of salaries as follows: One Deputy Surveyor of Customs,
at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, from April thir-
teenth, nineteen hundred and three, as provided in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty-seven ; assistant admeasurer, class seven.
Office of Surveyor of Customs, from October first, nineteen hundred
and two, to January first, nineteen hundred and three; ten guards.
Class J, for the port of Cebu, from May fourteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and three; allowance to John T. Patrick, late clerk, class ten,
in lieu of thirty-five days' accrued leave of absence, not to exceed
one hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty- two cents; and for
compensation of translator aft provided in section thirty-one of Act
Numbered Three hundred and sixty-seven.
572 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPIKE CX>MM1S8I0N.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and two: For the salaries of boatmen at the port of Silayfor
the month of May, nineteen hundred and two, fourteen dollars and
ten cents.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, ninet^n
hundred and one: Salary of the inspector of customs at the port of
Cuyo from June nineteenth to thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one,
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, six dollars.
Revenue launches, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: For the maintenance and expenses of launches
and revenue cutters, including supplies, coal, and repairs, three thou-
sand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, three thousand
and twenty dollars and ten cents.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three : For salaries and wages, three hundred and seventy-eighl
dollars and thirty-three cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and three : For contingent expenses, including rents, oflSce supplies,
furniture, and other incidental expenses, one hundred and seventy
dollars.
Refunds, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred and two:
For refund of taxes collected contrary to law during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and two to enable the collectors to refund to the
payers the amount erroneously collected, eighteen dollars and eighteen
cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, five hundred and sixty-
six dollars and fifty-one cents.
BUREAU OP JUSTICE.
Any unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
the head of '* Salaries and wages, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred
and three," is hereby made available for the payment of salaries as
follows: Assistant Attorney-General, Philippines Constabulary, at
three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, from April first,
nineteen hundred and three, as provided in Act Numbered Seven
hundred and eleven; Assistant Solicitor-General, at two thousand
five hundred dollars per annum, from April first, nineteen hundred
and three, as provided in Act Numbered Six hundred and eighty-
three; one employee, class eight, from May twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and three; and one employee, class nine, from June first,
nineteen hundred and three, in the office of the Attorney-General.
Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
For reimbursement to John T. McDonough, associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, for the traveling expenses
of himself and family from New York to Manila, four hundred and
eighty-three dollars and ninety-six cents.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
three: Rent of dormitory for girls attending the Manila Normal
School, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
LAWS OF UNITED 8TATE8 PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 573
BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Public works, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and three: For maintenance, repairs to,
and construction of the following public buildings, not to exceed in
cost the amounts set opposite the names of the respective buildings:
Bureau of Agriculture, Singalon Experiment Station, two hundred
dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, for deficiency incurred on account
of delay experienced in the construction of a vault for the Insular
Treasury and the depreciation of Mexican currency during the period
of the delay, not to exceed fourteen dollars and forty-seven cents.
Civil Sanitarium, Baguio, Benguet, reimbursement to the Civil
Governor of amounts, advanced from his contingent fund, for car-
rying on the improvements at Baguio, including extensions to cot-
tages, outbuildings, and so forth, and for the purchase of supplies
and material incident to such improvements, two thousand two
hundred and thirty-five dollars: Provided, That any unexpended
balance remaining on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three,
shall be available for expenditure during the first half of the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and four.
In all, for the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, two thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and
forty-seven cents.
CUSTODIAN OF THE SANTA POTENCIANA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building,
nineteen hundred and three: One janitor. Class D; ten laborers, at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; one hundred and
eighty dollars.
Contingent expenses, custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building,
nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including
purchase of supplies, water, ice, electric installation and lighting,
and other incidental expenses, three hundred dollars.
In all, for the Custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building, four
hundred and eighty dollars.
BENGUET WAGON ROAD.
Any unexpended balance of appropriations heretofore made for
expenses in carrying on the construction of the Benguet wagon road
is hereby made available for the payment of per diems of five dollars
for Major L. W. V. Kennon, United States Army, engineer in
charge of Benguet improvements, from June first, nineteen hundred
and three, and per dieras of one dollar and fifty cents to Lieutenant
George J. Holden, United States Army, assistant to the engineer in
charge of Benguet improvements, from July third, nineteen hundred
and three.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, POLLOK, MINDANAO.
Contingent exi)en8es, district commander, PoUok, Mindanao, nine-
teen hundred and two:* For supplies purchased from the Insular
Pnrehasing Agent in excess of appropriations available for payment
therefor, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, seventeen
dollars and fifty-three cents.
574 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPIl!^ COMMISSION.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENGUET.
For salaries and wages and expenses in connection with the pre-
liminary reconnaissance of a wagon road from Bagnio to Nagnilian,
three hundred and fifty dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MINDORO.
For payment of the expenses of equipping and maintaining the
launch assigned for the use of the provincial government of Mindoro
in the administration of the affairs of said province, three thoosand
seven hundred and seventy dollars.
CHIEF ENGINEER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Public works. Chief Engineer, Division of the Philippines, nineteen
hundred and three: For reimbursement of the funds appropriated in
Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety for the construction of a
wharf at Calbayog, Samar, in the amount expended from such funds
for repairs to the launch Philadelphia, assigned to the engineer in
charge of the construction of said wharf, which expenditure is hereby
authorized and approved, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred
dollars, local currency, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sums, or so much thereof as may be found to be dne
on settlement of the respective claims by the Auditor, are hereby
appropriated for the purposes specified :
Insular salary and expense fund, nineteen hundred and three: For
the payment of salaries and traveling expenses of civil oflScers and
employees properly chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise
specifically provided for, including half salary and traveling expenses
of employees from the I7nited States to Manila, and for the payment
to the estates of deceased employees of salaries due such employees
for the leaves of absence to which they were entitled at the time of
their deaths, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four
hundred and forty-eight, and such other expenses of like character
payment of which shall be directed by the Executive Office, twenty
thousand dollars; but no salary shall be paid to any officer or employee
for a period subsequent to his arrival in Manila from this appropria-
tion, when the Bureau to which he may be assigned has a vacancy
from the appropriation for which he may be properly paid, or the
provincial office to which he may be assigned was vacant.
The transportation issued by the General Superintendent of Educa-
tion or the Executive Secretary in accordance with resolutions of the
Commission under dates of April eighth and May sixteenth, nineteen
hundred and three, approving payment of return traveling expenses
of certain school-teachers, is hereby authorized and the cost thereof
is made a proper charge against the insular salary and expense fund,
nineteen hundred and three.
Insular salary and expense fund, nineteen hundred and two: For
the payment of salaries and traveling expenses of civil officers and
employees properly chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of
employees from the United States to Manila, and for the payment to
the estates of deceased employees of salaries due such employees for
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 575
the leaves of absence to which they were entitled at the time of their
deaths, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hun-
dred and forty-eight, and such other expenses of like character pay-
ment of which shall be directed by the Executive Office, one thousand
dollars; but no salary shall be paid to any officer or employee for a
period subsequent to his arrival in Manila from this appropriation,
when the Bureau to which he may l)e assigned has a vacancy from
the appropriation for which he may be properly paid, or the provincial
office to which he may be assigned is vacant.
CITY OF MANILA.
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three : For contingent exi)enses, including expert testimony
and report on condition of Manila Telephone Company's system, not
to exceed two hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents; purchase of
the unfinished building situated at the northwest corner of the inter-
section of Calzada de Vidal and Calle Concepcion, district of Manila,
the same to be strengthened and repaired out of the purchase money,
together with all appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belong-
ing, at a price not. to exceed fift}^ thousand dollars, local currency;
payment to the Public Printer for printing and binding furnished by
the Insular Government to the city of Manila during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and three under allotments provided for in Acts
Numbered Four hundred and thirty, Four hundred and ninety, and
Five hundred and ninety-five, not tio exceed fifteen thousand six
hundred dollars, and other incidental expenses, forty thousand six
hundred dollars.
Public works. Department of Engineering and Public Works, city
of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: The Municipal Board is
hereby authorized to pay from funds now on hand a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand three hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty
cents for extra work on the San Nicolas Fire Station due to change in
the plans.
Contingent expenses. Department of Engineering and Public
Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For architect's
services in examining and reporting upon the condition of the Cosmo-
politan Hospital property, one hundred and five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and two: For payment of claim for transportation furnished
to the Chief of the Fire Department during the month of May, nine-
teen hundred and two, fifteen dollars and fifty cents.
Equipment, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and three: For the purchase of equipment for fire apparatus, fire
engines, hose, horses, furniture, bedsteads, and bedding, for fire sta-
tions; repairs to and maintenance of apparatus, equipment, and
furniture; purchase of repair wagon for fire and police alarm system,
harness, labor, and material for extension of police alarm system;
painting of poles, and purchase of general supplies, one thousand
nine hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety-three cents.
Salaries and wages, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and three: For compensation to Marcelo Cordero, temporarily
employed as assistant clerk of the municipal court for the period from
February sixteenth to March seventeenth, nineteen hundred and
three, inclusive, at one thousand dollars per annum, eighty-eight dol-
lars and eighty-nine cents.
576 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Equipment, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For equipment of police force, includinjr purchase of
police-alarm boxes and telephones, together with incidental supplies
in connection therewith, and other incidental expenses, one thousand
five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Department of Police, city of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and three: For repairs to the launch BiK^key O^NeiBy
not to exceed two thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars and
thirty cents, local currency, one thousand two hundred and sixty-
seven dollars and thirty cents: Provided^ That the Auditor shall
approve the disbursement of this sum, the provisions of law requir-
ing the advertisement for bids on contracts involving an expendit^ire
of five hundred dollars or more to the contrary notwithstanding, in
view of the circumstances in this case, which were that the work of
repairs had been begun with information that the cost thereof would
not reach five hundred dollars, but that the necessity for additional
repairs costing more than five hundred dollars was shown when the
launch was placed in dry dock and unknown defects were discovered
when it would have involved a large additional expense to delay until
bids could be invited in accordance with law.
In all, for the city of Manila, forty-five thousand five hundred and
thirty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, three hundred and eight
thousand three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-four
cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
Sec. 2. No moneys appropriated in this Act are available for with-
drawal in other than United States currency or Philippines currency,
at the option of the Insular Treasurer. In any case where it appears
to the satisfa<3tion of the Secretary of Finance and Justice that any
obligation of the Philippine Government, entered into by contract or
otherwise, is legally payable only in Mexican currency, and the appro-
priation available therefor is in United States currency or Philippines
currency, the Secretary of Finance and Justice may authorize the
Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago to transfer to the proper dis-
bursing officer the amount of Mexican currency required for said
payment, in exchange for the equivalent amount in United States
currency or Philippines currency at the authorized rate of exchange
at the time such exchange is made. Notice of such exchange, with
the authority therefor, shall be given forthwith to the Auditor by the
Treasurer and the disbursing officer concerned.
All moneys appropriated prior to the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and four paid out of the Treasury after July first, nineteen hundred
and three, shall be payable only in United States currency or Philip-
pines currency, at the option of the Insular Treasurer: Prorideiy
hoivever, That exchange bet ween Mexican currency and United States
or Philippines currency maj' be had as provided in this section.
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 Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 3, 1903.
LAWS OP UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 577
[No. 79G.]
JiN ACT appropriating one million five hundred thousand dollars, in money of
the United States, for the purchase of silver bullion for the further coinage of
Philippine pesos.
By authority of the Urvited States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one million five hun-
dred thousand dollars, in money of the United States, to be expended
for the purchase of silver bullion for the coinage of the Philippine
silver pesos authorized by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act
relating to the currency of the Philippine Islands," approved March
second, nineteen hundred and thi'ee.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated hereunder shall be also available
for the payment of any advances already made by the United States
mint for purchases of silver bullion for such coinage for which the
mint has not been reimbursed; also for the expense of coining such
pesos, for the transportation of the new coins from the mints of the
United States to the Philippine Islands, and for all other incidental
expenses of putting such coins into circulation.
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 t^ke effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 9, 1903.
[No. 797.]
AN" ACT appropriating the stun of five hrmdred thousand dollars, in money of
the United States, from the fund of three million dollars appropriated by the
Congress of the United States for the relief of distress in thePhihppine Islands,
for ez{>enditare under the direction of the Civil Governor upon resolutions of
the Philippine Commission.
JBy authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mai:
Section 1. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars, in money of
the United States, is hereby appropriated out of the fund of three
million dollars appropriated by the Congress of the United States for
the relief of distress in the Philippine Islands, for expenditure under
the direction of the Civil Governor for such purposes and in such
manner as may from time to time be authorized by resolutions of the
Philippine Commission, and in carrying out the intent of the Congress
of the United States in appropriating the fund aforesaid.
Sec. 2. The sum of money by this Act appropriated shall be with-
drawn from the Insular Treasury by requisitions in favor of the dis-
bursing officer of the Executive Bureau or of the Insular Purchasing
Agent, as the Civil Governor may direct, in such allotments as may
from time to time be necessarj^ and shall be accounted for as pro-
vided by law.
Sec. 3. The resolutions of the Philippine Commission upon which
the funds herein appropriated shall be expended shall be printed and
published in quarterly volumes.
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578 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Sec. 4. Tlie 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, July 10, 1903.
[No. 798.]
AN ACT appropriating one hundred thousand dollars, in money of the United
States, for the use of the Insular Purchasing Agent.
By mdhority of the Dnited StateSy be it enacted by the PhUippm
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasuiy not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, in money of the United States, for the use of the
Insular Purchasing Agent in making purchases in the United States,
the same to be disbursed by the Disbursing Agent of the Insular
Government in Washington, District of Columbia, and to be accounted
for by him as provided by law.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of thisbUl,
the passage of the same is hereby exi)edited 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, July 15, 1903.
[No. 799.]
AN ACT immediately to reimburse from the Insular Treasury the treasuries of
provinces which have suffered loss through defalcations of their bonded ofl&cials.
pending recovery of amounts lost on the official bonds.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. In every case in which an organized province shall hare
suffered loss from its provincial funds through the defalcation of a
provincial of&cial bonded according to law, and the loss has been
ascertained by the Auditor for the Islands, the Auditor is authorized
and it shall be his duty to draw a warrant upon the Insular Treas-
urer for the amount thus ascertained to be lost, in favor of the pro-
vincial treasurer of the province where the loss has occurred, and an
indefinite appropriation is hereby made from the funds of the Insular
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of
this section.
Sec. 2. When the amount of the loss described in the previous
section, as ascertained from the Auditor, shall be recovered from the
sureties on the official bond of the defaulting officer, the same shall
be deposited in the Insular Treasury to the general credit of the
Insular Government, to satisfy the obligation of the provincial gov-
LAWS OP UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 579
ernment to the Insular Government created by the advance provided
for in the first section hereof.
Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not affect the form of the
proceeding to collect the amount due on official bonds of provincial
officers, the amount drawn under section one being regarded simply
as an advance to the province on the security of the amount due on
the official bond of the defaulting officer. The sureties on the official
bonds of defaulting provincial officers shall only be acquitted of their
liability by payment of the amounts due upon such bonds, upon the
order of the Auditor, into the Insular Treasury.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage ot 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, July 23, 1903.
[No. 800.]
AN ACT providing for the appointment of a committee of three to visit Japan,
Formosa, Upper Burmah, ana Java, and such other countries as the Civil Gov-
ernor may designate, for the purpose of investigating the use of opium and the
traffic therein, and the rules, ordinances, and laws regulating such use and traffic,
and to make a report of their conclusions to the Philippine Commission.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized and directed
to appoint, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission, a
committee of three to visit Japan, Formosa, Upper Burmah, and Java,
and such other countries as the Civil Governor may designate, for the
purpose of investigating the use of opium and the traffic therein, and
the rules, ordinances, and laws regulating such use and traffic.
Sec. 2. Within four months after its appointment, or within such
further time as may be granted by the Civil Governor, such committee
shall make a report of its investigations to the Philippine Commission,
setting forth therein the facts as found by it, its conclusions therefrom,
and such recommendations as to it may seem advisable under all the
circumstances.
Sec. 3. The Civil Governor shall designate a stenographer from a
Bureau or Department of the Government who shall accompany the
committee and whose actual, reasonable, and necessary traveling
expenses shall be paid, to be used by the committee in taking evidence
and in preparing its report. He shall also act as disbursing officer of
the committee after having given proper bond, the premium of the
bond to be paid out of the fund hereinafter appropriated.
Sec. 4. Each member of such committee shall receive a compensa-
tion at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars. United States cur-
rency, per month, together with his actual, reasonable, and necessary
traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of the duties
prescribed by this Act: Provided^ That the compensation prescribed
by this section shall not be paid to any member of the committee who
is an officer or employee in the public service of the Insular Govern-
580 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE GOMXISSION.
ment, or whose 8Hlar>^ or compensation is fixed by law or regalalaon:
Provided further^ That if a provincial official is appointed he may
renounce his provincial salary while engaged in this service and
receive the salary provided by this Act.
Sec. 5. The sum of seven thousand dollars, United States currency,
or its equivalent in Philippines currency, is hereby appropriated, out
of any moneys in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the purposes of this Act.
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 Commifision
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 23, 1903.
[No. 801.]
AN ACT appropriating sixty thousand dollars, in money of the United Statee,
for the payment of interest on certificates of indebtedness issned by the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands under Act of Congress improved March sec-
ond, nineteen hnndred and three.
By axdhority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty thou-
sand dollars, in money of the United States, for the payment of the
quarterly interest due August first and November first, nineteen hun-
dred and three, on the certificates of indebtedness amounting to three
million dollars, issued and sold on behalf of the Insular Government
by the Secretary of War under authority of Act of Congress approved
March second, nineteen hundred and three, and Act Numbered Six
hundred and ninety-six of the Philippine Commission.
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 *'Aji 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, July 23, 1903.
[No. 802.]
AN ACT amending rule forty-eight of act numbered ninety, as amended by »ct
numbered five hundred and thirteen.
By authority of the United States, and with the concurrence and
approval of the Secretary of War first hojdy he it enacted by the Phi-
ippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Rule forty-eight of Act Numbered Ninety, as amended
b}'' Act Numbered Five hundred and thirteen, is hereby amended by
substituting the words ** Assistant Treasurer of the Islands " for the
words ** Cashier of the Treasurer of the Islands" in the second liu©
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 581
of the amendment added by Act Numbered Five hundred and thir-
teen, and by substituting the words ** four thousand" for the words
"three thousand " in the seventh line of said amendment, so that the
amendment to said rule provided by Act Numbered Five hundred
and thirteen shall read as follows:
"There is hereby created and shall be maintained the office of
Assistant Treasurer of the Islands, to be filled by appointment of the
Secretary of War, whose duties shall be, under the supervision of the
Treasurer, to receive and disburse cash in the office of the Treasurer
and have charge of the cash room, and perform such other duties as
the Treasurer may assign to him. He shall receive an annual salary
of four thousand dollars. He shall have charge of the Bureau of the
Treasury as Acting Treasurer in case of the death, resignation, sick-
ness, or other absence of the Treasurer. He shall give bond, the
amount and sufficiency of which shall be fixed and approved in the
same manner as the Treasurer's bond."
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 so as to take effect July first,
nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, July 23, 1903.
[No. 803.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Six hundred and sixtv-six by providing that
certificates of registry of trade-marks and trade names snail be issued under the
seal of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Section fifteen of Act Numbered Six hundred and sixty-
six, entitled "An Act defining property in trade-marks and in trade
names and providing for the protection of the same, defining unfair
competition and providing remedies against the same, providing reg-
istration for trade-marks and trade names, and defining the effect to
be given to registration under the Spanish royal decree of eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight relating to the registration of trade-marks
«id the effect to be given to registration under this Act," is hereby
amended by striking out of the first sentence of said section the words
"under the seal of the Department of the Interior, and shall be signed
by the Chief of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks,"
and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "under the seal of the
Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks, and shall be signed
by the Chief of said Bureau," so that said section fifteen shall read as
follows:
"Sec. 15. Certificates of registry of trade-marks and trade names
shall be issued in the name of the Insular Government of the Philippine
Archipelago, under the seal of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and
Trade-Marks, and shall be signed by the Chief of said Bureau; and a
record thereof, together with printed copies of the specific trade-marks
or trade names, shall be kept by him in books for that purpose. Certi-
fied copies of trade-marks or trade names and of statements and
declarations filed therewith, and original certificates of registry, shall
582 LAW8 OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE OOIQCISSION.
be evidence in any suit in which such trade-marks or trade names
shall be brought into controversy. But registration of trade-marks
and trade names under this Act shall only t^ prima facie evidence of
the exclusive right by the person securing the registration to use the
same."
Sec. 2. Thepublicgoodrequiring 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 23, 1903.
[No. 804.]
AN ACT making appropriations for sundry expenses of the municipal ^orein-
menu of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending Jnne thirtieui, nineteen
hundred and four, and other designated periods.
By aiUhoriiy of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony tlmt:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the municipal
government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending Jane
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, these appropriations being for
the first half of said fiscal year, unless otherwise stated. The appro-
priations herein made, except for fixed salaries for the first half of
said fiscal year, shall be available for obligations of the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and four, unless otherwise stated :
CITY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages. Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and four: Three members, at four thousand five hundred dollars
per annum each; one Secretary, at three thousand dollars per annum;
one disbursing officer, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
two clerks, at one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each ; one clerk, class six ; one clerk, at one thousand seven hundred and
twenty dollars per annum; two clerks, class seven; two clerks, class
eight; two clerks, class nine; two clerks. Class A; one clerk, Class C;
three employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each;
one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum; secre-
tary of the Advisory Board, at one thousand four hundred dollars per
annum; fees of the Advisory Board, not to exceed one thousand six
hundred and ninety dollars; fees of the Board of Tax Revision in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Five hundred and
eighty-one, not to exceed three thousand seven hundred and five dol-
lars; twenty-five thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including office supplies,
stationery, furniture and fixtures, books, typewriting machines, office
safe, care of civil prisoners; hire of vehicles in Manila on official busi-
ness when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular
LAWS OB* UNITEi) STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 583
Purchasing Agent, not to exceed seventy-five dollars; music for the
Luneta and Binorido Square; care of injured and sick paupers at the
San Juan de Dios Hospital, not to exceed an aggregate of one hun-
dred, at seventy cents each per day; transportation and incidental
expenses of the Board of Tax Revision, not to exceed nine hundred
and ten dollars; advertising; printing and binding; and other inci-
dental expenses; twenty-two thousand nine hundred dollars.
Salaries and wages. Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and four:
Ofl&ce of City Engineer:
City Engineer, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
with quarters in kind, not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month;
first assistant city eilgineer, at two thousand Hve hundred dollars per
annum; chief clerk, class six; two second assistant city engineers,
class six; one assistant engineer, class seven; one clerk, class eight;
one stenographer, class eight; two clerks, class ten; two clerks, Class
C; one clerk. Class H; three clerks. Class I; one messenger, at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
Water supply:
Sux)erintendent, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
one chief engineer at pumping station, class six, and quarters in kind
at station; one general foreman water service, class nine; one fore-
man water service, class nine; one collector of water rates, class eight;
one assistant engineer at pumping station. Class C; one assistant engi-
neer at pumping station. Class D; eight meter inspectors. Class D;
one assistant engineer at pumping station, at five hundred and forty
dollars per annum; one foreman water service, at five hundred and
forty dollars per annum; one storekeeper water service. Class G; one
clerk, Class G; one draftsm,an. Class H; three clerks, Class I; three
assistant engineers at pumping station, at two hundred and seventy
dollars per annum each and quarters in kind at station; one clerk.
Class J; one meter inspector, at two hundred dollars per annum;
three meter inspectors. Class K; one machinist. Class D; two mechan-
ics, Class F; three oilers. Class J; two laborers. Class J; three firemen,
at two hundred and ten dollars per annum each; one carpenter, at
two hundred and ten dollars per annum ; twenty-four laborers, at one
hundred and fifty-six dollars per annum each; one teamster. Class C;
one mason. Class J; four laborers, at one hundred and forty-four dol-
lars per annum each ; three pipe fitters, at three hundred and thirty
dollars per annum each; one blacksmith, at two hundred and seventy
dollars per annum.
Street cleaning and collection of garbage:
One superintendent, at two thousand dollars per annum, and
quarters in kind in the Botanical Gardens; one inspector, class eight;
one launch master, class nine; two foremen. Class D; one clerk and
interpreter. Class D ; six foremen. Class G ; one captain of launch. Class
H ; one engineer of launch, Class H ; one assistant engineer of launch,
Class I ; one steersman of launch. Class J ; two firemen, at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each ; three sailors, at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each; hire of labor, not to exceed twenty
thousand dollars.
Street construction and bridges:
One sux)erintendent, at two thousand three hundred dollars per
annum; two inspectors, class eight; two inspectors, class nine; one
foreman of rock quarry, class nine; one engineer, rock quarry, class
nine; three engineers for road rollers, Class A; one*engineer for road
584 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
roller, Class D; four foremen, Class D; two foremen, Class G; one
launch master. Class D; one captain of launch. Class H; one engineer
of launch. Class II; one assistant engineer of launch. Class I; one
steersman. Class J; two firemen, at one hundred and eighty dolUffS
per annum each ; three sailors, at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each; hire of labor, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars; hire
of labor for operation of rock quarry, not to exceed six thousand
dollars.
Buildings and illumination :
Superintendent, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
one carpenter, class nine; one plumber, class nine; five superintend-
ents of markets. Class H; two chief janitors, Class J; hire of labor for
cleaning and care of public buildings, not to exceed seven thousand
dollars.
Building inspection :
Inspector of buildings, class six; one building inspector, class
eight; one draftsman, at one thousand three hundred dollars per
annum; two building inspectors, class nine; one clerk, Class C; two
building inspectors, Class D; one clerk. Class I.
Inspection of boilers:
One inspector of boilers, class six.
City shops:
One property clerk and superintendent of repair shops, class six;
one clerk, class nine; one storekeeper. Class C; one clerk. Class C;
one wheelwright, class nine ; one harness maker, class nine ; one black-
smith, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum; one wheel-
wright. Class A; one blacksmith. Class A; one wheelwright. Class H;
one blacksmith, Class H; one harness maker. Class H; one wheel-
wright. Class I; one blacksmith. Class I; hire of labor, not to exceed
three thousand dollars.
Drafting and surveys:
One assistant engineer, class seven; one assistant engineer, class
eight; one draftsman, Class H; two chainmen, Class I; two drafts-
men. Class I; one rodman, Class I.
Sewers:
One engineer and inspector of sewers, class eight; one foreman,
Class G.
Weights and measures:
One sealer of weights and measui-es, class nine; one inspector of
weights and measures. Class I; one clerk. Class I.
lYansportation :
One veterinary surgeon, at one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; one stable foreman, c'ass nine; one assistant stable fore-
man. Class A; one clerk. Class A; one blacksmith, Cla&s A; one
blacksmith's helper, Class I; twenty-five teamsters. Class B; twenty-
five teamsters. Class C; one hundred and thirty teamsters, Class J;
hire of labor, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing survey work on hand in the Department:
One transit man, class eight; two draftsmen. Class G; three chain-
men. Class G; one chainman, Class I; five rodmen. Class I.
Parks:
One foreman. Class D; two foremen. Class G; hire of labor, not to
exceed five thousand dollars.
Cemeteries:
Two superintendents. Class II.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 586
For continuation of preliminary survey of new water system :
One engineer in charge, at four thousand dollars per annum; one
surveyor, class six, and incidental expenses not to exceed three thou-
sand three hundred dollars.
For the preliminary survey for a new sewer system :
One engineer in charge, at three thousand dollars per annum; one
assistant engineer, class six ; one draftsman, class seven ; one rodman.
Class A.
Miscellaneous labor as may be necessary, not to exceed fifteen thou-
sand dollars.
For an allowance to Morris A. Mont, lat« launch master, class nine,
in lieu of accrued leave of absence, not to exceed two hundred dollars.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Public Works, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city
of Manila: For repairs to city bndges; purchase and transportation
of drain, road, and street material; repairs and supplies for barges
and launches; coal for crematories; coal and oil for quarry; forage for
horses and other animals; repairs to city stables and corrals; purchase
of hose, tools, and miscellaneous supplies; repairs to harness, carts,
and wagons; purchaseof materials for shoeing public animals; main-
tenance of public grounds and parks; development and extension of
rock quarry; repairs to markets and municipal buildings; care, clean-
ing, and supplies for municipal and public buildings; operating and
repairs to dredge; lighting of parks, public buildings, and streets;
material for extension and increase of electrical service; oil for light-
ing public buildings; repairs to crematories; purchase of horses,
males, carts, harness, and wagons, and hire of bull carts when neces-
sary; veterinary medicines and supplies; supplies for cemeteries;
construction of river wall; purchase and installation of machinery
and tools; construction and operation of ferry at Santa Ana; con-
struction of scows for hauling rock; purchase of street paving blocks
for Calles Escolta and Rosario, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars;
purchase and location of sewer pipe; purchase and location of new
fire and post hydrants; location of new water mains; repairs to water
system; repairs to Santolan road; repairs to machinery at pumping
station; cleaning of reservoir and care of grounds; transportation of
materials for water supply; purchase of scales and track and installa-
tion thereof at the matadero; purchase of coal for pumping station
and water-supply shops; miscellaneous repairs and supplies, water
supply; purchase of water pipe and fittings for extensions and repair
to water system, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.
Total for public works, two hundred and seventeen thousand
dollars.
Contingent exijenses. Department of Engineering and Public Works,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses,
including purchase of office furniture and supples; rent of market
sites, poUce stations, and schoolhouses; telephone service; payment
of claims for buildings destroyed to prevent contagion; supplies for
continuation of general city survey work; supplies for renumbering
houses; burial of pauper dead and persons dying of contagious dis-
eases; printing and binding; hire of vehicles in Manila on official
business when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insu-
lar Purchasing Agent, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars;
and other incidental expenses; twenty-four thousand dollars.
The city of Manila is authorized, in the discretion of the Municipal
Board, to cooperate by agreement with the provincial board of Rizal
586 LAWS OP imiTED STATES PHILIPPTKE COmOSSlON.
in the improvement of sach roads beyond the limits of the city as are
used by the suburban residents thereof, and to expend from funds
herein appropriated for street purposes in the city of Manila such
sum as the Municipal Board may deem wise in the improvement of
suburban roads.
Salaries and wages, Department of Assessments and CoUectioDS,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and four: City Assessor and Col-
lector, at four thousand dollars per annum; Chief Deputy Assessor,
at three thousand dollars per annum ; Chief Deputy Collector, at three
thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, class five; two clerks, class
six; three clerks, class seven ; one clerk, at one thousand five hundred
dollars per annum ; five clerks, class eight; thirteen clerks, class nine;
two clerks, class ten; one clerk. Class A; four clerks, Class C; one
clerk. Class F; ten clerks. Class G; one clerk, Class H; eighteen
clerks. Class I; thirty-five clerks. Class J; one foreman, at one hmi-
dred and eighty dollars per annum; forty-six employees, at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; three employees, at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; ten laborers, at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each; thirty-four thousand
dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of Assessments and Collections,
city of Manila, nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses,
including purchase of office furniture and supplies; oil, wood, and so
forth, for matadero; advertising; coolie hire; post-of&ce box rent;
repairs to office furniture; hire of vehicles in Manila on official busi-
ness when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular
Purchasing Agent, not to exceed three hundred and sixty dollars;
printing and binding; and other incidental expenses; five thousand
dollars.
Tax refunds. Department of Assessments and Collections, city of
Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For the refund of industrial,
land, and other taxes, erroneously collected, refund of which has been
or may be duly authorized in accordance with law, one thousand five
hundred dollars: Provided^ That refunds made in pursuance of this
appropriation shall be charged in whole to the city of Manila.
Salaries and wages, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and four: Chief, at three thousand dollars per annum; deputy
chief, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; one electri-
cian, class five; one assistant electrician, class seven; one chief engi-
neer, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; two clerks,
class eight; twelve captains, two of whom shall be for three months,
class nine, with quarters in kind; six engineers, two of whom shall be
for three months, class nine, with quarters in kind; two linemen, class
nine; one lineman, class ten; eight lieutenants, two being for three
months, class ten, with quarters in kind; one blacksmith, class ten,
with quarters in kind; one clerk. Class A; thirty-eight drivers, Cl^
A, with quarters in kind; four lieutenants. Class D, with quarters in
kind; four engineers. Class D, with quarters in kind; four linemen,
Class H; five drivers, Class J, with quarters in kind; thirty-seven
pipemen, three being for three months, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each, with quarters in kind; twelve truckmen, two
being for three months, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum
each, with quarters in kind; forty-two thousand five hundi^ dollars.
Equipment, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred
and four: For the purchase of equipment for fire apx)aratus, horses,
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 587
and general supplies; purchase of bedsteads and bedding for fire
stations; purchase of repair wagon for fire and police alarm system,
and harness; maintenance and repairs to apparatus and equipment;
extension of police-alarm system; painting of poles and other inci-
dental expenses; twenty- three thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including office furni-
ture and supplies, forage for horses, printing and binding, and other
incidental expenses, six thousand five hundred dollars.
Salaries and wages, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and four:
Office of the City Attorney:
City Attorney, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
assistant city attorney, at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; two clerks, class six; one clerk, class seven; two clerks,
class eight; two clerks, class nine; one employee, at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum; eight thousand two hundred and sixty
dollars.
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney:
Prosecuting Attorney, at four thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; first assistant prosecuting attorney, at two thousand five
hundred dollars x>er annum; second assistant prosecuting attorney,
at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; third
assistant prosecuting attorney, at two thousand dollars i)er annum;
fourth assistant prosecuting attorney, at one thousand four hundred
dollars per annum; fifth assistant prosecuting attorney, at one thou-
sand two hundred dollars per annum; two clerks, class eight; four
clerks, class nine; one clerk, Class A; one employee, at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum; eleven thousand two hundred and
thirty-five dollars.
Office of the sheriff of Manila:
Sheriff, at three thousand dollars per annum ; one deputy sheriff,
at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; one deputy sheriff,
at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; two deputy sheriffs,
at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; four deputy
sheriffs, at two hundred and forty dollars per annum each ; two deputy
sheriffs, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; two
employees. Class A; one clork. Class C; two employees, Class J; nine
laborers, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; six
thousand two hundred and twenty doUars.
Municipal court:
One judge, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one
clerk of court, class seven; one interpreter, class seven; one deputy
clerk of court, class ten; one deputy clerk of court, Class C; two
deputy clerks of court. Class D; one employee, at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum; four thousand eight hundred and seventy
dollars.
Office of the Register of Deeds:
One Register of Deeds, at two thousand dollars per annum; one
deputy register of deeds, class ten; one interpreter, Class D; two
clerks, Class I; two clerks, Class J; one employee, at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum; two thousand four hundred dollars.
Justice of the peace courts:
Two justices of the peace, at one thousand dollars per annum each;
two clerks of justice of the peace courts, at three hundred dollars per
588 LAWS OF imiTED 8TATB8 PHILIPPIKE COMMISSION.
annam each ; two clerks of jostice of the peace courts, at one hnndred
and twenty dollars per annam each; one thousand four hundred and
twenty dollars.
Total for salaries and waives, thirty-four thousand four hundred
and five dollars.
Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of
office furniture and supplies, and forage for horses; advertising;
interpreters', notaries' public, registrars', and other authorized fees;
court costs ; necessary transportation for official business of the Munic-
ipal Court, not to exceed one hundred and forty dollars and forty
cents; for the hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when sudi
transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent,
not to exceed one hundred dollars; printing and binding, and oUier
incidental expenses; four thousand four hundred and ten dollars.
Salaries and wages, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and four: Chief of Police, at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; one inspector and assistant chief of police, at two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant inspector, at
two thousand dollars per annum; one chief of the Secret Service, at
three thousand dollars per annum; one surgeon, at one thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum; one assistant surgeon, at one thou-
sand four hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, claSs six; six clerks,
class eight; four clerks, class nine; two clerks, Class A; eight clerks;
Class D; three employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each; seven captains, at two thousand dollars per annum each,
three lieutenants, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annam
each; three lieutenants, at one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum each; twenty-three first-class sergeants, at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum each; twenty- three first-class roundsmen,
at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum each ; three hundred
and twenty-four first-class patrolmen, at nine hundred dollars per
annum each; eighteen second-class sergeants, at four hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each; eighteen second-class roundsmen, at
three hundred and seventy-five dollars per annuni each; ninety-eight
second-class patrolmen, at three hundred dollars per annum each; ten
third-class sergeants, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum
each; ten third-class roundsmen, at three hundred dollars per annam
each ; two hundred and eighty-six third-class patrolmen, at two hun-
dred and forty dollars per annum each; one detective, at two thou-
sand dollars per annum; one detective, at one thousand eight hun-
dred dollars per annum; one detective, at one thousand six hundred
dollars per annum; one detective, at one thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum; one detective, at one thousand four hundred dollars
per annum; five detectives, at one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum each; two detectives, at one thousand dollars per annum each;
one detective, at nine hundred dollars per annum; three detectives,
at six hundred dollars per annum each; three detectives, at four hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum each; six detectives, at two hun-
dred and forty dollars per annum each; one launch master, at one
thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one mate, at nine hundred
dollars per annum ; one engineer, at four hundred and eighty dollars
per annum ; three assistant engineers, at three hundred and sixty dol-
lars per annum each; six firemen, at two hundred and forty dollars
per annum each; eight deck hands, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; four boatmen, at one hundred and fifty dollars per
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annum each; three employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each; and for pay of si)ecial policemen on account of epidemics,
not to exceed one thousand dollars; two hundred and sixty thousand
dollars: Provided^ That no member of the police force shall act as
steward of a police mess.
Equipment, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For equipment of police force, including purchase of
police-alarm boxes and telephones, together with incidental supplies
in connection therewith, not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars;
purchase of patrol wagon, harness, handcuffs, eight hundred revolvers,
reloading tools, and other incidentals; sixteen thousand dollars.
Secret-service fund. Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen
hundred and four: For a fund to be expended in the discretion of the
Chief of Police with the approval of that member of the Municipal
Board who is chairman of the committee on police in securing secret
information, pictures of criminals for the rogues' gallery, and for pay-
ment of subsistence and traveling expenses of detectives working
on cases beyond the limits of the city of Manila, one thousand two
hnndred dollars.
CJontingent expenses. Department of Police, city of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase
of office furniture and supplies; forage for horses and other animals;
coal; repairs and supplies for the river and harbor police launch;
subsistence of prisoners; advertising; hire of vehicles in Manila on
official business when such transportation can not be furnished by the
Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed two thousand four hundred
dollars; printing and binding; and other incidental expenses; eleven
thousand dollars.
Salaries and wages. Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred and four: One clerk, class seven; one clerk. Class
D ; one employee, at two hundred and eighty-eight dollars per annum ;
one hundred and fifty teachers for six months, not to exceed an aggre-
gate of thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars; fifty teachers for
five and one-half months, not to exceed an aggregate of nine thousand
six hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Niffht schools:
Fifteen principals, not to exceed an aggregate of three thousand six
hundred and sixty dollars; six principals, not to exceed an aggregate
of one thousand three hundred and eight dollars; eighty- five teachers,
not to exceed an aggregate of fifteen thousand five hundred and fifty-
five dollars; thirty-five teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of three
thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars; twenty clerks, at ninety
dollars per annum each ; sixty- four thousand two hundred dollars.
CJontingent expenses, Department of City Schools, city of Manila,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase and transportation of office and school furniture and supplies,
printing and binding, and other incidental expenses, eight hundred
dollars.
Salary and expense fund, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and
four: For the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and
employees of the city of Manila, which are properly chargeable to the
city of Manila and not otherwise specially provided for, including
half salary and traveling expenses of employees from the United
States to Manila, and for the payment to the ^states of deceased
employees of salaries due such employees for the leaves of absence
to which they were entitled at the time of their deaths, in accordance
590 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight,
one thousand dollars.
Payment of sums due under the appropriation last made shall be
by the Auditor by settlement warrants.
Salary and expense fund, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and
three: For the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and
employees of the city of Manila which are properly chargeable to the
city of Manila and not otherwise specially provided for, including
half salary and traveling expenses of employees from the United
States to Manila, and for the payment to the estates of deceased
employees of salaries due such employees for the leaves of absence
to which they were entitled at the time of their deaths, in accordance
with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight,
five hundred dollars.
Payments of sums due under the appropriation last made shall be
by the Auditor by settlement warrants.
Transportation, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and four: To
enable the city of Manila to reimburse the Insular Purchasing Agent
for transportation furnished under the provisions of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety-eight, five thousand five hundred dollars.
Transportation, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: To
enable the city of Manila to reimburse the Insular Purchasing Agent
for transportation furnished under the provisions of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety-eight, ten thousand six hundred dollars.
Transportation, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and two: To
enable the city of Manila to reimburse the Insular Purchasing Agent
for transportation furnished under the provisions of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety-eight, eight thousand dollars.
In all, for the city of Manila, nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand
and fifteen dollars.
Sec. 2. The payment of certain vouchers from the firm of Manuel
Earnshaw and Company, covering repairs to the steam launch Wash-
ington, during the month of March, nineteen hundred and three,
amounting to three thousand nine hundred and forty-seven dollars,
Mexican currency, and an additional voucher for extra work on said
launch amounting to eight hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety-
nine cents, Mexican currency, is hereby authorized: Provided, That
the Auditor shall approve the disbursement of these sums, the pro-
visions of sections thirty and thirty-one of Act Numbered One hun-
dred and eighty- three to the contrary notwithstanding, in view of the
circumstances in this case, which were that the work of repairs had
been begun with the information that the cost thereof probably would
not reach five hundred dollars, but that the necessity for additional
repairs costing more than five hundred dollars was shown when the
launch was placed in dry dock and unknown defects then discovered,
when it would have involved a large additional expense to delay
until bids could be invited in accordance with law.
Sec. 3. In all cases in which provision for the salary of a clerkship
or grade heretofore provided for by law is not made by this Act, such
clerkship or grade is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen hun-
dred and three, until five days after the passage of this Act, and,
when necessary, an additional appropriation of the amount required
for the payment of such salary is hereby made.
Sec. 4. No moneys appropriated in this Act are available for with-
drawal in other than United States currency or Philippines cu^
rency, at the option of the Insular Treasurer. In any case where it
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appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Finance and Justice
that any obligation of the Philippine Government, entered into by
contract or otherwise, is legally payable only in Mexican or Spanish-
Filipino currency, and the appropriation available therefor is in
United States currency or Philippines currency, the Secretary of
Finance and Justice may authorize the Insular Treasurer to transfer
to the proper disbursing oflScer the amount of Mexican or Spanish-
Filipino currency required for said payment, in exchange for the
equivalent amount in United States currency or Philippines currency
at the authorized rate of exchange at the time such exchange is made.
Notice of such exchange with the authority therefor shall be given
forthwith to the Auditor by the Treasurer and the disbursing officer
concerned.
All moneys appropriated prior to the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and four paid out of the Treasury after July first, nineteen hundred
and three, shall be payable only in United States currency or Philip-
pines currency, at the option of the Insular Treasurer: Provided^
however^ That exchange between Mexican or Spanish-Filipino cur-
rency and United Stateis or Philippines currency may be had as pro-
vided in this section.
Sec. 5. 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 Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 23, 1903.
[No. 805.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of seven thousand five hundred dollars, United
States currency, to the Province of Capiz.
JBy authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
CoTHTnission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any fiinds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven thou-
sand five hundred dollars, United States currency, or its equivalent
in Philippines currency, in the discretion of the Insular Treasurer, to
be loaned to the Province of Capiz, and to be expended by the pro-
vincial board of that province for the general purposes of the provin-
cial government.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in the first section of this Act shall
be paid to the supervisor-treasurer of the Province of Capiz upon the
production by him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago of
a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Province
of Capiz accepting such loan and agreeing to repay the same, without
interest, in three annual payments, one-third on or before one year
from the date of acceptance of the loan, one-third on or before two
years from said date, and one-third on or before three years from the
date of such acceptance.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the si)eedy 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
592 LAWS OF UKITED STATES PHILIPPIKB G0MMIS8I01C.
tn the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This aot shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 23, 1903.
[No. 806.]
AN ACT amending Act Nombered Six handled and twenty-fleyen, providing for
the regristration, under the provisionB of The Land Registration Act. of all lands
lying within the bonndaries lawfully set apart for military reserraticms, and aD
lands desired to be purchased by the Gk)vemment of the United States for mili-
tary purposes, by striking out ttierein the word *' buildings."
By authority of the United Staies^ be it enacted by the PhUippim
Commission y thai:
Section 1. Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven, entitled
*'An Act to bring immediately under the operation of *The Land
Registration Act ' all lands lying within the boundaries lawfully set
apart for military reservation, and all lands desired to be purchased
by the Government of the United States for military purposes," is
hereby amended by striking out the word "buildings" appearing in
said Act as follows: In the first and fifth lines of section one; in the
tenth line of section two; in the sixth, tenth, and thirteenth lines of
section three; in the first and fifth lines of section four, and in tiie
nineteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-fifth lines of section 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-sixtii, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 24, 1903.
[No. 807.]
AN ACT making appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular Goyemxnent
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and other
designated periods.
By authority of the United StcUes, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be, respectively, necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not ofiierwise
appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the Insular
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and four, this appropriation being for the first half of said fiscal
year, unless otherwise stated. The appropriations herein made, ex-
cept for fixed salaries for the first half of said fiscal year, shall be
available for obligations of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four,
unless otherwise stated :
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
For salaries of the President and seven Commissioners, at five
thousand dollars i>er annum each, twenty thousand dollars.
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EXECUTIVE.
For salaries as follows: Civil Governor, at Mteen thousand dollars
per annum; Secretary of the Interior, at ten thousand five hundred
dollars per annum ; Secretary of Commerce and Police, at ten thousand
five hundred dollars per annum; Secretary of Finance and Justice, at
ten thousand five hundred dollars -per annum; Secretary of Public
Instruction, at ten thousand five hundred dollars per annum; twenty-
eight thousand five hundred dollars.
EXBCUTTVE BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and four:
Executive Secretary, at seven thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; Assistant Executive Secretary, at four thousand dollars per
annum; chief clerk, at two thousand seven hundred and fif^ dollars
per annum; law clerk, class four. '
Translating division:
Chief of division, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
chief translator, class four; one clerk, class four, at two thousand
four hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, class five; two clerks,
class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, class nine; two clerks.
Class A; one clerk. Class F* one messenger, at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum.
Legislative division:
Recorder of the Commission, at two thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars j)er annum; two clerks, class six; two clerks, class seven; two
clerks, class eight; two clerks, class nine; one clerk. Class C: one
messenger, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum.
Administration and finance division :
Chief of division, class four; two clerks, class five; two clerks, class
six; three clerks, class seven; five clerks, class eight; two clerks, class
nine; one clerk. Class A; two clerks. Class C; four employees, at two
hundred and forty dollars per annum each; ten messengers, at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Records division:
Chief of division, class four; one clerk, class six; five clerks, class
seven; five clerks, class eight; four clerks, 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 messenger, at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum.
Mailing division:
Chief of division, class six; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, class
ten; one clerk. Class F; three employees, at two hundred and forty
dollars per annum each; three employees, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each.
Disbursing office:
Disbursing officer, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
one clerk, class eight: one employee, at three hundred dollars per
annum.
Custodian force:
One janitor. Class A; one watchman, at seven hundred and eighty
dollars per annum; fourteen laborers, at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each.
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Private secretaries to the Civil Governor and members of the
Philippine Commission:
Private secretary to the Civil Ck)vemor, at two thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum; three private secretaries, at two thousand
four hundred dollars per annum each; one private secretary, at one
thousand eight hundred dollars i>er annum; one private secretary, at
one thousand four hundred dollars per annum ; two private secretaries,
at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each.
Per diems of five dollars for the United States Army officer detailed
as aide-de-camp to the Civil Governor.
In all, for salaries and wages, sixty-four thousand dollars.
Transportation, Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and four:
For the actual and necessary traveling exi>enses of officials and
employees on official business; transportation of supplies, and for the
rental of vehicles in Manila on official business when such transporta-
tion can not be furnished by the {nsular Purchasing Agent, not to
exceed one hundred dollars, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent exi>enses, Malacafian Palace, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses of Malacafian Palace, including light-
ing of park, purchase and repair of furniture, improvement of
grounds and stables, and other incidental expenses, five hundred
dollars.
Contingent expenses. Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including a fund not exceeding four
thousand dollars to be expended in the discretion of the Ci\il Gov-
ernor; electric lighting and supplies for Ayuntamiento Building;
purchase of office furniture and supplies; cablegrams; advertising,
and other incidental expenses, twenty-four thousand dollars.
In all, for the executive Bureau, eighty-eight thousand seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
PHILIPPINB CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred and four: Three members, at three thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum each; one examiner, class three; one examiner, class
five; two examiners, class six; three examiners, class seven; five
examiners, class eight; four clerks, 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 employee, Class I; one employee. Class J; one employee, atone
hundred and eighty dollars per annum ; extra allowance for disburs-
ing clerk, at two hundred dollars per annum; extra allowance for
chief examiner, at five hundred dollars per annum; twenty thousand
seven hundred and forty dollars.
Transportation, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hundred
and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees, four hundred dollars.
Contingent exi)enses, Philippine Civil Service Board, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For contingent expenses, including furniture, office
supplies, and other incidental expenses, one thousand four hundred
dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Service Board, twenty-two thousand
five hundred and forty dollars.
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BUREAU OF THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nine-
teen hundred and four: Insular Purchasing Agent, at four thousand
five hundred dollars per annum; Local Purchasing Agent, at three
thousand five hundred dollars per annum ; Assistant Insular Purchas-
ing Agent, at three thousand dollars per annum; one chief clerk,
class five; one disbursing officer and cashier, class four; one clerk,
class five; one buyer, class five; one buyer, class six; five clerks,. class
seven; one superintendent of transportation, class seven; five clerks,
class eight; one superintendent of lumber yard, class eight; fourt-een
clerks, class nine; one superintendent of coal yard, class nine; one
superintendent of hardware department, class nine; one corral fore-
man, class nine; four blacksmiths, at one thousand and eighty dollars
per annum each; one wheelwright, at one thousand and eighty dollars
per annum; one carpenter, atone thousand and eighty dollars per
annum; one painter, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum;
one saddler, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum; one clerk,
at one thousand and fifty dollars per annum; two clerks, class ten;
seven clerks. Class A; six four-horse truck drivers. Class A; one chief
watchman. Class A; one assistant foreman, at three dollars per diem,
for three months; four clerks, Class B; five clerks, Class C; ten watch-
men. Class C; twenty-two teamsters. Class C; thirteen clerks, Class
D, one being for three months; three clerks. Class E; fifteen mechan-
ics at two hundred and ninety-four dollars per annum each; three
mechanics, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; twelve
messengers, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; one
hundred and eighty cocheros and laborers in transportation depart-
ment, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; for the hire
of launch and lorcha crews, one thousand seven hundred and seventy
dollars; for the pay of assistant foremen, at not to exceed three dol-
lars per diem, and temporary clerks, not to exceed five thousand six
hundred and sixty dollars; and laborers, as from time to time may be
necessary, in the coal and lumber yards and for the handling of sup-
plies, not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars; one hundred and one
thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including
office supplies, stationery, telegrams, rents and repairs, forage for
animals, vehicles and harness, purchase of animals, veterinary sup-
plies and attendance, repairs to transportation, and other incidental
exi)en8es, thirty thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, one hun-
dred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BOARD OP HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Salaries and wages. Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen hundred and four: Chief Health Inspector, at three thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum; Sanitary Engineer for the
Philippine Islands, at three thousand five hundrcJd dollars per
annum; Sanitary Engineer for the city of Manila, at three thousand
dollars per annum; one physician, at three thousand five hundred
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dollars per annum ; secretary, at two "thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum; four medical inspectors, at two thousand five
hundred per annum each; one clerk, class five; fourteen medical
inspectors, class five: Provided, That in any case where the physi-
cian appointed to fill one of the foregoing positions has been in the
service of this Government by detail from the Medical Department
of the United States Army, he may enter the classified service with-
out examination upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of
Public Health and the approval of the Philippine Civil Service
Board; three employees, class six; three employees, class seven; four
employees, class eight; eleven employees, class nine, one a chief
trained nurse, being for three months; thirteen employees, class
ten, one a physician for leper hospital; twenty-eight employees,
Class A, one being for one month, and three trained nurses being
for three months; nine employees, at seven hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; two employees. Class C; six employees, Class D;
one employee, at four hundred and fifty dollars per annum; ^ye
employees. Class H; forty-six employees. Class I; five employees,
at two hiindred and eighty-eight dollars 'per annum each; thirty-
three employees. Class J, eleven being for four months; thirty- two
employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, eight-
een being for four months; thirteen employees, at one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each; thirty-one employees, at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each ; twenty-five employees at ninety
dollars per annum each ; three employees, at seventy-two dollars per
annum each; twelve employees, at sixty dollars per annum each;
president of the board of health of Samar, at one thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars per annum; president of the board of
health of Antique, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum;
president of the board of health of Mindoro, at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum; president of the board of health of
Surigao, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; per diems
of eight dollars to the Army officer detailed as Commissioner of Pub-
lic Health ; per diems of five dollars to the Army officer detailed as
assistant to the Commissioner of Public Health; extra allowance for
disbursing clerk, at two hundred dollars per annum; for the hire of
such temporary emergency employees as may be necessary in the
suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, not to
exceed eighteen thousand dollars; per diem allowances of one dollar
and fifty cents to Army medical officers in lieu of any loss from the
discontinuance of commutation of quarters owing to their detail for
civil duty with the Board of Health in the suppression and extermi-
nation of epidemic diseases and pests, not to exceed five hundred dol-
lars; for salaries of vaccinators temporarily employed in tJhie prov-
inces, not to exceed thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; compen-
sation of secretary-treasurers and examiners' fees, as provided by
law, for the Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Pharmacentie&l
Examiners, and the Board of Dental Examiners, not to exceed seven
hundred dollars; compensation of ten cents per diem each to not
to exceed twelve leper police at San Lazaro Hospital.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and seventeen thousand
five hundred dollars.
Support of hospitals, plants, and stations. Board of Health for the
Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and four: For support and main-
tenance of the women's department, San Lazaro Hospital; leper depart-
ment, San Lazaro Hospital; bubonic plague and smallpox hospital;
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morgue; crematory; cholera and detention hospital; disinfecting
plant; municipal dispensaries; Hospiciode San Jose; Colegio de Santa
Isabel; veterinary department; leper colonies at Oulion, Cebu, and
Palestina, including clothing and a gratuity of ten cents per week to
each leper inmate; and free dispensing of medicines and medical sup-
plies to indigent natives: Promded, That from this appropriation no
funds shall be expended in the payment of either permanent or tem-
porary salaries or wages; seventy thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
P^iblic works, construction of leper colony at Culion, Board of
Health for the Philippine Islands: The unexpended balance of funds
appropriated in Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety for the con-
struction of a leper colony at Culion is hereby made available for
withdrawal until expended.
Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board
of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and four: For
the suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests;
rentals; equipment and maintenance of hospitals, plants, and camps
in the provinces and stations for epidemic diseases, including medi-
cines for the same; expenses of disposition of the dead for sanitary
reasons; subsistence of employees and inmates of hospitals, plants,
and camps outside the city of Manila; traveling expenses of vacci-
nators temporarily employed in the provinces, not exceeding six thou-
sand nine hundred dollars; expenses incurred in the distribution of
distilled water; purchase of disinfectants; reimbursement for prop-
erty, clothing, and so forth, destroyed to prevent the spread of epi-
demics in the provinces; expenses incurred in cleaning up infected
districts; medicines and medical supplies for indigent natives; con-
tingent expenses incident to the maintenance and operation of the
pail system in the Mariquina Valley, the source of the water supply
of the city of Manila, not to exceed two thousand six hundred dollars;
purchase of disinfecting apparatus; and other incidental expenses:
Provided, That no portion of this appropriation shall be available for
the payment of either permanent or temporary salaries or wages ; thirty
thousand five hundred dollars.
T^nsportation, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nine-
teen hundred and four: For the transportation of freight and the
actual and necessary traveling expenses of regular and permanent
officers and employees outside of the city of Manila; purchase of
forage for animals for four months; purchase of ambulances; repairs
to vehicles; rental of launches for inspection in the harbor and river
of Manila, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars; hire of
vehicles in Manila on official business when such transportation can
not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed
three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; eighteen thousand
five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including office
supplies; repairs to furniture; rent of telephones; cablegrams, post-
age, and telegrams; construction of road for the cholera hospital at
San Lazaro; medical and professional books and periodicals; surgical
instruments; incidentals for the Board of Medical Examiners, the
Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, and the Board of Dental
Examiners; and other incidental expenses; five thousand five hun-
dred dollars.
Salaries and wages, installation of the pail system in the city of
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Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred
and four: One superintendent of the pail system, class six; one clerk,
class eight; one clerk, class nine; three overseers, class nine; one
blacksmith, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum, for four
months; one clerk, class ten; ten teamsters, Class B; eight teamsters,
Class C; one watchman. Class C; two assistant overseers. Class F;
one foreman, Class F; one clerk. Class G; six carpenters, at fonr
hundred and forty dollars per annum each; one harness maker. Class
H, for four months; five foremen. Class H; one foreman, Class 1;
eleven pilots, Class J; two employees, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; and for the hire of laborers, not to exceed
an aggregate of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars; thirty-one
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, installation of the pail system in the city of
Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of trucks,
forage for horses, four odorless excavators, extra parts for odorl^s
excavators, fire extinguishers, tools, materials, supplies, chemicals,
lumber, rent of telephone, hire of bull carts and bancas; hire of
vehicles in Manila on official business when such transportation can
not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed
seven hundred dollars; construction of public midden sheds; pur-
chase of pails, furniture, supplies, and equipment to replace property
destroyed by fire, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars; ground
rent for public closet at Santa Monica; and other incidental expenses;
fifty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, three
hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars:
Provided, That inasmuch as under the present organization in the
office of the Board of Health a number of clerks and employees have
been carried as emergency employees and paid from the emergency
fund provided for the suppression and extermination of epidemic dis-
eases and pests, and as that policy is now departed from in this bill,
an indefinite appropriation is hereby made sufficient to pay such
clerks and employees for the month of July, nineteen hundred and
three, and no longer.
QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Salaries and wages. Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and four:
Two officers, at two thousand two hundred doUara per annum each;
one officer, at two thousand dollars per annum ; six officers, at one
thousand six hundred dollars per annum each; two officers, at one
thousand six hundred dollars per annum each for one month; one
officer, at nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum ; one engineer,
class nine; two clerks, class ten, at one thousand and twenty dollars
per annum each; one chief disinfector. Class A; one watchman, Class
A; two disinfectors. Class D; two engineers, Class F; one assistant
engineer, Class F; one vaccinator and disinfector, Class F; two disin-
fectors. Class H; one cook. Class H; two clerks and disinfectors,
Class I; two clerks and disinfectors. Class J; one mechanic, Class J;
two disinfectors' assistants, Class J; one messenger, at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum ; fifteen attendants, at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each; seven employees, at one hundred and
twenty dollars per aunum each; launch crews, including one patron
at five hundred and forty dollars per annum, two patrons at four
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hundred and twenty dollars per annnm each, one engineer at five
hundred and forty dollars per annum, two engineers at four hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each, one assistant engineer at three
hundred and ninety dollars per annum, one quartermaster at two
hundred and seventy dollars per annum, two quartermasters at one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, two firemen at two hun-
dred and seventy dollars per annum each, four firemen at one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum each, four sailors at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each, and six sailors at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each, not to exceed three thousand one
hundred and fifty dollars; and emergency attendants and disinfect ors,
not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars; total for salaries and
wages, nineteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
Commutation of quarters, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred
and four: For two officers, at forty dollars per month each; for five
officers, at thirty dollars per month each; for two officers, at thirty
dollars per month each for one month; for one officer, at twenty-five
dollars per month; one thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.
Transportation, Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and four:
For transportation of supplies; for the maintenance and operation of
launches, including repairs and the purchase of coal, oil, tools, and
supplies; traveling expenses of officers and employees on official busi-
ness within the Archipelago and of an officer to visit neighboring for-
eign ports to facilitate quarantine agreements; and other incidental
expenses; five thousand three hundred dollars.
Support of Mariveles Quarantine Station, Quarantine Service, nine-
teen hundred and four: For the support of Mariveles Quarantine Sta-
tion, including purchase of equipment and supplies, coal and disin-
fectants and the transfer of same; row boat; and other incidental
expenses, including repairs to buildings and wharf; twelve thousand
six hundred and twenty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Quarantine Service, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including rent of buildings and offices
at Manila, IloUo, and Cebu; purchase of office furniture and supplies;
apparatus; forage; medical instruments and publications; cablegrams;
telephone service; and other incidental expenses; three thousand
three hundred and ninety dollars.
In all, for the Quarantine Service, forty-two thousand eight hun-
dred dollars.
FORESTRY BUREAU.
Salaries and wages. Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and four:
Assistant Chief of Bureau, at three thousand dollars per annum; six
foresters, at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum each ; two
clerks, class six; four inspectors, class six; one clerk, class seven ; one
civil engineer, class eight; five clerks, class eight; three assistant
inspectors, class eight; five clerks, class nine; three assistant inspect-
ors, class nine; one skilled workman, class nine; six assistant inspect-
ors, Class A; four clerks. Class A; four assistant insi)ectors. Class C;
four clerks. Class D ; thirteen rangers. Class D ; eight skilled workmen.
Class F; forty rangers. Class G; two draftsmen. Class H; six skilled
workmen. Class H; seventy-five rangers. Class I; six clerks, Class I;
thirteen skilled workmen. Class J; six laborers, at one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each; three messengers, at one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each; per diems of five dollars to the army
officer detailed as Chief of the Bureau; extra allowance for disbursing
clerk, at two hundred dollars per annum ; and hire of laborers for field
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parties, not to exceed two thousand three hundred and forty dollars;
in all, for salaries and wages, sixty-five thousand nine hundred and
twenty dollars.
Transportation, Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and four: For
the actual and necessary traveling exi>enses of officers and employees;
per diems of one dollar for employees above the grade of Class D in
lieu of traveling expenses, except cost of transportation, when absent
from their stations on official business, cost of transportation herein
provided being construed to include subsist-ence when traveling on
steamships; per diems of twenty-five cents for employees station^ in
the provinces in lieu of cost of forage for horses to be furnished iy
them and used as means of transportation in and about the territory
covered by them ; transportation of freight; hire of vehicles in Manila
on official business when such transportation can not be furnished by
the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed three hundred dollars;
four thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Forestry Bureau, nineteen hundred and four:
For contingent expenses, including rent of offices, laboratory, grounds,
and telephones; purchase of wood samples and materials; purchase
of books, periodicals, seeds, and plants; and other incidental expenses;
eight thousand four hundred and sixty-four dollars.
In all, for the Forestry Bureau, seventy-eight thousand three hun-
dred and eighty- four dollars: Provided^ That the Chief of the For-
estry Bureau is authorized, for the purpose of promoting the proper
treatment of woods in cabinetmaking and other allied arts and the
making of fine furniture as a trade in these Islands, to carry on in a
limited way the finishing of furniture and manufactured articles of
wood and to make a reasonable charge therefor, depositing the
receipts in the Insular Treasury as miscellaneous receipts and account-
ing to the Auditor therefor. The official receiving the money thus
earned shall be designated by the Auditor and proj^rly bonded.
MINING BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and four:
Chief of Bureau, at three thousand dollars per annum; mining engi-
neer and assay er, class six; one clerk, class nine; one clerk. Class C;
one clerk. Class D; one clerk, Class F; two clerks, Class I; one
employee, atone hundred and twenty dollars per annum ; oneemployee,
at eighty dollars per annum; four thousand three hundred doUars.
Transportation, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and four: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and employees,
including the traveling expenses of the mining engineer while collect-
ing mineral 8i)ecimens in the United States, not to exceed eighty-
eight dollars; two hundred and eighty-eight dollars.
Contingent expenses, Mining Bureau, nineteen hundred and four:
For contingent exi)enses, including office supplies, stationery, ice,
water, oil, purchase of mineral specimens not to exceed six hundred
and fifty dollars, and other incidental expenses, eight hundred and
eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
In all, for the Mining Bureau, five thousand four hundred and
seventy-five dollars and fifty cents.
PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred
and four: Director, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
three assistant directors, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
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annom each; secretary and librarian, at one thousand four hundred
dollars per annum; three observers, at nine hundred dollars per
annum each; three calculators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each; two assistant observers, at six hundred dollars per
annum each; one assistant librarian, at six hundred dollars per
annum; two assistant calculators, at three hundred dollars per annum
each; one draftsman. Class C; one draftsman, Class D; one mechanic.
Class C; one mechanic. Class D; one mechanic. Class G; one
mechanic. Class I; .two messengers, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum each; seven chief observers for first-class branch stations, at
six hundred dollars per annum each; seven assistant observers for
first-class branch stations, at one hundred dollars p^r annum each;
eleven observers, for second-class branch stations, at three hundred
dollars i)er annum each; twenty-six observers for third-class branch
stations, including one at Guam, at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each; ten observers for rain stations, at ninety dollars per
annum each; one observer-telegrapher, at nine hundred dollars per
annum; extra allowance for disbursing clerk, at two hundred dollars
per annum; seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars: Provided^
That in the discretion and upon authorization by the Director of the
Weather Bureau any third-class observer may engage in private busi-
ness or accept employment from another branch of the Insular or
Federal Government and receive compensation therefor, anything in
existing laws prohibiting the payment of extra compensation to Gov-
ernment employees to the contrary notwithstanding: And provided
further^ That such additional Government employment shall be
entered upon only after arrangement therefor shall have been
mutually agreed upon between the Director of the Philippine Weather
Bureau and the head of the other Bureau or Ofl&ce concerned.
Transportation, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred and
four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and the transportation of supplies, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of sta-
tionery and supplies; cablegrams; electric lights; installation of
instruments in branch stations; rents; t-elephone service; meteoro-
logical equipment and instruments for the Philippine Weather
Bureau station at the Saint Louis Exposition, not to exceed six hun-
dred dollars; expense incident to the establishment and operation of
a station at the Island of Guam; and other incidental expenses; three
thousand dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Weather Bureau, twenty thousand nine
hundred and fifty dollars. J
BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
four: Chief of Bureau, at three thousand two hundred dollars per
annum; one clerk, class four; one clerk, class six; one draftsman,
class six; two clerks, class seven; one draftsman, class eight; three
clerks, class eight; three clerks, class nine; one clerk, class ten; one
surveyor. Class C; one draftsman. Class G; two draftsmen, Class H;
four clerks. Class H; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dol^
lars oer annum; eight thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars.
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TraDsportation, Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and
four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees and for the hire of transportation for employees engaged
in work upon the San Lazaro estate, not to exceed two dollars and
twenty-five cents per day, when such transportation can not be fur-
nished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, three hundred and sixty-
four dollars and fifty cents.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including office supplies, office
furniture, and other incidental expenses, five hundred and ninety-
one dollars and sixty-eight cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Lands, nine thousand four hun-
dred and forty-one dollars and eighteen cents.
BUREAU OP AGRICULTURE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
four: Chief of Bureau, at four thousand dollars per annum; Assist-
ant Chief of Bureau, at three thousand dollars per annum ; one Direc-
tor of Animal Industry, class three; one fiber expert, class five; one
expert in charge of seed and plant introduction, class five; one super-
intendent of Government farms, class six; one expert in tropical
agriculture, class eight; one expert in plant culture and plant breed-
ing, class nine; one superintendent of experimental station, Manila,
cl^ nine; one expert in farm machinery and management, class ten
one clerk, class five; one clerk, class seven; three clerks, class eight
two clerks, class nine; one gardener. Class A; one overseer, Class A
two clerks. Class C; two teamsters. Class C; two horticultural appren
tices, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each ; two employees,
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; one manager of
stock farm, class five; one foreman at stock farm. Class C; one team-
ster at stock farm, Class C ; one foreman experimental station, Manila,
Class F; one foreman, Batangas, Class D; extra allowance for dis-
bursing clerk, at two hundred dollars 'pev annum; and labor required
in the city of Manila and elsewhere, not to exceed four thousand
seven hundred and forty dollars; twenty-four thousand nine hundred
and fifty dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred and
four: For per diems of two dollars and fifty cents for officials and
employees on official travel under the same provisions as applied to
the traveling examiners of the Auditor's and Treasurer's Offices by
Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-eight, and the transportation
of supplies, one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Agriculture, nineteen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including collecting and pur-
chasing valuable seeds, roots, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, and plants
for exi)eriment, cultivation, and distribution; for subscription to
and purchase of scientific and technical books, magazines, period-
icals, and publications necessary for the work of the Bureau; prepar-
ing reports and procuring illustrations for the same; purchase of
stationery, furniture, and other necessary office supplies; rent of
post-office bo^ and telephone; electric Ughting; purchase and hire of
horses, mules, and other working animals; purchase of harness, carts,
and wagons, and repairs for same; forage for animals; blacksmiths'
tools, forges, shoeing of animals, veterinary attendance and suppUes,
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carpenter tools, lumber, nails, agricultural tools and machinery, and
scientific instruments; lease or purchase of land in or near Manila
for experimental purposes; for rents and incidental expenses; seven
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Agriculture, thirty-three thousand two
hundred dollars.
The funds appropriated by section eleven of Act Numbered Five
hundred and twelve for the establishment and maintenance of an
agricultural college and experiment station at La Carlota, are hereby
made available for the payment of such salaries and wages as may
have been or may be duly authorized by law or resolution of the
Commission ; and the appropriation made by Act Numbered Seven
hundred and ninety-five for "Salaries and wages, Bureau of Agricul-
ture, nineteen hundred and three," is hereby transferred and made a
proper charge against the funds appropriated by Act Numbered Five
hundred and twelve.
BUREAU OP NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen
hundred and four: Chief of Bureau, at three thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; assistant chief of Bureau in charge of Moro
affairs, for two months, at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; one ethnologist, at two thousand four hundred dollars per
annum; one clerk, class seven; one collector of natural-history speci-
mens, class eight; one clerk, class eight; one clerk, class nine; one
assistant collector of natural-history specimens. Class D; two clerks.
Class G; one assistant collector of natural-history specimens. Class J;
one employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; one
janitor, at ninety dollars per annum ; seven thousand three hundred
dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen hundred
and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees engaged in collecting data and material and the trans-
portation of supplies; hire of vehicles in Manila on official business
when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent, not to exceed one hundred dollars; one thousand two
hundr^ dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, nineteen
hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of
office furniture and supplies, books and instruments, rent, and other
incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, ten thousand
dollars.
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen
hundred and four: Superintendent of Government Laboratories, at
six thousand dollars per annum ; Director of the Biological Labora-
tory, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; Director of
the Serum Laboratory, at two thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; one pathologist and investigator, class two; one chemist and
investigator, class three; one bacteriologist, class four; one patholo-
gist, class five; one analyst, class five; one botanist, class five; one
physiological chemist, class six; one assay er, class six; one bacteri-
ologist, class six; one entomologist, class six; one clerk, class seven;
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one chemist, class seven; one analyst, class seven; one analjBt, at
one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one bacteriologist, at
one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one librarian, class
eight; one bacteriologist, class eight; one entomologist, class eight;
two clerks, class eight; one bacteriologist for Serum Laboratory, cla^
nine; one photographer, class nine; one assistant bacteriologist and
preparator of sections, class nine ; one assistant bacteriologist, class
nine; one preparator of vaccine, class nine; one chief inoculator, class
nine; one clerk, class nine; one assistant photographer. Class A; one
clerk. Class A; one laboratory assistant. Class A; two inoculators.
Class A ; two emergency inoculators, at two dollars and fifty cents
per diem; one preparator of culture media. Class D; one employee,
at four hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one draftsman, at four
hundred and fifty dollars per annum; two employees. Class I; one
janitor, Class J; three employees. Class J; one employee, at two hun-
dred and sixteen dollars per annum; one employee, at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum; four employees, atone hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each; seven employees, at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each ; twenty-five laborers, at one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum each; thirty-one thousand eight hundred
and forty-eight dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees; transportation of supplies; hire of vehicles in
Manila on official business when such transportation can not be fur-
nished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed one hundred
dollars; one thousand nine hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including rent of
Laboratory buildings, telephones; purchase of apparatus, not to
exceed four thousand dollars; purchase of animals for vaccine, plague
serum, and diagnostic work, forage for such animals, ice, office sup-
plies, furniture, photographers' supplies, cablegrams, lighting, repairs
to apparatus, purchase of chemicals and disinfectants, and other
incidental expenses, thirteen thousand one hundred and twenty-three
dollars: Provided^ That the Superintendent of Government Labora-
tories is authorized to contract for additional apparatus, including
lathes and tools for instrument maker, and building, not already pro-
vided for in other Bureaus, to be delivered within one year, at a cost
of not to exceed seven thousand six hundred dollars, and books at a
cost of not to exceed seven thousand seven hundred and fifteen dol-
lars and eleven cents.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, forty-six thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars.
The Bureau of Government Laboratories is hereby authorized and
directed to make such analyses and examinations and to f urni£^ such
vaccines, serums, and prophylactics as may be required by each Bureau
and Office of the Insular Government in the transaction of its official
business, without charge therefor: Provided^ That all cash receipts
from the sale of vaccines, serums, and prophylactics furnished to the
Board of Health for the Philippine Islands by the Bureau of Grovem-
ment Laboratories shall be transferred monthly by the cashier of the
Board of Health to the cashier of the Bureau of Government Labo-
ratories with such vouchers as may be prescribed by the Auditor. The
Superintendent of Government Laboratories shall submit at the close
of each fiscal year to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Auditor
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a statement of the amount of &ueh of&cial work done for, and supplies
furnished to, each Bureau and Ofl&ce of the Insular Government accord-
infc to the official scale of charges fixed for the same, together with a
statement of the amount of work, vaccines, serums, and prophylactics
furnished by the Bureau of Government Laboratories for which charges
have been made and accounted for to the Auditor, as required by law.
These provisions shall not apply to the city of Manila or to the pro-
vincial or municipal governments, from which the usual fees shall be
collected.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL HOSPITAL.
Salaries and wages, Philippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred and
four: Attending Physician and Surgeon, at three thousand dollars per
annum ; two house surgeons, at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum each ; one superintendent, class eight ; one dispensing clerk,
class nine; one chief nurse, at one thousand and twenty dollars per
annum; one clerk, class ten; one clerk. Class A; one matron. Class A;
one dietist. Class B; one nurse. Class B; thirteen nurses, Class C; one
clerk. Class D ; nine ward attendants. Class D ; two ambulance drivers.
Class D ; one employee. Class G ; two employees, Class I ; one employee,
at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, with subsistence and
quarters; six employees, at one hundred and fifty-six dollars per
annum each; six employees, at one hundred and thirty-two dollars per
annum each; six employees, at one hundred and eight dollars per
annum each; nine employees, at eighty- four dollars per annum each,
with subsistence; extra allowance for disbursing clerk, at two hundred
dollars per annum; salary allowance at the rate of two thousand dol-
lars per annum to the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon to
August fourteenth, nineteen hundred and three, while on accrued
leave, said position having been abolished under the provisions of Act
Numbered Seven hundred and seventy- three; and for the employment
of substitutes in places of clerks and employees granted leaves of
absence, not to exceed five hundred dollars; sixteen thousand six hun-
dred and one dollars and eighty-two cents.
Contingent expenses, PhUippine Civil Hospital, nineteen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of drugs
and medicines; medical and surgical supplies and instruments; rent
of buildings; electric lighting; telephones; subsistence of patients
and employees; purchase of coal, ice, forage for horses, horse, oil,
harness, typewriter, fuel, apparatus and equipment; repairs to equip-
ment and furniture; hire of vehicles in Manila on official business
when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent, not to exceed two hundred dollars; and other inci-
dental exi)enses; twenty-seven thousand and forty-two dollars.
In all, for the Philippine Civil Hospital, forty-three thousand six
hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty- two cents.
CIVIL SANITARIUM, BENGUBT.
Salaries and wages, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and four: Attending Physician and Surgeon, at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum; one dispensing clerk, class nine; one
nurse and housekeeper. Class A; one nurse. Class C; one employee.
Class D; one employee. Class F; one employee. Class J; one employee,
atone hundred and eighty dollars per annum; three employees, at
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ninety-six dollars per annum each; two employees, at sixty dollars
per annum each; hire of emergency laborers, not to exceed two hun-
dred dollars; three thousand dollars.
Improvement of grounds, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet: For the
improvement and beautifying of Sanitarium grounds, two thousand
five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including hospital supplies, com-
missary and subsistence supplies, drugs, medicines, transportation
of supplies, forage, purchase of milk cows and carabao, woven-wire
fencing, and other incidental expenses, four thousand dollars.
In all, for the Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nine thousand five hun-
dred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
BUREAU OF POSTS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and four:
Director of Posts, at six thousand dollars per annum; Assistant
Director of Posts, at three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
per annum; one clerk, class three; two clerks, class five; one post-
office inspector, class four; three post-office inspectors, class five;
three post-office inspectors, class six; tWo clerks, class six; four
clerks, class seven; three clerks, class eight; three clerks, class nine;
one clerk, class ten ; two clerks. Class D ; one clerk. Class I ; one clerk,
Class J; three employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars x)er annum
each; extra allowance for disbursing clerk, at two hundred dollars
per annum ; twenty thousand dollars.
Traveling expenses, Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and four:
For an allowance of two dollars and fifty cents per day in lien of
actual traveling expenses to post-office inspectors while traveling on
official business, and for the actual and necessary traveling expenses
of other employees, two thousand dollars.
Mail transportation. Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and four:
For inland mail transportation, sea transportation of mails, transpor-
tation of mails through foreign countries; and for the salaries and
wages of fifteen postal clerks on mail trains and mail steamers, not
exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; thirty
thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Posts, nineteen hundred and four:
For contingent expenses, including mail equipment, supplies, and
other incidental expenses, six thousand dollars.
Post-Office Service:
Salaries and wages, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and four:
One postmaster, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
one assistant postmaster, class four; one postmaster, class five; one
postmaster, class six; three postmasters, class seven; seven postmas-
ters, class eight; eight postmasters, class nine; seven postmasters,
class ten; one superintendent money-order division, class five; one
superintendent of mailing division, class six; one superintendent
of registry division, class six; one superintendent of free-delivery
division, class six; four clerks, class seven; sixteen clerks, class
eight; twelve clerks, class nine; fifteen clerks, class ten; ten clerks,
Class A; one clerk. Class B; five clerks, class C; three clerks. Class
E; eighteen clerks, class F; six clerks, class H; four clerks, Class I;
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fourteen employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each ;
thirty clerks in offices outside of Manila, not to exceed an aggregate
of two thousand dollars; compensation of postmasters appointed under
the provisions of sections three and four of Act Numbered One hun-
dred and eighty-one, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars; and for
the employment of substitutes in places of postmasters and employees
granted leaves of absence, not to exceed one thousand five hundred
dollars; eighty thousand dollars.
The Director of Posts is hereby authorized to appoint postmasters,
as provided in sections three and four of Act Numbered One hundred
and eighty-one, but at salaries not exceeding nine hundred dollars
per annum each, in lieu of the commissions on the gross receipts of
their respective offices as provided therein, whenever the necessities
of the postal service demand such action.
Contingent expenses, Post-Office Service, nineteen hundred and four :
For contingent expanses, including expenses of stamp agencies in
Manila, not to exceed two dollars per month each ; rent and lighting
of post-offices; furniture; supplies; and other incidental expenses;
six thousand five hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Posts, one hundred and forty-four thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Construction, maintenance, and operation of telegraph, telephone,
and cable lines, Signal Service, nineteen hundred and four: For sal-
aries and wages of three clerks, class six; one clerk, class eight; four
clerks, class nine; one blacksmith, class ten; three employees, Class
H; two employees. Class I; twenty-six employees. Class J; one hun-
dred and ninety-one employees. Class K; and such temporary day
laborers as may be necessary, not to exceed in all for salaries and
wages, twenty- two thousand doUai-s; for rent of buildings to be used
as telegraph and telephone offices and illuminating supplies for same,
not to exceed five thousand dollars; and for the purchase of poles
and other supplies necessary for the construction, maintenance, and
operation of telegraph, telephone, and cable lines, not to exceed
twenty-three thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars.
BUREAU OP PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and four: For
the difference between the pay of brigadier-general and colonels,
respectively, and that of their respective ranks in the United States
Army, of the officers detailed as Chief and assistant chiefs of the
Philippines Constabulary, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of
the Congress of the United States entitled: "An Act to promote the
efficiency of the Philippines Constabulary, to establish the rank and
pay of its commanding officers, and for other purposes," approved
January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, six thousand three
hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Field, staff, and line officers:
One lieutenant-colonel and assistant chief, at three thousand dollars
per annum; two majors and assistant chiefs, at two thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; one captain and adjutant,
at two thousand dollars per annum; one captain and assistant chief
supply officer, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; one
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oaptain and paymaster, at two thousand dollars per annnm; four
captains and examiners, not to exceed an aggregate of three thousand
dollars; one captain and commissary, at two thousand dollars per
annum; one captain and quartermaster, at one thousand six hundred
dollars per annum ; one captain and ordnance officer, at one thousand
four hundred dollars per annum; four captains and surgeons, at one
thousand eight hundred dollars per annum each; four majors and
senior inspectors, at two thousand dollars per annum each; forty-
three captains and inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of thirty-
four thousand five hundred dollars; fifty first lieutenants and
inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of twenty-eight tJiousand dol-
lars; seventy second lieutenants and inspectors, not to exceed an
aggregate of thirty-four thousand dollars; eighty third lieutenants
and inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of thirty-four thousand
dollars; forty-five subinspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of t<»n
thousand eight hundred dollars; extra compensation to fifty-two
inspectors detailed as supply officers at two hundred dollars per
annum each, not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Any unexpended balance heretofore appropriated under the head
of ** Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three,"
is hereby made available for the payment of an allowance of not to
exceed two hundi*ed and forty-eight dollars and eighty-nine cents to
Lewis C. Dean, for services as third lieutenant and inspector, Philip-
pines Constabulary, from January twelfth to May fourth, nineteen
hundred and three, in addition to his pay as an enUsted man in the
Unit^ed States Army.
Enlisted strength :
For the pay of not exceeding six thousand enlisted men of all
grades, not to exceed an aggregate of three hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars.
Information division:
One captain and 8Ui)erintendent, at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; one assistant superintendent, at one thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum; two detectives, at one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum each; two detectives, at one thou-
sand two hundred dollars per annum each; three detectives, at one
thousand and eighty dollars per annum each; three detectives, at
nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; three detectives,
at eight hundred and forty dollars per annum each; four detectives,
at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; five detectives,
at five hundred and forty dollars per annum each; fiye detectives, at
three hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; eleven thousand
dollars.
Telegraphic division:
For per diems of five dollars for the United States Army officer
detailed as superintendent; six first-class telegraphic inspectors, not
to exceed an aggregate of four thousand two hundred dollars; six
second-class telegraphic inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of
three thousand three hundred dollars; eight third-class telegraphic
inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of four thousand dollars; ten
fourth-class telegraphic inspectors, not to exceed an aggregate of
four thousand five hundred dollars; forty telegraph operators, not
to exceed an aggregate of sixteen thousand two hundred dollars;
twenty telegraph linemen, not to exceed an aggregate of eight thou-
sand dollars; for the pay of enlisted telegraph operators, not to
exceed an aggregate of five thousand eight hundred and fifty dol-
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Ihts, and for compensation of enlisted men detailed for duty as line-
men in addition to their pay proper, not to exceed one thousand two
hiindi*ed and fifty dollars; forty-two thousand dollars.
Clerks:
One clerk, class seven; seven clerks, class eight; six clerks, class
nine; seven clerks, class ten; eight clerks, Class A; four clerks.
Class C; four clerks. Class F; two clerks, Class G; two clerks.
Class H; two clerks, Class I; five clerks, Class J, and forty clerks
for supply officers, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars;
twenty-two thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.
Skilled employees and laborers:
One armorer and gunsmith, atone thousand dollars per annum;
one blacksmith and wheelwright, at nine hundred dollars per an-
num; three packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each; three teamsters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each ; two employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each; six employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each ; and for hire of laborers, not to exceed an aggre-
gate of four thousand dollars; six thousand five hundred dollars.
Total for salaries and wages, five hundred and eighty-eight thou-
sand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, Philippines Constabulary,
nineteen hundred and four: For cloth, woolens, material, and
manufacture of clothing and equipage; purchase, repair, and preser-
vation of arms, ammunition, and equipments; and for allowance
for clothing not drawn in kind to enlisted men upon discharge;
eighty thousand dollars.
Barracks and quarters, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and four: For allowance for offices, arsenals, and guardhouses; for
commutation of quarters to officers assigned to duty in the city of
Manila when quarters are not furnished by the Insular Government,
at not to exceed fifteen dollars per month each ; for repairs to Govern-
ment buildings and stables; construction and hire of buildings and
stables, and for fuel and illuminating supplies; thirty-five thousand
dollars: Provided, That inspectors of the Philippines Constabulary
shall be entitled to quarters in kind: And provided further , That no
amount in excess of the amount actually and necessarily paid for
quarters shall be allowed to any officer of the Philippines Constab-
ulary stationed outside of Manila, and no payment for rent of such
quarters shall be made in excess of the amount to which the officer or
officers occupying the same are entitled under existing Constabulary
Regulations.
Transportation, Philippine Constabulary, nineteen hundred and
four: For transportation of officers, enlisted men, prisoners when not
chargeable to provincial funds, animals, and supplies; for the pur-
chase and hire of draft animals, harness, carts, wagons, and so forth;
forage for animals; purchase of horses and equipments for mounted
service; veterinary attendance and supplies; and for subsistence of
officers and enlisted men while traveling under orders, and of enlisted
men only while on compaign; seventy thousand dollars.
Secret-service fund, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and four: For a contingent fund to be used for secret-service pur-
poses, and for the payment of rewards in the discretion and under the
direction of the Chief or Acting Chief, ten thousand dollars.
Telegraph and telephone service, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen
hundred and four: For the construction, maintenance, and repair of
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telegraph and telephone lines, inclading purchase of materials and
supplies and transportation of same, twenty-four thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of office fur-
niture and supplies; newspapers, periodicals, and professional books;
post-office expenses; for medical treatment and medicines for officers
and enlisted men; for burial expenses of officers and enlisted men;
for 8ubsistenex3 of prisoners; purchase of musical instruments for the
Constabulary Band, not to exceed five thousand four hundred and
eighty-six dollars, and other incidental expenses; fifteen thousand
dollars: Provided^ That officers shall be entitled only to reimburse-
ment for hospital charges incurred by them by reason of injuries or
disabilities received in line of duty.
In all, for the Philippines Constabulary, eight hundred and twenty-
two thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and four:
Warden, at three thousand dollars per annum; two assistant wardens,
at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum each; physician, at
two thousand dollars per annum; master mechanic, at one thousand
six hundred dollars per annum; two clerks, class eight; one dispens-
ing clerk and superintendent of identification division, class eight;
one foreman of shops, class eight; three inspectors, class nine; three
clerks, class nine; one foreman of shops, class nine; one baker, class
nine; twenty- four guards. Class A; one clerk. Class A; one foreman
of shops. Class C; one overseer. Class C; one foreman. Class D; one
overseer, Class D; two sergeants. Class H; one clerk, Class H; two
clerks. Class I; two assistant overseers. Class I; ten keepers. Class I;
two hospital stewards. Class I; one laundryman, Class I; two chap-
lains, at three hundred dollars per annum each; twenty-eight guards,
Class J; one clerk. Class J; one teamster, at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum; extra allowance for disbursing clerk, at two hun-
dred dollars per annum; thirty thousand dollars: Provided^ That the
Warden and two assistant wardens shall be required to reside at the
prison and shall receive quarters in kind in addition to salary, and
such employees as may be required by the Warden to reside at the
prison shall likewise be assigned quarters in kind.
Equipment for manufacturing plant and materials for same. Bureau
of Prisons, nineteen hundred and four: For purchase of machinery,
tools, and other permanent manufacturing equipment, and for pur-
chase of materials used in manufacturing departments, thirty-seven
thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and four:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office supplies, oil,
fuel, medicines and supplies, mess furniture, clothing for prisoners,
tobacco for prisoners, forage for animals, arms for guards, handeuflfe,
and leg irons, subsistence for prisoners, electric lighting, burial of
deceased prisoners, reimbursement to prisoners of earnings as hired
laborers outside of prison prior to American occupation, general
repairs, transportation of material, and other incidental expenses,
seventy-five thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Prisons, one hundred and forty- two thou-
sand dollars.
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BUREAU OF COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and four: Superintendent of Construction, Mainte-
nance, and Operation of Vessels, at two thousand five hundred dol-
lars per annum; Superintendent of Light-Houses, Buoys, and so forth,
at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; inspector of ma-
chinery, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum;
one clerk, class five; one disbursing officer, class six; one clerk, class
six; one draftsman, class seven; one clerk, class seven; four clerks,
class eight; four clerks, class nine; one storekeeper, class ten; one
storekeeper, Class A; three clerks, Class A; two assistant storekeep-
ers. Class F; one clerk. Class J; three employees, at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each; five employees, at one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum each; per diems of five dollars each for the
United States naval officer detailed as Chief of the Bureau, and the
United States Army officer detailed as Superintendent of Light-
Houses, Buoys, and so forth; sixteen thousand dollars.
Light-House Service, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and four: For the expenses of the Light-House
Service, including salaries of captain of light-house tender CorregidoVy
at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; captain of light-
house tender Picket, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum;
two first-officers, one being for emergencies only, at nine hundred dol-
lars per annum each ; one second-officer, at seven hundred and twenty
dollars per annum; one mate, at six hundred dollars per annum; one
chief engineer, at one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; one
chief engineer, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum ; two first
assistant engineers, one being for emergencies only, at nine hundred
dollars 'per annum each; five machinists, two of whom being for emer-
gencies only, at four hundred and twenty dollars per annum each;
one machinist, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; four
oilers, two boatswains, one carpenter, one steward, and two cooks, at
two hundred and forty dollars per annum each; wages of authorized
petty officers and crews; salaries of six light-keepers, at four hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each ; eleven light-keepers, at four hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum each; twelve light-keepers, at
three hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; nineteen light-
keepers, at three hundred dollars per annum each; twenty-seven
light-keepers, at two hundred and forty dollars per annum each;
seven light-keepers, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum
each; seven light-keepers, at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each; one light-keeper, at ninety-six dollars per annum; four
light-keepers, at sixty dollars per annum each; one light-keeper, at
forty-eight dollars per annum; two light-keepers, at thirty dollars per
annum each; not to exceed fifteen apprentices, to be stationed in the
discretion of the Chief of the Bureau, at not to exceed one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each; wages of authorized boatmen:
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;
for the maintenance and operation of a repair shop and storehouse in
connection with the division of light-house construction, including
salaries and wages of one assistant overseer, at nine hundred dollars
per annum; one foreman, at three hundred dollars per annum ; and
necessary mechanics and laborers, and supplies, not to exceed three
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thousand dollars; for necessary repairs to light stations now in opera-
tion, not to exceed five thousand dollars; for imjH'ovement of existing
lights by the installation of more powerful lenses, not to exceed seven
thousand dollars; for maintenance and operation of tenders, iiielod-
ing purchase of coal, oil, and other supplies, and repairs, not to exceed
twenty- throe thousand four hundred dollars; buoyage, not to exceed
eight thousand dollars; and other incidental expenses, seventy-one
thousand four hundred dollars.
Cutters, and launches. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and four: For expenses in the maintenance of cut-
ters and launches, including the steam launch Pittsburg under the
same provisions of law as apply to the steam launch Hoover; salaries
and wages of pay officer, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum; pay clerk, class nine; seventeen captains, at one thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum each; four masters, at one thousand
two hundred dollars per annum each; eighteen first officers, at nine
hundred dollars per annum each; eighteen second officers, at seven
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each ; four mates, at six hun-
dred dollars per annum each ; seventeen chief engineers, at one thou-
sand six hundred dollars per annum each; four chief engineers, at
one thousand and eighty dollars per annum each; eighteen assistant
engineers, at nine hundred dollars per annum each; four assistant
engineers, at four hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; four
assistant engineers, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum
each; two engineers, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum
each; three engineers, at three hundred dollars per annum each;
thirty-four machinists, at four hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each; forty-eight oilers, at two hundred and forty dollars
per annum each; seven firemen, at two hundred and forty dollars
per annum each; two patrons, at four hundred arid eighty dollars
per annum each; three patrons, at three hundred dollars per annum
each; sixteen boatswains, at two hundred and forty dollars per
annum each; sixteen carpenters, at two hundred and forty dollars
per annum each; sixteen stewards, at two hundred and forty dollars
I)er annum each ; sixteen cooks, at two hundred and forty dollars per
annum each, and authorized petty officers, crews, and laborers: Pro-
videdy That the Chief of the Bureau, with the approval of the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Police, may employ additional officers, petty
officers, and crews, as may be required to man cutters or launches
which may be added to those already under the control of the Bureau,
the compensation of such officers and men to be determined by the
provisions of law applying to vessels of similar classes: AridpmM^
further. That the Chief of the Bureau may employ temporarily an
additional man of the same grade to replace any man sent to hospital
from one of the vessels; for the purchase of coal, oil, outfits; commu-
tation of rations; subsistence of postal clerks; repairs; and other
incidental expenses; two hundred and thirty-five thousand doUare:
Provided, That postal clerks while on duty on coast-guard cutters
shall be furnished subsistence in kind by the Bureau of Coast Guard
and Transportation.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including adver-
tising, electric lighting, purchase of office furniture and supplies; sub-
sistence and uniforms for cadets of the Nautical School on Coast Guard
vessels, not to exceed two thousand dollars; for medical treatment and
medicines for officers, petty officers, and crews of cutters and launches,
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and other incidental expenses; two thousand five hundred dollars:
Provided^ That officers shall be entitled only to the reimbursement for
liospital charges incurred by them by reason of injuries received in
line of duty.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, three
hundred and twenty-four thousand nine hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nineteen
hundred and four: One clerk, class eight, at one thousand five hun-
dred dollars i)er annum; two clerks, Class D; three clerks. Class E;
two clerks, Class F; eight clerks. Class G; one apprentice draftsman,
at two hundred and forty dollars per annum; one apprentice drafts-
man, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum ; one messenger,
at one hundred and eighty dollars i>er annum; four thousand five
hundred dollars.
Field and steamer expenses. Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey,
nineteen hundred and four: For field expenses, including pay of five
observers, at not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum each; one watch officer and one chief engineer, at not to exceed
one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars per annum each, without
subsistence; salaries and wages of petty officers, crews, and emergency
employees; rations and uniforms for petty officers and crews; repairs
and supplies for the maintenance and operation of steamers engaged
in survey work; and for the hire of launches, and other incidental
exx)enses; eighteen thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase
of office supplies; hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when
such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing
Agent, not to exceed sixty dollars; and other incidental expenses; five
hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, twenty-three
thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF ENGINEERING.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
four: Consulting Engineer, at five thousand dollars per annum; prin-
cipal assistant engineer, at three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; chief of supervisors, at three thousand dollars i)er annum;
one assistant engineer, class three; one assistant engineer, class four;
one draftsman, class five; one clerk, class six; one assistant engineer,
class seven; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, class ten; three drafts-
men, Class D; one messenger, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; and for the hire of such assistant engineers, draftsmen, sur-
veyors, and employees, with the approval of the Secretary of Com-
merce and Police, as may be necessary from time to time to accomplish
authorized work, not to exceed three thousand dollars; twelve thou-
sand dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees, transportation of supplies, and for the hire of vehicles in
Manila on official business when such transportation can not be fur-
nished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, not to exceed one hundred
and fifty dollars; one thousand two hundred dollars.
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Public works, Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and four:
For expenses in connection with such public works, examinations, and
surveys as may be authorized by the CJommission, including the cost
of labor and necessary equipment, twelve thousand dollars: Provided,
That where an appropriation has been made for any specific work
the contingent, incidental, and any other expenses in connection witii
the same shall be payable from the appropriation made for such work.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Engineering, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of supplies and
surveying instruments; services and supplies necessary to complete
the survey and preparation of plans of church and friar lands under
the direction of the Commission, not to exceed three hundred and fifty
dollars; and other incidental expenses; three thousand three hundred
dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Engineering, twenty-eight thousand five
hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR TREASURER.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hun-
dred and four : Treasurer, at seven thousand dollars per annum ; Assist-
ant Treasurer, at four thousand dollars per annum; three clerks, class
three; three clerks, class four; seven clerks, class five; seven clerks,
class six; seven clerks, class seven; seven clerks, class eight; seven
clerks, class nine; one clerk. Class C; five clerks. Class D; two clerks.
Class I; one clerk. Class J; one employee, at two hundred and ten
dollars per annum; two employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars
per annum each; extra allowance for disbursing clerk, at two hun-
dred dollars per annum ; thirty-eight thousand dollars : Provided^ That
with the concurrence and approval of the Secretary of War first had,
rule forty-eight of Act Numbered Ninety, as amended by Act Num-
bered Five hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amended by sub-
stituting the words "Assistant Treasurer of the Islands " for the words
"Cashier of the Treasurer of the Islands" in the second line, and by
substituting the words *' four thousand doUara" for the words "three
thousand dollars" in the seventh line, of the second paragraph of said
rule forty-eight.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen hundred
and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees; per diems for deputies and examiners in official travel
in connection with the examination of accounts as provided for by
Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-eight, and for the expenses
incurred in the transfer of funds to and from the pro\dnces, eight
thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, nineteen
hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including the purchase
of office furniture, safes, and supplies; the payment of premiums on
surety bonds, rebates of unearned premiums on surety bonds can-
celled or transferred, and other incidental expenses; eleven thousand
dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Treasurer, fifty-seven thousand
dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR AUDITOR.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hun-
dred and four: Auditor, at seven thousand dollars per annum; Dep-
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nty Auditor, at four thousand dollars i)er anuum; three clerks, class
three; four clerks, class four; two clerks, class five; nine clerks, class
six; seven clerks, class seven; thirteen clerks, class eight; fourteen
clerks, class nine; six clerks, class ten; four clerks, Class A; two
clerks, Class B ; two clerks. Class C ; three clerks, Class D ; three clerks,
Class E; two clerks. Class F; two clerks. Class G; two clerks. Class
H; two clerks. Class I; two employees, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dol-
lars per annum each; extra allowance for disbursing clerk, at two
hundred dollars per annum; fifty-six thousand dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hundred
and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of ofl&cers
and employees and per diems of officers and employees in official
travel in connection with the examination of accounts as provided in
Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-eight, five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of the Insular Auditor, nineteen hun-
dred and four : For contingent expenses, including stationery, supplies,
and other Incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Auditor, fifty-seven thousand
five hundred dollars.
BUBEAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and four: Collector of Customs, at seven thousand doUars
per annum; Deputy Collector of Customs, at four thousand dollars
per annum; Special Deputy Collector of Customs, at four thousand
dollars per annum ; two additional deputy collectors of customs, at
three thousand dollars 'per annum each; Surveyor of Customs, at four
thousand dollars per annum; deputy surveyor of customs, class two;
deputy surveyor of customs, class three.
Office of the Collector of Customs:
One clerk, class seven; two clerks, class eight.
Office of the Deputy Collector of Customs:
One clerk, class seven; one clerk, class nine.
Office of the Surveyor of Customs:
One admeasurer, class three; one assistant admeasurer, class six;
one clerk, class seven; one clerk, class eight; three clerks. Class F;
one inspector of boilers, class four; one inspector of hulls, class five;
one harbormaster, class five; one clerk, class nine; three patrolmen.
Class I; one superintendent of semaphore station. Class D, at six
hundred and thirty dollars per annum; one assistant superintendent
of semaphore station. Class G; two messengers, at one hundred and
ninety-two dollars per adinum each.
Division of insular customs accounts :
Disbursing officer, class five; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, class
ten; one clerk, Class D; three clerks, Class J; one messenger, at
ninety dollars per annum.
Correspondence division:
One clerk, class six ; three clerks, class seven ; six clerks, class eight ;
five clerks, Class A; one clerk. Class C; oue clerk. Class F; two mes-
sengers, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each ; two mes-
sengers, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Board of protests and appeals:
One clerk, class four; two clerks, class eight.
Cashier's division :
Cashier, class one; assistant cashier, class five; one teller, class
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nine; one clerk, class ten; three clerks, Class A; three clerks, Class
C; one clerk, Class I); one clerk, Class I; one clerk, Class J; tvo
messengers, at ninety dollars per annum each.
Appraiser's division:
Appraiser of textiles, class three; three appraisers, class five; four
examiners, class seven; four examiners, class eight; twelve examin-
ers,, class nine; twenty examiners, class ten; nine employees, atone
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; two messengers, at
ninety dollars per annum each.
Importation, exportation, and navigation division:
Chief of division, class five; one clerk, class seven; one liquidator,
class eight; one clerk, class eight; twoclerks, class nine; four clerks,
class ten; one clerk. Class A; two clerks. Class D; three clerks, Class
I ; two messengers, at ninety dollars per annum each.
Liquidation division:
Chief of division , class five ; one clerk, class eight ; three liquidators,
class nine; two liquidators, class ten; two liquidators, Class D; two
liquidators. Class F; two messengers, at ninety dollars per annum
each.
Inspector's division:
Chief of division, class five; one clerk, class seven; two inspectors,
class eight; two inspectors, class nine; two inspectors, class ten;
twenty-six inspectors. Class A ; four weighers. Class F ; twenty guards,
Class I; twelve weighers, Class J; seventy-five guards. Class J.
General-order stores and bonded warehouse division:
Chief of division, class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, class
ten; two storekeepers, class ten; fifteen storekeepers. Class A; two
clerks. Class A; seven clerks. Class I; fifteen clerks, Class J; twenty-
five employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each;
seventeen employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each; two messengers, at ninety dollars per annum each.
Consular and statistical division:
Chief of division, class five; one clerk, class seVen; two clerks, class
nine; five clerks, class ten; five clerks. Class A; two clerks, Class D;
four clerks. Class J ; one messenger, at ninety dollars per annum.
Immigration division:
Chief of division, class five; one clerk, class seven; one immigra-
tion inspector, class eight; two immigration inspectors, class nine;
one Chinese interpreter, Class D; one employee. Class J; two
employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; one
messenger, at ninety dollars per annum.
Passenger and baggage division:
Chief of division, class six; one clerk, class eight; two baggage
inspectors, class ten; two baggage inspectors. Class A; one inter-
preter. Class D; four employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each.
Harbor launch division :
Chief of division, class six; one clerk, class eight; one clerk, class
nine; two launch insi)ectors, Class A; three launch inspectors, Class
J; one employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum i six
employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each.
Division of special agents:
Supervising special agent, class three; two special agents, Ciass
four; two special agents, class sLx; one special agent, class seven;
one special agent, class eight; compensation and expenses of secret
acrents, not to exceed five hundred dollars per month.
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Superintendent of buildings:
One superintendent, Class A; two night watchmen, Class C; one
janitor, Class I; fourteen employees, at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each.
Iloilo custom-house:
CJoUector of customs, at four thousand dollars per annum; deputy
collector of customs, class four; surveyor of customs, class six; one
clerk, class six; one appraiser of merchandise, class seven ; two clerks,
class eight; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, class ten; four clerks.
Class A ; three inspectors, Class A ; three clerks. Class D ; one inspector
of bulls, Class F; one harbor policeman. Class G; seven harbor police-
men. Class I; ten guards. Class J; three messengers, at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum each; two employees, at one hundred
and fifty dollars i)er annum each; one clerk. Class K, at one hun-
dred and twenty dollars per annum; two employees, at ninety dollars
per annum each; one patron, Class I; one assistant engineer. Class H;
one fireman. Class J; one fireman, at one hundred and thirty-five
dollars per annum; two sailors, at one hundred and eight dollars per
annum each.
Cebu custom-house:
Collector of customs, at four thousand dollars per annum; deputy
collector of customs, class five; surveyor of customs, class six; one
clerk, class six; one appraiser of merchandise, class seven; one clerk,
class eight; one examiner, class eight; one inspector, class ten; one
Inspector, Class A; two clerks. Class A; one clerk, Class D; one clerk.
Class F; three employees. Class H; twenty-six guards. Class J; two
employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; emer-
gency employees, not to exceed an aggregate of ten dollars per month ;
one patron. Class G; one engineer. Class G; two firemen. Class J;
three sailors, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Jolo custom-house :
Collector of customs, class three; one examiner, class eight; one
clerk, class eight; one clerk, class nine; one clerk. Class D; one clerk,
Class I; six guards. Class J; two employees, at ninety dollars per
annum each ; one employee, at seventy-two dollars per annum.
Zamboanga custom-house:
Collector of customs, class five; one examiner, class eight; one clerk,
class nine; one clerk. Class A; one clerk. Class I; five guards. Class J;
two employees, at ninety dollars per annum each ; four employees, at
seventy-two dollars j^t annum each.
Aparri custom-house:
One acting collector of customs, class six; one clerk. Class D; four
employees, at seventy-two dollars per annum each; for two months.
Interior ports:
Twenty coast district inspectors, class eight ; ten deputy coast district
inspectors. Class A; fifty inspectors of customs, at one hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each; eighty-five inspector of customs, at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; one hundred in-
spectors of customs, at sixty dollars per annum each; fifteen clerks,
Class I; ten clerks. Class J; fifteen employees, at one hundred and
eighty dollars 'per annum each; ten employ t^es, at one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum each; ten employees, at sixty dollars per
annum each; salaries and wages of boat crews, not to exceed two
thousand dollars.
Additional compensation for a temporarj^ disbursing clerk, at the
rate of two hundred dollars per annum, during the absence of the
disbursing ofBicer.
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Total for salaries and wages, two hundred and twenty-two thoosand
seven hundred doUara.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and three: Fifteen temporary guards, at a salary not to ex-
ceed twenty dollars 'pev month each, for the month of June, nineteen
hundred and three, three hundred dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
ofl&cers and employees, including coast and deputy coast district in-
spectors while inspecting ports within their districts, special agents
while on official travel in connection with the examination of customs
accounts, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem, and the transporta-
tion of supplies, three thousand dollars.
Revenue cutters and launches. Bureau of Customs and Immigration,
nineteen hundred and four: For the maintenance and expenses of
launches and revenue cutters, including salaries and wages of six
captains, class nine; six chief engineers, Class C; and seven mates,
Class D, with commutation of rations at fifty cents each per diem;
thirteen assistant engineers, at two hundred and ten dollars per
annum; nineteen firemen, at one hundred and thirty-two dollars per
annum each ; thirteen quartermasters, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; thirty-two sailors, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum each; six stewards, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum each, and six cooks, at one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum each, with commutation of rations at ten cents each per diem;
purchase of fuel, supplies, uniforms for crews, and rations for crews
of harbor launches in emergency cases or while away from their regular
stations; repairs and incidental expenses; fifty thousand dollars.
Special contingent fund, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nine-
teen hundred and four: For a fund to be expended in the discretion
of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago in the
detection and punishment of violators of the Customs, Immigration,
and Revenue Laws, ten thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen
hundred and four: For contingent expenses throughout the Archi-
pelago, including purchase of office furniture and supplies; rent of
custom-houses; repairs to boathouses and boarding boats; subsistence
of customs officers while on duty on board Unit^ States Army and
Navy transports; for the payment of awards to informers under the
provisions of section three hundred and forty-eight of Act Numbered
Three hundred and fifty-five; cablegrams; ice; and other incidental
expenses; twenty-four thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, three hundred
and ten thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred
and four: For salaries and wages, one thousand five hundred dollars.
The funds appropriated in Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety,
under the head of *' Salaries and wages. Bureau of Internal Revenue,
nineteen hundred and two," are hereby made available for expend-
iture on account of salaries and wages, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
fiscal year nineteen hundred and one.
Transportation, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hundred and
four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers and
employees, one hundred dollars.
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Contingent expenses, Bureau of Internal Revenue, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase of office
supplies; rents, repairs, and other incidental expenses;* four hundred
dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, for the months of July,
August, and September, nineteen hundred and three, two thousand
dollars.
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR COLD STORAGE AND ICE PLANT.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and four :
Office force and sales department:
One disbursing officer, class five; one cashier, class six; two clerks,
class six; one clerk, class seven ; four clerks, class eight; three clerks,
class nine; three clerks, class ten; three clerks. Class A; one clerk.
Class B; two clerks, Class C; two clerks, Class D; two clerks. Class E;
one clerk. Class F; one clerk. Class G; two clerks, Class II ; one clerk,
Class I.
Engineering and manufacturing, cold storage department:
One chief engineer, at two thousand four hundred dollars x)er annum
and quarter in kind ; one assistant engineer, class five; one assistant
engineer, class six ; one assistant engineer, class seven ; one electrician,
class seven; one machinist, class seven; one assistant machinist, class
eight; one assistant machinist, classnine; onepipe fitter, classnine; one
oiler, class nine; three water tenders. Class A; three oilers. Class B;
one water tender. Class B; one electrician. Class C; one elevator man,
Class F; one assistant machinist, Class G; one elevator man. Class II;
twelve firemen. Class J ; four wipers. Class J ; one elevator man. Class
J; three ice-tank men. Class J ; four wipers, at two hundred and four
dollars per annum each; eight wipers, at one hundred and eighty dol-
lars per annum each; six ice-tank men, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each.
Cold storage and sales department:
One overseer, class nine; one assistant overseer, class ten; one
assistant overseer, Class J; twelve laborers, at one hundred and ninety-
two dollars per annum each; ten laborers, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each.
Land transportation department:
One overseer, class nine; one blacksmith, class nine; one wheel-
wright, class ten; one teamster. Class A; one teamster. Class B; eleven
teamsters, at seven hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; five
teamsters. Class C; six teamsters, at six hundred and sixty dollars
per annum each; one saddler. Class D; one blacksmith's helper, class
eight; one blacksmith's helper. Class J; twelve stablemen, at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.
Water transportation department:
One overseer, class eight; one assistant overseer. Class A; one
engineer. Class F; one patron, Class H; one assistant engineer. Class
H; six patrons. Class I; one boatswain, at two hundred and sixteen
dollars per annum; two firemen, at two hundred and sixteen dollars
per annum each; six timoneros, at one hundred and ninety-two dol-
lars per annum each; sixteen sailors, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; twenty-four sailors, at one hundred and
sixty-eight dollars per annum each. •
Maintenance and care of buildings and grounds:
One house carpenter, class nine; one storekeeper, class nine; one
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assistant house carpenter, class ten; two overseers, class ten; foot
watchmen, Class B; two wat<3hmen. Class C; one hoose painter, Qaes
D; two carpeoiters, Class F; two laborers. Class H; two painten,
Class I; four laborers, Class J; three assistant overseers, Class J; one
assistant storekeeper, Class J ; six laborers, at two hundred and six-
teen dollars per annum each; ten laborers, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; two store boys, at one hundred and eigh^
dollars per annum each.
Per diems of five dollars for the United States Army officer detail^
as Superintendent of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant.
Total for salaries and wages, sixty thousand dollars.
Improvement of plant. Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and four: For labor and material necessary
in making alterations and reducing the size of the cold-storage rooms,
for the purpose of rendering them available for rental to the public,
three thousand dollars: Provided, That with the consent of the Secre-
tary of Finance and Justice this work may be done under the direc-
tion of the Head of the Bureau without advertisement, the provisions
of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, includ-
ing the purchase of coal, forage, office furniture and supplies, elec-
trical supplies, supplies necessary for the care and maintenance of
buildings and machinerj^* supplies necessary for the maintenance and
operation of land and water transportation, and other incidental
expenses, forty-five thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and lee
Plant, nineteen hundred and two: For per diems of five dollars to
Ihe United States Army officer detailed as Superintendent of the Insu-
lar Cold Storage and Ice Plant, from July first to September thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and one, both dates inclusive, four hundred and
sixty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice
Plant, nineteen hundred and one: For per diems of five dollars to
the United States Army officer detailed as Superintendent of the Insu-
lar Cold Storage and Ice Plant, from February fifteenth to June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, both dates inclusive, six hun-
dred and eighty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant,
one hundred and nine thousand one hundred and forty dollars.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and four:
Supreme Court:
Chief Justice, at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
six associate justices, at seven thousand dollars per annum each; one
clerk of the court and reporter, at four thousand five hundred dollars
per annum; two deputy clerks, at two thousand dollars per annum
each; one employee, class six; one employee, class seven; one
employee, class nine; one employee, Class C; one employee, class E;
one employee. Class G; four employees. Class H; six employees, Cla*«
J; five employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each:
Provided, That the separate office of reporter from the first day of
August, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby abolished, and the
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duties i)ertainmg to said oflSce shall be performed by the clerk of the
court in addition to his other duties as provided by law.
Court of First Instance, Manila:
Three judges, at five thousand five* hundred dollars per annum
each ; one clerk, at two thousand dollars per annum ; two assistant
clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each; one
deputy clerk, at nine hundred dollars per annum ; five employees,
class seven; one employee, class eight; three employees, class nine;
eig^ht employees, Class H; five employees, at one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum each; Chinese and Japanese interpreters, not to
exceed an aggregate of one hundred dollars.
Courts of First Instance, First District:
One judge, at four thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Ilocos
Norte, at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Cagayan, at
eight hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, Isabela, at seven hun-
dred dollars per annum; one employee, class eight; one employee.
Class D; three employees, Class J; three employees, at one hundred
and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Second District:
One judge, at four thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Ilocos
Sur, at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Abra, at seven
hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Lepanto-Bontoc, at five hun-
dred dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, at four hundred and eighty
dollars per annum; one employee. Class D; one employee, Class G, at
four hundred and fifty dollars per annum; six emplo^^ees. Class J;
four employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Third District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk. Union
and Benguet, at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Pan-
gasinan, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum; one clerk,
Zambales, at eight hundred dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, at
three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; one employee, class seven;
one employee, class nine; two employees, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dol-
lars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Fourth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Tarlac,
at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Pampanga, at one
thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Nueva Ecija, at nine hundred
dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, Pampanga, at three hundred
dollars per annum; one employee, Cla^s A; two employees, Class J;
four employees, at one hundred and fifty doUai's per annum each;
three employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fifth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Bulacan,
at one thousand dollars per annum ; one clerk, Rizal, at nine hundred
dollars per annum; one employee. Class D; two employees, Class J;
three employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each ;
two employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Sixth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, La
Laguna, at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Cavite, at
. nine hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, Bataan, at eight hundred
dollars per annum; one clerk, Mindoro, at eight hundred dollars per
annum; one deputy clerk. La Laguna, at six hundred dollars per
annum ; one deputy clerk, Cavite, at three hundred dollars per annum;
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one employee, Class C; four employees, Class J; two employees, at
one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; four employees, at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Seventh District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Batan-
gas, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum; one clerk,
Marinduque, at seven hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Taya-
bas, at nine hundred doUai's per annum; one employee. Class A; four
employees, Class J; four employees, at one hundred and twenty dol-
lars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Eight District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk. Sorso-
gon, at eight hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Ambos Cama-
rines, at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Masbate, at four
hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Albay and Catanduanes, at
nine hundred dollars per annum; one employee, class nine; three
employees. Class J; two employees, atone hundred and eighty dol-
lars per annum each; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Ninth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Rom-
blon, at five hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Capiz, at nine
hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, Iloilo, at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum; one employee, class seven; one employee,
class ten; one employee. Class D; two employees. Class J; one
employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; one
employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum ; five employees,
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; two employees,
at ninety dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk. Antique,
at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk. Occidental Negros, at
one thousand one hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Oriental
Negros, at eight hundred dollars per annum; one employee. Class D;
two employees. Class J; three employees, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each ; one employee, at one hundred and forty-four
dollars per annum; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum; one employee, at ninety dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Eleventh District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Cebu,at
one thousand two hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, Bohol, at one
thousand dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, Cebu (Barili), at six
hundred dollars per annum ; one employee, class seven ; one employee,
Class C; one employee. Class D; two employees. Class H; three em-
ployees. Class J ; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum; two employees, at sixty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Twelfth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Samar,at
nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Leyte, at one thousand
dollars per annum; one clerk, Surigao, at eight hundred dollars per
annum; one deputy clerk, Leyte (Maasin), at five hundred dollars per
annum; one employee. Class D; four employees. Class J; four em-
ployees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District:
One judge, at four thousand dollars per annum ; one clerk, Misamis,
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at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Zamboanga, and so
forth, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one deputy
clerk, Zamboanga, and so forth, at three hundred and sixty dollars
per annum; four deputy clerks, at two hundred dollars per annum
each ; one fiscal, atone thousand two hundred dollars per annum ; one
employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; fiveemployees,
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District:
One judge, at four thoilsand dollars per annum; one clerk, at nine
hundred dollars per annum; four deputy clerks, at two hundred dol-
lars per annum each; one fiscal, at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum.
Court of Land Registration :
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one judge, at four
thousand dollars per annum ; one clerk, at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; one assistant qjerk, at two thousand dollars per
annum; one examiner of titles, at one thousand five hundred dollars
per annum; four examiners of titles, at one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum each ; two clerks, class seven ; one clerk, class eight ;
one clerk, Class A; two clerks, Class D; one clerk, Class E; one clerk.
Class F; one clerk. Class G; one clerk, Class H; one clerk. Class I;
two employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars i)er annum each.
Court of Customs Appeals:
One judge, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one
employee, class six; one employee, cla«s eight; one employee, at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum.
Judges of First Instance and employees at large :
Four judges, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum each ;
two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum
each ; two interpreters, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum
each.
Office of the Attorney-General:
Attorney-General, at seven thousand dollars per annum; Solicitor-
General, at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum; Assistant
Attorney-General, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
Assistant Attorney- General, Philippines Constabulary, at three thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum; Assistant Solicitor-General, at
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant lawyer,
at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; one assistant law-
yer, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; two
assistant lawyers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum
each; one assistant lawyer, at one thousand six hundred dollars per
annum; one assistant lawyer, at one thousand four hundred dollars
per annum; one Supervisor of Fiscals, at four thousand dollars per
annum; one Deputy Supervisor of Fiscals, at two thousand ^ve hun-
dred dollars per annum ; one clerk and translator, at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum; one disbursing officer, class five; one
employee, class six; six employees, class seven; three emploj'^ees, class
eight; one employee. Class D ; two employees. Class G; one employee,
Class J; one messenger, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum;
one messenger, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum: Pro-
vided, That one assistant law^^er, to be selected by the Attorney-
General, shall be assigned to duty in the office of the Auditor for the
Philippine Archipelago.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and seventy thousand
dollars.
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Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and four: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of judges, employees of
courts, of the office of the Attorney-General, and of special employees
traveling on official business, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and fonr:
For contingent expenst^s, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; rent of buildings occupied as court rooms in unorganized
territory; sheriffs' fees and per diems; per diem allowances of fonr
dollars for judges of the Courts of First Instance while absent from
their districts on duty in Manila, and of one dollar and fifty cents for
the judges, clerks, and fiscalsof the Thirteen and Fourteenth Judicial
Districts, under the provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred; and
other incidental expenses; eight thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, one hundred and seventy-nine
thousand hxe hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and four:
Office of the General Superintendent:
General Superintendent, at six thousand dollars per annum; Assist-
ant General Superintendent, at two thousand four hundred dollars per
annum; twb clerks, class five; three clerks, class seven; five clerks, class
eight; six clerks, class nine; one clerk, class ten; one clerk, class A; one
clerk, class D; one clerk. Class E; one messenger, at two hundred
and ten dollars per annum ; four employees, at one hundred and fifty
dollars i)er annum each; seven employees, at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each; wages of laborers handling supplies, not to
exceed six hundred dollars.
Normal School, Manila;
One principal, at three thousand dollars per annum; one special
teacher, at two thousand dollars per annum; two janitors, at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; four employees, at
ninety dollars per annum each; one mechanic, at three hundred and
sixty dollars per annum.
Trade School, Manila:
One principal, at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum;
one special teacher, at two thousand dollars per annum; two janitors,
at ninety dollars per annum each.
Moro industrial schools in Mindanao:
Ten Moro teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of six hundred
dollars.
Nautical School, Manila:
One teacher-secretary, at one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; three teachers, class nine; one teacher. Class D, at six hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum; one emploj^ee, at three hundred
and sixty dollars per annum; two employees, at one, hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each.
Educational service at large:
Superintendent of Schools, city of Manila, at three thousand dol-
lars per annum; three division superintendents, at two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum each; one division superintendent, at two
thousand four hundred dollars per annum; five division superin-
tendents, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum
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each.; five division superintendents, at two thousand dollars per
annnmeach; three division superintendents, at one thousand eight
hundred dollars per annum each; three division superintendents, at
one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each; nine division
superintendents, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum
each ; one acting division superintendent, at one thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum; ten clerks, class nine; seven clerks, Class A;
thirteen clerks. Class D.
Greneral teaching force:
Secondary teachers: Seven teachers, class six; twenty-seven teach-
ers, class eight, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum each ;
two teachers, class eight; one teacher, class nine, at one thousand
three hundred and eighty dollars per annum; thirteen teachers, class
nine, at one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum each;
three teachers, class nine at one thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars per annum eac^; two teachers, class nine, at one thousand
three hundred dollars per annum each; fifteen teachers, class nine;
one teacher, Class A.
Elementary teachers: Thirty teachers, clAss eight, at one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum each; fourteen teachers, class eight;
seven teachers class nine, at one thousand three hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; twenty-seven teachers, class nine, at one
thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; twenty
teachers, class nine, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dol-
lars per annum each; thirty-four teachers, class nine, at one thousand
three hundred dollars per annum each; two teachers, class nine, at
one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each;
one teacher, class nine, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-six
dollars per annum; three teachers, class nine, at one thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; three hundred and thirty-
three teachers, class nine; sixteen teachers, class ten, at one thousand
one hundred and forty dollars per annum each; twenty-two teachers,
class ten, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum each; nine-
teen teachers, class ten, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum
each; three teachers, class ten, at one thousand and twenty dollars
per annum each; two hundred and eleven teachers, class ten; one
hundred and one teachers. Class A; one teacher, Class C, at seven
hundred and eighty dollars per annum ; two teachers, Class (3, at seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; three teachers. Class C;
twenty-one teachers, Class D; twenty teachers. Class F; forty teach-
ers. Class H; forty teachers, Class I; thirty teachers, Class J : Provided^
That it shall be within the power of the General Superintendent of
Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
to transfer elementary teachers to the secondary class, there to act as
secondary teachers at the same salaries received in the elementary
class: And provided further y however y That at the request of the Sec-
retary of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the General
Superintendent of Education, and with the approval of the Civil Service
Board, the classifications above made may be modified and changed
by resolution of the Commission. One special teacher of drawing and
art, at two thousand dollars per annum; two hundred and fifty night-
school teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of thirty thousand doUars.
Total for salaries and wages, six hundred and thirty-eight thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and four:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of the General Super-
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intendent, division superintendents, employees, and of teachers to
their respective stations and upon transfer to new stations within the
Archipelago when directed by the General Superintendent for the
benefit of the Bureau, six thousand five hundred doUare.
School furniture and supplies, Bureau of Education, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For the purchase of school furniture, schoolbooks and
supplies, transportation of same, and expenses of storage and pack-
ing, for elementary, high, nautical, normal, secondary, and trade
schools, eighty thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including comx)ensation and expenses
of the superior advisory board; purchase of oflSce supplies; rent of
Nautical School building; dormitory for girls attending Normal
School; Moro school buildings; offices and storerooms for division
superintendents; storehouse in Manila; light, fuel, and water for girls'
dormitory, Normal School, Manila; per diems of five dollars for the
United States naval officer detailed in charge of the Nautical School,
and other incidental expenses; five thousand eight hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Education, seven hundred and thirty-one
thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and four: Public Printer, at four thousand dollars per annum; super-
intendent of instruction, class three; six craftsmen instructors, class
five; seven craftsmen instructors, class six; two clerks, class' seven;
eighteen craftsmen instructors, class seven; two clerks, class eight;
fifteen craftsmen instructors, class eight; six craftsmen instructors,
class nine; one employee, class ten; four employees. Class A; one
clerk. Class B; one helper, Class B; one clerk. Class C; four watch-
men. Class C; one teamster. Class C; five employees. Class D; one
clerk. Class H; one employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum;
for salaries and wages of craftsmen, junior craftsmen, carpenters,
helpers, laborers, and so forth, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars;
salaries and wages of temporary, clerical, technical, and professional
employees, aad for night work and overtime pay, not to exceed ten
thousand dollars; and for salaries and wages of apprentices, not to
exceed two thousand dollars; eighty-six thousand two hundred and
ninety-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and four: For coutingent expenses, including additional machinery,
material, supplies, lithographing, rents, repairs to machinery, office
supplies, horses, forage, telephone, and other incidental expenses,
twenty thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Printing, one hundred and six thou-
sand two hundred and ninety-five dollars.
The Public Printer is hereby authorized and direct-ed to furnish to
each Department, Bureau, and Office such printing and binding as
may be required by it in the transaction of its official business, upon
requisition of the head of such Department, Bureau, or Office, approved
by the Civil Governor or the head of the Department to which the
Bureau or Office relates.
This provision shall not apply to printing and binding furnished to
the city of Manila or to provincial or municipal governments, which
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sIiaU be paid for from available funds by the city of Manila or the
resi>ective provincial or municipal governments.
The Public Printer shall at the close of each fiscal year make a
report to the Secretary of Public Instruction and to the Auditor show-
ing the amount and cost of all printing and binding executed during
the fiscal year, on requisitions and not paid for, and the amount
otherwise furnished and paid for and accounted for to the Auditor as
miscellaneous receipts.
BUIREAU OF ARCHITECTUKE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: Chief of Bureau, at
four thousand dollars per annum; master builder, at two thousand
tT«ro hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one clerk and electrical
engineer, class six; one superintendent of construction, class six;
one disbursing officer, class six; two clerks, class seven; five clerks,
class eight; three clerks, class nine; two clerks, Class F; two clerks.
Class G; one clerk. Class I; one employee, at two hundred and ten
dollars per annum; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum; thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: For the actual and necessary
traveling expenses of officers and employees, including hire of vehicles
on official business in Manila and transport.ation of building material
and supplies, when the same can not be furnished by the Insular
Purchasing Agent, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Public works. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: For alterations, maintenance,
and repair of the following-named public buildings, not to exceed in
cost the amounts set opposite the names of the respective buildings:
Audencia Building, painting exterior and miscellaneous repairs,
two thousand dollars.
Ayuntamiento Building, pfvinting of interior walls, first fioor; elec-
tric wiring; -repairs to roof; and miscellaneous alterations and repairs,
including installation of shelving for offices of Bureau of Archives;
ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
Board of Health for the Philippine Islands: San Lazaro Hospital;
improvements to women's building, cesspool, closets, dining room,
drains, and kitchen; and miscellaneous alterations and repairs; two
thousand two hundred dollars; electric wiring and installation, women's
department and grounds, eight hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to
leper department, two hundred and fifty dollars; and roads to new
wards, one thousand five hundred dollars; total, four thousand eight
hundred dollars.
Bureau of Agriculture : Singalon Experiment Station, piping and
fittings for irrigation, one thousand one hundred dollars; storage
building for seeds, plants, and farm machiner}% six hundred dollars;
and general repairs; total, one thousand nine hundred dollars.
Bureau of Education : For drain, drives, and gutters, and for roofing
and alterations and repair of northwest building, Exposition Grounds,
two thousand three hundred dollars.
Bureau of Government Laboratories: Serum Institute, vaccine
room, animal shelter, and stalls, fence, walks, and so forth, four thou-
sand dollars. Temporary laboratory, Calle Iris, balance pier, assay
tables and fixtures, alterations and repairs, one thousand one hundred
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and fifty dollars; temporary laboratory building, at number seventy-
eight Calle Alix; strengthening floor for library, laboratory tables,
electric wiring, and plumbing, one thousand dollars; total, six thou-
sand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant: Painting roof,
completion of coal bunkers, doors to chutes, iron guards for doors and
windows of chief engineer's quarters, stables and grading of lot for
same, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Treasurer : Additional vault and enlargement
of cash room, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars.
Bureau of Public Printing: Repairs to floor of main building and
alterations, three hundred dollars.
Philippine Civil Hospital: New drain to cesspools and general
repairs, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Santa Potenciana Building : General repairs and electric wiring, one
thousand seven hundred dollars.
Building supplies, skilled and unskilled laborers for small jobs,
fifty thousand dollars.
Total for public works, one hundred and three thousand three hun-
dred and fourteen dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: For contingent
expenses, including purchase of drawing instruments, ice, office fur-
niture and supplies, water, and technical books; rent of telephone,
and other incidental expenses; nine hundred and eighty-six dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, one hundred and nineteen thousand three hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF AKCHTVES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
four: Chief of Bureau, at three thousand dollars per annum; one
clerk, class seven; two clerks, class eight; one clerk. Class D; two
clerks, Class F; one clerk. Class H; on^ clerk. Class I; three clerks,
Class J; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars^per annum
each; five thousand three hundred dollars.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-
Marks, administered by the Chief of the Bureau of Archives, nineteen
hundred and four: One clerk, class eight; one clerk, class ten; one
clerk, Class D; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum; one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of office furni-
ture and supplies, coolie hire required in moving offices, and other
incidental expenses, three hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Archives, seven thousand one hundred
dollars.
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and
four: One clerk, class eight; seven hundred dollars: Provided, That
the clerk herein appropriated for may be assigned by order of the
Civil Governor to any other Bureau for the work thereof and the
Bureau of Statistics be abolished by executive order.
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AMERICAN CIRCULATING LIBRARY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and four: Librarian, at one thousand two hundred dol-
lars x>^r annum; assistant librarian, at nine hundred dollars per
annum ; two employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each; one thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
Contingent expanses, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase
of ice, coolie hire, rent of library building, installation of electric
lights, electric lighting, water tax, and other incidental expenses,
eight hundred dollars.
In all, for the American Circulating Library of Manila, one thousand
nine hundi'ed and seventy dollars : Provided, That all receipts on every
account of the American Circulating Library of Manila shall be duly
accounted for to the Auditor and deposited by the librarian in the
Insular Treasury: And provided further, That a permanent appro-
priation of all receipts deposited under the preceding provision is
hereby made for the purchase of books and pamphlets for the library;
such funds to be withdrawn upon requisition of the chairman of the
board of trustees.
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
Salaries and wages, the Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
four: Editor, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; one
clerk. Class C; two clerks. Class D; one clerk, Class I; two thousand
dollars.
Contingent expenses, the Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of office furni-
ture and supplies, an allowance of ten dollars per month to the editor
in lien of carromata hire, and other incidental expenses, two hundred
dollars.
In all, for the Official Gazette, ,two thousand two hundred dollars.
SUPERINTEKDENT OF THE INTENDENCIA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and four: Superintendent, at two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum; one janitor, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; six laborers, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each; five hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of supplies; electric lighting; minor repairs; and other inci-
dental expenses; nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.
In all, for the superintendent of the Intendencia Building, one thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
CUSTODIAN OF THE SANTA POTENCIANA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building,
nineteen hundred and four: One watchman, at seven hundred and
eighty dollars per annum; one janitor. Class D; ten laborers, at one
hundred and twenty dollars i)er annum each; one thousand two hun-
dred and ninety dollars.
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Contingent expenses, custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of ice, water, and other supplies; electric lighting, and other
incidental expenses; one thousand two hundred dollars.
In all, for the custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building, two
thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, ISABELA DEBASILAN.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and four: One clerk, Class D ; one clerk, at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum; one launch captain, at one thousand
two hundred dollars per annum; one boatswain and one chief engi-
neer, at four hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; one assist-
ant engineer, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; one
quartermaster, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; three
firemen, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; four
sailors, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; eleven
hundred and twenty dollars.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including rations
of captain and crew of the launch Basilan^ rent, supplies, coal, and
repairs for launch Basilan^ and other incidental expenses, eight hun-
dred and thirty dollars.
In all, for the district commander, Isabela de Basilan, for the months
of July, August, and September, nineteen hundred and three, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars: Provided^ That the district
commander shall turn over the launch Basilan to the Chief of the
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation not later than October
first, nineteen hundred and three.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, POLLOK, MINDANAO.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nineteen
hundred and four: One medical oflBcer, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum; one clerk, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; one teacher, at one hundred and eight dollars per annum;
one teacher, at ninety dollars per annum; one hundred and fifty
dollars.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nine-
teen hundred and four: Four contingent expenses, including lighting
of offices, subsistence of prisoners, forage for horses; reconstruction
of roads and construction of bridges in the district of Pollok, Min-
danao, not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be expended under the
direction of the district commander; and other incidental expenses;
one thousand six hundred dollars.
In all, for the district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, one thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars, for the months of July, August, and
September, nineteen hundred and three.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENGTJET.
Salaries and wages, provincial government of Benguet, nineteen
hundred and four: Governor, at one thousand five hundred dollars
per annum; secretary, at one thousand dollars per annum; inspector,
at four hundred dollars per annum; two clerks, class ten; one clerk,
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Class I; one clerk, Class J; messenger service, not to exceed fifty-five
dollars; and hire of laborers, not to exceed one hundred dollars; two
tboasand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Transportation, provincial government of Benguet, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees and the transportation of supplies, two hun-
di*ed dollars.
Contingent expenses, provincial government of Benguet, nineteen
hundred and four: For the purchase of office furniture and supplies,
subsistence of prisoners, court expenses, repairs to public buildings,
maintenance of pupils in the industrial schpol; repair of Sablan road,
not to exceed two hundred and twenty-five dollars; and other inci-
dental expenses; one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.
In all, for the provincial government of Benguet, ^ve thousand
dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
Salaries and wages, provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, nine-
teen hundred and four: Governor, at one thousand eight hundred
dollars per annum; secretary-treasurer, at one thousand three hun-
dred dollars per annum; supervisor, at one thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; fiscal, at one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum ; lieutenant-governor of Bontoc, at one thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; lieutenant-governor of Amburayan, at one thou-
sand two hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, class nine ; one inter-
preter, Class D; two clerks, Class G; one interpreter. Class I; one
deputy treasurer, Class J, at two hundred and eighty-eight dollars
X)er annum; one clerk, Class J, at two hundred and eight^'-eight dol-
lars per annum; one deputy treasurer for four months. Class J; one
clerk. Class K, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; one
employee, at ninety dollars per annum ; one employee, at forty-eight
dollars per annum; six thousand three hundred and ninety-seven
dollars.
Transportation, provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, nineteen
hundred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses
of officials and employees and transportation of government property,
one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of office furniture and supplies; repairs to public buildings;
labor and material for improvement of bridges, roads, and trails, not
to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars; and other incidental
expenses, five thousand six hundred and three dollars.
In all, for the provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, thirteen
thousand dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
Salaries and wages, provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya, nine-
teen hundred and four: Governor, at two thousand four hundred dol-
lars per annum; secretary-treasurer, at one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum; supervisor, at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum; fiscal, at six hundred dollars per annum; president of
the provincial board of health, at nine hundred dollars per annum;
one deputy secretary-treasurer, Class A; one clerk, Class F; one
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one employee, Class C; four employees, Class J; two employees, at
one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; four employees, at
one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Seventh District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Batan-
gas, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum; one clerk,
Marinduque, at seven hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Tava-
bas, at nine hundred dollars per annum; one employee. Class A; four
employees, Class J; four employees, at one hundred and twenty dol-
lars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Eight District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Sorso-
gon, at eight hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Ambos Cama-
rines, at nine hundred doUars per annum; one clerk, Masbate, at four
hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Albay and Catanduanes, at
nine hundred dollars per annum; one employee, class nine; three
employees. Class J; two employees, atone hundred and eighty dol-
lars per annum each; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Ninth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Rom-
blon, at hve hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Capiz, at nine
hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, Iloilo, at one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum ; one employee, class seven; one employee,
class ten; one employee, Class D; two employees, Class J; one
employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; one
employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum ; five employees,
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; two employees,
at ninety dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk. Antique,
at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk. Occidental Negros, at
one thousand one hundred dollars per annum; one clerk. Oriental
Negros, at eight hundred dollars per annum; one employee. Class D;
two employees. Class J ; three employees, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; one employee, at one hundred and forty-four
dollars per annum; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum; one employee, at ninety dollars per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Eleventh District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Cebu, at
one thousand two hundred dollars per annum ; one clerk, Bohol, at one
thousand dollars per annum; one deputy clerk, Cebu (Barili), at six
hundred dollars per annum ; one employee, class seven ; one employee,
Class C; one employee. Class D; two employees. Class H; three em-
ployees. Class J ; one employee, at one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum; two employees, at sixty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Twelfth District:
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Samar,at
nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Leyte, at one thousand
dollars per annum; one clerk, Surigao, at eight hundred dollars per
annum; one deputy clerk, Leyte (Maasin), at five hundred dollars per
annum; one employee. Class D; four employees. Class J; four em-
ployees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District:
One judge, at four thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, Misamis,
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at nine hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, Zamboanga, and so
forth, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one deputy
clerk, Zamboanga, and so forth, at three hundred and sixty dollars
per annum; four deputy clerks, at two hundred dollars per annum
each; one fiscal, atone thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one
employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; five employees,
at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District:
One judge, at four thoilsand dollars per annum; one clerk, at nine
hundred dollars per annum; four deputy clerks, at two hundred dol-
lars per annum each; one fiscal, at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum.
Court of Land Registration :
One judge, at five thousand dollars per annum; one judge, at four
thousand dollars per annum; one clerk, at two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; one assistant cjerk, at two thousand dollars per
annum; one examiner of titles, at one thousand five hundred dollars
per annum; four examiners of titles, at one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum each ; two clerks, class seven ; one clerk, class eight ;
one clerk. Class A; two clerks, Class D; one clerk, Class £; one clerk,
Class F; one clerk. Class G; one clerk, Class H; one clerk, Class I;
two employees, at one hundred and eighty dollars i)er annum each.
Court of Customs Appeals:
One judge, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one
employee, class six; one employee, class eight; one employee, at one
hundred and eighty dollars per annum.
Judges of First Instance and employees at large:
Four judges, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum each;
two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum
each ; two interpreters, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum
each.
Office of the Attorney-General:
Attorney-General, at seven thousand dollars per annum; Solicitor-
General, at five thousand five hundred dollars per annum; Assistant
Attorney-General, at four thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
Assistant Attorney- General, Philippines Constabulary, at three thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum; Assistant Solicitor-General, at
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant lawyer,
at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; one assistant law-
yer, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; two
assistant lawyers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum
each; one assistant lawyer, at one thousand six hundred dollai*s per
annum; one assistant lawyer, at one thousand four hundred dollai's
per annum ; one Supervisor of Fiscals, at four thousand dollars per
annum; one Deputy Supervisor of Fiscals, at two thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum; one clerk and translator, at two thousand four
hundred dollars per annum; one disbursing officer, class five; one
employee, class six; six employees, class seven; three employees, class
eight; one employee. Class D; two employees. Class G; one employee,
Class J; one messenger, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum;
one messenger, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum: Pro-
vided^ That one assistant lawyer, to be selected by the Attorney-
Greneral, shall be assigned to duty in the office of the Auditor for the
Philippine Archipelago.
Total for salaries and wages, one hundred and seventy thousand
dollars.
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Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and four: For
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of judges, employees of
courts, of the office of the Attorney-General, and of special employees
traveling on official business, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and foar:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; rent of buildings occupied as court rooms in unorganized
territory; sheriffs' fees and perdiems; per diem allowances of fonr
dollars for judges of the Courts of First Instance while absent from
their districts on duty in Manila, and of one dollar and fifty cents for
the judges, clerks, and fiscalsof the Thirteen and Fourteenth Judicial
Districts, under the provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred; and
other incidental expenses; eight thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, one hundred and seventy-nine
thousand five hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and four:
Office of the General Superintendent:
General Superintendent, at six thousand dollars x>er annum; Assist-
ant General Superintendent, at two thousand four hundred dollars per
annum; two clerks, class five; three clerks, class seven; five clerks, class
eight; six clerks, class nine; one clerk, class ten; one clerk, class A; one
clerk, class D; one clerk, Class E; one messenger, at two hundred
and ten dollars per annum ; four employees, at one hundred and fifty
dollars per annum each; seven employees, at one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum each; wages of laborers handling supplies, not to
exceed six hundred dollars.
Normal School, Manila:
One principal, at three thousand dollars per annum; one special
teacher, at two thousand dollars per annum; two janitors, at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; four employees, at
ninety dollars per annum each; one mechanic, at three hundred and
sixty dollars per annum.
Trade School, Manila:
One principal, at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum;
one special teacher, at two thousand dollars per annum; two janitors,
at ninety dollars per annum each.
Moro industrial schools in Mindanao:
Ten Moro teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of six hundred
dollars.
Nautical School, Manila:
One teacher-secretary, at one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; three teachers, class nine; one teacher. Class D, at six hun-
dred and fifty dollars per annum ; one emploj^ee, at three hundred
and sixty dollars per annum; two employees, at one_hundred and
eighty dollars per annum each.
Educational service at large :
Superintendent of Schools, city of Manila, at three thousand dol-
lars per annum; three division superintendents, at two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum each; one division superintendent, at two
thousand four hundred dollars per annum; five division superin-
tendents, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum
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ea<5h; five division superintendents, at two thousand dollars per
annum each; three division superintendents, at one thousand eight
hundred dollars per annum each; three division superintendents, at
one thousand six hundred dollars per annum each; nine division
superintendents, at one thousand ^ve hundred dollars per annum
each ; one acting division superintendent, at one thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum; ten clerks, class nine; seven clerks. Class A;
thirteen clerks. Class D.
General teaching force:
Secondary teachers: Seven teachers, class six; twenty-seven teach-
ers, class eight, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum each;
two teachers, class eight; one teacher, class nine, at one thousand
three hundred and eighty dollars per annum; thirteen teachers, class
nine, at one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum each;
three teachers, class nine at one thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars per annum eac^; two teachers, class nine, at one thousand
three hundred dollars per annum each; fifteen teachers, class nine;
on© teacher. Class A.
Elementary teachers: Thirty teachers, clAss eight, at one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum each; fourteen teachers, class eight;
seven teachers class nine, at one thousand three hundred and eighty
dollars per annum each; twenty-seven teachers, class nine, at one
thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; twenty
teachers, class nine, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dol-
lars per annum each; thirty-four teachers, class nine, at one thousand
three hundred dollars per annum each; two teachers, class nine, at
one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each;
one teacher, class nine, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-six
dollars per annum; three teachers, class nine, at one thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; three hundred and thirty-
three teachers, class nine; sixteen teachers, class ten, at one thousand
one hundred and forty dollars per annum each; twenty-two teachers,
class ten, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum each; nine-
teen teachers, class ten, at one thousand and eighty dollars per annum
each ; three teachers, class ten, at one thousand and twenty dollars
per annum each; two hundred and eleven teachers, class ten; one
hundred and one teachers. Class A; one teacher. Class C, at seven
hundred and eighty dollars per annum; two teachers, Class C, at seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; three teachers. Class C;
twenty-one teachers, Class D; twenty teachers, Class F; forty teach-
ers, Class H; forty teachers, Class I; thirty teachers. Class J: Provided,
That it shall be within the power of the General Superintendent of
Education, with the approval of the Secretary of P^iblic Instruction,
to transfer elementary teachers to the secondary class, there to act as
secondary teachers at the same salaries received in the elementary
class: And provided further J however, That at the request of the Sec-
retary of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the General
Superintendent of Education, and with the approval of the Civil Service
Board, the classifications above made may be modified and changed
bj' resolution of the Commission. One special teacher of drawing and
art, at two thousand dollars per annum; two hundred and fifty night-
school teachers, not to exceed an aggregate of thirty thousand dollars.
Total for salaries and wages, six hundred and thirty-eight thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and four:
For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of the General Super-
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intendent, division superintendents, employees, and of teachers to
their respective stations and upon transfer to new stations within the
Archipelago when directed by the General Superintendent for the
benefit of the Bureau, six thousand five hundred dollars.
School furniture and supplies, Bureau of Education, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For the purchase of school furniture, schoolbooks and
supplies, transportation of same, and expenses of storage and pack-
ing, for elementary, high, nautical, normal, secondary, and trade
schools, eighty thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including compensation and expenses
of the superior advisory board; purchase of office supplies; rent of
Nautical School building; dormitory for girls attending Normal
School; Moro school buildings; offices and storei^ooms for dixision
superintendents; storehouse in Manila; light, fuel, and water for girls'
dormitorj^ Normal School, Manila; per diems of five dollars for the
United States naval officer detailed in charge of the Nautical School,
and other incidental expenses; five thousand eight hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Education, seven hundred and thirty-one
thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Public Printing, nineteen hundred
and four: Public Printer, at four thousand dollars per annum; super-
intendent of instruction, class three; six craftsmen instructors, class
five; seven craftsmen instructors, class six; two clerks, class' seven;
eighteen craftsmen instructors, class seven; two clerks, class eight;
fifteen craftsmen instructors, class eight; six craftsmen instructors,
class nine; one employee, class ten; four employees, Class A; one
clerk. Class B; one helper. Class B; one clerk. Class C; four watch-
men. Class C; one teamster, Class C; five employees. Class D; one
clerk. Class H; one employee, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum;
for salaries and wages of craftsmen, junior craftsmen, carpenters,
helpers, laborers, and so forth, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars;
salaries and wages of temporary, clerical, technical, and professional
employees, and for night work and overtime pay, nob to exceed ten
thousand dollars; and for salaries and wages of apprentices, not to
exceed two thousand dollars; eighty-six thousand two hundred and
ninety-five dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Public Printing, ninetieen hundred
and four: For contingent expenses, including additional machinery,
material, supplies, lithographing, rents, repairs to machinery, office
supplies, horses, forage, telephone, and other incidental expenses,
twenty thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Printing, one hundred and six thou-
sand two hundred and ninety-five dollars.
The Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to
each Department, Bureau, and Office such printing and binding as
may be required by it in the transaction of its official business, upon
requisition of the head of such Department, Bureau, or Office, approved
by the Civil Governor or the head of the Department to which the
Bureau or Office relates.
This provision shall not apply to printing and binding furnished to
the city of Manila or to provincial or municipal governments, which
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shall be paid for from available funds by the city of Manila or the
respective provincial or manicipal governments.
The Public Printer shall at the close of each fiscal year make a
report to the Secretary of Public Instruction and to the Auditor show-
ing the amount and cost of all printing and binding executed during
the fiscal year, on requisitions and not paid for, and the amount
otherwise furnished and paid for and accounted for to the Auditor as
miscellaneous receipts.
BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: Chief of Bureau, at
four thousand dollars per annum; master builder, at two thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one clerk and electrical
engineer, class six; one superintendent of construction, class six;
one disbursing officer, class six; two clerks, class seven; five clerks,
class eight; three clerks, class nine; two clerks. Class F; two clerks.
Class G; one clerk. Class I; one employee, at two hundred and ten
dollars per annum; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum; thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
Transportation, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: For the actual and necessary
traveling expenses of officers and employees, including hire of vehicles
on official business in Manila and tran8port.ation of building material
and supplies, when the same can not be furnished by the Insular
P^irchasing Agent, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Public works. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: For alterations, maintenance,
and repair of the following-named public buildings, not to exceed in
cost the amounts set opposite the names of the respective buildings:
Audencia Building, painting exterior and miscellaneous repairs,
two thousand dollars.
Ayuntaraiento Building, pointing of interior walls, first fioor; elec-
tric wiring; repairs to roof; and miscellaneous alterations and repairs,
including installation of shelving for offices of Bureau of Archives;
ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
Board of Health for the Philippine Islands: San Lazaro Hospital;
improvements to women's building, cesspool, closets, dining room,
drains, and kitchen; and miscellaneous alterations and repairs; two
thousand two hundred dollars ; electric wiring and installation , women's
deimrtment and grounds, eight hundred and fifty dollars; repairs to
lej>er department, two hundred and fifty dollars; and roads to new
wards, one thousand five hundred dollars; total, four thousand eight
hundred dollars.
Bureau of Agriculture : Singalon Experiment Station, piping and
fittings for irrigation, one thousand one hundred dollars; storage
building for seeds, plants, and farm machinery, six hundred dollars;
and general repairs; total, one thousand nine hundred dollars.
Bureau of Education : For drain, drives, and gutters, and for roofing
and alterations and repair of northwest building. Exposition Grounds,
two thousand three hundred dollars.
Bureau of Government Laboratories: Serum Institute, vaccine
room, animal shelter, and stalls, fence, walks, and so forth, four thou-
sand dollars. Temporary laboratory, Calle Iris, balance pier, assay
tables and fixtures, alterations and repairs, one thousand one hundred
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and fifty dollars; temporary laboratory building, at number seventy-
eight Calle Alix; strengthening floor for library, laboratory tables,
electric wiring, and plumbing, one thousand dollars; total, six thoa-
sand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant: Painting roof,
completion of coal bunkers, doors to chutes, iron guards for doors and
windows of chief engineer's quarters, stables and grading of lot for
same, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of the Insular Treasurer : Additional vault and enlargement
of cash room, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars.
Bureau of Public Printing: Repairs to floor of main building and
alterations, three hundred dollars.
Philippine Civil Hospital: New drain to cesspools and general
repairs, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Santa Potenciana Building: General repairs and electric wiring, one
thousand seven hundred dollars.
Building supplies, skilled and unskilled laborers for small jobs,
fifty thousand dollars.
Total for public works, one hundred and three thousand three hun-
dred and fourteen dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, nineteen hundred and four: For contingent
expenses, including purchase of drawing instruments, ice, office fur-
niture and supplies, water, and technical books; rent of telephone,
and other incidental expenses; nine hundred and eighty-six dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings, one hundred and nineteen thousand three hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
four: Chief of Bureau, at three thousand dollars per annum; one
clerk, class seven; two clerks, class eight; one clerk. Class D; two
clerks, Class F; one clerk. Class II; on^ clerk. Class I; three clerks,
Class J; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
each ; five thousand three hundred dollars.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-
Marks, administered by the Chief of the Bureau of Archives, nineteen
hundred and four: One clerk, class eight; one clerk, class ten; one
clerk, Class D; one employee, at one hundred and fifty dollars per
annum; one thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of office furni-
ture and supplies, coolie hire required in moving offices, and other
incidental expenses, three hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Archives, seven thousand one hundred
dollars.
BUREAU OP STATISTICS.
Salaries and wages. Bureau of Statistics, nineteen hundred and
four: One clerk, class eight; seven hundred dollars: Provided, That
the clerk herein appropriated for may be assigned by order of the
Civil Governor to any other Bureau for the work thereof and the
Bureau of Statistics be abolished by executive order.
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AMERICAN CIRCULATING LIBRARY OP MANILA.
Salaries and wages, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and four: Librarian, at one thousand two hundred dol-
lars per annum; assistant librarian, at nine hundred dollars per
annum; two employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each; one thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
Contingent expanses, American Circulating Library of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including purchase
of ice, coolie hire, rent of library building, installation of electric
lights, electric lighting, water tax, and other incidental expenses,
eight hundred doUars.
In all, for the American Circulating Library of Manila, one thousand
nine hundred and seventy dollars : Provided, That all receipts on every
account of the American Circulating Library of Manila shall be duly
accounted for to the Auditor and deposited by the librarian in the
Insular Treasury: And provided further, That a permanent appro-
priation of all receipts deposited under the preceding provision is
hereby made for the purchase of books and pamphlets for the library;
such funds to be withdrawn upon requisition of the chairman of the
board of trustees.
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
Salaries and wages, the Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
four: Editor, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; one
clerk. Class C; two clerks. Class D; one clerk. Class I; two thousand
dollars.
Contingent expenses, the Official Gazette, nineteen hundred and
four: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of office furni-
ture and supplies, an allowance of ten dollars per month to the editor
in lieu of carromata hire, and other incidental expenses, two hundred
dollars.
In all, for the Official Gazette, ,two thousand two hundred dollars.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INTENDENCIA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, sui)erintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and four: Superintendent, at two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum; one janitor, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; six laborers, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each ; five hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Contingent expenses, superintendent of the Intendencia Building,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of supplies; electric lighting; minor repairs; and other inci-
dental expenses; nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.
In all, for the superintendent of the Intendencia Building, one thou-
sand five hundred dollars.
CUSTODIAN OF THE SANTA POTENCIANA BUILDING.
Salaries and wages, custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building,
nineteen hundred and four: One watchman, at seven hundred and
eighty dollars per annum; one janitor, Class D; ten laborers, at one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; one thousand two hun-
dred and ninety dollars.
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Contingent expenses, custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of ice, water, and other supplies; electric lighting, and other
incidental expenses; one thousand two hundred dollars.
In all, for the custodian of the Santa Potenciana Building, two
thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, ISABELA DEBASILAN.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nme-
teen hundred and four: One clerk. Class D ; one clerk, at one hundred
and eighty dollars per annum; one launch captain, at one thousand
two hundred dollars per annum; one boatswain and one chief engi-
neer, at four hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; one assist-
ant engineer, at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum; one
quartermaster, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; three
firemen, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each; four
sailors, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; eleven
hundred and twenty dollars.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Isabela de Basilan, nine-
teen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including rations
of captain and crew of the launch BasUariy rent, supplies, coal, and
repairs for launch Basilan, and other incidental expenses, eight hun-
dred and thirty dollars.
In all, for the district commander, Isabela de Basilan, for the months
of July, August, and September, nineteen hundred and three, one
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That the district
commander shall turn over the launch Basilan to the Chief of the
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation not later than October
first, nineteen hundred and three.
DISTRICT COMMANDER, POLLOK, MINDANAO.
Salaries and wages, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nineteen
hundred and four: One medical officer, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum; one clerk, at one hundred and eighty dollars per
annum; one teacher, at one hundred and eight dollars per annum;
one teacher, at ninety dollars per annum; one hundred and fift>'
dollars.
Contingent expenses, district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, nine-
teen hundred and four: Four contingent expenses, including lighting
of offices, subsistence of prisoners, forage for horses; reconstruction
of roads and construction of bridges in the district of Pollok, Min-
danao, not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be expended under the
direction of the district commander; and other incidental expenses;
one thousand six hundred dollars.
In all, for the district commander, Pollok, Mindanao, one thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars, for the months of July, August, and
September, nineteen hundred and three.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENGUET.
Salaries and wages, provincial government of Benguet, nineteen
hundred and four: Governor, at one thousand five hundred dollars
I)er annum; secretary, at one thousand dollars per annum; inspector,
at four hundred dollars per annum; two clerks, class ten; one clerk,
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Class I; one clerk, Class J; messenger service, not to exceed fifty- five
dollars; and hire of laborers, not to exceed one hundred dollars; two
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Transportation, provincial government of Benguet, nineteen hun-
dred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
officers and employees and the transportation of supplies, two hun-
dred dollars.
Contingent expenses, provincial government of Benguet, nineteen
hundred and four: For the purchase of office furniture and supplies,
subsistence of prisoners, court expenses, repairs to public buildings,
maintenance of pupils in the industrial sch9ol; repair of Sablan road,
not to exceed two hundred and twenty-five dollars; and other inci-
dental expenses; one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.
In all> for the provincial government of Benguet, five thousand
dollars.
PROVmCIAI^ GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
Salaries and wages, provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, nine-
teen hundred and four: Governor, at one thousand eight hundred
dollars per annum; secretary-treasurer, at one thousand three hun-
dred dollars per annum; supervisor, at one thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; fiscal, at one thousand five hundred dollars per
annum; lieutenant-governor of Bon toe, at one thousand five hundred
dollars per annum; lieutenant-governor of Amburayan, at one thou-
sand two hundred dollars per annum; one clerk, class nine; one inter-
preter, Class D; two clerks, Class G; one interpreter. Class I; one
deputy treasurer, Class J, at two hundred and eighty-eight dollars
per annum; one clerk, Class J, at two hundred and eighty-eight dol-
lars i)er annum; one deputy treasurer for four months. Class J; one
clerk. Class K, at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; one
employee, at ninety dollars per annum ; one employee, at forty-eight
dollars per annum; six thousand three hundred and ninety-seven
dollars.
Transportation, provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, nineteen
hundred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses
of officials and employees and transportation of government property,
one thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses, provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc,
nineteen hundred and four: For contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of office furniture and supplies; repairs to public buildings;
labor and material for improvement of bridges, roads, and trails, not
to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars; and other incidental
expenses, five thousand six hundred and three dollars.
In all, for the provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc, thirteen
thousand dollars.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
Salaries and wages, provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya, nine-
teen hundred and four: Governor, at two thousand four hundred dol-
lars per annum; secretary-treasurer, at one thousand two hundred
dollars i)er annum; supervisor, at one thousand two hundred dollars
per annum; fiscal, at six hundred dollars per annum; president of
the provincial board of health, at nine hundred dollars per annum;
one deputy secretary-treasurer, Class A; one clerk, Class F; one
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interpreter, Class I; one clerk, Class K, at one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum; one Igorrote interpreter for Quiangan District, at
eighty-four dollars per annum; one messenger, at seventy-two dollars
per annum; four thousand one hundred and fifty-eight dollars.
Transportation, provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya, nineteen
hundred and four: For the actual and necessary traveling expenses
of officers and employees and the transportation of Government prop-
erty, six hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya,
nineteen hundred and four: For the purchase of pack ponies and
equipment; forage and supplies; per diems and expenses of two mem-
bers of the provincial board of tax revision; rents; subsistence of
prisoners; maintenance of provincial high school; labor and material
for the improvement and maintenance of bridges, roads, and trails,
not to exceed two thousand dollars, and other incidental expenses;
three thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars.
In all, for the provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya, eight
thousand five hundred dollars.
GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE.
For subsidies authorized by the Bates treaty, at seven hundred and
sixty dollars, Mexican currency, per month; pay to dattos at Bongao,
at sixty-five dollars, Mexican currency, per month; and salary of the
United States representative at Cagayan de Jolo, at sixty-five dollars,
Mexican currency, per month; two thousand six hundred and seventy
dollars.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Pay of interpreters. Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philip-
pines, nineteen hundred and four : For the pay of interpreters in Moro
Province on civil business for the months of July and August, nineteen
hundred and three, one thousand dollars.
CHIEF ENGINEER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
For labor and supplies to be used in the preparation of blue prints
and maps for insular and provincial offices, two hundred dollars.
The funds appropriated for the construction and purchase of appli-
ances for anchorage at wharf at Zamboanga in Act Numbered Four
hundred and ninety, under the head of "Public Works, Chief End*
neer. Division of the Philippines, nineteen hundred and three," are
hereby made available also for the purchase and installation of a large
mooring buoy with chain and anchor at Parang.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sums, or so much thereof as may be found to be due
on settlement of the respective claims by the Auditor, are hereby
appropriated for the purposes specified :
For Charles H. Sleeper, for extra compensation while engaged in an
examination of the books and accounts of the Insular Treasurer and
Insular Auditor as provided for in rule sixty-three of Act Numbered
Ninety, under his appointment as special examiner, one hundred dol-
lars; the payment of which is hei-eby authorized, anything in existing
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laws prohibiting the payment of extra compensation to civil servants
or employees to the contrary notwithstanding.
For C. E. Williams, for six and one-half days' services, at five dol-
lars per day, in assisting in the examination of the books and accounts
of the Insular Treasurer and Insular Auditor, thirty-two dollars and
fifty-cents.
For J. H. Edwards, for five and one-half days' services, at five dol-
lars per day, in assisting in the examination of the books and accounts
of the Insular Treasurer and Insular Auditor, twenty-seven dollars
and fifty cents.
For the payment to ten employees engaged in the Intendencia
Building during the examination of the books and accounts of the
Insular Treasurer and Insular Auditor on May ninth, nineteen hun-
dred and three, a holiday, of not to exceed one Mexican peso each,
five dollars.
Insular salary and expense fund :
For the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officers and
employees proi)erly chargeable to insular funds and not otherwise
specifically provided for, including half salary and traveling expenses
of employees from the United States to Manila, and for the payment
to the estates of deceased employees of salaries due such employees
for the leaves of absence to which they were entitled at the time of
their deaths, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four
hundred and forty-eight, and such other expenses of like character,
payment of which shall be directed by the Executive Office, and for
the payment of rewards for information leading to the capture and
conviction of a member of a band of brigands, and so forth, author-
ized under the provisions of Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty-
two, forty thousand dollars; but no salary shall be paid to any officer
or employee for a period subsequent to his arrival in Manila from this
appropriation, when the Bureau to which he may be assigned has a
vacancy from the appropriation for which he may be properly paid,
or the provincial office to which he may be assigned was vacant.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, four million two hundred
and sixteen thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty
cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
Sec. 2. In all cases in which provision for the salaiy of a clerkship
or grade heretofore provided for by law is not made by this Act, such
clerkship or grade is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen hun-
dred and three, until five days after the passage of this Act, and when
necessary an additional appropriation of the amount required for the
payment of such salary is hereby made.
Sec. 3. No moneys appropriated in this Act, except where otherwise
expressly provided herein, are available for withdrawal in other than
United States currency or Philippines currency, at the option of the
Insular Treasurer. In any case where it appears to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of Finance and Justice that any obligation of the
Philippine Government, entered into by contract or otherwise, is
legally payable only in Mexican or Spanish-Filipino currency, and the
appropriation available therefor is in United States currency or Phil-
ippines currency, the Secretary of Finance and Justice may authorize
the Insular Treasurer to transfer to the proper disbursing officer the
amount of Mexican or Spanish-Filipino currency required for said
payment, in exchange for the equivalent amount in United States
currency or Philippines currency at the authorized rate of exchange
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at the time such exchange is made. Notice of such exchange with the
authority therefor shall be given forthwith to the Auditor by the
Treasurer and the disbursing officer concerned.
All moneys appropriated prior to the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and four paid out of the Treasury after July first, nineteen hundred
and three, shall be payable only in United States currency or Philip-
pines currency, at the option of the Insular Treasurer: Pravided, hoic-
ever, That exchange between Mexican or Spanish-Filipino currency
and United States or Philippines currency may be had as provided in
this section.
Sec. 4. 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 Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 27, 1903.
[No. 808.]
AN ACT appropriating sixty-one thonsand three hundred and four dollars and
sixteen cents, local currency, to pay the remainder of the purchase price of two
parcels of land situated on Calle San Andres* in the district of Malate, city of
Manila, purchased by the Insular Government from Eulalia G-abriela Ignacia,
and to indemnify certain tenants of said parcels of land.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty-one
thousand three hundred and four dollars and sixteen cents, local cur-
rency, to pay the remainder of the purchase price of two parcels of
land situated on Calle San Andres, of the district of Malate, city of
Manila, purchased by the Insular Government from Eulalia Gabriela
Ignacia, and to pay indemnification to certain mesne tenants of said
parcels of land, as their interests may appear, out of the purchase
price.
Sec. 2. The payment of said purchase price and indemnification
shall be made by settlement warrants of the Insular Auditor only upon
the certificate of the Solicitor-General according to the contract of sale
above mentioned; and, in case all those having mesne tenant rights
in said parcels of land do not surrender the same by proper convey-
ance, a sufficient amount of the purchase price, under the contract and
as stipulated therein, shall remain in the Insular Treasurj'^ to he paid
on warrant of the Auditor to the person adjudged entitled in proper
condemnation proceedings.
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 27, 1903.
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[No. 809.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Fonr hundred and ninety-six, entitled **An
Act to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to lands in the
Philippme Islands. ' '
By aiUhority of the United St-ates^ he it enacted by tlie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled
"An Act to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to
lands in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended as follows:
(a) By adding to section nine the following: *' The clerk and assist-
ant clerk of the court, and any deputy thereof acting as clerk during
an adjourned session of the court in any province, are hereby made
ex oflicio notaries public and are authorized to perform within iJie
Philippine Islands all the duties appertaining to the office of notary
public."
(6) By striking out the next to the last sentence of section thirteen,
which reads as follows: "All fees payable under this Act for services
by sheriff or other officer shall be paid to the officer entitled thereto,"
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "All fees payable under
this Act for services by sheriff or other officer or for publication of
notices in newspapers shall be paid to the officer or person entitled
thereto."
{c) By amending the third and fourth paragraphs of section nine-
teen to read "fourth " and " fifth," respectively, by inserting the word
" five" in lieu of the word " four" in the first line of the next succeed-
ing paragraph, and by inserting as paragraph three of said section
nineteen the following:
"Third. The person or persons claiming, singly or collectively, to
own or hold any land under a possessory information title, acquired
under the provisions of the Mortgage Law of the Philippine Islands
and the general regulations for the execution of same."
(d) By inserting in parentheses, after the words "fee simple" in
the fifth line of the second paragraph of section twenty-one, the fol-
lowing words: "(or by possessory information title)."
{e) By striking out the words "and also the names and addresses
of all adjoining owners and occupants " in the twelfth and thirteenth
lines of section twenty-one and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
" and also the names and addresses of all occupants of the land and
of all adjoining owners;" and by striking out paragraph six of the
form of application set out in the same section, renumbering the sub-
sequent paragraphs accordingly.
(/) By striking out the word "publication" in the fourth line of
section thirty-two and inserting in lieu thereof the word "notice."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the x>assage 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, July 27, 1903.
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[No. 810.]
AN ACT for the relief of Fred W. Atkinson, late G^eneral Snperintendent of Edii-
cation, by anthorizing credit for certain ezpenditores made by him which wen
not authorized by law.
Whereas David P. Barrows, when saperlntendent of the public
schools of the city of Manila and acting principal of the Normal School,
directed the expenditure of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and
eighty cents, United States currency, for lunches to be served to six
hundred Normal School pupils during the summer vacation term in
Manila in order to secure and maintain discipline and attendance and
prevent the loss of time in the study of such pupils, believing in good
faith that under the general terms of the appropriation for the support
of the Normal School he had such authority; and
Whereas the sum above mentioned was expended in fact and used
for the purposes stated and in the interests of the public servioe; and
Whereas the Auditor has held that the general terms of the appro-
priation for the support of the Normal School were not sufficieutly
broad to authorize such expenditure; and
Whereas the money for such expenditure was advanced to said
David P. Barrows on memorandum receipt by Fred W. Atkinson,
then General Superintendent of Public Instruction, who approved
such expenditure and paid the same in his accounts as disbursing offi-
cer; and
Whereas, in the opinion of the Commission, the circumstances jus-
tify special authorization and ratification of the expenditure: Now,
therefore,
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The expenditure made by said Fred W. Atkinson as dis-
bursing officer is hereby authorized and ratified, and the Auditor for
the Philippine Archipelago is hereby authorized and directed to credit
the account of said Fred W. Atkinson with the sum of one hundred
and thirty-two dollars and eighty cents. United States currency.
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, July 30, 1903.
[No. 811.]
AN ACT amending section twenty-two of Act Numbered Four hundred and
sixty-seven and providing that hereafter disbursements for census purpoeee be
made by the disbursing officer of the Census Bureau in the city of Manila.
By avilwrity of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, triat:
Section 1. Section twenty-two of Act Numbered Four hundred and
sixty-seven, entitled **AnAct to provide for taking a census of the
Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by substituting in lieu thereof
the following:
**Sec. 22. Disbursements in behalf of the Census Bureau through-
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out the Archii)elago hereafter shall be made by the disbursing officer
of the Census Bureau appointed in accordance with the provisions of
Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, as amended.
"Provincial treasurers, and officers of the United States Army
designated by the Civil Governor with the consent of the command-
ing general of the division to act as disbursing officers out of the city
of Manila, shall deposit all unexpended balances in their hands with
the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago as provided in Executive
Order Numbered Twenty-two, issued by the Civil Governor on the
sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and three, shall close up their
accounts at once as such disbursing officers, and shall forward aU
unpaid vouchers and claims to the disbursing officer of the Census
Bureau at Manila for settlement."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the si)eedy 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 30, 1903.
[No. 812.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Eight hundred, anthorizing the appointment
of a committee of three to investigate the use of opium and the traific therein,
by providing that the Civil Gk>vemor shall designate the chairman of said com-
mittee, and by increasing the compensation of the members of the committee.
By atdhority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Eight hundred, entitled
**An Act providing for the appointment of a committee of three to
visit Japan, Formosa, Upper Burmah, and Java, and such other
countries as the Civil Governor may designate, for the purpose of
investigating the use of opium and the traffic therein, and the rules,
ordinances, and laws regulating such use and traffic, and to make a
report of their conclusions to the Philippine Commission," is hereby
amended by inserting at the close of said section the following: "In
the appointment of the committee the Civil Governor shall designate
the member of the committee who shall act as chairman thereof."
Sec. 2. ' Section four of said Act Numbered Eight hundred is hereby
amended by striking out of the second line of said section the words
**two hundred and fifty dollars" and by inserting in lieu thereof the
words "four hundred dollars," so that said section shall read as
follows:
"Sec. 4. Each member of such committee shall receive a compensa-
tion at the rate of four hundred dollars. United States currency, per
month, together with his actual, reasonable, and necessary traveling
expenses while engaged in the performance of the duties prescribed
by this Act: Provided, That the compensation prescribed by this sec-
tion shall not be paid to any member of the committee who is an
officer or employee in the public service of the Insular Government,
or whose salary or compensation is fixed by law or regulat ion : Pro-
vided fwrfher. That if a provincial official is appointed he may
renounce his provincial salary while engaged in this service and
receive ttie salary provided by this Act."
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Sec. 3. The public pood 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 31, 1903.
[No. 813.]
AN ACT amending Act Nmnbered Eight hundred and seven, entitled *'An Act
making appropriations for snndry expenses of the Insnlar Gk>vemment for the
fiscal year enmng June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fonr, and other desig-
nated periods," by making certain additions to and changes in the perscumel
and language as therein contained.
By authority of the United States j be it enacted by tJie Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven,
entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the
Insular Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and four, and other designated periods," enacted July
twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and three, Ls hereby amended in
the following particulars:
(a) The appropriation under the head of ** Salaries and w^ee,
installation of the pail system in the city of Manila, Board of Health
for the Philipine Islands, nineteen hundred and four," is amended by
inserting between the words "and for the hire of laborers, not to
exceed an aggregate of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars," and
the words "thirty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars," the
following words: "Crew of the sanitary barge Pluto, for five months:
One launch master, class nine; one chief engineer, class nine; one
patron, Class F; one assistant engineer. Class H; two firemen, Class
J; six sailors, at fifty cents per diem each."
{b) The appropriation under the head of "Contingent expenses,
installation of the pail system in the city of Manila, Board of Health
for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and four," Ls amended
by inserting between the words "ground rent for public closet at
Santa Monica" and the words "and other incidental expenses'' the
following words: "Coal, fittings, and supplies for sanitary barge
Pluto.''
(c) The appropriation under the head of "Salaries and wages,
Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and four," is amended by insert-
ing between the words "one baker, class nine," and the words "twenty-
four guards. Class A," the following words: "One machinist, class
nine; one foreman of steam laundry, at one thousand and fifty dollars
per annum."
{d) The appropriation under the head of "Revenue cutters and
launches, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and
four," is amended by inserting between the words "repairs and inci-
dental expenses" and the words "fifty thousand dollars" the follow-
ing words: "Crews of Manila Harbor launches as follows: Two cap-
tains, Class D; one engineer, Class E; twelve engineers and captains,
Class F; three employees, at three hundred and sixty dollars per
annum each; three employees, at three hundred dollars per annum
each; fourteen firemen, at two hundred dollars per annum each;
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two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each;
twenty-five employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
each."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereb}'' 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, July 31, 1903.
[No. 814.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-six, entitled **An
Act appropriating the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in money
of the United States, for expenses in connection with the purchase, sale, and
distribution of rice to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in the discretion
of the Civil Governor."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eighty-six, entitled '*An Act appropriating the sum of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, in money of the United States, for expenses
in connection with the purchase, sale, and distribution of rice to the
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in the discretion of the Civil
Governor," is hereby amended by striking out the second and third
sentences of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
**The provincial treasurer or supervisor-treasurer shall account to
the Insular Auditor for all moneys so received, and shall remit the
same to the Insular Treasurer, or deposit the same in the provincial
treasury if so directed by the Civil Governor, in which case such
moneys shall be deposited to the credit of a 'Congressional relief
f and ' to be disbursed on orders of the provincial board for such pub-
lic works in the province as may be approved by the Civil Governor,'*
so that said section three of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-
six shall read as follows:
*'Sec. 3. When any of the rice purchased under this Act shall be
sold by a provincial supervisor or supervisor-treasurer, as the case
may be, the proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the provincial
treasury upon order of the supervisor. The provincial treasurer or
supervisor- treasurer shall account to the Insular Auditor for all
moneys so received, and shall remit the same to the Insular Treas-
urer, or deposit the same in the provincial treasury if so directed by
the Civil Governor, in which case such moneys shall be deposited to
the credit of a 'Congressional relief fund' to be disbursed on orders
of the provincial board for such public works in the province as may
be approved by the Civil Governor. When the rice is distributed for
work done or gratuitously, the supervisor shall keep careful account
of the rice thus distributed, and make report thereof to the Insular
Auditor, including a statement of the work done for the rice distrib-
uted, with copy of the receipts received by him from the beneficiaries
>r from the presidents or other municipal ofl&cers through whom such
distribution is made. The accounting by the Insular Purchasing
Agent and the provincial supervisors and treasurers under this Act
shall be in accordaiiQe with regulations to be prescribed by the Insular
Auditor."
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the^peedy euactment 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, July 31, 1903.
[No. 815.]
AN ACT consohdating the offices of provincial treasurer and proyincial super-
visor of the Province of Sorigao.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-seven,
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the
Province of Surigao, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus
formed shaU be known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treasurer,
and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who shall
receive no additional compensation for such services, shall constitute
the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
fourteen thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand three hundred dollars, payable monthly. His qualifications
and duties shall be the same as the qualifications and duties of pro-
vincial supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provin-
cial Government Act, except that the requirement that the provincial
supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and surveyor shall not
apply. The supervisor- treasurer may employ a foreman in charge of
the repair and construction of roads, at a salary not to exceed sixty
dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-seven
or any amendment thereof as may be inconsistent with the provisions
of this 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 31, 1903.
[No. 816.]
AN ACT to amend section thirteen of Act Nnmbered Seven hundred and two,
regtdating the registration of Chinese persons in the PhiUppine Archipelago, by
authorizing an increase in the number of temporary employees provided for by
said Act.
By autlwrity of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippinf
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
two, entitled "An Act to regulate the registration of Chinese persons
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in the Philippine Archipelago, and to carry into effect and enforce
the provisiors of section four of the Act of Congress approved April
twenty-ninth , nineteen hundred and two, entitled *An Act to prohibit
the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United States,
its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District
of Columbia, of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent,'" is
hereby amended by authorizing in t he Office of the Collector of Customs
for the Philippine Archipelago ten registration clerks of class nine and
four Chinese translators of Class D, in lieu of six registration clerks
and two Chinese translators of class nine, so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
*'Sec. 13. For the purposes of this Act the following temporary
employees, or so many thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
authorized in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine
Archipelago: Ten registration clerks of class nine, four Chinese trans-
lators of Class D, and two stenographers and typewriters of class
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, July 31, 1903
[No. 817.]
AN ACT declaring that the presence of locnBtft in varions proyinces of the Islands
so tlurestens the food supply for the coming year as to present a public emer-
gency requiring radical action, and authorizing and providing for the appoint-
ment of a board in each province with full powers to call ni)on all able-bodied
inhabitants thereof to take united action to suppress the x>e8t, and for other
purposes.
Whereas the presence of locusts in various provinces of the Phil-
ippine Archipelago so threatens the entire food supply of the Islands
for the coming year and presents such an emergency and danger to
the welfare of the whole people as to require prompt and radical
action for its suppression: Tlierefore,
By avihority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. Under the presidency of the provincial governor a board
is hereby created in each province for the purpose of suppressing the
locust i)est, such board to be made up of the members of the provin-
cial board and three agriculturalists to be appointed by the Civil
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission, and to be
known as the Locust Board. ' The provincial secretary shall act as
secretary of the locust board without additional compensation. It
shall be the duty of the locust board to enforce the provisions of
this Act.
Sec. 2. In every province in which a plague of locusts is threat-
ened or exists every able-bodied inhabitant, subject to such regula-
tions and limitations as the board constitut-ed under this Act may
adopt, is hereby declared to be liable to service in suppressing the
locust pest. The board is hereby empowered to issue regulations
directing the conduct of the persons summoned for the purposes of
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642 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHIUPPINE COMMISSION.
this Act and to control their operations, either directly or through
the mnnicipal officers of the varions manicipalities nv^ho are hereby,
in respect to the scope of this Act, made subordinates of the board
hereby constitated. The regulations of the board may require that
the inhabitants shall work en masse or in snch force and in such
manner as may be deemed by the board most efficacious to the end
in view, or the board may require that each inhabitant subject to this
Act shall collect a given quanty of locusts, fixing the amount thereof
in "gantas" or "ca vanes." It is hereby declared to be the intent of
this Act to give the board hereby constituted full discretion in ibid
manner of suppressing the locust x>est.
Sbc. 3. It shall be the duty of municipal councilors and of all other
municipal officers upon the appearance of locusts within their respec-
tive barrios to bring the fact at once to the attention of the municipal
president whose duty it shall be to take the necessary steps prescribed
by the regulations of the board hereby constituted and to bring the
fact to the notice of the board through the provincial governor.
Sec. 4. Where any persons summoned under this Act to the public
service herein required shall, by reason of their poverty, be unable to
supi>ort themselves with food during their service, the board hereby
constituted may authorize the municipality to furnish them with
sufficient rice from the store of rice sent to the province by the Civil
Governor and paid for from the '* Congressional relief fund," reporting
at once to the Civil Governor, and by telegram where pos^ble, the
amount needed for such purpose.
Sec. 5. Every person liable under this Act to the lawful orders of
the board hereby constituted who shall fail to comply with the same
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the municipal president^
in accordance with the regulations to be provided by the board:
Provided^ however, That the penalty shall not exceed in any case ten
dollars fine or ten days imprisonment, or both.
Sec. 6. The moneys accruing from fines for violations of this Act
shall constitute a special fund to be deposited with the municipal
treasurer of the municipality in which such violation occurs for the
purpose of being applied by nim in payment for the hoppers or "loc-
tones" turned over to him by such persons as have already fulfilled
the requirements of the obligation imposed upon them by virtue of
the provisions of section two of this Act. The price to be paid for
this purpose shall also be determined and fixed in the regulations to
be adopted by the board constituted under this Act.
Sec. 7. The board constitut'Od by this Act is hereby authorized to
purchase the numbel* of galvanized-iron sheets considered indispen-
sable in the suppression of the locusts by the method of destroying
them in trenches, reporting the amount needed at once by telegram to
the Civil Gk)vernor, who is hereby authorized to expend such amount
as in his discretion is needed for the purchase of such galvanized-iron
sheets. The provincial supervisor or supervisor-treasurer of t^e
province is required to take up such galvanized-iron sheets upon his
property return and to duly account for the same.
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, August 3, 1903.
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[No. 818.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of Tayabas to make a loan from pro-
vincial fnnds to the mnnicipality of Lncena in that province.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The provincial board of Tayabas is hereby authorized
to loan from provincial funds the sum of six thousand pesos, Philip-
pines currency, to the municipality of Lucena, in the Province of
Tayabas, such loan to be used for the purpose of constructing a pub-
lic school in the municipality of Lucena, and to be repaid to the pro-
vincial treasury on or before one year from the date of the loan without
interest.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 3, 1903.
[No. 819.]
AN ACT to amend act numbered eighty-three, entitled **A general Act for the
organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands/' as amended.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that: ;
Section 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
*'A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the
PhiUppine Islands," as amended, is hereby further amended by adding
thereto the following subsection :
"(p) To forward to the Executive Secretary requisitions upon the
Insular Purchasing Agent for property or supplies made under the
provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, as amended,
and to accompany the same with a certified copy of a resolution by the
provincial board or municipal council making the necessary appropria-
tion to cover the cost and expenses thereof; and, also, when notified.
by the Insular Purchasing Agent that he is ready to make the ship-
ment, to forward to him a certificate by the provincial treasurer or
municipal treasurer, as the case may be, showing that there is suf-
ficient money in the provincial or municipal treasury to cover the
cost and expenses incurred by reason of the requisition, and that the
money required to make the payment has been set aside by the board
or council and is i*eserved for the purpose. It is hereby made the
duty of the provincial treasurer or municipal treasurer to issue such
certificate, if the facts warrant the issue thereof, upon the request of
the provincial board or municipal council. After the making of an
appropriation by the provincial board or municipal council for the
purjwse above mentioned the money thus set aside shall not be with-
drawn by the provincial treasurer or municipal treasurer for any other
purpose, whether by direction of the provincial board or municipal
council or otherwise, under penalty of dismissal of such provincial
or municipal treasurer."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
644 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
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 4, 1903.
[No. 820.]
AN ACT amending Act Nmnbered One hundred and forty-six, as amended.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section six of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-
six, as amended by Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-one, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section and substituting
therefor the following:
**Sec. 6. (a) Each head of a Department of the Insular Govern-
ment or of the city of Manila, and each provincial supervisor, shall
make written requisition from time to time upon the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent for all property or supplies he may require, and for
the payment of which he has an appropriation available.
'*(6) Payment for all articles and supplies so furnished shall be
made to the Insular Purchasing Agent at the actual cost thereof in
the city of Manila, including freight and all other expenses incident
to the delivery in the warehouse of the Insular Purchasing Agent at
Manila, and ten per centum additional upon such cost for i^igfat,
storage, bookkeeping, breakage, and other proper charges, by the
Department, BureatU, or Office, or provincial or city government
receiving the same, from its available appropriations.
** (c) AH requisitions for property or supplies of Any kind made
upon the Insular Purchasing Agent shall first be submitted for the
approval or disapproval of the Secretary of the Department having
jurisdiction over the official making such requisitions, and the In-
sular Purchasing Agent shall not honor any requisition unless the
same is first approved as herein provided.
*'(d) The Executive Secretary for the Philippine Islands shall
have jurisdiction over and approve or disapprove all requisitions for
property or supplies of every kind made upon the Insular Purchasing
Agent by any provincial or municipal official, by the Philippine
Civil Service Board, and by all other officers of the Insular Grovem-
ment not by law specifically placed under the jurisdiction of one of
the Executive Departments: Provided, Aot(;ever, That this provision
shall not apply to the city of Manila, in which case the certificate of
the Municipal Board approving the requisition shall be sufficient.
** (e) No property or supplies of any kind purchased or procured
under any requisition, as herein provided, shall be forwarded by the
Insular Purchasing Agent to any province or provincial officer or
municipality until after he has received a certificate signed by the
provincial treasurer or municipal treasurer, as the case may be, that
there is sufficient money in the provincial or municipal treasury to
pay for such property or supplies, including all proper exi)en8e8,
and that the necessary sum of money has been set aside by the pro-
vincial board or municipal council and is reserved for making such
payment."
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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, August 4, 1903.
[No. 821.]
AN ACT appropriating the smn of eighteen thousand six htmdred and ninety-
nine dollars, m money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the support of the provincial government of Mindoro for the
first half of the fiscal ^ear ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four,
and other designated periods, and authorizing the provincial supervisor-treasurer
of Mindoro to employ mimicipal treasurers as deputies under him for the collec-
tion of taxes.
By authority of the United States^ he U enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
HO much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the support of the provincial government of Min-
doro, this appropriation being for the first half of the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, unless otherwise
staled:
For salaries and wages and for general provincial expenses, including
maintenance of and repairs to provincial steam launch, purchase of
office supplies and stationery, blanks and blank books, sheriff's fees,
subsistence of prisoners, transportation of officers and supplies, main-
tenance and operation of telephone system, and other incidental
exx)enses during the first half of the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and four, eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars.
For payment of indebtedness for provincial and municipal supplies
furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and three, nine thousand nine hundred and seven-
teen dollars.
Total of appropriation for all purposes, eighteen thousand six hun-
dred and ninety-nine dollars, in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. The provincial supervisor-treasurer is authorized, in the
discharge of the duty imposed by law upon him of collecting taxes in
the province, to appoint municipal or township treasurers of the
various municipalities or townships of the province as deputies and
to pay them not exceeding five per centum of the collections made by
them as compensation for their work as such deputies. The provin-
cial supervisor-treasurer is authorized to exact separate bonds, to be
approved by the provincial board, from such municipal or township
treasurers for the faithful accounting by them of all moneys coming
into their hands by virtue of this section.
Sec. 3. No moneys appropriated in this Act are available for with-
drawal in other than United States currency or Philippines currency,
at the option of the Insular Treasurer. In any case where it appears
to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Finance and Justice that any
obligation of the provincial government of Mindoro, entered into by
646 LAWS OF FJOTED STATES PHILIPPIWB COMiaSSIOK.
contract or otherwise, is legally payable only in Mexican or Spanish-
Filipino currency, and the appropriation available therefor is in
United States currency or Philippines currency', the Secretary of
Finance and Justice aiay anthorize the Insular Treasurer to traiusfo'
to the provincial supervisor-treasurer of Mindoro the amoont of
Mexican or Spanish-Filipino currency required for said payment, in
exchange for the equivalent amount in United States correncyor
Philippines currency at the authorized rate of exchange at the time
such exchange is made. Notice of such exchange with the authority
therefor shall be given forthwith to the Auditor by the Insular Treas-
urer and the provincial supervisor-treasurer of Mindoro.
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," i>a88ed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 4, 1903.
[No. 822.]
AN ACT making further appropriation of one million dollars, in money of ths
United States, for the pnTchase of bnllion with which to coin silver PluHpiniie
pesos.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million
dollars, in money of the United States, for the purpose of purchasing
additional bullion with which to coin silver Philippine pesos pro-
vided by the Act of Congress entitled **An Act to establish a stand-
ard of value and providing for a coinage system in the Philippine
Islands," approved March second, nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 2. The money herein appropnated shall be available not only
for the purchase of bullion but for all of the expenses connected with
its coinage, transportation, insurance, and circulation.
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 4, 1903.
[No. 823.]
AN ACT consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provindal snper-
visor of the Province of Bataan.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the PhUippine
Comrn ission, tha t:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered Ninety-two, extending the pro-
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visions of the Provincial Ck)veminent Act to the Province of Bataan,
are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall be known as
the office of the provincial supervisor- treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treas-
urer, and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who
shall receive no additional compensation for such services, shall con-
stitute the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
seven thousand five hundred dollars. He shall receive an annual
salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars, x>ayable monthly. His
qualifications and duties shall be the same as the qualifications and
duties of provincial supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined
in the Provincial Government Act, except that the requirement that
the provincial supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and
surveyor shall not apply. The supervisor-treasurer may employ a
foreman in charge of the repair and construction of roads at a salary
not to exceed sixty dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered Ninety-two or any amendment
thereof as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this 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
Commission In the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on August fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and three.
Enacted, August 4, 1903.
[No. 824.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of three hundred and seventy-five thonsand dol-
lars, in money of the United States, to be expended by order of the Exposition
Board in continuing and completing the preparation of the exhibit of the
Philippine Islands to be presented at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
By avihority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the additional sum of
three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, in money of the
United States, to be expended by order of the Exposition Board in
the preparation and maintenance of the Philippine exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis, United States of
America, for the purposes and under the restrictions set forth in Act
Numbered Five hundred and fourteen as amended by Act Numbered
Seven hundred and sixty-five.
Sec. 2. The purchase of a carriage and two horses for the use of
the Exx)osition Board, at a cost of not exceeding one thousand three
hundred dollars, local currency, authorized by resolution of the
Philippine Commission under date of January fifth, nineteen hundred
and three, Is hereby made a proper charge against the general appro-
priations for the said Exposition Board in the manner indicated in
said resolution, the provisions of section one of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety-eight to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of
648 LAWS OP UNITED STATES .PHILIPPINE OOKlflSSION.
Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing tiie manner in
which withdrawals of moneys appropriated under said Act shall be
made in other than United States currency or Philippines currency,
are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated
under 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 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, August 4, 1903.
[No. 825.]
AN ACT to Tei)eal Act Nmnbered Fifty-three, entitled "An Act to prevent discrimi-
nation against money of the United States by hanking institntioBS.'*
By authority of the United Stales^ he it enacted by the PhUippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Fifty-three, entitled "An Act to prevent
discrimination against money of the United States by banking insti-
tutions," is hereby repealed.
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 5, 1903.
[No. 826.]
AN ACT to relieve the congestion in the necessary translation of records in
criminal cases api>ealed from the various Courts of First Instance to the Sapreme
Conrt, and appropriating two thousand five himdred dollars for that purpose.
Whereas the public business is delayed in the hearing of criminal
cases by the accumulation of records on appeal whi<h have not been
translated from English into Spanish or from Spanish into English:
Therefore,
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the PhUippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thou-
sand five hundred dollars, in money of the United States, to be used
under the direction of the Attorney- General for the employment of
additional assistance in the translation from English into Spanish and
from Spanish into English of the records of criminal cases which have
been appealed from the various Courts of First Instance to the Supreme
Court.
Sec. 2. The Attorney-General is authorized, with the approval of
the Secretary of Finance and Justice, to make such contract or con-
tracts as may seem best to him with competent translators not engaged
in the public service to make the necessary translations, such persons
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to be employed under these contracts without being subject to the
restrictions of the Civil Service Act.
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 for laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 5, 1903.
[No. 827.]
AN ACT further to amend section four of Act Nmnbered Five hundred and four
teen as amended by Act Nmnbered Seven hundred and sixty-five, by providing
that certain of the ezhibitd at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition owned by the
Pl^ppine Gk>vemment shall be returned to Manila.
By avihority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Five hundred and four-
teen, entitled "An Act creating a commission to secure, organize, and
make an exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, ethnology,
and education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held at
Saint Louis, in the United Stated, in nineteen hundred and four," as
amended by section three of Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixty-
five, is hereby further amended by adding at the close of said section
four the following:
^^ Provided, however. That from the exhibits at the Saint Louis Expo-
sition owned by the Philippine Government there shall be selected by
a committee to be designated by the Civil Governor all exhibits which,
in the opinion of the committee, it would be wise and not too expensive
to reship to Manila at the close of the Exposition at Saint Louis for
use'in a permanent museum in Manila: And provided further. That
the property, effects, and exhibits of the Insular Museum of Ethnol-
ogy, Natural History, and Commerce, established by Act Numbered
Two hundred and eighty-four, which have been taken over by the
Exposition Board shall be returned to Manila for us^ in a permanent
museum at Manila."
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 5, 1903.
[No. 828.]
AN ACT authorizing the Insular Purchasing Agent and provincial boards to sell
carabao and other draft animals xmrchased out of the Congressional relief fund
hy the Insular Government for the purpose of restocking the Islands with draft
animals and replacing draft animals destroyed by disease or other causes.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. All carabao and other draft animals purchased by the
Insular Government out of the Congressional relief fund shall be
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branded by the Insnlsr Purchasing Agent with the €k)v«mm»it brand
and a consecutive number, of which proper entry and accoant shall
be kept by said Insular Purchasing .Agenty together with ihe name of
the vessel on which the animals were shipped to the Islands, the num-
ber under which they were shipped, the date of their arrival in the
Philippines, and their final disposition under proper regulations to be
prescribed in executive orders by the Civil Governor.
Sec. 2. The Insular Purchasing Agent may consign to provincial
boards for sale upon proper requisition such number of said carabao
or other draft animals as may be required by the board and author-
ized by resolution of the Commission.
Sec. 3. The Insular Purchasing Agent and provincial boards to
which consignments of carabao and other draft animals may be made
in accordance with section two of this Act are hereby authorized to
sell such animals at public auction or in such other manner as may
be authorized by resolution of the Commission to farmers and other
persons requiring and needing them to perform work or labor on the
property of the buyers or on property leased, hired, or occupied by
them, or in or about a business owned, managed, or conducted by
them. In case of the sale of cattle under this Act a certificate of pur-
chase of the cattle, with the proper descriptions, shall be issued to
such purchaser of such cattle by the Insular Purchasing Agent or
the provincial treasurer for the provincial board, in the form and con-
taining details to be set forth in regulations of the Civil Governor to
accord, so far as may be, with certificates of purchase required by
law for private sales of carabao: Provided^ however^ That no stamp
for such sale shall be required.
Sec. 4. Where practicable, reasonable notice of all sales of carabao
and other draft animals shall be given by the Insular Purchasing
Agent or the provincial board, as the case may be, and if at the time
and place of sale more than one purchaser is present the privilege of
choice shall be put up at auction and awarded to the person bicMing
the highest sum therefor, in addition to the minimum price for each
carabao purchased, which minimum price is hereby fixed at seventy
pesos, Philippines currency, for cash sales, and ninety-three pesos,
Philippines currency, for part cash and part credit sales as hereafter
defined, or the equivalent of these prices in Mexican or Spanish-Fili-
pino currency at the official rate.
Sec. 5. All animals provided to be sold by this Act shall be sold
either for cash or one-third cash, one third in one year from date of
sale, and one-third in two years from date of sale, without interest,
or upon such other terms as may be fixed by resolution of the Com-
mission: Provided^ That all deferred payments shall be secured by
pledge, mortgage, or personal guaranty satisfactory to the provincial
board or the Insular Purchasing Agent, as the case maybe: Andpro-
vided further^ That any part of the purchase money unpaid snail
constitute a preferred lien on the animals sold, in favor of the Insu-
lar Government as against all persons whomsoever: And provided
further, That where a purchaser on credit shall desire to anticipate
the second installment by payment of the entire price in one year he
shall be allowed to satisfy the debt by a total payment of eighty-one
pesos, Philippines currency, instead of ninety-three x>6S0S, as above
provided.
Sec. 6. The Insular Purchasing Agent shall keep a true and co^
rect account of all sales made by him under the terms of this Ac^
together with the consecutive numbers and brands of the animals sold,
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the name, address, business, or occnpation of the purchaser, the full
price for which sold, the cash paid, the amount due and security given
(in case of credit sales), and make true report thereof to the Insular
Auditor.
Sec. 7. The provincial treasurer shall keep a true account of all
sales of animals made by the provincial board under the terms of this
Act, together with the consecutive numbers and brands of the ani-
mals sold, the name, address, business, or occupation of the pur-
chaser, the full price for which sold, the cash paid, the amount due
and the security given (in case of credit sales), and make a true
report thereof to the Insular Auditor and to the Insular Purchasing
Agent.
Sec. 8. No animal purchased under the terms of this Act for which
the full price has not been paid and a certificate given therefor shall
be sold, transferred, or pledged without the permission of the pro-
vincial board making the sale by resolution or of the Insular Pur-
chasing Agent in writing, which resolution or written permission shall
contain the name of the first purchaser and of the vendee, transferree,
or pledgee and his business and address and a description of the ani-
mal with its brands, and shall be recorded in the lK)oks of the pro-
vincial treasurer and of the Insular Purchasing Agent. In case the
permission is given by the Insular Purchasing Agent, he shall for-
ward a copy thereof to the Insular Auditor and to the provincial
treasurer of the province where the animal was originally sold, and
when the permission is granted by a provincial board a copy of the
resolution shall be forwarded by the provincial treasurer to the
Insular Purchasing Agent and the Insular Auditor. A purchaser or
his agent violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding five hundred Philippine pesos or ' by imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment
as to the court may seem just.
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, August 7, 1903.
[No. 829.]
AN ACT authorizing the provincial boards of provinces which are opemting
launches for the use of their provincial officers to charge reasonable rat^ of fare
for transportation of nonofficial passengers.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. In any province in which the provincial board is main-
taining a launch or other vessel for the transportation of its officers
and for other public purposes the provincial board is authorized to
transport nonofficial passengers at reasonable rates of fare from one
place in the province to another: Provided, however. That nonofficial
passengers shall be received only when consistent with the carriage of
all official passengers.
Sec. 2. The provincial board shall adopt regulations to govern the
652 " LAWS OF UKITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
officers in charge of the launch or other vessel in respect to thetrans-
I>ortation of nonofficial passengers and fix the charge for such carriage:
Provided, Jwwever, That the business thus authorized to be done by
the provincial board with its official launch shall be so arranged as
not to compete with regular commercial lines transporting passengers
between points in the same province, it being the intent of this act
merely to permit the provincial board to supply transportation for the
public where the same can not be otherwise obtained.
Sec. 3. All moneys received by virtue of this act for the transporta-
tion on a launch or other vessel belonging to a provincial govern-
ment shall be paid into the provincial treasury and shall be consid-
ered as provincial funds available for expenditure by the provincial
board, as provided by law, for the general purposes of the provincial
government.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite 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, August 7, 1903.
[No. 830.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of three hundred and fifty-one thousand six
hundred and forty-eight dollars, in money of the United States, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for certain pubUc works and permanent improTe-
ments in the city of Manila.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The following sum, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of
any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
public works and permanent improvements in the city of Manila as
follows:
CITY OP MANILA.
Public works, city of Manila: For the construction, alteration,
improvement, or purchase of the following-named buildings and
grounds:
Construction of schoolhouses in the districts of Ermita, Tondo, and
San Miguel or Trozo.
Construction of machinery building at Arroceros Shops.
Construction of building for shelter of road rollers at Arroceros
Shops.
Construction of fire station in Tanduay.
Construction of police station in Tondo.
Construction of tenement houses.
Construction of bridge over Estero de Binondo.
Purchase of material for construction of veterinary hospital on
Palomar Island, Tondo.
Purchase of grounds for and construction of markets in the districts
of Sampaloc and Paco.
Completion of new city hall.
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Purchase of ground for new cemetery near La Loma.
Improvement of new cemetery.
Purchase of property for street purposes and extension and widen-
ing of streets as follows: Extension of Calles Aduana and Palacio;
widening Calle Sacristia; extension of new streets and widening of
old streets in Ermita and Malate; widening and extending Calles
Bilibid and Limasana; and widening street from Plaza del Conde to
Calle Barraca.
Extension and improvement of water-supply system, including
purchase of pipe and fittings.
In all, for public works, city of Manila, three hundred and fifty-one
thousand six hundred and forty-eight dollars: Provided^ That the
amounts to be expended for the various purposes above mentioned,
respectively, shall be allotted by resolution of the Commission to be
certified to the Auditor, and the Municipal Board of the city of Manila
shall be limited in its expenditure for each item in accolrdanc^ with
said allotments.
Sec. 2. All balances remaining unexi)ended 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
not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall
be carried to the general revenues of the Islands.
Sec. 3. The provisions of the finst paragraph of section three of Act
Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which
withdrawals of moneys appropriated under said Act shall be made in
other than United States currency or Philippines currency, are hereby
made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated under
this Act.
Sec. 4. 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 Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 8, 1903.
[No. 831.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of eight hundred and seventy-three thousand one
hundred and forty-eight dollars, in money of the United States, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for certain pubhc works, permanent improvements,
and other purposes of the Insular Government.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
so much thereof as maybe necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of
any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for cer-
tain public works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of
the Insular Government:
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
For the construction of twelve thirty-ton lorchas for use at various
coaling stations in the Archipelago in coaling and unloading coal and
other Government supplies, thirty thousand dollars.
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QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Quarantine station, Cebu: Ck)nstruction of buildings and floating
wharf, and purchase of disinfecting machinery, thirty thousand
dollars.
Purchase of launch for use in Manila Bay, four thousand dollars.
In all, for the Quarantine Service, thirty-four thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Tel^?raph and telephone service, Philippines Constabulary: For
the purchase of cable to connect the Island of Catanduanes with the
Province of Albay ; for the purchase of five thousand iron i)ole8 and
two thousand cross irons with bolts complete, not to exceed twenty
thousand dollars; thirty-three thousand dollars.
Commissary stores, Philippines Constabulary: For the purchase
and transportation of commissary stores, in accordance with the
terms of previous appropriations, twenty-live thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, fifty-eight thou-
sand dollars.
BUREAU OF COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION.
Cutters and launches. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transport^on:
For the completion of five Coast Guard cutters now under construc-
tion at Shanghai, including fourth and fifth payments; delivery pay-
ment; exi)enses of inspection; armament and outfit; spare gear; and
rent of launch, not to exceed six hundred dollars; one hundred and
forty thousand three hundred and thii-ty-six dollars.
Light-House Service, Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation:
For the construction of the following new light stations: At Maniguin
Islet, thirty thousand dollars; at Capitancillo Island, twenty-five
thousand dollars; at Bajo Apo Islet, fifteen thousand dollars; at
Bagacay Point, fifteen thousand dollars; for the completion of other
minor stations and the construction of new stations, not to exceed fifty
thousand dollars; one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
For construction and equipment of marine railway and machine
shop on Engineer Island, thirty-five thousand dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, three
hundred and ten thousand three hundred and thirty-six dollars: Pro-
videdy That the Superintendent of Light-House Construction be, and
hereby is, authorized, with the approval in each instance of the Chief
of Coast Guard and Transportation, to hire from time to time neces-
sary engineering assistants, such as assistant engineers, inspectors,
instrument men, rodmen, overeeers, timekeepers, and draftsmen for
such time as their services may be indispensable to the work; com-
pensation for said services to be paid from the appropriations for the
construction and repair of light-houses and within the limiting rates
of pay prescribed by the Chief of the Bureau, and said employees to
be selected and appointed in accordance with the Civil Service rules.
BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.
For a steamer designed for survey work in the Philippine Islands,
seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided^ That the vessel shall be con-
structed under the direction of the officer in charge of the Coast and
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Geodetic Survey by contract let to the lowest bidder, after due adver-
tisement, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and
Police.
BUREAU OF ARCHITBCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Public works, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings: For the alteration, construction, or improvement of the
following-named public buildings and grounds.
Board of Health for the Philippine Islands: Construction of stables
for eight horses and carromata shed; septic tanks and drainage sys-
tem for cholera hospital, women's ward, leper hospital, morgue, and
serum institute; three wards and nurses' quarters at contagious-dis-
eases hospital; new cholera, plague, and smallpox hospitals and
administration building; plumbing in main building and water sup-
ply for new hospital; and crematory.
Bureau of Agriculture: Construction of college building. Occidental
Negros.
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation: Construction of two
wooden and brick warehouses; repairs to a building twenty by one
hundred feet; repairs to watchman's building; repairs to machine
shop, including new roof, trusses, plates, and so forth, and prepara-
tion for shafting, and so forth; new water and electric mains across
canal and general water system for Engineer Island and ships (except
plumbing in building), hawser posts, and so forth.
Bureau of Customs and Immigration: Construction of iron fence
inclosing entire premises; leveling sidewalks and resetting tracks, and
so forth; erection of signal masts, crow's nest, and fittings for Ardois
signal system; painting interior and exterior of old building to match
new addition; completion of main building, including steel rolling
shutters, lightnin^r rods, electric wiring and fixtures; standpipes and
hose connections for new and old buildings; electric light and tele-
phone wiring; refitting bodegas and offices in old building after fur-
niture is removed to new addition.
Bureau of (Government Laboratories: Construction of new Govern-
ment Laboratory building; equipment for new Government Labora-
tory building; six hundred and fifty meters of filling for emergency
use on Laboratory site to permit continuous work around walls of
building during rainy season.
Bureau of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant: Construction of
storage shed; extension to stables.
Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent: Construction of stables
at San Lazaro; wagon sheds at San Lazaro; repair shops at San Lazaro;
mess rooms and quarters at San Lazaro; twelve medium-sized coal
sheds; and one large coal shed.
Bureau of Prisons: Construction of workshop at Bilibid Prison;
construction of warehouse at Bilibid Prison.
Bureau of Public Printing. Construction of paper warehouse and
electric elevator.
Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings: Con-
struction of roof of building on Calle Anloague.
In all, for public works. Bureau of Architecture and Construction
of Public Buildings, three hundred and forty-eight thousand three hun-
dred and twelve dollars: Provided, That the amounts to be expended
for the various purposes above mentioned, respectively, shall be
allotted by resolution of the Commission to be certified to the Auditor,
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and the Chief of the Bureau of Architectare and ConstracUon ci
Public Buildings shall be limited in his expenditure for each item in
accordance with said allotment.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OP NUEVA VIZCAYA.
For the construction x>f a provincial government building to be used
as offices for the provincial officials, headquarters of Constabulary,
and for provincial jail, two thousand five hundred dollars.
CHIBF ENGINEER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
For completion of the wharf at Calbayog, Samar, fifteen thousand
dollars.
Sec. 2. 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 not
be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall be
carried to the general revenues of the Islands.
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 under said Act shall be made in
other than United States currency or Philippines currency, are hereby
made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated under this
Act.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the spoody 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 Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 12, 1903.
[No. 832.]
AN ACT allowing to E. B. Bryan fifty-fonr days' leave of absence and appropri-
ating the sum or one thousand and fifty dollars, in money of the United States,
to be paid to said E. B. Bryan in lien of the leaye so allowed in order that bis
successor as general superintendent of edacation may be appointed withoat
unnecessary delay.
Whereas the Civil Governor has accepted the resignation of E. B.
Bryan, as General Superintendent of Education, to take effect on
August thirteenth, nineteen hundred and three; and
Whereas the said E. B. Bryan has rendered faithful, efficient, and
continuous service to the Government since the first day of July,
nineteen hundred and one, without vacation during that period; and
Whereas the public good demands the appointment of a successor
to the said E. B. Bryan as soon as possible after his resignation takes
effect instead of at the termination of any leave which may be allowed
to him: Now, therefore.
By authority of the United Stales^ be it enacted by the PhUippir^
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. The sum of one thousand and fifty dollars, in money
of the United States, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
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Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the said
E. B. Bryan, in lieu of fifty- four days' leave of absence hereby allowed
to him for the full period of his service with the Philippine Grovern-
ment as computed under Act Numbered Eighty.
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 12, 1903.
[No. 833.]
AN ACT amending Act Nnmbered Seven hundred and eighty-eeven, entitled ** An
Act providing for the organization and government of the Moro Province."
By authority of the United States, be it enoxiied by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section seven of an Act entitled "An Act providing for
the organization and government of the Moro Province" is hereby
amended by striking out the clause between the semicolons in the
twentieth and twenty-seventh lines of said section and substituting
therefor the following: "He shall, on or before the tenth day of each
month, render an account of the transactions of his office for the pre-
ceding month to the legislative council, hereinafter created, who, by
committee, shall examine such accounts and count the cash and if said
accounts are found correct shall so certify on the face of the accounts.
He shall forward one copy of each monthly account-current to the
Insular Treasurer and one copy of the same to the Insular Auditor, the
latter accompanied by supporting vouchers, receipts, and abstracts."
Sec. 2. Said Act is also hereby amended by striking out the follow-
ing sentence in section eighteen : "He shall render a quarterly account
of his collections and disbursements to the provincial treasurer, and
shall, as he may be ordered by the provincial treasurer, retain custody
of the money which he has collected or forward same or any part thereof
to the provincial treasurer," and substituting therefor : "He shall within
ten days after the close of each month render accounts-current in.
triplicate to the provincial treasurer, showing all collections and dis-
bursements made by him during the preceding month as well as all
the transfers of money from or to him. Within ten days after receipt
of same the provincial treasurer shall forward to the Insular Treasurer
a copy of the account-current. At the same time one copy of the
account-current, supported by proper vouchers, i*eceipts, and certified
copy of the acts and resolutions of the legislative council, shall be for-
vr&rded by the provincial treasurer to the Insular Auditor, and one
copy shall be retained in the office of the provincial treasurer. Before
forwarding to the Auditor an account of a district treasurer, the pro-
vincial treasurer shall give the same an administrative examination,
transmitting a copy of the result of such examination, for the infor-
mation of the Insular Auditor, with the account so transmitted. The
district treasurer shall, as he may be ordered by the provincial treas-
urer, retain custody of the money which he has collected or forward
the same, or any part thereof, to the provincial treasury.
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658 LAWS OF UiaXED STATES PHILIPPIKE COMMISSION.
Sec. 3. All soms appropriated by the Insular Government for the
expense of the collection of castoms revenaes in the More Province
shall be refunded to the Insular Treasury from the gross amount of
the customs receipts collected in said province, on or before the thir-
tieth day of June, nineteen hundred and four, and each succeeding
year.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of thiflbill,
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, August 12, 1903.
[No. 834.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nmnbered Eight hmidred and seventeen, proyiding for
the snppreesion of the locust pest, by excepting from its operation certain pabiic
servants and employees of common carriers.
By aufhorUy of the United StateSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission y inai:
Section 1 . Nothing in Act Numbered Eight hundred and seventeen,
entitled "An Act declaring that the presence of locusts in various
provinces of the Islands so threatens the food supply for the coming
year as to present a public emergency requiring radical action, and
authorizing and providing for the appointment of a board in each
province with full powers to call upon all able-bodied inhabitants
thereof to take united action to suppress the pest, and for other por-
poses," shall require the services in the suppression of the locust pest
of officers or men of the Army or Navy of the United States, civil
employees of the United States Government, officers or employees of
the Insular Government, or the officers or servants of companies or
individuals engaged in the business of common carriers on sea or land,
or priests, ministers of the Gospel, physicians, practicantes, druggists
or practicantes de farmacia actually engaged in business, or lawyers
when actually engaged in court proceedings.
The locust board is hereby authorized to make f urt.her exemption
of such provincial and municipal officers as the public interests may .
require.
Sec. 2. 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.
SEa 3. This act shall take effect on its i)assage.
Enacted, August 17, 1903.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 659
[No. 835.]
AN ACT appropriating the snm of two hundred and thirty-eight thousand five
hundred and seventy-five dollars for the pnrpose of continuing the construction
of the Benguet road.
By authority of the United StcUes, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or
80 much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the purpose of continuing the construction of the Benguet
road.
For salaries and wages, including the unpaid portion of the salary
of N. M. Holmes, chief engineer, from August fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and one, to July first, nineteen hundred and three, at the
rate of three thousand dollars per annum; and compensation for ser-
vices rendered in securing laborers; one hundred and forty thousand
dollars.
For subsistence of employees, thirty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For the purchase of materials and supplies, including medicines,
medical supplies, and surgical instruments, twenty thousand seven
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For transportation of officials, employees, and supplies, including
thi purchase of means of transportation audits maintenance, and the
sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars to reimburse Major
L. W. V. Kennon, United States Army, engineer in charge, for travel-
ing expenses and Hubsistence when absent from his station on official
business, forty thousand three hundred dollars.
In all, for the purposes of this Act, two hundred and thirty-eight
thousand five hundred and seventj'^-five dollars, in currency of the
United States.
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 under said Act shall be made in
other than United States currency or Philippine currency, are hereby
made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated 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
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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 20, 1903.
[No. 836.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nmnbered Six htmdred and thirty-three, entitled **An
Act consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor
of the Province of Isabela."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by tlie Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. Act Numbered Six hundred &nd thirty-three, entitled
**An Act consolidating the offices of provisional treasurer and pro-
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vincial supervisor of the Province of Isabela," is hereby amended
by striking out section two thereof and inserting the following in lieu
thereof:
"Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treas-
urer, and a teacher of the public schools stationed at Ilagan, to be
assismed to such duty by the division superintendent of schools for
Isabela and Cagayan, shall constitute the provincial board. The
teacher designated hereunder by the division superintendent of
schools shall receive no additional compensation for his services
under 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
Commission in the enactment of laws," i>assed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred."
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 24, 1903.
[No. 837.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nmnbered Six hundred and twenty-eight, entitled ''An
Act consolidating the oflftces of provincial treasurer and provincial snparviBorof
the Province of Antique," by providing that the division superintendent of
schools in that province may appoint a deputy to act in his stead on the pro^ Ji-
cial board.
By autliority of the United StaieSy be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-
eight, entitled ''An Act consolidating the offices of provincial treas-
urer and provincial supervisor of the Province of Antique," is hereby
amended to read as follows:
' '• Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treas-
urer, and a teacher of the public schools resident at the capital of the
province and assigned to such duty by the division superintendent of
schools for the province shall constitute the provincial board. The
teacher of public schools assigned hereunder shall receive no addi-
tional compensation for his services as a member of the provincial
board."
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 i)assage.
Enacted, August 24, 1903.
[No. 838.]
AN ACT to authorize provincial boards to make certain purcliasee to assist m
carrying into operation the provisions of Act Numberea Seven hundred and
seventy-four.
By authority of the United Staies, be it enacted by the Pkiipp^
Commission, mat:
Section 1. The provincial board of any province organized imder
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the Provincial Governraent Act is hereby authorized, out of any funds
avaihible for the general purposes of the provincial government, to
purchase not exceeding two hundred and fifty pairs of wheels with the
corresponding wooden axles and with tires of a width not less than
two and one-half inches, and to sell the same in the province at the
price of purchase together with the expense of their transportation to
the province, for the purpose of showing the inhabitants how Act
Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-four can be properly complied
with.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby exi)edited 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 24, 1903.
[No. 839.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Fifty-two, entitled **An Act providing for
examinations of banking institutions in the Philippine Islands, and for reiwrts
by their oflRcers."
By autliority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
CoinmissUm, that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Fifty-two, entitled "An
Act provi<ling for examinations of banking institutions in the Philip-
pine Islands, and for reports by their officers," is hereby repealed and
the following substituted therefor:
**Sbc. 3. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer for the Islands, or
of an authorized deputy by him appointed, personally at least once in
every six months, and at such other times as he may deem expedient,
to make an examination of the books of every such bank, of its cash
and available assets in the Philippine Islands, and of its general con-
dition and method of doing business, and he shall make report of the
same to the Civil Governor, to the Philippine Commission, and to the
Secretary of War."
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 24, 1903.
[No. 840.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-one, entitled **An
Act providing for the establishment of a Weather Bureau for the Philippine
Islands and appropriating ei^ht thousand and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents
($8,066.50), in money of the United States, for the purchase of meteorological
instnunents and apparatus and the installation of the same.''
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commisson, that:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-one, entitled
**An Act providing for the establishment of a Weather Bureau for
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the Philippine Islands and appropriating eight thonsand and sixty-
six dollarn and fifty cents ($8,066.50), in money of the United
States, for the purchase of meteorological instruments and appa-
ratus and the installation of the same," is hereby amended by strik-
ing out of the next to the last line of section six the words "second-
class stations, third-class stations or rain," so that the last clause of
said sentence shall read as follows: '^Proi^idedy That if, as the work
of establishing stations progresses, the Director shall find that in
some instances places other than those named in this section are bet-
ter suited to the requirements of the weather service, he is author
ized to change the location of stations in his discretion."
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 24, 1903.
[No. 841.]
AN ACT amending Act Nnmbered Two hundred and fifty-three, creating the
Bnrean of Non-Christian Tribes for the Philippines, and changing the name of
this Bureau to •* The Ethnological Survey for the Philippine I^ands.''
By authority of tlie United States^ he it encictM by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Two hundred and fifty-three is hereby
amended so as to provide that the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes
shall hereafter be known and designated as " The Ethnological Sur-
vey for the Philippine Islands." In addition to the investigation and
duties with which it is charged by said Act, the Ethnological Survey
shall also conduct systematic scientific researches in anthropology
and ethnolog}'^ among all the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
The head of an 3^ Department of the Insular Government may, through
the Secretary of the Interior, call upon the Ethnological Survey to
make investigation and report of any matters referring to the inhab-
itants of the Philippines upon which information is required.
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 24, 1903.
[No. 842.]
AN ACT to amend section two of Act Nnmbered One hundred and three, entitled
**An Act extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the
Province of Tayabas.*'
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the PhUippi^^
Commission, tnat:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and three,
entitted **An Act extending the provisions of the Provincial Govern-
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ment Act to the Province of Tayabas," as amended by Act Nninbered
Four hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby further amended by addin^c
to the last paragraph thereof the following: \^ Provided^ however y
That in view of the fact that the regular places for holding court in
the Province of Tayabas are at tha municipalities of Tayabas and
Boac, the provincial fiscal shall be permitted to reside either at
Lucena, the provincial capital, or at the municipality of Tayabas, and
shall be allowed his necessary and actual traveling expenses while
absent from his usual place of residence on official business."
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 24, 1903.
[No. 843.]
AN ACT providing that the Execntive Secretary and the Assistant Execntive
Secretary for the Philippine Islands may administer oaths required by law.
By aiUhority of the United StateSy he it enacted by the PhUippijie
Commission^ thai:
Section l. The Executive Secretary and the Assistant Executive
Secretary for the Philippine Islands are hereby empowered to admin-
ister all oaths required and authorized by law, without compensation,
but they shall not be required to administer oaths except in matters of
official business in which no fees are chargeable 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
iu the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 24, 1903.
[No. 844.]
AN ACT amending all acts heretofore enacted b^ the Philippine CommisBion in
which the words *' The Government of the Philippine Archipelago*' occur, by
striking ont said words and inserting in lien thereof the words *" The Govern-
ment or the Philippine Islands/' and changing the titles of all insular govern-
ment officials to conform with this amendment.
By authority of the United StaieSy he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All Acts heretofore enacted by the Philippine Commis-
sion in which the words "The Government of the Philippine Archi-
peisLgo" occur are hereby amended by striking out said words and
inserting in lieu thereof the words "The Government of the Philip-
pine Islands," which shall hereafter be the official title of said Gov-
ernment, in conformity with the Act of Congress approved July first,
nineteen hundred and two.
Sec. 2. The titles of all officials of the Government of the Philip-
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pine Islands are hereby amended by striking out the word "Archipel-
ago" wherever it occurs in such titles and inserting in lieu thereof
the word "Islands."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the 8i)eedy 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 24, 1903.
[No. 845.]
AN ACT appropriating seven thoosand dollars. United States corrency, for
improving the gronnds of MalacaSian Palaoe.
By avihority of the United StcUeSy be it enacted by the PhUippme
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven thou-
sand dollars, in money of the United States, for the purpose of filling
in the swampy land in the grounds of MalacaSan Palace and for
draining and sodding the same, laying the necessary walks and roads
and planting needed shrubbery and trees, and also for the purpose of
riprapping the river or sea wall which supports the portico of Malac-
af!an Palace.
Sec. 2. The improvements provided for by this Act shall be made
Under the direction of the Municipal Board of the City of Manila
and the funds shall be withdrawn and disbursed by the disbursing
officer of the city of Manila.
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 24, 1903.
[No. 846.]
AN ACT appropriating fonr htmdred dollars, United States cnrrency, for repair-
ing, the school bnilding at Cervantes, Province of Lepanto-Bontoc.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Cammission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hun-
dred dollars, in money of the United States, to be used in repairing
the school building at Cervantes, in the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc,
. and to be expended for this purpose as other provincial funds are
. expended in the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc according to law.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
' the passage of the same is hereb}' expedited in accordance with section
two of ^^An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commissien
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in the enactment of laws/' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sbc. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. -
Enacted, August 24, 1903.
[No. 847.]
AN ACT anthorizing a refund of two hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty
cents on account of real-estate tax collected in the city of Manila from Maria
'ArgoiUes through a clerical error of the collecting authorities.
By authority of {he United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The City Assessor and Collector of the city of Manila
is hereby authorized to refund to Maria Arguilles the sum of two hun-
dred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents, United States currency,
collected from her as real-estate tax on certain property in the district
of Santa Cruz in excess of the amount actually due by reason of a
clerical error in the office of the City Assessor arid Collector, and this
sum is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, and shall be properly charged to the rev-
enues of the city of Manila.
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 24, 1903.
[No. 848.]
AN ACT to amend section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and eleven,
entitled ''An Act fixing the salaries and wages of ofUcers and crews of the Coast
Ghiard fleet."
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and eleven
is hereby amended by adding to the paragraph authorizing the
employment of the petty officers and crews for cutters the following:
" He is also authorized to subsist, in the officers' mess, the postal
clerks aboard the Coast Guard cutters in return for their services as
disbursing officers, freight clerks, and pursers."
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 24, 1903.
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[No. 849.]
AN ACT for the protectioii of bnoys and beacons.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
SECmON 1. Any person or persons who shall moor any vessel or
vessels of any kind or name whatsoever or any boat, skiff, barge,
scow, raft or part of a raft, to any buoy or beacon placed as an aid
to navigation in any bay, channel, harbor, river, arm of the sea, or
any other waters of the Philippine Islands by the authority of the
Light-House Establishment of the Philippine Islands, or shall in any
manner hang on with any vessel, boat, skiff, barge, scow, raft, or part
of a raft, to any such buoy or beacon, or shall willfully remove,
damage, or destroy any such buoy or beacon, or shall cut down,
remove, damage, or destroy any beacon or beacons erected on land
in the said Islands by the authority of the Light-House Establish-
ment of the Philippine Islands, shall for every such offense be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos, Philippines cur-
rency, or by imprisonment in the provincial jail not less than one nor
more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court, one-third of the fine in such cases to be paid
to the informer and two-thirds thereof to the Light-House Establish-
ment, to be used in repairing or replacing said buoys or beacons.
Sec. 2. The cost of repairing or replacing any such buoy or beacon
which may have been misplaced, damaged, or destroyed by any vessel,
boat, raft, or scow being made fast to the same shall, when said cost
shall have been legally ascertained, be a lien upon such vessel, boat,
raft, or scow, and recovered against the same and the owner or owners
thereof in an action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is liereby 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 24, 1903.
[No. 850.]
AN ACT providing for the incorporation of the municipality of Aritao, Province
of Nueva Vizcaya, as a barrio of the municipality of Dnpax, Province of Nuev»
Vizcaya.
By authority of the United St^xies, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The municipality of Aritao, in the Province of Nueva
Vizcaya, is hereby incorporated as a barrio of the municipality of
Dupax, in the same province, and the limits of the municipali^ of
Dupax are hereby extended so as to include all the territory hereto-
fore constituting the municipality of Aritao.
Sec. 2. The existing organization of the municipality of Aritao is
hereby abolished and all offices existing by virtue of the j^resent
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organization of such municipality are hereb}' abolished and declared
to be vacant.
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 October first, nineteen hundred
and three.
Enacted, August 24, 1903.
[No. 851.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled **A general Act for the
organization of manicipal governments in the Philippine Islands/' as amended
by Act Nnmbered Seven hundred and seventy-four.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and sev-
enty-four, amending paragraph (j ) of section forty-three of Act Num-
bered Eighty- two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of
municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following paragraph:
"Notwithstanding the fact that, by its terms, this Act shall not go
into general effect throughout the provinces until the first day of
December, nineteen hundred and three, provincial boards are hereby
authorized to apply the provisions hereof immediately to any partic-
ular road or roads in the province, whenever in their judgment such
protection is required and the public interests will not otherwise be
prejudiced."
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 26, 1903.
[No. 852.]
AN ACT appropriating the snm of ten thousand dollars, in money of the United
States, for repairs to the wharves at Zamboanga, Iligan, Parang, and Jolo.
By avihority of the United Sixdes^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropnated, the sum of ten thou-
sand dollars, in money of the United States, for the purpose of repair-
ing wharves constructed at Zamboanga, Uigan, Parang, and Jolo, this
money to be expended through the engineer of the Moro Province,
upon the authority and order of the legislative council thereof: Pro'
videdy That no part of this sum shall be expended to complete the
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construction of the whai*f now under construction opposite the new
militiiry reservation at Uigan: And provided further. That, except
for the purpose of repairing, the use of the wharf shall be under the
general control of the proper customs authorities as in other cases.
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 26, 1903.
[No. 853.]
AN ACT to amend section two of Act Numbered Six hnndred and thirty-eight,
entitled **An Act anthorizing and directing the Civil Qovemor to appoint an
electrical engineer and a hydraulic engineer for the pnrpoee of preparing plans
and specifications for the conversion of the waterpower at the Botocan water-
fall, in the Province of La Lagona, near Majayjay. into electrical current to
be conveyed to the city of Manua.*' by providing for the additional survey of
the falls of the rivers Caliraya and Lomot and the snrroanding country.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by tlie Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-
eight is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
"Said engineers shall also make a complete and comprehensive fiur-
vey and map of the falls of the Caliraya River and the Lomot River
and the surrounding country, and report on the feasibility of diveit-
ing the Lomot River by canals to the Caliraya River, and report on
the conditions and possibilities of these rivers, as directed in the first
paragraph of this section, regarding the falls of the Botocan River."
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 26, 1903.
[No. 854.]
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.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. In each of the school divisions of the Archipelago exami-
nations to secure a list of students best qualified to receive and profit
by a course of instruction and education in the United States shall be
held under the direction of the division superintendents on or before
the thirty-fii'st of March in each year hereafter. Candidates for
examination must be students of the public schools and natives of the
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Philippine Islands, of good moral character, sound physical condition,
and not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-one yeara of age.
-Full report of such examinations shall be made by division superin-
tendents to the General Superintendent of Education, who shall certify
to the Civil Governor, through the Secretary of Public Instruction, as
eligible for appointment as Government students to be educated in
the United States all candidates receiving a percentage of not less
than seventy-five in each subject of examination. The Civil Governor
may appoint from the number so certified such a number of students
as may be prescribed by resolution of the Commission, designating in
the appointment of each ihe school, college, university, or other edu-
cational institution in the United States to which the student will be
sent for education at the expense of the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands. With the approval of the Commission the Civil Gk)ver-
nor may designate and appoint for special instruction in the United
States twenty-five students at large and not included in said certified
list, but such students shall be natives of the Philippine Islands, not
more than twenty-five years of age, of good moral character, and in
sound physical condition.
Sec. 2. The Civil Governor may, of his own motion, with or without
competitive examination, as he may elect, select and appoint for the
fiscal year nineteen hundred and four one hundre<l students to be
educated in the United States at the expense of the Government of
the Philippine Islands. Of said one hundred students, thirteen shall
be selected and appointed for instruction in agriculture and the use-
ful mechanical arts and sciences and twelve for such course of special
instruction, approved by the Civil Governor, as they may elect. The
students so selected and appointed by the Governor shall be students
of the public schools and natives of the Philippine Islands, of good
moral character, sound physical condition, and not less than sixteen
nor more than twenty-one years of age: Provided ^ however^ That
natives of the Philippine Islands, of good moral character, sound
physical condition, and not exceeding twenty-five years of age may
be selected and appointed by the Civil Governor for a course of special
instruction.
Sec. 3. After his selection and before his appointment, each stu-
dent shall be subjected to a thorough physical examination by a
physician designated by the Civil Governor, and the appointment of
such student shall be dependent on the favorable report of the physi-
cian so designated. £ach student receiving an appointment 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 Civil Gover-
nor 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 regu-
lations as may be prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction;
that he will diligently, studiously, and faithfully pursue the estab-
lished course of studies or such special course of studies as may be
indicated by the Civil Governor; 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 Philip-
pine Islands, and within two months after his return will take a civil-
service examination, competitive or noncompetitive, in the discretion
of the Civil Service Board, to qualify in such grade or for such office
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or position under civil-service rules as he may elect, and that if certi-
fied for appointment by the Civil Service Board and appointed from
such certification to any office or post in the civil service at any time
within one year aft«r 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.
Sec. 4. The Civil Governor, by and with the approval of the Com-
mission, may api>oint a suitable agent to receive Government students
in the United States and to arrange for their transportation to the
institutions of learning to which such students shall have been
assigned, to make all necessary arrangements for the entrance of such
students into said institutions and for their care, protection, and wel-
fare while students therein, and to perform such other duties as may
be ordered by the General Superintendent of Education. The agent
is hereby placed under the supervision of the Chief of the Bureau of
Insular Affairs at AVashington, to whom he shall make quarterly
reports of the health, welfare, and progress of each student. He shall
also send duplicates of such reports to the General Superintendent of
Education. Such agent so appointed shall receive a compensation
not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, in money of the
United States, per annum, and his necessary traveling expenses while
engaged in the performance of the duties required by this section.
Sec. 5. The cost of education and maintenance of said students in
the United States, not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars, in
money of the United States, per student per annum, and the actual
and necessarj^ traveling expenses of said students to the educational
institutions in the United States to which they have have been assigned
and their actual and necessary traveling expenses from such educa-
tional institution to Manila, Philippine Islands, upon the completion
of their studies in conformity with this Act and their agreement, shall
be paid by the Government of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,, the sum of seventy-two thou-
sand dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Funds
appropriated for the purposes of this Act for expenditui^e in the
United States shall be disbursed by the Disburing Officer of Insular
Funds, Bureau of Insular Affairs, AVar Department, Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, on vouchers properly signed and duly presented.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 26, 1903.
[No. 855.]
AN ACT providing for the establishment of local civil fi:ovemment for the non*
Christian tribes in the Province of Ilocos Norte.
By autlwrity of the United States^ he it enacted by tlie PhUipP^^
Commission, that:
Section 1. Whereas the non-Christian tribes in the Province oi
Ilocos Norte have not progressed sufficiently in civilization to make it
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practicable to bring them under any form of manicipal government,
the provincial governor is authorized, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, in dealing with those non-Christian tribes to
appoint officers from among them, to fix their designation and badges
of office, and to prescribe their powers and duties: Providedy That the
powers and duties thus prescribed shall not be in excess of those con-
ferred upon township officers by Act Numbered Three hundred and
eighty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of
loeal civil governments in the townships and settlements of Nueva
Vizcaya."
Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the
provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a
coarse necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct members
of such tribes to take up their habitations on sites on unoccupied
public land to be selected by him and approved by the provincial
board. Members of such tribes who refuse to comply with such direc-
tions shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a period not exceeding
sixty days.
Sec. 3. The constant aim of the governor shall be to aid the non-
Christian tribes of his province to acquire the knowledge and expe-
rience necessary for successful local popular government, and his
8Ui>ervision and control over them shall be exercised to this end,
and to the end that law and order and individual freedom shall be
maintained.
Sec. 4. When in the opinion of the provincial board of Ilocos Norte
any settlement of non-Christian tribes has advanced sufficiently to
make such a course practicable, it ma}' be organized under the pro-
visions of sections one to sixty-seven, inclusive, of Act Numbered
Thi-ee hundred and eighty-seven, as a township, and the geographical
limits of such township shall be fixed by the provincial ]S)a]&.
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, August 27, 1903.
[No. 856.]
AN ACT antborizing any officer of the United States Army designated by the
commanding general of the Division of the Philippines for snch purpose to
appear as attorney before any court in the Philippine Islands in official matters
in which the United States has an interest.
By authority of the United Sixite^y he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. Any officer of the United States Army designated by
the commanding general of the Division of the Philippines for such
purpose shall have the right to appear as attorney before any court
in the Philippine Islands in all cases in which the United States
Government shall have an interest direct or indirect.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedite in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of, procedure by the Commission
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in the enactment of laws,'* passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 27, 1903.
[No. 857.]
AN ACT aathorizing the payment of salaries, wages, and snbsistenoe of so-called
volunteers in tne suppression of brigandage in the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Conimissiony that:
Section 1. Payment is hereby authorized, out of the funds appro-
Eriated under the heading " Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen
undred and three," of salaries and wages of the so-called volunteers
in the suppression of brigandage in the Philippine Islands, and pay-
ment for subsistence of such volunteers is authorized out of the funds
appropriated under the heading "Transportation, Philippines Con-
stabulary, niHeteen hundred and three."
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-sixtli, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage and shall be con-
sidered as covering employment of such volunteers during the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, August 27, 1903.
[No. 858.]
AN ACT appropriating the snm of ten thousand and twenty-one dollars and
twenty-three cents, local currency, from the fund now in the Insular Treasury
known as*' special deposit numbered twenty-nine/' for deposit in the provin-
cial treasury of Sorsogon, to be expended by said provindfe m the constrnction
of a high school or secondary school building.
By authority of the United Stoies, be it ennded by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. The sum of ten thousand and twenty-one dollars and
twenty-three cents, local currency, is hereby appropriated, out of the
fund now in the Insular Treasury known as " special deposit num-
bered twenty-nine," for deposit in the provincial treasury of the
Province of Sorsogon, to be exj)ended under the supervision of the
provincial board of said province, with such other funds as the pro-
vincial board may be able to devote to the purpose, in the construc-
tion of a high school or secondary school building. The amount
herein appropriated shall be paid to the provincial treasurer of the
Province of Sorsogon. and receipted for by him and shall be by him
disbursed upon orders of the provincial board as in other cases.
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
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 27, 1903.
[No. 859.]
AN ACT amending section five of Act Nnmbered Six hundred and twenty-four,
by providing for the payment of fees for recording declarations of location of
mining claims and affidavits accompanying the same direct to the provincial
treasurers instead of to the mining recorders in provinces organized under the
provincial government act.
By authority of the United States, ha it ermcted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-
four, entitled '*An Act prescribing regulations governing the location
and manner of recording mining claims, and the amount of work nec-
essary to hold possession of a mining claim, under the provisions 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,' " is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. There shall be paid to the provincial treasurer, or in the
Moro Province to the district treasurer of the proper district, a fee of
two Philippine pesos for each declaration of location of a mining claim
and for each affidavit accompanying such declaration filed for record,
and on the presentation of the receipt of the provincial or district
treasurer the said declaration and affidavit shall be recorded by the
mining recorder, providing all requirements of the law before record-
ing shall have been complied with. These fees shall be accounted for
as other collections of the officers receiving them and deposited for
the credit of the proper province or district, in accordance with sec-
tion six of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-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 "Aji 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 27, 1903.
[No. 860.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six
cents, in money of the United States, to pay the salary of a third deputy clerk
of the Supreme Court for the period from September first to December thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and three.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of- six hundred
and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, in money of the United
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States, to pay the salary of a third deputy clerk of the Supreme Court,
already authorized, during the period from September first to Decem-
ber thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three.
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 28, 1903.
[No. 861.]
AN ACT anthorizin^ the provincial treasurer of the Province of Iloilo to pay the
expenses incnrred m the hire of a steam launch for the provincial governor of
said province while on a visit to the mnnicipality of Nneva Valencia (Gnimarafi)
during the month of Janoary, nineteen hundred and three, on official husinees.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial treasurer of the Province of Iloilo is
hereby authorized to expend from provincial funds the sum of forty
dollars, Mexican currency, in the reimbursement to Martin Delgado,
provincial governor of said province, of the actual expenses incurred
by him in the hire of a steam launch while on a visit to the munici-
pality of Nueva Valencia (Guimaras) during the month of January,
nineteen hundred and three, on official business in the interest of said
province, anything in Act Numbered One hundred and thirteen, lim-
iting the traveling expenses of provincial officers of the Province of
Iloilo, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. The public good i*equiring 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 28, 1903.
[No. 862.]
AN ACT to authorize the continuance in office of certain officers and employees
of the Census Bureau for the purpose of directing the preparation of the censos
report contemplated by Act Inunoered Four hundred and sixtynaeven.
Whereas the work of collecting information in the Philippine
Islands for census purposes, as contemplated by Act Numbered Four
hundred and sixty-seven, as amended, has been practically com-
pleted: Therefore,
By authority of the United States^ be it enxided by the Philippic
Commission^ that:
Section l. The services of the present Director of the Census in
the compilation and tabulation of the census returns and the prepara-
tion of the report of the census shall be continued in Washington
upon the same terms as those upon which he has served in the PluliP"
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pine Islands; and the services of the two Assistant Directors of the
Census authorized by Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven
shall be continued in Washington until the completion of the census
report, at the rate of three hundred dollars, United States currency,
per month each, such salaries to commence upon their reaching Wash-
ington, and their present salaries, as authorized by Act Numbered
Four hundred and sixty-seven, to continue until that time: Provided^
however^ That they shall consume only the usual time in proceeding
from Manila to Washington.
Sec. 2. Authority is hereby given to the Director of the Census to
take with him to Washington as his assistant Lieutenant T. B. Taylor,
United States Army, upon the same terms as are now in force as to
his employment; and further to take with him two secretaries at the
salaries now received by them : Provided^ however^ That the detail of
Lieutenant Taylor as above provided shall be duly authorized by the
proper military authority.
Sec. 3. The chief clerk and the d sbursing officer of the Census
Bureau shall be continued in office for a period of three months from
the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and three, for the pur-
X)ose of settling up delayed accounts and of receiving and transmitting
to the Director of the Census at Washington census schedules and
other documents relating to the census.
Sec. 4. The Disbursing Agent of the Insular Govejnment in Wash-
ington is hereby authorized and directed to disburse the salaries of
the officers and emplpyees of the Census Bureau retained in office
under this authority aftor their arrival in Washington and for the
time they are in transit from Manila to Washington.
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, August 29, 1903.
LNo. 863.]
AN ACT amending section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty, known
as the *' CJoastwise Trade Act," by making the minimum tonnag9 for vessels
licensed thereunder fifty gross tons.
By aidhority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. Section one 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, nine-
teen hundred and four, to vessels not entitled to general coastwise
trade licenses under the Customs Adminstrative Act, and authorizing
the fixing of maximum rates for transportation of merchandise and
passengers in the coastwise trade," be, and the same is hereby,
amended to read* as follows:
** Section 1. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands is
herebj'^ authorized to issue a 'Special coastwise license' to any vessel
of fifty gross tons or over, belonging in whole or in part to a citizen
of the United States, to a citizen of the Philippine Islands, or to a
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citizen or subject of any country with which the United States is at
peace, entitling said vessel to engage in the coastwise trade of the
Philippine Islands upon the terms and conditions hereinafter pre-
scribed."
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, September 2, 1903.
[No. 804.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, known as the
Philippine Customs Administrative Act, by changing the membership of the
Court of Customs Appeals, providing for appeals in criminal causes and for cer-
tificates of appeal in other customs cases where there is a division of opinion
between the judges of the coxui;, and si)ecifying i)ower8of Collectors of Customs
in cases of fine and forfeiture, and for other purposes.
By mitliorlfy of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Coimnissioriy mat:
Section 1. Section two hundred and eighty-seven of Act Num-
bered Three hundred and fifty-five, entitled 'Wn Act to constitute
the Customs Service of the Philippii^e Archipelago and to provide for
the administration thereof," is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Seg. 287. If the decision of the Insular Collector, acting either as
Collector of Customs for the port of Manila or on appeal to him from
a collector of customs, shall be adverse to the claim of the owner,
importer, consignee, or agent of the merchandise, or of the person
paying to the Collector of Customs fees, charges, and exactions other
than duties, the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, or the person
paying the fees, charges, and exactions may, within five days, exclu-
sive of Sundays and holidays, after notification in writing to him by
the Collector of Customs of such adverse decision, appeal therefrom
to the Court of Customs Appeals by giving notice in writing to the
Collector of Customs of his or their dissatisfaction with such adverse
decision, which notice shall be forthwith transmitted by the Collector
of Customs to the Insular Collector, who shall thereupon forthwith
ceitify and transmit to the clerk of the Court of Customs Appeals
such notice of appeal, together with the entry, invoices, and exhibits,
and all other papers connected therewith, and his decision thereon,
and the court shall proceed, upon notice to the appealing party and
to the Attorntiy-General, to examine the case submitted, and the
decision shall be final, except in cases which are certified to the
Supreme Court of the Islands, as provided in section two hundred
and eighty-eight of Act Numbered Three hundi^ed and fifty-five, as
amended.
*'In case the decision of the Insular Collector, acting in his capac-
ity as Collector of Customs for the port of Manila or upon appeal to
him from a collector of customs, shall be adverse to the Government
on the matter at issue, and the Secretary of Finance and Justice shall
certify in writing that in his opinion such decision ought to be revised
by the Court of Customs Appeals, it shall be thereupon the duty of
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the Insular Collector to certify and transmit his decision, together
with the entry, invoices, and exhibits, and all other papers connected
therewith, to the clerk of the Court of Customs Appeals, and that
court shall, upon notice to the Attorney-General and to all parties
interested, reexamine and determine the case as last above provided,
and its decision shall be final, except in cases which are certified to
the Supreme Court of the Islands as provided in section two hundred
and eighty-eight of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as
amended."
Sec. 2. Section two hundred and eighty-eight of said Act is hereby *
amended to read as follows:
'*Sec. 288. The evidence taken before either the Collector of Cus-
toms or the Insular Collector may, if competent, be used before said
court, and said court may receive further evidence pertinent to the
issue. The court may make general rules governing the proceedings
before it. Costs may be allowed to the Government or to the adverse
party, in the discretion of the court, but such costs shall not exceed
those allowed to parties in actions pending in the Supreme Court for
the Philippine Islands, as established by the Code of Procedure in
Civil Actions and Special Proceedings. The court shall have the
power to determine all questions arising in the appeal, including the
question as to whether any duty, exaction, or fee can lawfully be
imposed. The remedy by appeal to the Court of Customs Appeals is
exclusive of all other remedies upon all questions relating to the cus-
toms duties, or the administration thereof under this Act. No right
of action shall exist on the part of the owner, importer, exporter, or
consignee to recover back any duties, fees, or exactions by him or them
paid, except by means of appeal in accordance with the provisions of
said section two hundred and eighty-seven, as amended. No appeal
shall lie to the Supreme Court of the Islands from the judgment of
the Court of Customs Appeals under said section two hundred and
eightj'^-seven, as amended, except in a case where the two judges of
the Court of Customs Appeals shall disagree as to any decision, in
which case they shall certify the fact of their disagreement and the
record to the Supreme Court of the Islands, which shall thereupon
proceed to examine the case and issue a mandate to the Court of Cus-
toms Appeals as to the judgment which should be entered, and, except
in a case in which the Secretaiy of Finance and Justice shall certify
that the public interests require a reexamination of certain questions
arising therein by the Supreme Court, in which case the judges of the
Court of Customs Appeals shall send up the entire record to th*
Supreme Court which shall consider and decide the questions pn^
sen ted by the certificate of the Secretary of Finance and Justice if, in
the opinion of the Supreme Court, the record presents for decision the
certified questions, and shall issue a mandate to the Court of Cus-
toms Appeals to enter judgment in accordance with its decision."
Sec. 3. Section two hundred and eighty-nine of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 289. The Court of Customs Appeals shall consist of two
judges, to be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Philippine Commission. The members of the court
shall receive a compensation of four thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, in money of the United States. Both members shall
possess the qualifications required by law for judges of the Supreme
Court, and they may be required to perform the duties of judges of
Courts of First Instance in any province in the Islands, or in the city
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of Manila, when directed in writing by the Civil Governor to do so,
in which case their acts, proceedings, and judgments shall be of equal
validity as though they were the acts, proceedings, and judgments of
the regular judge of the Court of First Instance. Jydges of the Court
of (yustoms Appeals shall have power to administer oaths, and, as to
proceedings pending before it, the court shall have all th^ powers of
the Supreme Court for the Philippine Islands, as defined in Acts
Numbered One hundred and thirty-six and One hundred and ninety.
It shall be a court of record and have a seal. One judge shall con-
stitute the court for the trial of all criminal causes, but, in all other
cases, appeals, or questions before the Court of Customs Appeals, the
court shall consist of two judges. Whenever the Insular Collector so
requests it shall be the duty of the Attorney-Greneral, or some person
detailed from his ofl&ce for that purpose, to aid the Insular Collector
in the presentation of cases before the Court of Customs Appeals.
The judges shall, before entering upon the performance of their
duties, take the oath required by law to be taken by judicial officers.
There shall be a clerk of the court, who may be required to act also
as interpreter, to be appointed by the Attorney-General, with the
approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, and his successor
shall be appointed, subject to the rules of the civil service, by the
same appointing power. He shall receive a salary of one tJiousand
six hundred dollars per annum, in money of the United States. The
clerk may employ such deputies, clerical assistants, typewriters,
stenographers, and messengers, and at such, salaries as the Attorney-
General shall authorize, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance
and Justice. Said court shall be deemed to be always open."
Sec. 4. Sections two hundred and ninety and two hundred and
ninety-one of the Customs Administrative Act are hereby repealed,
and in lieu thereof the following is substituted:
"Sec. 290. The Court of Customs Appeals shall have jurisdiction
concurrent with that of the Courts of First Instance to consider all
criminal prosecutions begun under this Act and under the immigra-
tion laws of the Philippine Islands, including the Act of Congress
approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, entitled "An Act
to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," and the
Chinese Exclusion Acts, and under the customs and navigation laws;
and the procedure in such cases shall be the same as in criminal causes
in Courts of the First Instance. The court first taking jurisdiction
hereunder shall thereafter have exclusive jurisdiction of the prosecu-
tion thus begun. From a judgment of the Court of Customs Appeals
in criminal causes there shall be right of appeal to the Supreme Court
in every case in which the penalty of imprisonment or a fine exceeding
six hundred Philippine pesos, exclusive of costs, is adjudged against
the defendant. In all other criminal cases, including those in which
a fine of six hundred pesos or less is adjudged or in which imprison-
ment is adjudged in default of payment of the fine, the judgment of
the Court of Customs Appeals shall be final."
Sec. 5. Section three hundred and thirteen of the Customs Admin-
istrative Act is hereby repealed, and the following sections, numbered
three hundred and thirteen, three hundred and thirteen a, and three
hundred and thirteen 6, are substituted in lieu thereof:
" Sec. 313. Whenever in the judgmeAt of the Collector of Customs
there has been a violation of this Act, or of any customs, navigation,
immigration, or exclusion Act, subjecting any merchandise, vessel,
animal, or other property to the satisfaction of a fine, penalty, oonfls-
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cation, or forfeiture, the Collector of Customs shall seize the property,
proceeding as in section three hundred and thirty-four of Act Num-
bered Three hundred and fifty-five, and shall notify the owner of the
merchandise, vessel, animal, or other property or his agent in posses-
sion, in writing, of the fact, giving to such person qr owner or agent
an opportunity to be heard in reference to the oifenses charged, and
after such hearing the Collector of Customs shall fix, in writing, the
fine or penalty which in his judgment ought to be imposed and the
description and value of the merchandise, vessel, aniipal, or other
property which should be confiscated or forfeited. The collector shall
at the same time issue a warrant for the detention of the offending
merchandise, vessel, animal, or other property, and shall fix the bond,
upon the giving of which, with good and sufficient surety or sureties,
to be approved by the collector issuing the warrant, the merchandise,
vessel, animal, or other property may be released. If the owner or
agent of the property offending shall desire to pay the fine fixed or the
value of the property seized for confiscation or forfeiture as appraised
and fixed by the collector, the collector may receive the amount from
the person or owner in compromise of the liability, to be accounted
for as other collections of his office, and may give the person paying
a release in full for the same, together with possession of the proj)-
erty or cancellation of the bond. If these proceedings take place and
the seizure is made at any port except that of Manila, the person
whose property is seized may forthwith appeal to the Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Islands at Manila by filing with him a cer-
tified copy of the proceedings by the collector of the port of seizure
and such additional evidence as he may desire. The Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Islands, upon such appeal, may reverse
the action of his subordinate, modify or approve the same, and in like
manner may accept a compromise and, upon payment of the sum
fixed, issue a release of the liability and property or bond. In cases
appealed from the collectors of customs other than the Collector of
Customs for the Philippine Islands at Manila, and in cases arising
at Manila, if no compromise is effected with the Collector of Cus-
toms for the Philippine Islands, then and in that case it shall be
the duty of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands forth-
with, on receiving notice from the person or agent whose property has
been seized that he will not consent to a compromise, to file a record
of all the proceedings in the Court of Custoius Appeals, with a petition
reciting the facts, asking the judgment of the court upon the issue of
fine or penalty or confiscation or forfeiture, and praying, upon judg-
ment, for a public sale of the seized property after due advertisement
to satisfy the judgment. Process shall issue against the owner or
agent in possession of the property, and the pleadings and procedure
shall be, as in other cases, in the Court of Customs Appeals, of a sum-
mary character regulated by orders of the court. The sale, if ordered,
shall take place in the district of seizure after four weeks' posting of
notice thereof at the door of the office of the collector of customs of
the district and the publication once a week for four weeks of notice in
any newspaper of general circulation in the district of seizure, if any,
and also after publication, in the discretion of the court, of the same
number of notices in a newspaper of general circulation in Manila.
The judgment of the court in such proceedings shall be limited to one
in rem against the property seized. Criminal proceedings against
the person offending shall be prosecuted under section two hundred
and ninety. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the collector of
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customs from instituting ordinary criminal proceedings for violation
of this Act, the customslaws, and the Immigration and Chinese Excln-
sion Acts, in the proper Court of First Instance or in the Court of
Customs Appeals, under section two hundred and ninety, as amended
above. Should the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands
not file a record of his proceedings, together with the petition, in the
Court of Customs Appeals within fifteen days after receiving notice
from the person whose property is seized or his agent in possession
that he will not compromise the case, the owner shall be relieved from
liability for the fine, penalty, confiscation, or forfeiture sought, so far
as the property is concerned, and his property, merchandise, or ves-
sel shall be delivered back into his control, or, if a bond has been
given, it shall be canceled.
" Sec. 313 a. If, within ten days after the seizure, in cases described
under section three hundred and thirteen, no owner or agent can be
found or appears to claim the property, the collector seizing the prop-
erty shall proceed as if the real owners had declined the compromise,
and the Insular Collector shall file a record of the proceedings in the
Court of Customs Appeals, and process shall issue thereon, to be
served by publication, by notice posted for two weeks at the door of
the ofl&ce of the collector of customs for the customs district in which
the seizure was made, and published once a week for four successive
weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the province or
city where the seizure was made, if any, or such other notice as the
court may order, which notice shall describe the articles seized, the
time, cause, and place of seizure, and the nature of the pending pro-
ceeding, and require all persons claiming an interest in the property
to appear and defend against the remedy prayed for or to be forever
barred, and thereafter the decree and the nature of the proceedings
shall be the same as provided in section three hundred and thirteen,
as amended.
"Sec. 313. b. The judgment of the Court of Customs Appeals in
cases brought to a hearing under section three hundred and thirteen,
as above amended, shall be final in all cases in which the fine, pen-
alty, confiscation, or forfeiture might not, under the statute or by
the appraisement and estimate fixed in the proceedings of the col-
lector, have exceeded two thousand dollars. In all other cases under
said section an appeal may be taken by the owner of the condemned
or confiscated property or his agent from the judgment of the Court
of Customs Appeals to the Supreme Court of the Islands, which shall
be taken in the same manner and shall be governed by the same pro-
cedure as appeals to the Supreme Court from Courts of First Instance:
Provided, however, That no appeal shall be permitted unless notice of
the same shall be filed in the clerk's office of the Court of Customs
Appeals within ten days after the entry of the judgment appealed
from: And provided, That no bill of exceptions shall be valid unless
allowed and signed by both of the judges of said court within thirty
days after the entry of the judgment appealed from."
Sec. 6. Section three hundred and thirty-nine of Act Numbered
Three hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by striking out all
the section after the words **such seizure and intended sale," in the
fourteenth line of the section, and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: *' The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited with the Insular
Treasurer as a special deposit and take the place of the property
seized and sold for disposition by decree of the Court of Customs
Appeals."
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Sec. 7. Sections three hundred and forty-four and three hundred
and forty-five of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as
amended by Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty-three, are hereby
repealed and the following substituted therefor:
"Sec. 344. All criminal violations, by any person, of this Act or of
the other Acts mentioned in section two hundred and ninety, as above
amended, shall be prosecuted by order and under the supervision of
the Insular Collector. Such violations shall be reported by the collector
in whose district the violations occurred, either to the proper prose-
cuting officer of the province where the violation occurred, for prose-
cution in the proper Court of First Instance, or through the Insular
Collector to the Attorney-Greneral for prosecution in the Court of Cus-
toms Appeals, and, where fines or penalties are imposed by law for
such violations and the Insular Collector shall certify that they can
not be satisfied out of property seized under the proceedings in rem
provided in section three hundred and thirteen, as amended, and sec-
tions three hundred and thirteen a and three hundred and thirteen b
herein, they may, in the discretion of the trial <ourt, be made part of
the sentence in the criminal proceedings against the offender, if con-
victed. In such cases the judgment shall provide for imprisonment at
hard labor until the fine or penalty is paid, together with the costs of
prosecution, either in money or by labor, at not less than forty centavos,
Philippines currency, a day, the rat« to be fixed by the court imposing
sentence."
Sec. 8. The Court of Customs Appeals as at present constituted by
law shall continue to act in all cases in which at the date of the passage
of this act the evidence has been submitted to the court and which are
pending either on argument or are awaiting decision. All other suits
or criminal prosecution pending shall be tried by the Court of Customs
Appeals as constituted by this Act, and appeals from judgments
therein as provided in ihis Act shall be allowed.
Sec. 9. Section two hundred and twenty-five of said Act Numbered
Three hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by striking out
paragraph four thereof.
Sec. 10. Section two hundred and eighty-two of said Act Numbered
Three hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by striking out of
the fifth and sixth lines thereof the words: "and all seized or confis-
cated goods, wares, or merchandise."
Sec. 11. Section one hundred and fifty of Act Numbered Three
hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by striking out in the tenth,
eleventh, and twelfth lines thereof the following words: "and the
vessel against which a penalty is assessed as herein provided shall be
held by the customs officials until the same is paid," and by inserting
in lieu thereof the following: "and the collector shall proceed against
such vessel for the collection of the penalty by seizure and such other
steps as are provided in section three hundred and thirteen of Act
Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended, and by sections
three hundred and thirteen a and three hundred and thirteen b of
this Act."
Sec. 12. Section one hundred and fifty-two of Act Numbered Three
hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by striking out of said sec-
tion all after the words "one thousand dollars" and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: " and the seizure and proceedings shall be as
provided in sections three hundred and thirteen, as amended, three
hundred and thirteen a and three hundred and thirteen b."
Sec. 13. Section one hundred and fifty-four of Act Numbered Three
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hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by striking ont the last
sixteen words of the section as follows: ^'and the vessel shall be heM
until the penalty imposed on the master has been satisfied," and there
is hereby inserted in lieu thereof the following: "and the vessel shall
be subject to the payment of the fine and may be proceeded against
by seizure and the other steps provided in section three hundr^ and
thirteen of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended,
and in sections three hundred and thirteen a and three hundred and
thirteen b of this Act."
Sec. 14. Sections one hundred and fifty-three, one hundred and
eighty-two, three hundred and thirty-five, three hundred and thirty-
six, three hundred and thirty-seven, and three hundred and thirty-
eight of said Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five and all
other provisions of said Act or any other Act inconsistent with this
Act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 15. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance vnik
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. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 2, 1903.
[No. 865.]
AN ACT authorizing Courts of First Instance to order the execution of lawful
sentences of military comniissions and provost courts in criminal cases in which
such sentences were confirmed by proper authority and have not becoi execated
and which can not be executed by the courts imposing them because of their
abolition.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section l. In all cases in which the lawful judgments and sentences
of provost courts, and of military commissions as confirmed by order
of the proper military commander, of persons duly and finally con-
victed of crime have not been executed and can not now be executed
by order of the militarj'^ authorities or of the court pronouncing the
judgment, for the reason that such military commissions and provost
courts have ceased to be and no longer have power to direct the execu-
tion of such sentences, the Civil Governor is authorized to direct the
Attorney-General to present to the Court of First Instance having
territorial jurisdiction over the place in which such crime was com-
mitted a record of the proceedings showing the conviction and sen-
tence of the defendant in such proceedings and the confirmation
thereof when necessary, and praying that the defendant be brought
before the court to show cause why the sentence as disclosed by the
record of the proceedings should not now be executed by order of the
Court of First Instance.
Sec. 2. If in the proceedings thus instituted by direction of the
Civil Governor it shall appear to the Court of First Instance that the
judgment and sentence whose execution is sought was pronounced by
a court having jurisdiction of the offense and of the persons convicted,
and that the sentence has not been executed in whole or in part, and
that the defendant has not been pardoned or amnestied or in any other
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way become entitled to be relieved from the execution of the sentence,
the Court of First Instance shall make an order reciting the facts and
directing the execution of the sentence in whole or in part as the case
may be in accordance with the judgment of the court whose sentence
is being executed, fixing a time and place for the same. The sentence
shall be executed by the proper civil executive officer of the court in
the manner in which it must have been executed by order of the court
of military authority pronouncing the same.
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 3, 1903.
[No. 866.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nnmbered Three hnndred and fifteen, creating a Bnrean
of the Cold Storage and Ice Plant, in so far as it relates to the duties of the
cashier of said plsmt.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissiony ikat:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Three hundred and
fifteen, creating a Bureau of the Cold Storage and Ice Plant, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. The cashier shall receive and is authorized^to receipt for
all moneys collected for cold storage, ice, distilled water, or other
products of the plant, and shall properly account to the Insular
Auditor for all such moneys, as well as for the property, blanks, and
so forth, which come into his hands as cashier. lie shall deposit
daily, as far as practicable, the previous day's collections with the
Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, to the credit of the Insular Cold
Storage and Ice Plant. When a holiday occurs and it is impossible
to deposit the previous day's collections they shall be deposited on
the morning of the first business day thereafter.^'
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, September 3, 1903.
[No. 867.]
AN ACT to amend and revise certain sections of Acts Numbered One hnndred
and thirty-six, One hnndred and forty, and One hundred and fifty-one, relating
to the organization of courts, by making new provision for a court vacation and
the leaves of absence of the judges, and for the terms, sessions, and places for
holding the Supreme Court, by rearranging the judicial districts of the Islands
and the times and places of holding courts in each province, with special pro-
vision assigning part of Zambales Province to jurisdiction of Court of Pan-
gasinan, adding two districts and pn)viding a judge for each new district, by
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revising existing provisions of law as to special terms and the perfecting of bilk
of exceptions at snch terms, as to where judges may sign jnd^ients. as to their
traveling expenses and those of certain fiscals and clerks, providing for salaries
of clerks and for appointment of clerks and deputies and fiscals in certain
districts, and for other pnrx>ose6.
By authorittj of the United States^ be it enacted by the PhUippim
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sections are sabstitated for sections five
and six of Act Numbered One hundred and thirt^^-six, entitled '*Aji
Act providing for the organization of courts in the Philippine
Islands":
Sec. 5. Court vacaiion and judicial leaves of absence. — (a) The
regular sessions of the Supreme Court and the Courts of First
Instance in the Islands may be suspended for the period beginning
with the first of May and closing with the first of July of each year,
which shall be known as the court vacation.
*'(?>) During the court vacation one judge of the Supreme Conrt
and one judge of the Court of First Instance of the judicial district
of Manila shall be present in Manila, one of the four judges at large
of the Court of First Instance shall remain in the Islands subject to
the call of the Civil Governor, and, of the judges of First Instance
outside the district of Manila assigned to regular judicial districts, at
least five shall remain on duty in their respective districts.
"(c) On or before the first of December of each year, the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court shall recommend to the Governor the
names of the judges who shall be assigned to duty as above during
the court vacation. In making his recommendation the Chief Justice
shall select the five judges with a view to the convenient exercise of
interlocutory jurisdiction by each of the judges selected in two neigh-
boring districts, so that for interlocutory purposes there may be a
judge available in every three districts. The Civil Governor shall,
on or before the first of January of each year, issue an executive order
naming the judge of the Supreme Court and of all Courts of First
Instance who shall remain on duty, subject to call for the purposes of
interlocutory jurisdiction, throughout the Islands. In this executive
order the Governor shall assign to the regular judges of the Courts of
First Instance the districts over which, in addition to their own dis-
tricts, they shall during vacation exercise interlocutory jurisdiction.
The assignment of judges for vacation duty shall be so arranged that
no judge shall be assigned for vacation duty more than once in three
years. The executive order herein required may be modified from
time to time upon the recommendation of the Chief Justice and
adjusted to emergencies and newly arising conditions.
"(d) The interlocutory jurisdiction referred to in the previous sec-
tions of this Act shall be held to include the hearing of all motions
for appointment of receiver, for temporary injunctions, and for all
other orders of the court which are not final in their character and do
not involve a decision of the case pending upon it« merits. The inter-
locutory jurisdiction shall also include the hearing of petitions for the
writ of habeas corpus, applications for bail, the holding of preliminary
examinations, and such orders in criminal causes as do not involve a
final sentence of conviction or judgment of acquittal.
"(e) The judge of the Supreme Court assigned to vacation dutj
shall have jurisdiction, not onl}'^ to make the interlocutory orders in
the Supreme Court which one judge under the law has power to make,
but he may also act as a judge of the Court of First Instance to exe^
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cise the interlocutory jurisdiction defined in the foregoing section in
every district in the Islands; and for this purpose he may direct proc-
ess to issue from the clerk's office of the proper court, making the
service returnable in the city of Manila, where he shall have the hear-
ing. If a hearing in Manila will subject the parties to unjust and
burdensome expense, he may assign the cause to be heard by one of
the judges of First Instance on vacation duty at a more convenient
place. A judge of a Court of First Instance assigned by the executive
order of the Civil Governor to exercise interlocutory jurisdiction dur-
ing vacation in two or three districts may direct process to issue by
the clerk of the proper court, to be returnable to any place in either
district under his jurisdiction where he can hear the pending matter.
The judge at large of the Court of First Instance assigned to vacation
duty shall be subject to the call of the Civil Governor to visit any dis-
trict and there hold court as a judge of First Instance of that district
to dispose of interlocutory matters.
*' (/) The Civil Governor may, when in his judgment the emergency
shall require, direct any judge assigned to vacation duty to hold dur-
ing the vacation a special term of court in any district, there to hear
civil or criminal cases and enter final judgment therein.
*' (gr) The judges of the Supreme Court and judges of the Courts of
First Instance not assigned to vacation duty may spend their vacation
either in the Islands or abroad. Every third year, in addition to his
vacation, each judge of the Supreme Court and each judge of a Court
of First Instance shall be entitled to an additional vacation of three
months. This five months' vacation shall be assigned to him by the
Civil Governor, but shall always be fixed for a period to include the
regular court vacation. No leave shall accumulate from year to year
to the judges under this Act, but the Governor may, in his discretion,
postpone the extra three months' vacation in the case of any judge
from one year to the next, if this is required by the public business,
provided the judge shall have at least two such vacation in six years:
Provided^ Tioxvever^ That for the period prior to the going into effect
of this Act any judge may have the benefit of the leave then accruing
to him under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty and its amend-
ments, if he so elect, after the passage of this Act.
''(7i) Leaves of absence for the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General,
Assistant Attorney-General, and all subordinates in the office of the
Attorney-General shall be granted by the Secretary of Finance and
Justice in accordance with the terms of Act Numbered Eighty, as
amended.
**(/) Leaves of absence for the clerk of the Supreme Court and the
clerks of the Courts of First Instance and the subordinate officials
and employees of said courts shall be granted by the Secretary of
Finance and Justice upon the recommendation, in the case of the
Supreme Court officials, of the Chief Justice, and, in the case of the
officials and employees of the Courts of First Instance, upon the
recommendation of the respective judges of First Instance, all in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty, as amended.
**(;) During the court vacation, and during the leaves of absence
for five months granted every third year, the judges affected thereby
and enjoying the same shall draw full pay. 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 provision shall be retroactive. The leaves
of absence to visit the United States granted to judges of the Supreme
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Court and judges of the Coarts of First Instance shall be announced
in the same executive order which the Civil Grovemor is required to
issue under section five (c), assigning the judges to vacation duty.
The service of a judge appointed from the United States shall be
deemed to have begun for the purposes of this section thirty days
before he landed in the Islands ready for duty.
* * Sec. 6. (a) A person residing in the United States who is appointed
judge of the Supreme Court or judge of a Court of First Instance of
the Philippine Islands shall be paid the traveling expenses of himself
and family from his place of residence to MauUa, if he shall come by
the route directed by the Chief Executive of the Islands. He shall
be allowed one-half salary from the date of leaving home to come to
Manila, and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Islands:
Provuledf That he proceeds directly 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.
"(b) If one has been employed as judge in the Philippine Islands
for three years, he shall, if he so requests, upon his retirement from
the service, be furnished with transportation for himself and family
from Manila to his place of residence."
Sec. 2. The following is substituted for section eleven of Act Num-
bered One hundred and thirty-six:
"Sec. 11. Sessions of the Supreme Court — ^The Supreme Court
shall hold at Manila two regular terms for the hearing of causes, the
first commencing on the second Monday of January and the second
on the second Monday of July. Each regular term shall continue to
and include the day before the opening of the next regular term.
The Supreme Court shall convene and hold a session after the regular
court vacation on the first day of July, or, if that be a holiday, then
upon the next day thereafter not a holiday, for the purpose of hearing
such motions and applications as should be heard before the close of
the term. The court shall also meet upon the second day of January,
or, if that be a holiday, upon the next day thereafter which is not a
holiday, for the purpose of hearing such business of the regular July
term as should be heard before the end of the term. The office of
the clerk of the Supreme Court shall always be open for the trans-
action of business, except upon lawful holidays, and the court shall
always be open for the transaction of such interlocutory business as
may be done by a single member thereof. The sessions of the court
for the hearing of cases shall be held on such days in the week, and
for such length of time, as the court by its rules may order."
Sec. 3. The following is substituted for section thirteen of Act
Numbered One hundred and thirty-six:
"Sec. 13. Where actions shaU he heard, — All actions coming into
the Supreme Court shall be heard at Manila, except when special
sessions shall be ordered by the court to be held at Cebu or Iloilo, in
which case the court shall by order direct the hearing of those cases
which are to be heard at such places, respectively."
Sec. 4. Judges of First Instance; two additional. — The judges of
First Instance appointed under existing law and assigned to the
Manila Judicial District and to the various numbered judicial dis-
tricts, and the judges of First Instance at large, shall continue to act
as judges of such Manila and numbered districts and at laige,
respectively. There shall be appointed, in addition to the existing
judges of First Instance, by the Civil Governor, with the consent of
the Commission, two judges of First Instance, one for the Moxmtain
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District and the other for the Fifteenth Judicial District, who shall
resi)ectively hold the Courts of First Instance in those districts as
defined in the fifth and seventh sections of this Act, and who shall
receive the salaries prescribed in the sixth section of this Act.
Sec. 5. Judicial districts, — The following judicial districts for CJourts
of First Instance in the Philippine Islands are hereby established:
The city of Manila shall constitute one judicial district, to be known
as the Judicial District of Manila, and the other judicial districts shaU
severally consist of the provinces and islands as hereinafter stated.
The First Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of Cagayan
and Isabela.
The Second Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of Ilocos
Norte, Ilocos Sur, and Abra.
The Mountain Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Lepanto-Bontoc, Benguet, and Nueva Vizcaya.
The Third Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of La
Union, Pangasinan, and Zambalos.
The Fourth Judicial District shall consist ot ihe 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 Bat*an-
gas, Tayabas, and Mindoro.
The Eighth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of Sorso-
gon, Albay, and Arabos Camarines.
The Ninth Judicial District shall consist of the Province of Iloilo.
The Tenth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of Occi-
dental 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 Civil Governor 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 and Misamis, the district of Lanao, and the subdistrict of
Dapitan, of the Moro Province.
The Fourteenth Judicial District shall consist of the Moxo Province,
except the district of Lanao and the subdistrict of Dapitan.
The Fifteenth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Capiz, Romblon, Masbate, and Paragua.
Sec. 6. Salaries of judges of First Instance. — The annual salaries
of the judges of the Courts of First Instance shall be as follows, pay-
able monthly:
The judges for the Mountain District and for the First, Second,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Districts, and the judges at
large, four thousand live hundred dollars each.
The judges for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Districts, five thousand dollars
each.
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The judges for the District of Manila, five thousand five hundred
dollars each.
Sec. 7. Times ami places of holding Courts of First Instance,— T^t
several judges of judicial districts shall hold regular terms of the
Courts of First Instance within their districts at the times and places
hereinafter prescribed :
MANILA.
In and for the city of Manila, commencing on the first Mondays of
January, April, July, and October
FIRST DISTRICT.
At Tuguegarao, in and for the Province of Cagayan, commencing
on the first Tuesdays of February and July of each year.
At Ilagan, in and for the Province of Isabela, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of March and October of each year.
SECOND DISTRICT.
At Vigan, in and for the Province of Ilocos Sur, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of January, April, September, and December.
At Bangued, in and for the Province of Abra, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of March and October of each year.
At Laoag, in and for the Province of Ilocos Norte, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of July and November of each year.
MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
At Baguio, in and for the Province of Benguet, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of January and September of each year.
At Bayombong, in and for the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, com-
mencing on the first Tuesdays of March and October of each year.
At Cervantes, in and for the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, com-
mencing on the first Tuesdays of July and December 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 qualified as in other provinces, by a lieutenant-governor,
if any, or by a member of the Philippines Constabulary, or by a deputy
appointed by the governor, as he may elect.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Assignment of part of Zanibales to jurisdiction of court of Pangasi-
nan. — At Lingayen, in and for the Province of Pangasinan, on the
first Tuesdays of January, July, and November of each year.
At San Fernando, in and for the Province of La Union, commenc-
ing on the third Tuesdays of February and August of each year.
At Iba, in and for the Province of Zambales, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
For the convenience of litigants and witnesses the territorial juris-
diction of the Court of First Instance of the Province of Pangasinan
is hereby extended to include the following municipalities of the
Province of Zambales: Agno, Alaminos, Alos, Anda, Balincaguin,
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Bani, Bolinao, Dasol, Infanta, San Isidro, and Zaragoza; and the
of&cers of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, including the
governor of the Province of Pangasinan, while acting as the sheriff,
the sheriff, the fiscal, and the clerk, shall discharge the same duties
in aiding the court in its exercise of its jurisdiction in the said
eleven towns of Zambales as in the Province of Pangasinan. The
territorial jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance of Zambales and
the incidental jurisdiction of its officers is hereby reduced to the
Province of Zambales, less the municipalities above named. Appeals
from justices of the peace in and for the municipalities named above
shall be taken to the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, and pro-
cedure in the courts held by them shall in all respects be governed as
if they were justices of the peace in the Province of Pangasinan, both
in civil and criminal causes. Persons charged with crimes having
preliminary examinations before justices of the peace of the eleven
towns named, if bound over and held to answer, shall be bound over
to the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, at Lingayen, and the
justice of the peace of Lingayen shall also have jurisdiction to hold
the preliminary examination in such cases when the accused is a pris-
oner in the provincial jail at Lingayen. All persens committed to a
provincial jail for offenses committed in the eleven towns named,
either for safe-keeping or in execution of a sentence, shall be confined
in the provincial jail of the Province of Pangasinan. The officers of
the Insular Constabulary on duty in the eleven towns named shall
execute process of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan therein
as in other cases: Provided, hotvever. That nothing herein contained
shall diminish the executive jurisdiction of the governor and the other
officials of the Province of Zambales, including the provincial board,
as conferred by the general provincial Act and its amendments, save
and except in respect to those duties pertaining to the exercise of
judicial jurisdiction by the Court of First Instance and justices of the
peace in said towns. The duty of the governor of Zambales to main-
tain the peace and to see that the laws are faithfully executed in the
said eleven towns, except in the service of judicial process, is hereby
continued. To defray the additional expenses to which the Province
of Pangasinan will be subjected by this change of judicial jurisdiction,
ten per centum of the court and jail expenses paid out of the treasury
of the Province of Pangasinan, as determined by the Auditor, in each
fiscal year shall within the next fiscal year be paid by the treasurer of
Zambales to the treasurer of Pangasinan. All civil and criminal cases
arising in the towns of Zambales herein named now pending in the
Court of First Instance of the Province of Zambales are hereby trans-
ferred to the Court of First Instance of the Province of Pangasinan,
where they shall be tried or proceeded with as if originally begun in
the latter court, and the judge of the Third Judicial District shall
make the proper order in both courts to carry this provision into effect.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
At Bacolor, in and for the Province of Pampanga, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of January, May, July, and November of each year.
At Tarlac, in and for the Province of Tarlac, commencing on the
third Tuesdays of February and August of each year.
At San Isidro, in and for the Province of Nueva Ecija, commencing
on the first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
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FIFTH DISTRICT.
At Pasig, in and for the Province of Rizal, commencing on the first
Tuesdays of January, April, July, and December of each year.
At Malolos, in and for the Province of Bulacan, commencing on the
third Tuesdays of February, August, and October of each year.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
At Santa Cruz, in and for the Province of La Laguna, commencing
on the first Tuesdays of January and July of each year.
At Cavite, in and for the Province of Cavite, commencing on the
third Tuesdays of February and August of each year.
At Balanga, in and for the Province of Bataan, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
At Batangas, in and for the Province of Batangas, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of January and July and the second Tuesday of
October of each year.
At Tayabas, in and for the Province of Tayabas, except Marin-
duque, commencing on the first Tuesday of April and the second
Tuesday of Novem^r of each year.
At Boac, in and for the Province of Tayabas, consisting of the
Island of Marinduque, commencing on the first Tuesday of February
and the second Tuesday of August of. each year.
At Calapan, in and for the Province of Mindoro, commencing on
the first Tuesday of March and the second Tuesday of September 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 November of
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
Camarines.
At Albay, in and for the Province of Albay, commencing on the
third Tuesdays of February and August of each year.
At Sorsogon, in and for the Province of Sorsogon, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
NINTH DISTRICT.
At Iloilo, in and for the Province of Iloilo, commencing on the first
Tuesdays of January, April, July, and November of each year.
TENTH DISTRICT.
At Bacolod, in and for the Province of Occidental Negros, on the
first Tuesdays of January, April, July, and November of each year.
At San Jos6, in and for the Province of Antique, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of March and October of each year.
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ELEVENTH DISTBICT.
At Cebu, in and for the Province of Cebu, commencing on the first
Tuesdays of January, April, July, and November of each year. Barili
shall not, as heretofore, be a regular placQ for holding a Court of First
Instance having jurisdiction over a certain part of the Province of
Cebu; but the court held at the town of Cebu shall exercise jurisdic-
tion and hear causes arising in all parts of the province.
At Dumaguete, in and for the Province of Oriental Negros, com-
mencing on the first Tuesdays of February and September of each
year.
At Tagbilaran, in and for the Province of Bohol, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of March and October of each year.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
At Tacloban, in and for the Province of Leyte, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of January, April, July, and November of each year.
Maasin shall not, as heretofore, be a regular place for the holding of
a Court of First Instance having jurisdiction over a certain part of the
Province of Leyte, but the court held at Tacloban shall exercise juris-
diction and hear causes arising in all parts of the province.
At Catbalogan, in and for the Province of Samar, commencing on
the first Tuei^ays of March and August of each year.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
At Cagayan, in and for the Province of Misamis, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of January and July of each year.
At Iligan, in and for the district of Lanao in 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 Prov-
ince, commencing on the first Tuesdays of March and October of each
year.
At Surigao, in and for the Province of Snrigao, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of April and November of each year.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
At Zamboanga, in and for the district of Zamboanga of the Moro
Province, excluding the subdistrict of Dapitan, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of January and July of each year.
At Cottabato, in and for the district of Cottabato, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of February and August of each year.
At Davao, in and for the district of Davao, commencing on the first
Tuesdays of March and September of each year.
At Jolo, in and for the Jolo District, except the Tawi-Tawi Group,
commencing on the first Tuesdays of April and November of each
year.
At Bongao, in and for the Tawi-Tawi Group, on the first Tuesday
of October of each year.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
At Capiz, in and for the Province of Capiz, commencing on the first
Tuesdays of January and July of each year.
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At Romblon, in and for the Province of Romblon, commencing on
the second Tuesdays of February and August of each year.
At Masbate, in and for the Province of Masbate, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of March and September of each year.
At Cuyo, in and for that part of the Province of Paragua included
in the Cuyo, Calamianes, and Cagayanes groups of islands, commenc-
ing on the first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
At Puerto Princesa, in and for the remainder of the Province
of Paragua, on the first Tuesday of November of each year.
Sec. 8. Places for trial of causes arising in places not within
provinces or districts. — Actions triable in Courts of First Instance
and arising in any island not included within any province, and not
in this Act specifically mentioned, shall be triable in the Court of
First Instance held in that island or province nearest to the island
in which the cause of action shall arise: Provided^ however^ That
the court first taking jurisdiction of a cause arising in such a place
may exercise it even if it be doubtful whether it is exactly within
the foregoing requirement.
Sec. 9. Special terms; bills of exception in such terms, — ^A judge
of the Court of First Instance may hold a special term of court
at any time, when in his opinion the public good so requires, at a
place provided by this Act for holding regular terms of court in his
district. The proceedings of the court at such special term shall be
in all respects as valid and effective as though had at the regular
term.
Sec. 10. Special terms at other than regidar places of holding
court, — A judge of a Court of First Instance is authorized to hold
a special term of the Court of First Instance in any province at
another place within the province than that fixed by section seven
hereof whenever, in the opinion of the Civil Governor, the same may
be necessary to the economical and speedy administration of justice,
and he shall by executive order so direct: Provided^ feoirerer, That
nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the Civil Governor
permanently to change the regular places of holding court as pro-
vided in section seven of this Act.
Sec. 11. Special provision for traveling and subsistence of court
employees when court held at unusual place, — In case special terms
are held at other than the regular places of holding court, as pro-
vided in the preceding section, the actual and necessary traveling
expenses and subsistence expenses, the latter not to exceed three
pesos, Philippines currency, per day, of the clerk, escribiente,
stenographer, and interpreter, if such employees are necessary, shall
be paid in the same manner as the other expenses of the Bureau
of Justice, and the names of the persons entitled to such compen-
sation shall be certified to by the judge who presided at the special
session.
Sec. 12. Interlocutory orders in a cause^ a judge may make when
he is out of the province where cause is pending but within the
district, — ^A judge of First Instance shall have power to issue writs of
injunction and to make orders appointing receivers in causes pending
in the Court of First Instance within his district, and all other pre-
liminary and interlocutory orders, when he is within the district but
without the province; and to hear and determine, when within the
district but without the province, any interlocutory motion or issue
after due and reasonable notice to the parties; but all final hearings
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shall be had within the province unless the parties by their counsel
consent in writing to a hearing at a place not within the province.
On the filing of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus or for release
xiI)on bail or reduction of bail in any Court of First Instance, the hearing
may be had at any place in the judicial district which the judge shall
deem convenient. All criminal trials must be tried at the place des-
ignated in the law as the place at which the court having jurisdiction
thereof shall be held, unless the Civil Governor shall otherwise order,
as provided in section ten of this Act.
Sec. 13. Jvdges in certain cases authorized to sign final judgment
when out of territorial jurisdiction of court, — Whenever a judge of a
Court of First Instance or a Justice of the Supreme Court shall hold
a session, special or regular, of the Court of First Instance of any
province, and shall thereafter leave the province in which the court
was held without having entered judgment in all the cases which were
heard at such session, it shall be lawful for him, if the case was
heard and duly argued or an opportunity given for argument to the
parties or their counsel in the proper province, to prepare his judgment
after he has left the province and to send the same back properly
signed to the clerk of the court, to be entered in the court as of the
day when the same was received by the clerk, in the same manuer as
if the judge had been present in court to direct the entry of the
judgment: Provided, however, That no judgment shall be valid unless
the same was signed by the judge while within the jurisdiction of the
Philippine Islands. Whenever a judge shall prepare and sign his
judgment beyond the jurisdiction of the court of which it is to be a
judgment, he shall inclose the same in an envelope and direct it to
the clerk of the proper court and send the same by registered mail.
Sec. 14. Time tuithin which notice of appeal must he filed in cases
under previous section, — In ever}' case in which judgment is entered
in the Court of First Instance of a province by direction of a judge
not in the province at the time, under the provisions of section thir-
teen hereof, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court at once to
notify the parties to the suit or their counsel of the nature of the judg-
ment by personal notice in writing or registered mail, and in such
case the time within which the parties shall be required to except to
said judgment and to file notice of their desire to prosecute their bill
of exceptions to the judgment shall be extended to twenty days from
the date of receipt of the notice from the clerk.
Sec. 15. Judge of Fifth Judicial District may reside in Manila, —
The judge of the Court of First Instance of the Fifth Judicial District
may reside in the city of Manila, and shall have the same power to
act in the city of Manila with respect to causes pending in the Courts
of First Instance of Bulacan and Rizal that is given by section twelve
of this Act to a judge of First Instance with respect to causes pending
in a Court of First Instance within his district when he is within the
district but without the province of said court.
Sec. 16. Traveling expenses of judges and allowance for their sub-
sistence in certain provinces and districts. — A judge of the Court of
First Instance shall be allowed his actual traveling expenses in going
from his usual place of residence to the places of holding court and
returning therefrom ; and, in case the court is held in a province or
district in which the governor thereof is not required by law to make
provision for the entertainment and subsistence of the judge, the
judge shall receive an allowance of six pesos, Philippines currency, a
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day in lieu of his actual expenses of subsistence while absent from
his usual place of residence in attendance upon such court: Pro-
vided, however, That, if a judge does not reside at a regular place for
the holding of court, he shall only receive traveling expenses and
subsistence allowance as if he had his usual place of residence at that
regular place of holding court nearest to his actual residence.
Sec. 17. Fisccds may he aided by latvyers appointed by Attorney'
General; duties of such appointees; compensation, — It shall be lawful
for the Attorney-General to appoint any lawyer, either a subordinate
from his office, or, with the approval of the Secretar}'^ of Finance and
Justice, a competent person not in the public service, temporarily to
assist the fiscal of a province or district in the discharge of his duties
and to represent the Attorney-General in such matters. The person
so appointed shall have all the power of the Attomey-Gteneral or
Solicitor-General in the conduct of causes in which the Grovemment
is interested and to which he may be assigned. If such appointee is
not receiving a salary from the Government he may be allowed by the
Attorney-General, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, any siim not exceeding thirty Philippine p^os per day for
the time employed and his actual traveling expenses incurred in the
performance of his duties.
Sec. 18. Fiscal for Mountain District; duties, salary, and aUow-
ances. — A fiscal for the Mountain District shall be appointed by the
Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission. He shall
discharge the same duties in the three provinces constituting the
Mountain District which, by virtue of section eleven of the Provincial
Government Act and its amendments, and by other Acts of the Com-
mission, provincial fiscals are now required to discharge in their
respective provinces. He shall receive a salary of one thousand six
hundred dollars per annum, in money of the United States, and shall
be allowed his actual and necessary traveling expenses and his
expenses of subsistence when absent from his usual place of residence
in the district on official business, the subsistence expenses not to
exceed four Philippine pesos a day: Provided, however, That he shall
Jive at a regular place for holding the Court of First Instance.
Sec. 19. Offices of fiscals of Lepanto-Bontoc and Nveva Vizcaya
abolished, — The office of fiscal of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc and
that for the Province of Nueva Vizcaya are hereby abolished.
Sec. 20. Mode and limit of employment of a^ssistance for fiscal of
Mountain District. — ^The Attorn ey-Cfeneral, with the approval of the
Secretary of Finance and Justice, may authorize the employment of
such clerical, interpreting, and translating assistants for the provin-
cial fiscal of the Mountain District as may be necessary: Provided,
however. That the total annual cost thereof shall not exceed one
thousand six hundred dollars.
Sec. 21. Who shall prosecute crimes in Mora Province. — ^The prose-
cution of criminal offenses in the Courts of First Instance of Jolo,
Bongao, Zamboanga, Cottabato, and Davao shall be conducted by the
provincial attorney of the Moro Province until the legislative oouncU
shall, in its discretion, provide for the appointment of fiscals assigned to
assist the provincial attorney in this work in one or more of the districts
of the province. Such fiscals shall be paid out of the treasury of the
Moro Province salaries and allowances fixed by the legislative council
Sec. 22. Who shall prosecute crimes in the district ofLanao and the
subdistrict of Dapitan of the Moro Province, — ^The prosecution of
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offenses in the courts held at Iligan in the district of Lanao, and
Dapitan in the subdistrict of Dapitan, of the Moro Province shall be
conducted by the provincial attorney of the Moro Province, or by the
provincial fiscal of Misamis at the request and under the supervision
of the provincial attorney of the Moro Province. For this service the
provincial fiscal of Misamis shall receive, in addition to his regular
salary, the sum of two hundred pesos, in Philippines currency, for
each term of court he attends at Iligan or Dapitan, to be paid out
of the treasury of the Moro Province, and in addition his necessary
traveling expenses and his reasonable expenses of subsistence, not
exceeding four pesos, Philippines currency, a day, while absent from
Misamis on such duty, all to be paid out of the treasury of the Moro
Province: Provided, however , That nothing herein shall prevent the
legislative council of the Moro Province from making due provision
for the appointment of a fiscal to conduct prosecutions and discharge
the other usual duties of a provincial fiscal in the district of Lanao
and the subdistrict of Dapitan.
Sec. 23. Offices offiscals of Fov/rteenth and part of Thirteenth Judi-
cial District abolishea, — The office of fiscal of the Fourteenth Judicial
District as constituted before the passage of this Act, and the ofl&ce of
fiscal for part of the Thirteenth Judicial District as constituted before
the passage of this Act, are hereby abolished.
Sec. 24. Creating office of fiscal for part of Fifteenth District, includ-
ing Romblon, Masbate, and Paragua; duties, salary, and clerical
assistance, — There shall be one fiscal for that part of the Fifteenth
Judicial district constituted by the Provinces of Romblon, Masbate,
and Paragua, to be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the con-
sent of the Commission, who shall receive an annual salary of one
thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the Insular Treasury.
He shall discharge all the duties of fiscal in the three provinces required
of a fiscal under the Provincial Government Act and its amendments.
He shall attend the Courts of First Instance in each of the prov-
inces. He shall live in the town of Romblon or Cuyo or Masbate and
shall receive the same provision for his actual traveling and subsist-
ence expenses as provided for the fiscal of the Mountain District.
He shall be allowed such clerical and translating assistants as may be
authorized by the Attorney-General, with the approval of the Secre-
tary of Finance and Justice, provided the total salaries shall not
exceed one thousand four hundred dollars, in money of the United
States.
Sec. 25. Fiscals of Romblon and Masbate Provinces abolished. —
The offices of fiscal for the Province of Romblon and of fiscal for the
Province of Masbate are hereby abolished.
Sec. 26. Temporary substitutes for fiscals of Mountain and Fif-
teenth Districts. — Whenever the fiscal of the Mountain District or the
fiscal of that part of the Fifteenth Judicial District composed of the
Provinces of Romblon, Masbate, and Cuyo fails to discharge or is
disabled from discharging the duties of his office on account of sick-
ness, absence, or private interest in confiict with his public duty, the
judge of the Court of First Instance may appoint a temporary fiscal
to discharge the duties of the office which the regular fiscal fails or is
unable to perform. The temporary fiscal shall receive the same com-
pensation and allowance per day as that provided by law for the
regular fiscal for the days actuallj'^ employed, such compensation to
be paid out of the salary of the regular fiscal or from the appropria-
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tion for contingent exx)ense8, Bureau of Justice, as the Secretary of
Finance and Justice shall decide, upon rules enforced in respect to
the civil service in analogous cases.
Sec. 27. Clerks of Courts of First Instance outside of Manila and
their salaries; deputy clerks, — There shall be clerks of Courts of First
Instance outside the city of Manila, appointed in the manner herein-
after provided for provinces, parts of provinces, districts, and sob-
districts, and they shall receive annual salaries, payable monthly
from the Insular Treasury, all as hereinafter specified :
For the Provinces of Iloilo and CJebu, one thousand two hundred
dollars each.
For the Provinces of Pangasinan, Batangas, and Occidental Negros,
one thousand one hundred dollars each.
For the Provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Bohol, and Leyte, one
thousand dollars each.
For the Provinces of Ilocos Norte, Hocos Sur, La Union, Tarlac,
Nueva Ecija, Rizal, La Laguna, Cavite, Tayabas, Albay, Ambos Cam-
arines, Capiz, Antique, Samar, and Misamis, nine hundred dollars
each.
For the Provinces of Cagayan, Zambales, Bataan, Mindoro, Sorso-
gon, Oriental Negros, and Surigao, eight hundred dollars each.
For the Provinces of Isabela and Abra, and for the Court of First
Instance of the Province of Tayabas at Boac, Marinduque, seven hun-
dred dollars each.
For the Province of Romblon, five hundred dollars.
For the Province of Paragua, three hundred dollars, and a deputy
clerk for the court at Puerto Princesa, at a salary of two hundred
dollars.
For the Province of Masbate, four hundred dollars.
For the district of Lanao, in the Moro Province, three hundred
dollars.
For the subdistrict of Dapitan, in the Moro Province, three hundred
dollars.
For the Mountain District, one clerk at an annual salary of one
thousand six hundred dollars, who shall act as clerk of the three Courts
of First Instance in the district and as interpreter and translator and
shall accompany the judge to each court of the district. There shall
be appointed three deputy clerks, one for each of the three courts of
the district, at an annual salary of three hundred dollars each. The
deputy clerks of the Mountain District are hereby made justices of the
peace with jurisdiction throughout their respective provinces. The
ofl&ce of clerk of Court of First Instance for Lepanto-Bontoc and that
for Nueva Vizcaya are hereby abolished.
For the district of Jolo, one clerk, who shall also perform the duties
of interpreter and translator in the courts of Jola and Bongao, at a
salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and there shall be appointed
one deputy clerk for the court at Jolo and one deputy clerk for the
court at Bongao, each at a salary of two hundred dollars.
For the district of Zamboanga (except the subdistrict of Dapitan),
the district of Cottabato, and the district of Davao, all in the Moro
Province, one clerk, who shall also perform the duties of interpreter
and translator in the courts of Zamboanga, Cottabato, and Davao, at
a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars. A deputy clerk at
Zamboanga, at Cottabato, and at Davao, each at an annual salary of
two hundred dollars, shall be appointed.
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The offices of deputy clerks of the Courts of First Instance at Barili in
Cebu, at Daet in Ambos Camarines, at Mauban in Tayabas, and at
M aasin in Leyte are hereby abolished.
Sec. 28. Fees of clerk belong to Insular Oovemment; clerk respon-
sible for default of deputy; bond of deputy, — All fees charged by clerks
or deputy clerks of Courts of First Instance shall belong to the Insular
Government. A clerk shall be pecuniarily responsible under his bond
for the official defaults of his deputy and shaU require of his deputy
sufficient bond of indemnity for his security against loss by malfea-
sance or nonfeasance of the deputy.
Sec. 29. Clerks and deputy clerks and court subordinates whose
offices are not abolisJied to continue; vacancies to be filled by Attorney-
Genercd, upon approval of Secretary of Finance and Justice. — All of
the clerks mentioned in this Act, and all deputy clerks, whether men-
tioned in this Act or not, whose offices are not in this Act specifically
abolished, who are now holding office, shall continue to discharge
their duties and receive their emoluments as provided by law; but all
vacancies in such offices existing at the time this Act shall take effect,
or occurring thereafter, shall be filled by appointment of the Attorney-
General, subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act, and upon
the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, and, in case of
deputy clerks, upon the recommendation of the proper clerk. They
shall hold office during the pleasure of the judge, and may be sum-
marily removed, but their successors shall be appointed under the rules
of the Civil Service Act in the manner above provided. The Attorney-
General may, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Jus-
tice, abolish such deputy clerkships as are not specifically provided
for in section twenty-seven hereof, if the public interests so requires.
Such stenographers, typewriters, interpreters, translators, escribientas,
and messengers as are needed for the proper transaction of the busi-
ness of the courts of First Instance outside the city of Manila shall
be appointed by the Attorney-General under the rules of the Civil
Service Act and with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, subject to summary removal by the judge of the court in
which they are serving. The Attorney-General shall determine the
number of such employees that may be necessary for such courts in
the different provinces and the salaries to be paid to such employees,
all ui)on the approval thereof by the Secretary of Finance and Justice:
Provided, Jwwever, That such stenographers, typewriters, and other
subordinate court employees appointed under section two of Act
Numbered One hundred and fifty-two, or section fifty-eight of Act
Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, shall continue as such until
removed by prox)er authority or unless the office to which they have
been assigned has been or shall be abolished, in which case their
employment shall cease unless by proi>er authority they may be trans-
ferred to another office.
Sec. 30. Clerks and deputy clerks not to leave provinces or districts
without permission of Attorney- Oenerol; places of absent clerks and
deputies; how supplied. — ^No clerk or deputy clerk shall leave the
district or province in which he is required by law to discharge his
duties, without obtaining permission of the Attorney-General, and, in
case of the absence of a clerk or deputy clerk and the public interest
requires it, the Attorney-General may designate some one in the office
of the absent officer, if there be any such person who is suitable, to
act in the place of such clerk or deputy clerk, and Acts Numbered
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Four hundred and eight and Six hundred and twenty-six are made
applicable to such cases as far as may be.
Sec. 31. Where rw fiscal or treasurer to examine collecting a^ccounis
of clerks and depiUies and to certify pay voucliers^ CivU Cfovemor to
aesignoie officer for purpose. — In cases in which the provisions of Act
Numbered Four hundred and fifty-two are inoperative in respect to
clerks of Courts of First Instance because there is no provincial
treasurer or fiscal to whom the Act can apply, the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, upon the recommendation of the Insular Auditor, shall
designate the judge of the Court of First Instance or some suitable
local official to make examination of the collection accounts of clerks
in the manner provided in section one of said Act and to certify to
all vouchers under section two of said Act.
Sec. 32. Traveling expenses and subsistence allowance for clerks of
Mountain District and in Mora Promnce, — The clerks hereinbefore
provided in the Mountain District, in the district of Jolo, and in the
districts of Zamboanga, Cottabato, and Davao, whose duty it shall be
to accompany the judges of their respective districts from one place
of holding court to another therein and to act as interpreters and
translators therein, shall receive their actual traveling expenses and
their expenses of subsistence while absent from their usual places of
residence, the latter not to exceed four pesos a day, to be paid oat
of the Insular Treasury as other expenses of the Bureau of Justice:
Provided, however. That such clerks shall reside at one of the usual
places of holding court in their respective districts.
Sec. 33. Temporary sheriffs. — A temporary sheriff appointed in
any district under Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-nine shall
not serve for more than ninety days and no temporary sheriff shall
again be appointed in such district except to a vacancy occurring
after a permanent sheriff shall have been appointed and qualified.
Sec. 34. Repealing clause. — The following Acts, sections, and parts
of sections are hereby repealed :
So much of section two of Act Numbered One hundred and four
as provides a fiscal for the Province of Romblon.
Sections five, six, eleven, thirteen, fifty-eight, and sixty-three of
Act Numbered One hundreSd and thirty-six, entitled "An Act pro-
viding for the organization of courts in the Philppine Island?."
Act Numbered One hundred and forty, entitled "An Act defining
the judicial districts of the Philippine Islands, prescribing the salaries
of the judges thereof, and the times when and the places where terms
of Courts of First Instance shaU be held in the several districts."
Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An Act fixing
the compensation of the clerk of the Court of First Instance for each
province."
Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-eight, amendatory of Act
Numbered One hundred and fifty-one.
Act Numbered One hundred and sixty, entitled "An Act making
temporary provision for the appointment of fiscals in the provinces
and islands not yet organized under the Provincial Qovemment
Act."
Act Numbered One hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act so
amendingAct Numbered One hundred and forty as to define the time
and place of holding the Court of First Instance in and for the
Province of Masbate."
Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-seven, amending section
fifty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six.
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Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and twenty-one, pro-
viding a fiscal for Masbate.
Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An Act
amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty so as to provide that
sessions of the Court of First Instance for the Provinces of Lepanto
and Bon toe shall be held at Cervantes instead of at Caj^an."
Act Numbered Three hundred, eutitled "An Act amending sec-
tions forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-three, and sixty-three of Act Num-
bered One hundred and thirty-six, providing for the organization of
courts in the Philippine Islands."
Section two of Act Numbered Three hundred and twenty-five,
providing for an increase in the salary of the judge for the Third
Judicial District of the Philippine Islands.
Paragraph {d) of section two of Act Numbered Three hundred and
thirty-seven, as amended by paragraph (a) of Act Numbered Three
hundred and eighty-eight, fixing the salary of a provincial fiscal for
Nueva Viscaya.
Section nine of Act Numbered Three hundred and thirty-seven,
providing for the appointment and prescribing the duties of the fiscal
of Nueva Viscaya.
Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act
amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty so as to authorize
judges of Courts of First Instance to hold special terms of their
several courts at places within their respective districts other than
those fixed in said Act."
Act Numbered Four hundred and one, entitled "An Act so amend-
ing Act Numbered One hundred and forty, entitled 'An Act defin-
* ing the judicial districts of the Philippine Islands, prescribing the
salaries of the judges thereof, and the times when and the places
where terms of Courts of First Instance shall be held in the several
districts,' as to authorize actions pending in certain provinces to be
tried at another place in the province than the one required by said
Act."
Act Numbered Four hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act
authorizing the judge of the Court of First Instance for the Sixth
Judicial District \o hold certain sessions of the court for the southern
part of the Province of Tayabas in the municipality of Tayabas."
Act Numbered Four hundred and forty- two, entitled "An Act
amending Act Nuniibered Three hundred and ninety so as to author-
ize the payment of the traveling expenses of certain of&cials and
employees of Courts of First Instance when sessions are held at other
places than those fixed for regular sessions."
Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty, entitled "An Act making
the Province of Nueva Vizcaya a separate judicial district and author-
izing the governor to perform the duties of judge of the Court of First
Instance therein."
Act Numbered Five hundred and one, entitled "An Act transferring
the Province of Tayabas from the Sixth to the Seventh Judicial Dis-
trict, and the Province of Mindoro from the Seventh to the Sixth Judi-
cial District, providing for the holding of the terms of cou rt for Tayabas
at the towns of Tayabas and Boac, and amending Act Numbered One
hundred and forty."
Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An Act trans-
ferring the Plx)vince of Bataan from the Fifth to the Sixth Judicial
District, and amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty."
Act Numbered Five hundred and seventy-five entitled "An Act
700 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSiON.
authorizing judges of Courts of First Instance and justices of the
Supreme Court holding a session, special or general, of the Court of
First Instance of any province to prepare and sign judgments in the
cases tried by them outside of the province where such sessions were
held."
Act Numbered Seven hundred and twelve, entitled "An Act amend-
ing section two of Act Numbered One hundred and forty, by providing
for an increase in the salaries of judges of the Courts of First Instance."
And all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act.
Sec. 34. This Act shall be known by the short title of "Act Amend-
ing Organization of Courts."
Sec. 35. 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. 36. This act shall take effect October first, nineteen hundred
and three; but appointments to oflBces created herein may be made
and confirmed and the appointees qualified at any time after the pas-
sage of this act : Provided, That such appointees shall not begin the
discharge of their duties or the earning of their salaries until the date
above mentioned.
Enacted, September 5, 1903.
[No. 868.]
AN ACT for the relief of L. M. Maus, lientenant-colonel, United States Army,
late Commissioner of Public Health, by authorizing the settlement of his prop-
erty returns without charge against him.
Whereas L. M. Maus, lieutenant-colonel. United States Army, when
Commissioner of Public Health of the Philippine Islands, became
accountable for certain public civil property; and ^
Whereas said property was used for the purpose of combating
bubonic plague and Asiatic cholera and in the interest of the public
service; and in view of the fact that a committee convened by
direction of the Civil Governor, under date of August twenty-fifth,
nineteen hundred and two, for the purpose of investigating, reporting
upon, and making an inventory of all public civil property for which
L. M. Maus, late Commissioner of Public Health, was chargeable, has
recommended that he be held accountable for the loss of certain non-
expendable public civil property; and
Whereas in the opinion of the Commission the loss of the property
was incident to a cholera epidemic and to conditions over which the
said L. M. Maus had no control, and that the circumstances justify
specific authorization for a credit in his accounts: Now, therefore.
By autlwrity of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. Credit for the loss of certain public civil property, by
said L. M. Maus, late Commissioner of Public Health, is hereby
authorized, and the Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby
authorized and directed to credit the property returns of said L. M.
Maus with the nonexpendable property for which he was held account-
able by the report of said committee.
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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, September 5, 1903.
[No. 869.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirteen, entitled **An Act
amending Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, entitled 'An Act making
appropriations for sundry expjenses of the Insular Glovemment for the fisc^
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and other designated
periods,' by making certain additions to and changes in the personnel and lan-
guage as therein contained," so as to provide for the subsistence of officers and
crew of the sanitary barge Pluto.
By avihority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of section one of Act Numbered Eight
hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by adding at the end of said
paragraph the following: "and subsistence of oflScers at the rate of
fifty cents per diem and crew at the rate of fifteen cents per diem."
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, September 5, 1903.
[No. 870.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of five hundred and twenty-eight dollars and
ninety cents, in money of the United States, for the payment of the salary of
one draftsman, class eight, in the Bureau of Public Lands, for four months and
sixteen days of the first half of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four.
By authority of the United Staies, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred
and twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents, in money of the United
States, for the payment of the salary of one draftsman, class eight,
employed in the Bureau of Public Lands, as authorized by Act Num-
bered Eight hundred and seven, dated July twenty-seventh, nineteen
hundred and three.
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, September 5, 1903.
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[No. 871.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eip^hty, as amended by Act Nnmbered Four
hundred and forty-eight, by providing that the amounts due to the estates of
deceased employees for accrued leave of absence not enjoyed shall be paid to the
Insular Treasurer, and administered by him under Act Numbered Two hun-
dred and ninety, only in case of citizens of the United States.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eighty, entitled "An Act
regulating the hours of labor, leaves of absence, and transportation
of appointees under the Philippine civil service, as amended by sec-
tion one of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight, is hereby
further amended by adding at the close of the additional paragraph
added to said section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-
eight the following:
^^And provided further, That in case the deceased head of a Bureau,
provincial oflBcer, or employee of any Bureau was a native or citizen
of the Philippine Islands, the amount due him for salary for the
period of accrued leave shall be paid, not to the Treasurer of the
Philippines Islands, but to the legal representative of the deceased
according to law."
Sec. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 8, 1903.
[No. 872.]
AN ACT consolidating the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor of the Province of Bohol.
By authority of the United States, be it ena^cted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and seventeen,
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the
Province of Bohol, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed
shall be known as the office of the provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial sui)ervisor-trea8-
urer, and the division superintendent of schools for the province, who
shall receive no additional compensation for such services, shall con-
stitute the provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
twenty thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual salary of one
thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly. His qualifications
and duties shall be the same as the qualifications and duties of provin-
cial supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial
Government Act, except that the requirement that the provincial
supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and surveyor shall not
apply. The supervisor-treasurer may employ a foreman in charge of
the repair and construction of roads at a salary not to exceed sixty
dollars a month.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE CJOMMISSION. 703
Sbo. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and seventeen or
any amendment thereof as may be inconsistent with the provisions of
of this 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 Commission
In the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on September fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and three.
Enacted, September 8, 1903.
[No. 873.]
AN ACT appropriating the smn of two thousand dollars, or so mnch thereof as
may be necessary, for the completion of the sm^ey of a wagon road from
Nagtiilian. in the Province of La Union, to Bagnio, in the Province of Bengoet.
By aiUhority of the United Stdtes, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. The sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the completion of the
survey of a wagon road from Naguilian, in the Province of La Union,
to Bagnio, in the Province of Benguet, subject to the restrictions and
directions of sections two, three, and four of Act Numbered Seven
hundred and ninety-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 its passage.
Enacted, September 8, 1903.
[No. 874.]
AN ACT providing that Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled
"An Act providing for the organization and government of the Moro Province,"
shall not be so construed as to require that subordinates of the provincial attor-
ney who must be lawyers shall be appointed under the rules of the Civil Serv-
ice Law.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Nothing in section five or in any other section of Act
Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act pro-
viding for the organization and government of the Moro Province,"
shall be construed to require that fiscals or other subordinates of the
provincial attorney who shall by law be required to be lawyers, shall
be appointed subject to the rules of the Civil Service 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
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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.
Enact.ed, September 9, 1903.
I
[No. 875.]
AN ACT providing for the collection of duties on goods, wares, and merchandise
imported into the Islands for use of the insular, provincial, or municipal gov-
ernments.
By autlwrUy of the United States., he it enacted by the Philippine
ComTuission^ that:
Section 1. All goods, wares, and merchandise imported for the
benefit of the insular, provincial, or municipal governments of the
Islands shall pay the same duties as those imposed upon goods, wares,
and merchandise imported for private persons, and no Government
contract hereafter made for work, materials, or supplies shall stipulate
for the free eptry of materials or supplies by the contractor.
Sec. 2. The Collector of Customs shall not make any free entry of
goods, wares, and merchandise imported for the Insular Government
or the provincial or municipal governments: Pfovidedy howevery That
this Act shall not affect the free entry of goods for the completion of
Government contracts already made, a specific term of which pro-
vides that the material to be used in the performance of the contract
shall be brought in free of duty.
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 9, 1903.
[No. 876.]
AN ACT amending section twenty-eight of Act Numbered Eighty-three as set
forth in section two of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, and Ictv-
ing a pencdty upon notaries public who fail to enter in the certification of instru-
ments acknowledged by them the number, place of issue, and date of the cedola
certificate of each of the parties to said instruments.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. Section twenty-eight of Act Numbered Eighty- three as
set forth in section two of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
three, entitled **An Act to amend the Provincial Grovernment Act,
No. 83," is hereby amended by striking out the whole of said section
twenty-eight and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 28. The cedula or certificate of registration herein provided
for may be used for purposes of identification, admitted in evidence
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and must be presented by any one liable to pay such tax whenever
(1) he appears in any court of the Archipelago, either as a suitor or as
a witness in his own behalf in any civil proceeding, (2) he transacts
any business with any public office or officer, (3) he pays any taxes
or receives money from any public funds, (4) he acknowledges any
document before a notary public, (5) he assumes any public office,
whether by appointment or by eleetion, and (6) he receives any license,
certificate, or permit from any public authority. Every contract, deed,
or other document acknowledged before a notary public shall have cer-
tified thereon that the thereto parties have presented their certificates
of registration, or are exempt from the tax, and there sliall be entered
by the notary public as a part of such certification the number, place
of issue, and date of each certificate of registration. Any notary public
failing to certify as above on any deed, contract, or other document
acknowledged before him shall incur a penalty of one hundred Philip-
pine pesos payable to the treasurer of the proper province, for each such
omission^ and be subject to revocation of his commission as notary
public upon failure to pay such penalty upon proper notice. It shall
be the duty of every public official to whom shall be presented any
contract, deed, or other instrument acknowledged before a notary
public in which the certificate of acknowledgment does not show that
the paties thereto produced their cedulas to the notary, to bring the
fact of such omission to the attention of the Attorney-General of the
Islands, describing in his communication the character of the instru-
ment, the date of same, the purpose of it, and the probable cus-
todian of the instrument, together with the name of the notary certi-
fying the acknowledgment. The Attorney-General shall thereupon
notify the offending notary that he must pay into the provincial treas-
ury of his province the sum of one hundred Philippine pesos on pen-
alty of having his commission as n9tary public revoked. On the fail-
ure of the notary to make this payment and to notify the Attorney-
General of such payment by forwarding the receipt of the provincial
treasurer, the Attorney-Gteneral shall bring the matter to the atten-
tion of the Executive Secretary, and the commission of the notary
shall be revoked : Provided, That the validity of any deed, contract,
or other document shall not be impeached by reason of failure to
insert therein a reference to the cedula certificates of the parties. A
person liable to pay the cedula tax who has not paid it shall not be
allowed to register as an elector or voter."
Sec. 2. The existing provision of law as to the method of validating
instruments invalid for want of a proper notarial certificate as to the
presentation of the cedulas of parties thereto shall continue in force
as to all instruments executed before 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 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 9, 1903.
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706 LAWS OF UOTTED STATSS PHIWFPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 877.]
AN ACT providing for provincial pounds and for keepers thereof, and for the dispo-
sition 01 stolen animals and other movable property captored or seized by the
Philippines Constabulary and other peace officers.
By autho7'ity of the United States^ he it eriacted hy the PhiUppint
CoTTtmiission^ that:
Section 1. It is hereby made the duty of the provincial board of
each province to provide a provincial pound for the purpose of car-
rying out the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. The provincial supervisor of each province of the Philippine
Islands is hereby designated as keeper of the provincial pound.
Sec. 3. In all cases where cattle, carabao, horses, or other animals,
or any other kind of movable property, are captured or seized by the
Philippines Constabulary or other peace officers, as stolen property or
property suspected of having been stolen by the parties found in pos-
session thereof, it shall be the duty of the Constabulary and other peace
officers to deliver such animals or other property to the provincial
supervisor for disposition as hereinafter provided. The provincial
supervisor shall deliver a receipt therefor to the officer so delivering
such animals or property to him, describing the animals by giving
the class or kind, the approximate age, brands if any, colors, and
such other marks as maj be helpful in identifying the same, and by
^ving a sufficient description of any other movable property to iden-
tify the same.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the provincial supervisor, within three
days after taking possession of such captured or seized property, to
advertise the same by posting a notice at the door of the provincial
building and by mailing to the president of each municipality in the
province a copy of such notice for posting at the door of the respective
municipal bmlainffs, giving a complete and accurate description of
such animals or other property, and calling upon the owner or owners
thereof to appear at the provincial pound with the necessary evidence
to prove the ownership tnereof ; and that if the owner or owners of
such animals or other property shall not appear within the p>eriod of
thirty days from the date of such announcement, such animal or ani-
mals or other property described will be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash.
Sec. 5. The provincial supervisor is hereby authorized to feed and
care for such animals as may be delivered to him under the provisions
of this Act, and to recover the expense thereof from the owner or
owners of such animals in the event that ownership in the same shall
be proved, and to deduct the expense of the maintenance of each animal
from the amount received for such animal at public auction, in the event
that the ownership thereof is not established previous to sale at public
auction. In case the owner of an animal or other movable property
refuses or fails to pay the expenses of the keep thereof within five
days after notice of the amount due, the animal or other property
shall be sold in the manner herein provided for the sale of unclaimed
animals or property, and the amount due for keep shall be taken out
of the proceeds of sale and the balance returned to the owner.
Sec. 6. The proceeds from the public sale of animals and other
movable property not claimed and iaentified by their owner or owners
shall be paid into the provincial treasury by the provincial supervisor.
LAWS OP UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 707
The purchaser at sales provided in this Act shall receive good and
indefeasible title to the property sold.
Sec. 7. In the event tnat any owner or owners of animals or other
property sold at public auction pursuant to the foregoing provisions
shall appear and present evidence of title to such animals or other
propertjr, it shall be the duty of the provincial supervisor to receive
such evidence of title and deliver the same to the provincial board of
the province, and the provincial board is hereby authorized to examine
such proofs, and if, in the opinion of the provincial board, the same
are sufficient to establish title to the animals or other property claimed,
the provincial board is hereby empowered to authorize the payment to
such claimant or claimants of the net proceeds thereof: Provided^ how-
ever^ That no such claim for proceeds of animals or other property
sold at public auction, as provided by this Act, shall be received or
allowed after the lapse of one year from the date of such public sale.
Sec. 8. The pubhc 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 oraer of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 9, 1903.
[No. 878.]
AN ACT amending section two of Act Numbered Three hmidred J^nd eight, entitled
''An act providing for the establishment of municipal boards of health, and fixing
their powers and duties."
Sy authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Co7nnii8»ion^ that:
Section 1. Paragraph {a) of section two of Act Numbered Three
hundred and eight is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" (a) A president, who shall be a duly qualified physician, or an
undergraduate of medicine, or an Army surgeon, or an Army contract
surgeon, in cases where there are no civilian physicians available, such
enaployment to be authorized in the discretion of the Civil Governor."
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, September 9, 1903.
[No. 879.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-five as amended, confer-
ring a franchise upon the Manila Railwaj; Oompany, limited, to construct two
branch roads, one connecting Mabalacat with the main line and one connecting
Bayambang with the main line, by requiring the company to file each month with
the Insular 'Auditor a sworn statement of its gross earnings.
By a/uthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
SEonON 1. Section six of Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-five,
708 LAWS OF UHmCD STATES PHiuppurs coioassioK.
entitled '^An Act to authorize the constmetion bv the Manila RaUwij
Company, Limited, owning and operatuig the Maoila and Dagupm
Railway, of two branches, one ooimectiBg Mabalacat with the main
line and one connecting Bayambang with die main Mne,'^ as amended
by Act Nmnbered Seven hundred wd five, is hereby repeafed and the
following inserted in lieu thereof: -
^ *' Sec. 6. The Manila Railway Company, Limited, shall keep a record
of all its receipts for the carriage of freight and passengers orer the
lines herein authorized, and shall, at the close of each month, submit
to the Insular Auditor a sworn statement of such gross receipts for the
preceding month, and shall deposit promptly thereafter with the Insu-
lar Treasurer the percentage tax due and payable thereon. The books
and records of the Manila Railway Company, Limited, shall at all
times be open to inspection and examination by the L:isulsLr Auditor or
his authorized representative.'*
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sectioo
two of "An Act prescribing the ordcrof i»rocedure by the Commissioo
in the enactment of laws,** passed Sept^ber twenty-^zth, nineteeo
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 9, 1903.
[No. 880.]
AN ACT appropriating tvro thoosand four hundred and forty«ix peeoe, Mexican
currency, to reimburse the municipality of Atimonan, Provraoe <rf Tayabas, for a
deposit made in the Insular Treasury of funds of that municipality m the ?ear
nineteen hundred, the same to be used for the construction of a municipal school
building.
Whereas during the month of July, nineteen hundred, CSaptain
Merrill E. Webb, Thirtieth Regiment, United States Volunteer In-
fantry, acting under orders from competent authority, sold a quantity
of copra belonging to the municipality of Atimonan, in the present
Province of Tayabas, and received therefor the simi of two thousand
four hundred and forty-six pesos, Mexican currency, with the under-
standing that the money so received should be temporarily deposited
in the Insular Treasury at Manila, to be h/ter returned and used by
the municipality of Atunonan in the construction of amunicipal school
building; and
Whereas the said money was so deposited, and the municipal council
of the present municipality of Atimonan hafi requested that t^nioney
be returned, and the said request has been approved by the provincial
board of the Province of Tayabas: Now, therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhiUppif^
Com mission^ that:
Section 1. For the pui*pose of reimbursing the monicipjJity of
Atimonan for the above-stated sum there is hereby appropriated, out
of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
siun of two thousand four hundred and forty six pesos, Mexican cur-
rency, to be used by said municipality in the construction of a munici-
pal school building, as hereinbefore specified, and for no other parpose.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this hillf
LAWS OF imiTED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, 709
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 -sixdi, nineteen
hmidred.
Sbo. 3. This act shaU take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 10, 1908.
[No. 881.]
AN ACT providing for the relief of persons who have paid or are liable to pay the
land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two upon an excessive assessment.
By authoriPu of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Conmiiesion.^ that:
Section 1. In all cases in which land assessed for the year nine-
teen hundred and two was assessed at more than fifty per centum
above the assessment of the succeeding year, as revised by the board
of tax revision, the provincial board of every organized province is
hereby authorized and required to reduce uie assessment for the
year nineteen hundred and two to the amount fixed by the board o^
tax revision for the same land for the year nineteen hundred and
three, and the provincial treasurer shall comply with the order of
the provincial board by making the reduction upon the records of
the municipality and province.
Sec. 2. In all cases in which the money has been paid upon the
excessive assessment as described in section one, it shall be the duty
of the provincial board to allow a credit of the amount of sucn
excess payment, to be applied upon taxes due for the year nineteen
hundrea and three or some subsequent year.
Sec. 3. In case the tax has not been paid on the excessive assess-
ment, then the taxpayer or the person from whom the tax is due
shall be allowed to pay the tax on the reduced assessment without
penalty at any time wfthin three months after the passage of this
Act; and all proceedings for the sale of land because of a delinquency
of payment on the excessive assessment as defined in section one
shall be discontinued and held for naught, and the title to the land
shall remain in the delinquent taxpayer, suoject only to the lien for
taxes on the assessment as reduced in accordance with section one
hereof: Provided^ That if the amount of taxes due on the reduced
assessment is not paid within the said three months, the same pro-
cedure shall be followed in their collection as in other cases of delin-
quent taxes.
Sec. 4. In cases of excessive taxation described in section one hereof
in which the land shall have been sold to a third person for failure to
pay taxes, the delinauent taxpayer, upon redeeming his land by paying
to the purchaser tne amount reqmred by law to be paid, shall be
entitled to a credit, for use in payment of future taxes, for the amount
expended by him over and above the tax without penalty at the reduced
assessment. In case the land shall have been purchased by the Gov-
ernment, the proceedings shall be by the provincial board declared
null and void, and the title shall revert to the delinquent taxpayer on
payment of the amount due on the assessment, as reduced in accordance
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with the terms of section one of this Act, within three months from
the passage of this Act,
Sec. 6. The public good reqniriDg the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited Inaccordance with section
two of ^-An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Ccnnmission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 10, 1903.
[No. 882.]
AN ACT extending the time for payment of the land tax in the Province of Naevi
Edja for the year nineteen hundred and three until November fifteenth of said
year.
Whereas the changes made by the board of tax revision of the Prov-
ince of Nueva Ecija in the tax lists thereof, rendering necessary many
changes in the books of the provincial treasurer, the employment of
temporary clerks to perform the work, which was of such a character
that it could not well be done except by clerks of experience and skill
not easily procurable, and other unforeseen causes have made the col-
lection of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and three in said
province within the time designated by law impossible: Now, therefore,
By authjority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUifpine
Commismm^ that:
Section L. The period for the payment, without penalty, of the land
tax for the year nieteen hundred and three in the Province of Naeva
Ecija is hereby extended to November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
three, anything in previous Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
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 its passage.
Enacted, September 11, 1903.
[No. 883.]
AN ACT to amend section fourteen of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "Acenerftl
Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands."
By anithority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered Eighty -two, entitled
''A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the
Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding thereto the follow-
ing subsection:
"' {c) A secretary or a treasurer, or any person temporarily exercis-
ing the duties of the office of secretary or treasurer in acconwuice with
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law, shall have the same qualifications as those prescribed for a presi-
dent, a vice-president, and a councilor: Provided^ however^ That no
person elected or appointed to the oflSce of secretary or treasurer, or
temporarily designated to discharge the duties thereof, shall be less
than twenty-three years of age. The provisions of tnis subsection
shall be retroactive and shall apply to all secretaries or treasurers now
in office, as well as to future appointments or elections." •
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 Conmiission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 11, 1903.
[No. 884.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Six hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Act to
promote good order and discipline in the Philippines Constabulary."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered Six hundred and
nineteen, entitled ''An Act to promote good order and discipline in
the Philippines Constabulary," is hereby amended as follows:
{a) By inserting after the word ^'Constabulary" at the end of the
second line thereof the words "and deposited with the Insular Treas-
urer."
(J) By striking out that part of said section which reads as follows:
''Such deductions and retentions shall be noted on the pay roll, and
the Constabulary officer by whom any member of the Constabulary is
paid shall pay such member only the net amount due, the same being
nis total pay less such retentions, deductions, and forfeitures, which
may have been made pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Each
Constabulary officer shall keep a record m duplicate of all such deduc-
tions and retentions, showing the amount thereof and the name of the
member of the Constabulary, and shall foi^ward one copy to the Chief
of Constabulary And the other copy to the Auditor for the Islands at
the end of each month. The amount of these deductions and reten-
tions shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury by settlement warrant
Sursuant to certification of the Auditor as the accounts in which such
eductions and retentions have been made are audited and settled."
{c) By inserting at the conclusion of said section fourteen the
following paragraph:
"All deductions, retentions, and forfeitures provided in sections
eleven and fourteen of this Act shall be noted on the pay roll, and
the Constabulary officer by whom any member of the Constabulary
is paid shall, before making payment, verify the amount to be de-
ducted in each case and shall, upon making payment, deduct such
amount from the total amount of pay due said member. All amounts
so deducted shall be deposited witn the Insular Treasurer, as deposi-
tary of trust funds, by the officer making the deduction, and a special
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receipts account therefor shall be rendered monthly by the disbordBg
officer to the Auditor for the Islands."
Sec. 2. The public good rec^uirin^ the speNddv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereoy 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 hundi-ed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 11, 1903.
[No. 885.]
AN ACT authorizing the increase of the enlisted strength dl ihe Phifippones Con-
stabnlary to not exceeding seven thousand men of all grades.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippitke
Commisnon^ that:
Section 1. In view of the establishment of a Constabulary force in-
the Moro Province, and for other reasons, the enlisted strength of tiie
Philippines Constabulary of all grades is hereby increased to not
exce^Mung seven thousand men, in the discretion of the Chief of Con-
stabulary, for the entire fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and four, the provisions of section one of Act Numbered
Eight hundred and seven to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of tne 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, September 11, 1903.
[No. 886.1
AN ACT appropriating the snm of five thousand fonr hundred and sixty doUm,
United States currency, to be expended by the engineer ofilcer, United Strtee
Arm^, in charge of the improvement of the port of Manila, in making neoesBuy
repairs to the walls along the Pasig River.
By OAithority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the BhUippim
Commission^ tJiat:
Section 1. The sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty dol-
lars, United States currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available and to be expended
by the engineer officer of the United States Army in charge of the
improvement of the port of Manila, in making necessary repaire to
the walls along the Pasig River in tlie city of Manila below the Bridge
of Spain.
Seo. 2. The wor'k, appropriation for which is made in the preced-
ing section, shall be conducted under the regulations, 'limitations, and
restrictions which are prescribed by Act ISumbered Twenty-two, as
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amended, providiBg for the improvement of the port of Manila and
the River rasi^.
Sec. 8. The appropriation made in this Act shall be available for
withdrawal in Unitea States currwacy or Philippines currency, at the
option of the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring •die speed]^ 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 11, 1908.
[No. 887.]
AN ACT a^propriothig the sum of one thousand two hundred and seventy-six dol-
lars and eightjr cents, money of the United States, to be paid to John Strin^r in
fall compensation lor his services and expenses in apprehending and deliveruig to
the authorities of Manila Edward L. Waite, an alleged fugitive from justice.
£y authority of the United Staiies^ 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 one thousand
two hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty cents, United States
currency, to be paid to John Stringer, special agent of the Department
of Justice of the United States, in full compensation for his services
and expenses in apprehending and delivering to the authorities of
Manila Edward L. Waite, an alleged fugitive from justice charged
with embezzlement.
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. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 16, 1903.
[No. 887.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of one thousand two hundred and seventy-six dol-
lars and eighty cents, money of the United States, to be paid to John Strin^r in
full compensation for his services and expenses in apprehending and delivering to
the authorities of Manila Edward L. Waite, an allegCKl fugitive irom justice.
By avJthoTity 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 one thousand
two hundred and seventy -six dollars and eighty cents, United States
currency, to be paid to John Stringer, special agent of the Department
of Justice of the United States, in full compensation for his services
and expenses in apprehending and delivering to the authorities of
Manila Edward L. Waite, an alleged fugitive from justice charged with
embezzlement.
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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, September 16, 1903.
[No. 888.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Five hmidred and eighty-four, entitled "An Act
creating the Bureau of Engineering," by increasing the number of employees
therein.
By authority of the United Statea^ he it enacted hy the J^MUpptne
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-
four, entitled *'An Act creating the Bureau of Engineering," is hereby
amended by adding at the ena thereof the words "one railroad engi-
neer, at a salary of three thousand six hundred dollars per annum;
one chief surveyor, class two; one geographer, class two; and one
assistant engineer, class three."
Sec. 2. Section three of said Act Numbered Five hundred and
eighty-four is hereby amended by striking out the sentence in line
four beginning with the words one chief draftsman," and ending
with the words, "one messenger. Class K," and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: "one assistant engineer, class four; two assist-
ant engineers, class nve; one chief drafteman, class five; three assist-
ant engineers, class six; one chief clerk, class six; five transitmen,
class seven; one property clerk, class seven; one stenographer, class
seven; five transitmen, class eight; one voucher clerk, class eight;
one record clerk, class eight; three clerks, class nine; eight transit-
men, .plass nine; three junior draftsmen, Class D; four junior drafts-
men. Class G; ten gurveymen, Class H; two messengers. Class K."
Sec. 3. The appropriations made in Act Numbered Eight hundred
and seven, under the head of "Salaries and wages. Bureau of End-
neering, nineteen hundred and four," are hereby made available fortne
positions herein authorized.
Sec. 4. Section six of Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-four
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words: "The Sec-
retary of Commerce and Police, whenever in his discretion it is deemed
advantageous to the interests of the Government, shall direct the adver-
tisement for contracts in at least two papers having general circulation
in the United States."
Sec. 5. Act Numbered Six hundred and seventy-nine, entitled ''An
Act to amend Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty -four, entitled
' An Act creating the Bureau of Engineering ' by increasing the nuna-
ber of employees therein," is hereby repealea.
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 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, September 17, 1903.
LAWS OP UiaTED STATES PHILIPPINE OOMBOSSION. 715
[No. 889.1
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^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. Section fifteen of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eighty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and
government of the Moro Province," is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof the following:
^^Providedy hoxvever^ That the legislative council shall have the
I)ower to unite the offices of district secretary and district treasurer,
and to provide for the filling of such offices, whether united or sepa-
rate, by detail of Army officers without civil-service examination, in the
interest of economy in the public service. Army officers thus detailed
shall receive the same allowance and expenses from the provincial treas-
ury as are allowed to detailed Army officers under section eleven of Act
Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-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 take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 17, 1903.
[No. 890.]
AN ACT to amend section one of Act Numbered Eight hundred and four, making
appropriations for sundry expenses of the city of Manila for the fiscal year
mneteen hundred and four, by providing for an engineer in charge of the Manila
sewer ssrstem.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Eight hundred and four,
making appropriations for sundry expenses of the city of Manila for
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, is hereby amended so as to
make the paragraph providing an appropriation for the preliminary
survey of a new sewer system, under the head of ''Salaries and wages,
Dei>artment of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nine-
teen hundred and four," read as follows:
"One engineer in charge of the Manila sewer system, at a compen-
sation of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and a resi-
dence at not exceeding seventy-five dollars per month; one engineer,
at three thousand dollars per annum; one assistant engineer, class
six; one draftsman, class seven ;^ one rodman. Class A."
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, September 18, 1903.
716 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILlPPHfE GOMMIBSIOK.
[No. 891.]
AN ACT providiiig for a loan of twenty-five thousand peeoB, Philippines ennency,
to the Province of Albay.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commissioriy that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise approjwiated, the sum of twenty-five
thousand pesos, Philippines currency, to be loaned to the Province
of Albay and to be expended by the provincial board of that province
for the general expenses of the provincial government.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in the first section of this Act shall
be paid to the treasurer of the Province of Albay upon the production
by him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands of a certified copy
of a resolution of the provincial bolard of the Province of Albay
accepting such loan and agreeing to repay the money without interest
on or before the expiration of one year from the date of the acceptance
of the loan by the provincial board of Albay.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this hill,
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 i>assage.
Enacted, September 18, 1903.
[No. 892.]
AN ACT appropriating the stun of one thousand dollars, in money of the United
States, for the salary and expense fnnd of the monicixial government of tfaedty
of Manila.
By aiUhority of the United, States, he it .ermded hy the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. The sum of one thousand dollars, in money of the United
States, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of salaries and
expenses of civil officials and employees of the city of Manila, which
are properly chargeable to the city of Manila and not otherwise spe-
cially provided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of
employees from the United States to Manila, and for the payment to
the estates of deceased employees of salaries due such employees for
the leaves of absence to which they were entitled at the time of their
deaths, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hun-
dred and forty-eight.
Payment of sums due under the appropriation herein made shall he
by the Auditor by settlement warrants.
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 under said Act shall be made,
are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated
under 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
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two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the €oHunis8k>n
in the enactment of laws," passed September tweiity-sixtiti, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 19, 1903. *
[No. 893.]
AN ACT appropriating fifteen thousand dollars, United States currency, for the
purpose or contributing to the erection of the Rizal monument, and authoriz-
ing the Insnlar Treasurer to dei)osit the frmds already collected in a bauk to
draw interest.
By aiUliarity of the United States^ be it etidcted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insnlar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thou-
sand dollars, United States currency, as a contribution by the Insular
Government to the erection of a permanent monument to Jos6 Bizal,
on condition that ten thousand dollars. United States currency, shall
be raised by the Rizal Monument Committee by popular subscription
in addition to the fifty thousand dollars, Mexican currency, already
collected.
Sec. 2. The fifteen thousand dollars, United States currency, appro-
priated by this Act shall be available upon the certification of the
Insular Treasurer that the ten thousand dollars, United States cur-
rency, mentioned in section one of this Act to be raised by popular
subscription have been deposited in the Insular Treasury by the Rizal
Monument Committee.
Sec. 3. The Insular Treasurer is hereby authorized to deposit all
the money collected for the Rizal monument in one of the depository
banks in Manila, to draw interest at the usual rate in the market for
yearly deposits.
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 19, 1903.
[No. 894.]
AN ACT fixing the salaries of examiners of titles for the Third, Sixth, Eighth, and
Ninth Judicial Districts, to be appointed under the Land Begistraticm Act.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of section thirteen of the
Land Registration Act, the salaries of examiners of titles for the
Third, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Judicial Districts are hereby fixed at
the following rates per annum, in money of the United States:
For the Third Judicial District, one thousand dollars.
718 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
For the Sixth Judicial District, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the Eighth Judicial District, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the Ninth Judicial District, one thousand two hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 19, 1903.
[No. 895.]
AN ACT anthorizing the Chief of Philippines Constabnluy to employ certain
additional clerical assistance.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. In addition to the clerical assistance authorized for the
Bureau of Philippines Constabulary in Act Numbered Eight hundred
and seven, enacted July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and three,
the Chief of Philippines Constabulary is hereby authorized to employ
six clerks of class nine and one clerk of Class A.
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, September 21, 1903.
[No. 896.]
AN ACT anthorizing the Insnlar Pnrchasing Agent to emplov emergency derb
and grant overtime pay to a 8i)ecified nnmber of employees iror a liimted period,
and making an appropriation to cover the salaries of snch emergency employees
and the overtime pay anthorized.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. The Insular Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized to
employ three emergency clerks for a period not exceeding one month,
at a salary of one hundred dollars, United States currency, per month
each, and to employ five clerks of the Insular Government outride of
their regular office hours for three hours each day for a period not
exceeding thirty days, and grant pay to such employees for such ove^
time services at the rate of sixty cents. United States currency, each
per hour, the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-
eight to the contrary notwithstanding, to enable said official to pre-
pare and furnish forthwith to the Insular Auditor a return of public
civil property covering the period from April first to September foa^
teenth, nineteen hundred and three, both dates inclusive, accom-
panied by an abstract of property sold and which remains as yet
unpaid for.
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Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred
and seventy dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, for the purpose of paying the salaries of the
emergency clerks herein authorized and the overtime pay which may
become due by virtue of this Act.
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 approi>riated under said Act shall be made,
are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated
under 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 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 22, 1903.
[No. 897.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of thirty-nine thousand pesos, Philippines
currency, for the purchase and operation of the arrastre plant for nnloaoing,
conveying, and delivering imported merchandise at the Manila custom-house.
By axUhority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The following sums, in Philippines currency, are hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purchase, maintenance, and operation of the
arrastre plant for the landing, conveyance, storing, and delivery of
imported merchandise at the custom-house of the port of Manila, to wit :
For the purchase by the Collector of Customs for the Philippine
Islands from Carman and Company, Limited, of the steam cranes,
tramway, locomotive, cars, machinery, appliances, material, and other
personal property used in the landing, conveyance, storing, and
delivery of imported merchandise at the custom-house of the port of
Manila, in accordance with the inventory and appraisal presented by
the Insular Collector on February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and
three, and approved by resolution of the Philippine Commission of
March fourth, nineteen hundred and three, and all rights pertaining
thereto, the sum of twenty-nine thousand pesos.
For the placing in operation at the i)ort of Manila of said arrastre
system, including salaries, wages, materials, and other expenses, and
for a reserve fund for its continued oi)eration, the sum of ten thou-
sand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands is hereby
authorized to fix and collect such charges for the landing, conveyance,
storage, and delivery of imported merchandise at the port of Manila
as he shall deem necessary to cover the total cost of operating said
plant. The receipts from such charges shall be retained by him as a
permanent fund, on deposit with the Treasurer for the Philippine
Islands, and shall be disbursed upon the Insular Collector's approval.
Said fund shall be deemed a permanent annual appropriation and the
exi)enditure thereof is hereby authorized, in the manner provided, for
the payment of salaries and wages and all other necessary expenses of
720 LAWS OK UNITED STATES PHILIPPIKE OOMMISSIOK.
operation, maintenance, r^Mtir, improvements, and materials inc«rred
in the landing, conveyance, storage, and delive^ of imported mercbaa-
dise at the port of Manila: Provided^ That the total amount of sndi
expenditures shall not exceed the total amonnt of the receipts: And
provided further^ That all expenditures for salaries and W2^;es aad
other necessary expenses shall be made cm regular vooehers, and
receipts taken therefor.
Sec. 3. All expenditures made under the provisions of the two pre-
ceding sections shall be made by order of the Ck>llector of Customs
for the Philippine Islands, which shall be sufficient authorizatioD
therefor.
Sec. 4. A report showing the total reo^pts for the unloading, con-
veyance, storage, and delivery of imported merchandise and expendi-
tures for salaries and wages and necessary expenses incurred shall be
rendered monthly to the Secretary of Finance and Justice.
Sec. 5. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands is
hereby authorized to retain such of the superintendents, wharfingers,
foremen, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and unskilled laborers
as are at present employed in operating said arrastre plant at tiie
custom-house of the port of Manila as he shall deem necessary, with-
out examination under the Civil Service Act and rules, and such
employees shall be classified by the Civil Service Board and become
members of the civil service. The Collector of Cust<Hns may ai^int
or employ from time to time such additional superintendents, wharf-
ingers, foremen, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and unskilled
laborers and discharge the same, subject to the Civil Service Act and
rules, as he shall deem necessary to operate said arrastre plant, to fix
the salaries and waiges of such retained and additional employees, and
to incur such expense for operation, maintenaiiee, repair, and
improvement of said arrastre system, including payment of regular
overtime work by customs employees in connection with arrastre, as
he shall deem necessary.
Sec. 6. The Collector of Customs for the Philij^ine Islands shall
from time to time prescribe such regulations as he may deem neees-
saiy for the proper conduct of the system of unloading, conveyance,
storing, and delivery of imported merchandise at the custom- house of
the port 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 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, September 23, 1903.
[No. 898.]
AN ACT providing for the closing of the port of Aparri as a port of entr^. cre-
ating the ports of Bongao, Cape Melville, Balabac Island, and Paerto Pnncen
ports of entry, and amending section three hundred and one of act nombered
three hundred and fifty-five.
By auUwritnj of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippic
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. The port of Aparri, in the Aparri collection district, »
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hereby discontinued as a port of entry and sections two and three of
Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety-four, creating Aparri a
port of entry and providing for customs employees thereat, are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. The port of Bongao, in the Jolo collection district, and the
ports of Cape Melville, Balabac Island, and Puerto Princesa, in the
Manila collection district, are hereby created ports of entry.
Sec. 3. The following employees are hereby authorized at each of
said ports: One collector of customs of class six, who shall act as dis-
bursing clerk without additional compensation ; one clerk of Class D,
and such number of boatmen of Class K as may be necessary to the
proper conduct of the customs business at each port.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to prohibit
the retention of Aparri as a port open to the Philippine coastwise
trade.
Sec. 5. The Insular Collector of Customs is hereby authorized,
upon it appearing to him that the good of the service does not
require the maintenance of a custom-house and all or any of the
employees provided for any port of entry created by this Act, to
close any or all of said ports as ports of entry for a period not to
exceed six months and to withdraw any or all of said employees:
Provided^ That notice of such closing shall be posted at the office
of the collector of the port to be closed at least forty days before
the date fixed for closing the port. During the time that any of said
ports are thus closed, they shall be held to be coastwise ports, and
the importation of merchandise thereat shall subject both vessels and
cargo to seizure and forfeiture under the provisions of section three
hundred and one of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as
amended by the following section of this Act.
Sec. 6. Sisction three hundred and one of Act Numbered Three
hundred and fifty-five of the Philippine Commission is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 301. The importation of merchandise from any port or place
outside of the Philippine Islands into any port or place in the Philij)-
pine Islands, except through such ports of entry as have been or may
hereafter be established by competent authority, or such importation
of merchandise in a vessel of less than thirty tons burden, shall sub-
ject both vessel and cargo to seizure and forfeiture : Provided^ That
the importation of merchandise at the entry ports of Bongao, Cape
Melville, Balabac Island, and Puerto Princesa may be made in vessels
of Philippine construction of five or more tons burden without subject-
ing said vessels to seizure and forfeiture."
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 October fifteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and three.
Enacted, September 24, 1903.
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[No. 899.]
AN ACT anthorizing the suspension of sentences imposed npon citizens of the
United States in certain cases, providing for the transportation of coDTicted
vagrants to the United States, and making a permanent appropriation therefor.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Upon the conviction of any citizen of the United States
under Act Numbered Five hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Act
defining vagrancy and providing for punishment therefor," the court
may suspend sentence, conditioned upon the convict leaving the Phil-
ippine Islands and not returning thereto for a period of not more
than ten years; and the fulfillment of this obligation shall be deemed
as an extinguishment of the prescribed sentence.
Sec. 2. In such cases the court or judge may order the removal of
the convict to Bilibid Prison, in the city of Manila, there to remain
in custody until he can be placed upon a steamer returning to the
United States. This order shall be executed in the manner prescribed
by the Civil Governor in each case.
Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount suflScient to pay
the actual and necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions 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 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 24, 1903.
[No. 900.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of five thousand p€«os, Philippines currency, to the
Province of Misamis.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand
pesos, Philippines currency, to be loaned to the Province of Misamis
and to be expended by the provincial board of that province for the
general expenses of the provincial goveniment.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in the first section of this Act
shall be paid to the supervisor-treasurer of the Province of Misamis
upon the production by him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands
of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Prov-
ince of Misamis accepting such loan and agreeing to repay the money,
without interest, on or before the first day of September, nineteen
hundred and four.
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 24, 1903.
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[No. 901.]
AN ACT confiolidatmg the offices of provincial treasurer and provincial super-
visor of the Province of Romblon.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, tnat:
Section 1. The offices of provincial treasurel* and provincial super-
visor, provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and four, extend-
ing the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province
of Romblon, are hereby consolidated, and the office thus formed shall
be known as the office of provincial supervisor-treasurer.
Sec. 2. The provincial governor, the provincial supervisor-treas-
rirer, and the division superintendent of schools shall constitute the
provincial board.
Sec. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer shall be
seven thousand five hundred dollars. He shall receive an annual
salary of one thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly. His
qualifications and duties shall be the same as the qualifications and
duties of provincial sr^pervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in
the Provincial Government Act, except that the requirement that the
provincial supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer and surveyor
shall not apply. The supervisor-treasurer may employ a foreman in
charge of the repair and construction of roads, bridges, and buildings
at a salary not to exceed sixty dollars a month.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and four and its
amendments ar. may be inconsistent with the provisions of this 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 Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 24, 1903.
[No. 902.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-eight, entitled " An
Act to authorize provincial boards to make certain purchases to assist in carr>'-
ing into operation the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-
four."
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-
eight, entitled "An Act to authorize provincial boards to make cer-
tain purchases to assist in carrying into operation the provisions of
Act Numbered Seven hundred and seventy- four," is hereby amended
by striking out the word "wooden" in the fifth line of said section, so
that the section as amended shall read as follows:
"Section 1. The provincial board of any province organized under
the Provincial Government Act is hereby authorized, out of any funds
available for the general purposes of the provincial government, to
purchase not exceeding two hundred and fifty pairs of wheels, with
the corresponding axles and with tires of a yidth not less than two
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and one-half inches, and to sell the same in the province at the priee
of purchase, together with the expense of their transportation to the
province, for the purpose of showing the inhabitants how Act Num-
bered Seven hundred and seventy -four can be properly complied with."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby exx)edited 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, September 25, 1903.
CNo. 903.]
AN ACT to amend Act Nnmbered Six hmidred and ninety-nine by making it dear
that nothing in said Act contained was intended to amend or refpeal the provi-
sions of Act Numbered Four hundred and eighty-seven.
By avihority of the United StaieSy he it enacted hy the PhiUppme
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-
nine, entitled "An Act to amend section nine of the Provincial Gov-
ernment Act, Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered
One hundred and thirty-three," is hereby amended by inserting at the
beginning of paragraph (6) of section nine of the Provincial Grovemment
Act, as in said Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety -nine amended
and set forth, the following words : " Except where otherwise specially
provided," and by adding at the close of said paragraph the following:
^^ Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to amend or repeal Act Numbered Four hundred and eighty-seven,
entitled 'An Act amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "The
Municipal Code," and Act Numbered Three hundred and three,
amendatory 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, September 25, 1903.
[No. 904.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of ten thousand dollars, United States cnneiicy,
to the Province of Occidental Ne^os for the construction of a building fort
school of secondary instruction at Bacolod.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Tnere is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of t«n thousand
dollars. United States currency, or its equivalent in Philippines cn^
rency, in the discretion of the Insular Treasurer, to be loaned to the
Province of Occidental Negros.
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Sbc. 2. The money appropriated in section one of this Act shall be
I>aid to the treasurer of the Province of Occidental Negros, upon the
prodnction and delivery by him to the Insular Treasurer of a certified
copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Province of Occi-
dental Negros accepting the loan hereinbefore authorized, and agree-
ing to repay the same, without interest, in annual installments of two
thousand dollars, the first installment to be paid on or before the
expiration of the period of one year from date of the acceptance of
the loan.
Sec. 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be used in the con-
struction of a building for a school of secondary instruction at Bacolod,
in the Province of Occidental Negros, and for no other purpose, and
shall be expended under the direction of the provincial board of said
province: Provided, That the plans for the construction and the
si>ecifications shall be prepared by the Chief of the Bureau of Archi-
tecture and Construction of Public Buildings and the building when
constructed and the school when established shall be under the super-
visory control of the Department of Public Instruction.
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 25, 1903.
[No. 905.]
AN ACT appropriating one thousand and ninety dollars, in money of the United
States, for the payment of the salary of the Superintendent of the Insular Cold
Storage and Ice Plant from September twelfth to December thirty-first, nineteen
hnndied and three, inclnsiTe.
Sy authorihj of the United StateSy he it enacted by the Philippine
Cammissiony thai:
Section 1. The sum of one thousand and ninety dollars, in money
of the United States, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the
salary of the Superintendent of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice Plant
from September twelfth to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and three, inclusive, at the rate of three thousand six hundred dollars
per annum. The money in this Act appropriated i^ available for
withdrawal and payment only in the manner stated in section three
of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, entitled '*An Act making
appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular Government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and
other designated periods."
Sbc. 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.
Sbc. 3. This act shaU take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 25, 1903.
726 LAWS OF UNITED 8TATE8 PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 906.]
AN ACT to amend section eightv-siz of Act Numbered One hnndred and thirty-six,
by providing that the seal to be nsed by notaries pnbUc on ofiScial docmnents
shall be of metal.
By aidhoritv of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section nnmbered eighty-six of Act Numbered One
hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organiza-
tion of courts in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended to read
as follows:
*'Sec. 86. Seal, — Each notary public shall have a seal of oifioe,
which he shall procure at his own expense. Such seal shall be afSxed
to papers officially signed by him. It shall be of metal and shall
have the name of the province and the words "Philippine Islands,"
and his own name, engraved on the margin thereof, and the words
"Notary Public" across the center. An impression of such seal
directly in the paper or parchment on which the writing is had shaH
be as valid as if made on wax or wafer."
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 January first, nineteen hundred
and four.
Enacted, September 25, 1903.
[No. 907.]
AN ACT extending the time for the payment of the land tax in the Proyince of
Batangas for the year nineteen hnndred and three nntil Jannary first, nineteen
hundred and four.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the PhUippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Owing to the depressed condition of agriculture, the
locust pest, and the dryness of the season, the period for the payment,
without penalty, of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and
three in the Province of Batangas is hereby extended to January first,
nineteen hundred and four, anything in previous Acts to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this hill,
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, September 28, 1903.
LAW8 OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE OOBDIISSION. 727
[No. 908.]
AN ACT to amend section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, providing
for the organization of provincial governments.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
"A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the
Philippine Islands,'' as amended and supplemented by Acts Numbered
Three hundred and seventy-two, Five hundred and twenty-five, and
Eight hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by adding
thereto subsection (q) as follows:
**(g) To order, in its discretion, the execution by the supervisor, at
provincial expense, of such minor surveys and examinations as may
be necessary to determine the advisability of making public improve-
ments, either by the provincial government or the Insular Government,
within the jurisdiction of the province: Provided^ That no survey or
examination costing more than one thousand pesos, Philippines cur-
rency, shall be commenced without the previous approval of the Con-
sulting Engineer to the Commission."
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, September 29, 1903.
[No. 909.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and fifteen, entitled "An Act
establishing and regnlating accountability for public property in the Philippine
Archipelago/' as amended, by authorizing private sales of property in certain
cases, and fixing responsibility for shorta^^es or damage in marine or railway
shipments of public property.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
CoTTtmissiony thai:
Section 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered Two hundred and fif-
teen, entitled "An Act establishing and regulating accountability for-
public property in the Philippine Archipelago," is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following: "When in his discretion
the public interest will be best served by such action the Civil Gov-
ernor may authorize the sale of public property at private sale, sub-
ject to such restrictions as he may imjHJse in each case, or for any
branch of the service."
Sec. 2. The first paragraph of section twenty-three of said Act as
amended by section two of Act Numbered Three hundred and sixty-
one is hereby repealed and the following inserted in lieu thereof:
" Sec. 23. When property is purchased from the InsularPurchasing
Agent the freight to the port or railway station of destination, not
including the unloading charges unless so specified in the bill of lading,
shall be paid by the Insular Purchasing Agent upon presentation of a
728 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
properly receipted or accomplished bill of lading: Provided^ That
property shall be shipped only to a consignee or his aathorized agent
at the port or railway station of destination. If snch consignee or his
agent shall receipt or accomplish such bill of lading without notation
thereon of a shortage in or damage to the property covered by such
bill of lading, such accomplishment or receipt shall make the consignee
responsible for the full amount and value of the goods covered by
said bill of lading and shall release the carrier from responsibility for
any shortage or damage, in default of other evidence to the contrary
satisfactory to a committee or inspector appointed under the pro-
visions of sections nine and ten of this Act. Evidence of the opening
or tampering with any package shall bind the carrier for any shortage
or damage which may appear therein, and when notation is made
upon the bill of lading of such evidence the burden of proof that the
shortage or damage occurred after the shipment left the carrier's pos-
session shall be upon such carrier.
"Public property shipped by another Bureau of the Government
shall be subject to the provisions of this section so far as it relates to
the responsibility of the parties concerned.
"Public property shipped upon any vessel of the Bureau of Coast
Guard and Transportation, or of any other Bureau of the Grovemment,
shall be subject to the provisions of this section, and responsibility
which would be fixed upon the carrier shall be charged to the respon-
sible officer of such vessel, in default of evidence that the shortage or
. damage claimed was not caused by neglect or misconduct: Provided,
That the carrier may in his discretion require that such package be
sealed with wire and lead seals and may refuse to receive for ship-
ment any package not in good order, or any bags of rice or other
grain not packed in double sacks." •
Sec. 3. Section twenty-nine of said Act is hereby amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following: ,
"Arms captured or seized by the Philippines Constabulary will be
taken up on his property returns by the officer in command of the
forces making the capture or seizure, and when such arms are shown
by satisfactory evidence to be stolen property, they may be dropped
upon the receipt of the rightful owner and presentation of propa
evidence of ownership.
"Arms captured or seized by municipal police or so-called volim-
teers or surrendered to such organizations shall be, as soon as prac-
ticable, turned over to the Senior Inspector of Constabulary of the
province in which such capture, seizure, or surrender is made, who
shall in like manner take up such arms upon his property returns,
and when shown by satisfactory evidence to be stolen property may
be likewise returned to the owner upon his giving receipt therefor
and thereui)on dropped from the property returns of the accountable
officer."
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 twen^-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 29, 1903.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 729
[No. 910.]
AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-one by creating the
office of Superintendent of the Telegraphic Division of the Philippines Con-
stabulary.
By axdhority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
CoTnmission, thai:
Section 1. The office of Superintendent of the Telegraphic Division
of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby created, the incumbent of
wliich shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand five hundred
dollars, payable monthly. He shall, under the supervision and direc-
tion of the Chief of Constabulary, have charge of the Telegraphic
Division of the Philippines Constabulary, as provided in Act Num-
bered Four hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act amending Act
Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, entitled * An Act providing
for the organization and government of an Insular Constabulary and
for the inspection of the Municipal Police,' so as to provide for the
maintenance of the present telegraphic system in the Archipelago, so
far as may be desirable and practicable," and shall perform all the
duties pertaining to that office which by said Act are imposed upon
the Chief of Constabulary. He shall be apx>ointed by the Civil Gov-
ernor with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the x>assage 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, September 29, 1903.
[No. 911.]
AN ACT anthorizing the Civil Governor to direct any disbarsing officer of the
Insnlar GJovermnent, or of any provincial or municipal government thereunder,
to withhold pay from any person employed in such service when it appears to
his satisfaction that such i)erson is indebted to any branch of the United States
Gk>vemment, and requiring disbursing officers to comply with such direction.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Sbcjtion 1. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction
of the Civil Governor that any officer or employee of the Insular Gov-
ernment, or of any provincial or municipal government thereunder,
is indebted to the United States Government on account of the War
Department, the Navy Department, or any other Department of said
Government, the Civil Governor is hereby authorized to direct the
disbursing officer through whom such insular, provincial, or municipal
officer or employee receives his pay or salary, to withhold such pay or
salary to the amount of such indebtedness to the Unit€ld States, and
pay the same to the officer of the United States Government authorized
to receive the same.
Sec. 2. Any disbursing officer who willfully fails or neglects to with-
hold pay or salary as directed by the Civil Governor shall be deemed
730 LAWS OP UNITED STATES PHILIPPIKE CdOOSSIOK.
liable for the amount on his official bond, and in any case where such
officer or employee whose pay or salary is withheld under the provi-
sions of this Act shall refuse or fail to sign proi)er receipts to the dis-
bursing officer for jmy or salary due but withheld under flie provisions
of this Act, the disbursing officer may take credit in his account for
any such sum paid for the benefit of such officer or employee, support-
ing such credit by a voucher reciting the order of the Civil Grovemor
directing that such pay or si^ry be withheld, and the receipt of the
officer of the United States Government authorized to receive the
amount.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the si)eedy 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 29, 1903.
[No. 912.]
AN ACT appropriating fonr thousand two hundred pesoe, Philippines cnnency,
for the extension and completion of the wharf at Jolo and for the constractioD
of a tramway upon the wharf and pier connected therewith.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. The sum of four thousand two hundred pesos, Philip-
pines currency, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the In-
sular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes:
(a) Two thousand seven hundred pesos to be utilized for the exten-
sion thirty-six feet further of the wharf recently built at Jolo.
(&) One thousand five hundred pesos to be expended for the build-
ing and equipping of a narrow-gauge tramway from the sea end of
said wharf to the custom house, including the purchase of materials
necessary therefor.
Sec. 2. The two thousand seven hundred pesos referred to in snb-
section (a) of section one hereof are hereby made available for use hy
the engineer of the United States Army, who shall be or has been
detailed for this work by the Commanding General of the Department
of Mindanao. The one thousand five hundred pesos referred to in
subsection (h) of section one hereof are hereby made available for the
use of the collector of customs at the x>ort of Jolo for the purposes in
this Act provided.
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 30, 1903.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 731
[No. 913.]
AN ACT anthorizing the Insular Auditor to transfer to the general revenues in
the Insular Treasury the sum of five thousand three hundred and thirhr-one
dollars and eighty cents. United States currency, and two thousand and forty-
five dollars and seventy-one cents, Mexican currency, now standing on his
books to the credit of the War Emergency Fund created l^ Act Numbered Four
hundred and eighty-eight, and appropriating a like amount for the benefit of
the Province of Batangas to be expended by said province in the construction
of roads and bridges.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby author-
ized and directed to transfer on the books of his office to the general
revenues with which the Insular Treasurer is chargeable, or from
appropriated to unappropriated moneys, the sum of five thousand
three hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty cents, United States
currency, and two thousand and forty-five dollars and seventy-one
cents, Mexican currency, now standing on his books to the credit of
the War Emergency Fund created by Act Numbered Four hundred
and eighty-eight.
Sec. 2. In lieu of said undrawn balance the sum of six thousand
two hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty-four cents, United
States currency, is hereby appropriated for the benefit of the Province
of Batangas, the same to be paid to the treasurer of said province by
warrant upon his requisition therefor, and shall be withdrawn from
the Insular Treasury in United States currency or in Philippines cur-
rency, at the option of the Insular Treasurer.
Sec. 3. The sum ajppropriated in the preceding section shall be
expended under the direction of the provincial board of the Province
of Batangas in the construction of roads and bridges in said province,
and shall be accounted for to the Insular Auditor in the same manner
as other provincial funds.
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 twen^-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 1, 1903.
[No. 914.]
AN ACT providing that the dispensing clerk of the civil sanitarinm, Bengnet,
shall i)erform the duties of disbursing officer and property clerk.
By avihority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, tnat:
Section 1. The dispensing clerk of class nine authorized for the
Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, by Act Numbered Seven hundred and
fifty-seven, is hereby authorized and directed to assume the duties of
disbursing officer and property clerk, without additional compeusa-
tion, except that the cost of his bond shall be paid out of the Insular
Treasury, and the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and
twenty-nine, as amended, or any other Act, requiring the Attending
732 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Physician and Surgeon of the Civil Sanitarinm, Benguet, to perfonn
the duties of disbursing officer or property clerk, are hereby repealed.
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 1, 1903.
[No. 915.]
AN ACrr transferring the administration of mining grants and claims instituted
prior to April eleventh, eighteen hnndred and ninety-nine, from the Mining
Bnrean to me Borean of Pnblic Lands.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by tJie Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. The records and archives of all existing mining claims
of whatever class or description now in the custody and under the
charge and official control of the Mining Bureau and pertaining to the
so-called Spanish mining grants and mining claims of every kind
instituted prior to April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,
shall be, as quickly as practicable, inventoried and turned over to the
Bureau of Public Lands and receipted for by the Chief of that Burean.
Sec. 2. The administration of such Spanish mining grants and min-
ing claims of every kind instituted prior to April eleventh, eighteen
hundred and nin^y-nine, and heretofore vested in and exercised by
the Mining Bureau, is hereby transferred to and shall hereafter be
vested in, and exercised by, the Bureau of Public Lands.
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 i)assage.
Enacted, October 1, 1903.
[No. 916.]
AN ACT reorganizing the Mining Bureau and prescribing the fonctions thereof.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The personnel of the Mining Bureau shall consist of a
Chief of the Bureau, class one, who shall be app^ted by the Civil
Governor, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission;
and of two geologists, class three: Provided^ That tfis^hief of the
Bureau and the geologists shall be graduates of recognizi^schools of
mines or shall have received degrees in mining, metallurgy /^geology
from reputable universities. \
Sec. 2. The Chief of the Mining Bureau shall have authJMy ^
employ for temporary service such assistance from mining engi^'^
experts, and practical miners, or others, as the funds appropi^
for the field work of the Bureau shall warrant, such tempr^
employees to be exempt from the requirements and privileges o?^
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Civil Service, and snch apx>ointments and the compensations and
allowances therefor to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 3. The Mining Bureau shall further consist of two field assist-
ants, class six, who shall qualify in topographic surveying, and who
may qualify in either mining engineering or metallurgy, or both, to
be selected under the rules of the Civil Service Board; of a chief clerk
and stenographer, class six; of a property clerk and custodian, class
eight; of a record clerk and translator, Class C; of a draftsman. Class
D; of a draftsman. Class F; and of such labor as may be authorized
by the Secretary of the Interior, the total compensation for which for
office work shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Sec. 4. It shall be the function of said Bureau to make, facilitate,
and encourage special studies of the mineral resources, mineral indus-
tries, and geology of the Philippine Islands; to collect statistics con-
cerning the occurrence of the economically important minerals and
the methods pursued in making their valuable constituents available
for commercial use; to make collections of typical geological and
mineralogical specimens, especially those of economic and commercial
importance, such collections to constitute the museum of the Mining
Bureau, subject, however, to transfer by executive order of the Civil
Governor to any general museum established; to provide a library of
books, reports, drawings, etc., bearing upon the mineral industries,
the sciences of mineralog}' and geology and the arts of mining and
metallurgy, such library constituting the library of the Mining
Bureau; to make a collection of models, drawings, and descriptions
of mechanical appliances used in mining and metallurgical processes;
to preserve and so maintain such collections and library as to make
them available for reference and examination, and open to public
inspection at reasonable hours; to maintain, in effect, a bureau of
information concerning the mineral industries of the Philippine
Islands; to make an annual report to the Secretary of the Interior
setting forth the important results of the work of the Bureau, such
special reports as may be called for by proper authority, and such
bulletins concerning the statistics and technology of the mining
industries, and of the geological and mineralogical and other field
and office work of the Bureau, as may be approved by the Chief of
the Bureau and ordered published by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 5. All orders, decrees. Acts, or parts of Acts in conflict with
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 October fifteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and three.
Enacted, October 1, 1903.
[No. 917.]
AN ACT to amend section five of Act Nmnbered Seventy-fonr, establishing a
Department of Public Instruction, as amended, by making the Province of
Leyte and the Province of Samar separate school divisions.
By authority of the United Stales, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establish-
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ing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Acts Num-
bered Four hundred and seventy-seven, Five hundred and twenty-five,
and Six hundred and seventy-two, is hereby further amended by
striking from the phrase in said section, " Sixteenth Division, Leyte
and Samar, two thousand four hundred dollars," the words "and
Samar," making said phrase read, "Sixteenth Division, Leyte, two
thousand four hundred dollars," and by striking from the phrase in
said section, "Eighteenth Division, Mindanao and Jol6 (with the
exception of Misamis and Surigao), two thousand five hundred dol-
lars," the words, "Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception of Misamis
and Surigao)," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Samar,"
making the phrase read, "Eighteenth Division, Samar, two thousand
five hundred dollars."
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
hundi*ed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 1, 1903.
[No. 918.]
AN ACT appropriating twenty-five thousand dollars, in money of the United
States » or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the construction of a wagon
road from Pasacao to Nueva Caceres, in the Province of Ambos Camarines.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, in money of
the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated out of so much of the three-miUion-dollar Congressional
relief fund as remains unappropriated in the Insular Treasury, for
the purpose of constructing a wagon road from Pasacao to Nueva
Caceres, in the Province of Ambos Camarines. The sum hereby appro-
priated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be disbursed
by the provincial supervisor of Ambos Camarines, or by a duly bonded
official of the Government to be designated by the Civil Governor.
Sec. 2. The Civil Governor may direct the payment of such portions
of the expenses for labor and material either in money or in rice as, in
his discretion, may be deemed best for the people doing the labor or
furnishing the material.
Sec. 3. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall have
general supervision of the work of construction. The provincial
supervisor of Ambos Camarines shall have immediate charge of all
the work of construction. lie may appoint his assistants and fix their
rates of compensation subject to the approval of the Consulting
Engineer to the Commission. He shall make detailed monthly reports
of the progress of the work herein authorized, including an itemized
statement of the various expenditures made during each month and
the purposes thereof, to the Consulting Engineer to the Commission,
who shall forward the same to the Civil Gk>vernor through the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Police.
Sec. 4. The officers and employees provided for in section three of
this Act shall not, necessarily, he subject to the provisions of the
Civil Service Act and the Acts amendatory thereof ; but employees
LAWS OP UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 735
belonging to the classified service may be temporarily transferred to
this work without losing their status in the classified service.
Sec. 5. The necessary tools, supplies, and material shall be purchased
by the provincial supervisor of Ambos Camarines, with the approval
of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission, in the manner provided
f OF by law. Such purchases may be made by the provincial supervisor
in open market, by contract or otherwise when, in his opinion, such
purchases shall become necessary for the economical and expeditious
prosecution of the work: Provided, however^ That such purchases
shall be made only with the approval of the Consulting Engineer to
the Commission.
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, October 2, 1903.
[No. 919.]
AN ACT providing for a loan of seven thousand five hundred dollars, United
States currency, to the Province of, Nneva Ecija for the constmction of bnild-
ings for a school of secondary instruction and domiitories at San Isidro.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, tnat:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of seven thou-
sand five hundred dollars. United States currency, or its equivalent
in Philippines currency, in the discretion of the Insular Treasurer, to
be loaned to the Province of Nueva Ecija.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in section one of this Act shall be
paid to the Treasurer of the Province of Nueva Ecija on the presenta-
tion by him to the Insular Treasurer of a certified copy of a resolution
of the provincial board of Nueva Ecija accepting the loan herein-
before authorized and agreeing to repay the same, without interest,
within the period of five years from the date of the acceptance of the
loan, one thousand five hundred dollars to be repaid within the first
two years, and two thousand dollars each year thereafter until the
loan is satisfied.
Sec. 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be used in the con-
struction of buildings for a provincial school of secondary instruc-
tion and dormitories at San Isidro, in the Province of Nueva Ecija,
and for no other purpose, and shall be expended under the direction
of the provincial board of said province : Provided, That the plaus and
specifications for the construction shall be prepared by the Chief of the
Bureau of Architecture and Construction of P^iblic Buildings, and the
buildings when constructed and the school when established shall be
under the supervisory control of the Department of Public Instruction.
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 2, 1903.
736 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[No. 920.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of eighty-four thousand dollars, in money of the
Unit^ States, for the constmction and repair of roads and bridges.
By authority of the United StcUeSy be it endcted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of eighty-four thousand dollars, in money of
the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated, out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the same to be charged to the Congressional relief fund,
for the purpose of constructing and repairing the following roads,
including the necessary bridges thereon:
(a) For the Vigan-Bangued road, Provinces of Hocos Sur and Abra,
forty thousand dollars.
(b) For the Bacon-Bulusan road, connecting the Pacific Ocean and
China Sea, via Sorsogon, Gubat, and Barcelona, in the Province of
Sorsogon, forty thousand dollars.
(c) For the Padre Juan Villa verde trail, Bayombong to San Nicolas,
Provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan, four thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. The money hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, shall be disbursed by the provincial treasurers of the
provinces in which the specified road is located, unless the Civil Grov-
ernor shall designate another person to act in that capacity upon giv-
ing proper bond. The provincial treasurer, or other disbursing officer,
as the case may be, shall pay all bills for labor and material upon
presentation of proper vouchers approved by the superintendent here-
inafter provided for.
Sec. 3. The Civil Governor may direct the payment, either in money
or in rice, of such parts of the expenses incurred for labor and mate-
rial as in his discretion he may deem for the best interests of the
inhabitants.
Sec. 4. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall have gen-
eral supervision of the road construction herein provided for. He
shall appoint a superintendent subject to the approval of the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Police. The superintendent shall have imme-
diate charge of the work of construction ; he shall appoint his assist-
ants and determine their compensation, subject to the approval of the
Consulting Engineer to the Commission; he shall make detailed
monthly reports of the progress of the work, including a statement of
expenditures made during the preceding month, and the purposes
thereof, to the Consulting Engineer, who shall forward the same to
the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
The employees provided for in this section shall not necessarily be
subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and Acts amendatory
thereof, but employees belonging to the classified service may be tem-
porarily transferred to the work without losing their status in the
classified service.
Sec. 5. The superintendent shall purchase the necessary tools, suj)-
plies, and material, with the approval of the Consulting Engineer to
the Comm^ission. He may make purchases by contract in the open
markets, through the Insular Purchasing Agent, or otherwise, when,
in the opinion of the Civil Governor, such purchases are necessary
for the economical and speedy prosecution of the work.
Sec. 6. The roads constructed or repaired under this Act shall there-
after be kept in repair by the provincial supervisor under supervision
and direction of the Consulting Engineer, and the cost of such repair
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shall be paid out of the treasury of the province in which the repair
is made.
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 "-^ Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hnndred.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 3, 1903.
[No. 921.]
AN ACT extending the time for the payment of the land tax in the Province of
Misamis for the year nineteen hundred and three until November first, nine-
teen hnndred and three, and providing for the refund of penalties already paid.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Owing to the depressed condition of agriculture, the
locust pest, and the dryness of the season, the period for the payment,
without penalty, of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and
three in the Province of Misamis is hereby extended to November
first, nineteen hundred and three, anything in previous Acts to the
contrary notwithstanding. All penalties heretofore collected for the
nonpayment of the land tax in such province for the year nineteen
hundred and three are hereby remitted, and the provincial treasurer
of the province above mentioned is authorized and directed to allow
a rebate of the amount of such penalty to the taxpayer upon whom
the penalty was assessed, upon payment of his land tax for the year
nineteen hundred and three.
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 3, 190*
[No. 1)22.]
AN ACT extending the time for the payment of the land tax in the Province of
Romblon for the year nineteen hundred and three.
Whereas the changes made by the Board of Tax Revision of the
Province of Romblon in the tax lists thereof, rendering necessary
many changes in the books of the provincial treasurer, the employ-
ment of temporary clerks to perform the work, which was of such a
character that it could not well be done except by clerks of experience
and skill not easily procurable, and other unforeseen causes have
made the collection of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and
three in said province within the time designated by law impossible:
Now, therefore.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted bij the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The period for the payment, without penalty, of the land
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738 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
tax for the year nineteen hundred and three in the Province of Rom-
blon is hereby ext<jnded to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and three, anything in previous Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the st)eedy enactmentof this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing an 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, 1903.
[No. 923.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
United States currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the repair
of Quartermaster's launch Philadelphia, assigned to the Forestry Bureau, and
for the maintenance thereof during the present half of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and four.
By auihoritij of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Com m ission , that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand
six hundred and fifty dollars in United States currency, or its equiva-
lent in Philippines currency in the discretion of the Insular Treasurer,
for the repair of the Quartermaster's launch Philadelphia, assigned to
the Forestry Bureau, and for the maintenance of said launch during
the present half of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, said
sum to be expended as follows:
Repair and maintenance of Quartermaster's launch Philadelphia^
nineteen hundred and four: For general repairs, including docking
and dock rental, two thousand dollars; for fuel and other supplies,
one thousand five hundred dollars; for wages from September first of
on(i master at ninety dollars per month, one quartermaster at twelve
dollars and fifty cents per month, four sailors at t.en dollars per month
each, one chief engineer at forty dollars per month, one assistant
engineer at thirty dollars per month, two firemen at eleven dollars
per month each, and one cook at fifteen dollars per month, nine hun-
dred dollars; for an allowance for subsistence of fifty cents per day
to the master, and fifteen cents per day to each of the other officers
and members of the crew, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactmentof 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 3, 1903.
[No. 924.]
AN ACT amending Acts Numbered Six hundred and thirty-eight and Eight hun-
dred and fifty-three, by providing that the work therein directed to be done may
be performed by the Consulting Engineer.
By authority of the United States j he it enacted by the Philippine
Com ni iss io n^ that:
Section 1. The surv^^y of the Dalitiuan River at Botocan Falls and
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of the falls of the Caliraya and the Lomot Rivers, as provided for in
Acts Numbered Six hundred and thirty-eight and Eight hundred and
fifty.-three, may be undertaken by the Consulting Engineer to the
Commission in the absence of the electrical engineer and the hydraulic
engineer, authority for the appointment of whom is made in Act Num-
bered Six hundred and thirty-eight, and said Acts Numbered Six hun-
dred and thirty-eight and Eight hundred and fifty-three are hereby
amended to this extent.
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 5, 1903.
[No. 925.]
AN ACT amending Act Nmnbered Five hundred and eleven, by providing for
certain additions and increases in the i)er8onnel and allowances for officers and
crews of the Coast Guard fleet.
By authority of the United Staies^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission y thai:
Section 1. Act Numbered Five hundred and eleven, entitled "An
Act fixing the salaries and wages of officers and crews of the Coast
Guard fleet," enacted November tenth, nineteen hundred and two, is
hereby amended as follows:
By adding to the number of employees provided in said Act under
the heading of "Cutters," a carpenter at twenty dollars per month;
by increasing the salary of the chief engineer, under the heading
" Seagoing launches," from seven hundred and twenty to one thou-
sand and eighty dollars per annum, that of the first assistant engineer
from thirty to thirty-five dollars per month, and that of the second
assistant engineer from seventeen dollars and fifty cents to thirty dol-
lars per month: Provided^ however. That these increases shall only
apply to the seagoing launches Ranger^ Rover , and Scout; by increas-
ing the salary of the chief engineer, under the heading "Twin-screw
launch Picket (light-house tender)," from nine hundred to one thou-
sand and eighty dollars per annum; by increasing the subsistence
allowance for the officers of the Coast Guard fleet from thirty cents,
gold, per day to a sum not exceeding fifty cents, gold, -per diem, and
that for the petty officers and crew from ten cents, gold, per day to
fifteen cents, gold, per day; and by increasing, under the heading
"Clothing allowance," the annual allowance to six suits and three
hats instead of three suits and two hats.
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 July first,
nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, October 5, 1903.
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[No. 926.]
AN ACT prescribing mles and regnlations governing the homeeteading, aeTlfng,
and leasing of portions of the pablic domain of the Philippine Island^' pre-
scribing terms and conditions to enable persons to perfect their titles to pablic
lands in said islands, providing for the issuance of patents without compensa-
tion to certain native settlers npon the public lands, providing for the establish-
ment of town sites and sale of lots therein, and providing for the determination
by the Philippines court of land registration of all proceedings for completioii
of imperfect titles and for the cancellation or confirmation of Si>anish conces-
sions and ffrants in said islands, as authorized by sections thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, and sixty-two of the act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and
two, entitled *'An Act temporarily to provide for the adminiBtration of tbe
affairs of civil government m the Philippine Islands, and for ot^er purposes."
By authorihj of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Chapter I.
HOMESTEADS ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Section 1. Any citizen of the Philippine Islands, or of the United
States, or of any insular possession thereof, over the age of twenty-
one years or the head of a family, may, as hereinafter provided, enter
a homestead of not exceeding sixteen hectares of unoccapied, unre-
served, unappropriated agricultural public land in the Philippine
Islands, as defined by the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hun-
dred and two, entitled **An Act temporarily to provide for the admin-
istration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands,
and for other purposes," which shall be taken, if on surveyed lands,
by legal subdivisions, but if on unsurveyed lands, shall be located in
a body which shall be as nearly as practicable rectangular in shape
and not more than eight hundred meters in length ; but no person who
is the owner of more than sixteen hectares of land in said Islands or
who has had the benefits of any gratuitous allotment of sixteen hec-
tares of land since the acquisition of the Islands by the United States,
shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter.
Sec. 2. Any person applying to enter land under the provisions of
this chapter shall file with such officer as may be designated by law as
local land officer, or in case there be no such officer then with the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, an application under oath show-
ing that he has the qualifications required under section one of this
chapter, and that he possesses none of the disqualifications there men-
tioned ; that such application is made for his exclusive use and benefit;
that the same is made for the purpose of actual settlement and culti-
vation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of
any other person, persons, corporation, or association of X)ersons; that
the land applied for is nonmineral, does not contain valuable dei>06it8
of coal or salts, is more valuable for agricultural than forestry purposes,
and is not occupied by any other person; and showing the location of
the land by stating the province, municipality^ and barrio in which
the same is situated, and as accurate a description as may be given,
showing the boundaries of the land, having reference to natural objects
and permanent monuments, if any. Upon the filing of said applica-
tion the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands shall summarily deter-
mine, by inquiry of the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry and from the
available land records, whether the land described is prima facie sub-
ject under the law to homestead settlement, and, if he shall find noth-
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ing to the contrary, the applicant, upon the payment of ten pesos,
Philippines currency, shall be permitted to enter the quantity of land
8i)e«iiied.
Sec. 3. No certificate shall be given or patent issued for the land
applied for until the expiration of five years from the date of the filing
of the application ; and if, at the expiration of such time or at H,ny
time within three years thei'eafter, the person filing such application
shall prove by two credible witnesses that he has resided upon and
cultivated the land for the term of five years immediately succeeding
the time of filing the application aforesaid, and shall make affidavit
that no part of said land has been alienated or encumbered, and that
he has borne true allegiance to the Government of the United States
and that of the Philippine Islands, then, upon payment or a fee of ten
pesos, Philippines currency, to such officer as may be designated by
Law as local land officer, or in case there be no such officer then to the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, he shall be entitled to a patent:
Promded, however. That in the event of the death of an applicant
prior to the issuance of a patent, his widow shall be entitled to have a
patent for the land applied for issue to her upon showing that she has
consummated the requirements of law for homesteading the lands as
above set out; and in case the applicant dies before the issuance of the
patent and does not leave a widow, then the interest of the applicant
in the land shall descend and patent shall issue to the persons who
under the laws of the Philippine Islands would have taken had the title
been perfected by patent before the death of the applicant, upon proof
by the persons thus entitled of compliance with said requirements and
conditions.
Sec. 4. No lands acquired under thel)rovisions of this chapter shall
in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt contracted
prior to the issuance of a patent therefor.
Sec. 5. If, at any time after the filing of the application as herein-
above provided and bef oi*e the expiration of the period allowed by law
for the making of final proof, it is proved to the satisfaction of the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, after due notice to the home-
steader, that the land entered is not under the law subject to home-
stead entry, or that the homesteader has actually changed his residence,
voluntarily abandoned the land for more than six months at any one
time during the five years of residence herein required, or has other-
wise failed to comply with the requirements of law, then in that event
the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands may cancel the entry, subject
to appeal under proper regulations to the Secretary of the Interior,
and the land thereupon shall become subject to disposition as other
public lands of like character.
Sbc. 6. Not more than one homestead entry shall be allowed to any
one person.
Sec. 7. Before final proof shall be submitted by any person claim-
ing to have complied with the provisions of this chapter, due notice,
as prescribed by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands with the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be given to the public
of his intention to make such proof, stating therein the time and
place, and giving a description of the land and the names of the
witnesses by whom it is expected that the necessary facts will be
established.
Sec. 8. Any person may file an affidavit of contest against any
homestead entry, charging that the land entered was not unoccupied,
unreserved, or unappropriated agricultural land at the time of filing
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the application, alleging disqualification of the entryman, noncompli-
ance with law as to residence or cultivation, or any other matter
which, if proven, would be just cause for the cancellation of the
entry, and upon successful termination of the contest, the contestant,
if a qualified entryman, shall be allowed a preference right of entry
for sixty days from said date.
The Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands or any public official
becoming aware of the existence of any of the grounds above stated,
for impeaching or canceling the entry, may file formal complaint
against the entry on any such ground which, if proven, shall cause
the cancellation of the entry.
Sec. 9. No patent shall issue under the provisions of this chapter
until the land has been surveyed under the direction of the Chief of
the Bureau of Public Lands and an accurate plat made thereof, the
cost of which survey shall be borne by the Insular Government.
Chapter II.
SALES OP PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Sec. 10. Any citizen of the Philippine Islands, or of the United
States or of any insular possession thereof, or any corporation or like
association of persons organized under the laws of the Philippine
Islands or of the United States or any State, Territoiy, or insular pos-
session thereof, and authorized to transact business in the Philippine
Islands, may purchase any tract of unoccupied, unappropriated, and
unreserved nonmineral agricultural public land in the Philippine
Islands, as defined in the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hun-
dred and two, not to exceed sixteen hectares for an individual or one
thousand and twenty-four hectares for a corporation or like associa-
tion, by proceeding as hereinafter provided in this chapter: Provided^
That no association of persons not organized as above and no mere
partnership shall be entitled to purchase a greater quantity than will
equal sixteen hectares for each member thereof.
Sec. 11. Purchases, made under the provisions of this chapter, of
land previously surveyed, must be made of contiguous legal subdi-
visions. All lands purchased hereunder, whether previously sur-
veyed or not, in case the tract sought to be purchased exceeds sixty-
four hectares in area, must be taken, wherever possible, in the form
of contiguous squares which shall contain at least sixty-four hectares
each : Pravidedy That in connection with the purchase of lands in one
or more tracts of sixtj'^-four hectares there maybe purchased one rec-
tangular tract of thirty-two hectares, the longer side of which must
be contiguous to the square tract of sixty-four hectares, or to one of
such tracts if more than oue be purchased. In no case may lands
purchased under the provisions of this chapter be taken in such man-
ner as to gain any such control of any adjacent land, water, stream,
shore line, way, roadstead, or other valuable right as might be preju-
dicial to the interests of the public.
Sec. 12. An application to purchase land under this chapter must
be filed with such officer as may be designated by law as local land
officer, or in case there be no such officer then with the Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands. It must be executed under oath and must
state the citizenship of the applicant and his post-office address; the
location of the land desired, stating the province, municipality, and
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barrio in which the same is situated, and as accurate a description as
can be given, showing the boundaries of the land, having reference
to natural objects and permanent monuments, if any; a statement as
to whether any paiii of the land is occupied or improved, and that it
is nonmineral in character, more valuable for agricultural than for
forestry purposes, and does not contain deposits of coal or salts. The
application of a corporation must be accompanied by a certified copy
of its charter or articles of incorporation. An unincorporated asso-
ciation must show that its members are severally possessed of the
qualifications above required of individuals. In the case of a corpora-
tion or association organized outside of the Philippine Islands there
must be attached to the application proper documentary evidence
that the law governing the transaction of business in the Philippine
Islands by foreign corporations or associations has been complied with.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands to examine all applications to purchase under this chapter, and
to determine whether the applicant has the qualifications required in
section ten hereof, and from the certificate of the Chief of the Bureau
of Forestry to determine whether the laud applied for is more valuable
for agricultural than forestry purposes. He shall report his findings
to the Secretary of the Interior, who, after proper consideration and
approval of same, shall order the sale to be made.
It shall also be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands
to appraise the land applied for under this chapter, which appraise-
ment shall not be less than ten pesos, Philippines currency, per hec-
tare, and in making this appraisal he may call to his assistance any
provincial or municipal official of the province in which the land lies.
When the land shall have been appraised, as hereinabove provided,
the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands shall advertise the same for
sale by publishing a notice thereof once a week for six consecutive
weeks, in two newspapers, one published at Manila and the other (if
any such there be) published near the land applied for, sucli notices
to be published in both the English and Spanish languages. The
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands shall, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, prescribe, in addition to the publication in
newspai)ers, a suitable method of posting notice upon the land sought
to be purchased or in the pueblo where the land is situated. The
notices shall state a date not earlier than ten days after the date of
the last publication of the notice in the newspaper published at
Manila, upon which date the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands will
award the land to the highest bidder, or will call for new bids, or
otherwise proceed as provided by law.
Sec. 14. All bids must be sealed and addressed to the Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands, and must have inclosed therewith a certified
check or a post-office money order payable to his order, for twenty-
five per centum of the amount of the bid, which amount shall be
retained, in case the bid is accepted, as part payment of the purchase
price: Provided^ That no bids shall be considered which are for less
than the appraised value of the land.
Sec. 15. Upon the opening of the bids the land shall be awarded to
the highest bidder. If there are two or more bidders which are higher
than other bidders and are equal, and one of such higher and equal
bids is the bid of the applicant, his bid shall be accepted. If, however,
the bid of the applicant is not one of such equal and higher bids, then
the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands shall at once submit the lands
for public bidding, and to the person making the highest bid on such
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public auction the land shall be awarded, but no bid received at such
public auction shall be finally accepted until the bidder shall have
deposited twenty-five per centum of his bid, as required in section
fourteen. The deposits of all unsuccessful bidders shall be returned
at once by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands. The Chief of
the Bureau of Public Lands, with the approval of theSecretary of the
Interior, shall have authority to reject any and all bids hereunder.
Sec. 1G. Lands sold under the provisions of this chapter must be paid
for in the following manner: The balance of the purchase price after
deducting the amount paid by check or post-office money order at the
time of submitting the bid, may be paid in full upon the making of
the award, or may be paid in equal annual installments, or may be
paid in one installment at the expiration of five years from the date
of the award. All sums remaining unpaid after the date of the award
shall bear six per centum interest per annum from such date until
paid.
Sec. 17. No patent shall issue under the provisions of this chapter
until the land has been surveyed under the direction of the Chief of
the Bureau of Public Lands and an accurate plat made thereof. The
cost of such survey must be borne by the purchaser, if a corporation
or like association, and if the survey be made in advance of the r^u-
lar surveys of the Islands; but where the purchaser is an individual
the cost of the survey shall be borne by the Insular Government
Patents shall not issue until after the expiration of five years from
the date of the award, and before the same shall issue the purchaser
must show actual occupancy, cultivation, and improvement of the
premises for a period of five years immediately succeeding the date
of the award, and that he has not sold the land or in any manner
encumbered the title.
Sec. 18. If at any time after the date of the award and before the
issuance of patent, it is proven to the satisfaction of the Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands, after due notice to the purchaser, that the
purchaser has voluntarily abandoned the land for more than one year
at any one time, or has otherwise failed to comply with the require-
ments of the law, then the land shall revert to the Government and
all prior payments of purchase money shall be forfeited.
Sec. 19. This chapter shall be held to authorize only one purchase
of the maximum amount of land hereunder by the same person, or by
the same corporation or association of persons; and no corjwration or
association, any member of which shall have taken the benefits of this
chapter, either as an individual or as a member of any other corpora-
tion or association, shall purchase any other public lands under this
chapter.
Sec. 20. In the event of the death of an individual applicant subse-
quent to the date of the filing of the application and prior to the issu-
ance of patent, the distributees of his estate, as defined by law, may
claim the privilege of being subrogated to the rights of the decMWised
applicant, and if they consummate the requirements of law for pur-
chasing land hereunder, patent shall issue to such distributees.
Sec. 21. If any land applied for under the provisions of this chapter
shall be actually occupied by any person who is qualified to make a
homestead or other entry under the public- land laws of the Philippine
Islands, or by any native who is entitled by law to a free patent, such
person shall be personally served with notice as to his rights, and
shall be allowed a preference right of one hundred and twenty days
within which to make entry or apply for patent.
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Chapter HI.
LEASES OF PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Sec. 22. Any citizen of the United States, or of the Philippine
Islands, or of any insnlar possession of the United States, or any
corporation or association of persons organized under the laws of the
Philippine Islands or of the United States or of any State, Territory,
or insular possession thereof, authorized by the laws of its creation
and by the laws of the Philippine Islands and the Acts of CJongress
applicable thereto to transact business in the Philippine Islands, may
lease any tract of unoccupied, unreserved, nonmineral agricultural
public lands, as defined by sections eighteen and twenty of the Act
of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, providing
a temporary government for the Philippine Islands, and so forth, not
exceeding one thousand and twenty-four hectares, by proceeding as
hereinafter in this chapter indicated: Provided^ That no lease shall
be permitted to interfere with any prior claim by settlement or occu-
pation until the consent of the occupant or settler is first had an4
obtained, or until such claim shall be legally extinguished: And pro-
vided further, That no corporation or association of persons shall be
permitted to lease lands hereunder which are not reasonably necessary
to enable it to carry on the business for which it was lawfully created
and which it may lawfully pursue in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 23. Leases made under the provisions of this chapter, of land
previously surveyed, must be made of contiguous legal subdivisions.
All lands leased hereunder, whether previously surveyed or not, in case
the tract sought to be leased exceeds sixty-four hectares in area, must
be taken, where possible, in the form of contiguous squares which
shall contain at least sixty-four hectares each : Provided, That in con-
nection with the lease of lands in one or more tracts of sixty-four
hectares there may be leased one rectangular tract of thirty-two hec-
tares, the longer side of which must be contiguous to the square tract
of sixty-four hectares, or to one of such tracts if more than one be
leased. In no case may lands leased under the provisions of this
chapter be taken so as to gain a control of adjacent land, water, steam,
shore line, way, roadstead, or other valuable right which in the opin-
ion of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands would be prejudicial
to the interests of the public.
Sec. 24. An application to lease land under this chapter must be
executed under oath and filed with such of&cer as may be designated
by law as local land of&cer of the district in which the land is situated,
or in case there be no such officer then with the Chief of the Bureau
of Public Lands, and must show the following facts: The citizenship
and X)ost-office address of the applicant; the location of the land,
showing the province, municipality, and barrio in which the same is
situated, and as accurate a description as may be given, showing the
boundaries of the land, having reference to natural objects and per-
manent monuments, if any; a statement as to whether the land con-
tains any Improvements or evidences of settlement and cultivation,
and a statement that it is nonn^ineral in character, more valuable for
agricultural than for forestry purposes, and does not contain deposits
of coal or salts. Corporations and associations shall be required to
file evidence of their legal existence and authority to transact busi-
ness in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2«5. All applicants for leases under the terms of this chapter
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must give notice, by publication and by such other means as maybe
required by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, of intent to make applica-
tion to lease the tract in question, which notice shall stat'C the date
when the application will be presented and shall describe as definitely
as practicable the land sought to be leased.
Sec. 26. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands to examine all applications for leases under this chapter, and
to determine whether the applicant has the qualifications required in
section twenty-four hereof, and, from the certificate of the Chief of
the Bureau of Forestry, to determine whether the land applied for is
more valuable for agricultural than forestry purposes, and further
summarily to deteimine from available records whether the land is
nonmineral and does not contain deposits of coal or salts. H^ shall
report his findings to the Secretary of the Interior, who, after proper
consideration and approval of same, shall cause the lease to be
executed.
Sec. 27. The rate per hectare per annum for lands leased under this
chapter shall be fixed by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands^
with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall in no
case be less than fifty centavos, Philippines currency, per hectare per
annum; said rent shall be paid yearly in advance, the first payment
being deposited with the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands before
the delivery of the lease.
Sec. 28. Leases hereunder shall run for a period of not more than
twenty-five years, but may be renewed for a second period of twenty-
five years, at a rate to be fixed as above indicated, which rate shall
not be less than fifty centavos per hectare and shall not exceed one peso
and fifty centavos, Philippines currency, per hectare. Land leased
hereunder shall not be assigned or sublet without the consent of the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 29. No land shall be leased under the provisions of this chap-
ter until the land has been surveyed under the direction. of the Chief
of the Bureau of Public Lands and an accurate plat made thereof, the
cost of survey to be borne by the lessee.
Sec. 30. The lease of any lands under this chapter shall not confer the
right to remove or dispose of any valuable timber except as provided
in regulations of the Bureau of Forestry for cutting timber uponsnch
lands. Nor shall such lease confer the right to remove or dispose of
stone, oil, coal, salts, or other minerals, but the lease as to the part
thereof which shall be mineral may be canceled by the Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands, with the approval of the Secretarj' of the
Interior, whenever the mineral character of such part shall be made
satisfactorily to appear, after due notice to the lessee.
Sec. 31. The commission of waste or the violation of the forestr)'
regulations by the lessee shall work a forfeiture of his last payment
of rent and render him liable to immediate dispossession and suit for
damage.
Chapter IV.
free patents to NATIVE SETTLERS.
Sec. 32. Any native of the Philippine Islands now an occupant and
cultivator of unreserved, unappropriated agricultural public land, as
defined by the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and
two, who has continuously occupied and cultivated such land, either
by himself or through his ancestors, since August first, eighteen hun-
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dred and ninety-eight; or who, prior to August firet, eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight, continuously occupied and cultivated such land for
three years immediately prior to said date, and who has been continu-
ously since July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, until the date of
the taking effect of this Act, an occupier and cultivator ot such land,
shall be entitled to have a patent issued to him without compensation
for such tract of land, not exceeding sixteen hectares, as hereinafter
in this chapter provided.
Sec. 33. Any person desiring to obtain the benefits of this chapter
must, prior to January first, nineteen hundred and seven, file an appli-
cation for a patent with such officer as may be designated by law as
local land officer, or in case there be no such officer then with the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands. Said application must be exe-
cuted under oath, and must show the following facts: The name, age,
and post-office address of the applicant; that he is a native of the
Philippine Islands; the location of the land desired, stating the prov-
ince, municipality, and barrio in which the same is situated, and as
accurate a description as may be given, showing the boundaries of the
land, having reference to natural objects and permanent monuments,
if any; that the land is not claimed or occupied by any other person;
a statement as to the date when the applicant or his ancestor, giving
the name of ancestor and stating his relationship to the applicant,
entered into occupation and began cultivation, and a description of
the improvements which have been made. If the first occupation and
cultivation is claimed through an ancestor, the applicant must show
the name of such ancestor and must file satisfactory evidence of the
date and place of his death and burial, in which case the patent shall
issue in the name of the heir or heirs of such ancestor as defined by
the laws of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 34. Upon receipt of said application it shall be the duty of the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands to cause a careful investigation
to be made in such manner as he shall deem necessary for the ascer-
tainment of the truth of the allegations therein contained, and if
satisfied upon such investigation that the applicant comes within the
provisions of this chapter, he shall cause a patent to issue for the tract
to such applicant, or to the heirs of his ancestor, as provided in the
next preceding section, not exceeding sixteen hectares in extent: Pro-
videdy That no application shall be finally acted upon until notice
thereof has been published in the municipality and barrio in which
the land is located, and adverse claimants have had an opportunity
to present their claims: And provided further ^ That no patent shall
issue until the land has been sui-veyed under the direction of the
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and an accurate plat made
thereof.
Sec. 35. Lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall
be inalienable and shall not be subject to incumbrance for a period
of seven years from the date of the issuance of the patent therefor,
and shall not be liable for the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior
to the expiration of that period.
Chapter V.
TOWN SITES.
Sec. 36. Whenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior
it shall be in the public interest to reserve a town site from the public
land or to acquire lands for such purpose by the exercise of the right
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of eminent domain, he shall direct the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands to have made a survey of the exterior boundaries of the land
which he deems it wise so to reserve or acquire.
Sec. 37. Upon the completion and return of the survey mentioned
in section thirty-six, the Secretary of the Interior shall forward the
same to the Philippine Commission with his recommendations.
Sec. 38. The Commission, if it approve the recommendations of the
Seci-etary of the Interior, shall pass a resolution reserving the land
surveyed, or such part thereof as it may deem wise, as a town site,
and a certified copy of such resolution shall be sent to the Chief of
the Bureau of Public Lands who shall record the same in the records
of his office and forward a certified copy of such record to the registrar
of the province in which the surveyed land lies.
Sec. 39. It shall then be the duty of the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands, having recorded the resolution of the Commission and
the preliminary survey accompanying the same, to direct a subdivision
and plat of the land, in accordance with the directions contained in
the resolution approving the same, if such resolution contain directions
as to the method of subdivision, or, if it contain no such direction,
then in a manner wliich shall to the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands seem best adapted to the convenience and interest of the public
and the residents of the future town.
Sec. 40. The Commission, by resolution, or in the absence of action
in this regard by the Commission, the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands, shall reserve from the land to be platted, lots of sufficientsize
and convenient situation for public uses, as well as the necessary
avenues, streets, alleys, parks, and plazas.
Sec. 41. The plat of the subdivision shall designate ceitain lots as
business lots and the remainder as residence lots, and shall also reserve
and note the lots of land owned by private individuals as evidenced
by record titles, or as possessed and claimed by them as private property ;
Provided, hoivevery That the avenues, streets, alleys, parks, plaztus,
and lots shall be laid out on the plat as though the lands owned or
claimed by private persons were part of the public domain and part
of the reservation, with a view to the possible subsequent purchase or
condemnation thereof, if deemed necessary by the proper authorities.
Sec. 42. All lots, whether public or private, contained in the exte-
rior boundaries shall be platted and numbered upon a general plan
or system.
Sec. 43. The plat of the subdivision of the reserved town site thus
prepared under the supervision of the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for presenta-
tion to the Commission for its consideration, modification, amend-
ment, or approval.
Sec. 44. The resolution of the Commission approving the plat shall
provide whether the proceeds derived from the sale of lota shall he
covered into the Insular Treasury as general insular funds, or as a
special fund to be devoted to public improvements in or near the town
site, and thereafter the receipts from the sale of lots shall be applied
as provided in the resolution of the Commission.
Sec. 45. Where the proceeds of the sale are to constitute a fund to
be devoted to public improvements in or near the town site, the same
shall be expended as provided by law or resolution of the Commission.
Sec. 46. When the plat of subdivision is approved by the Commis-
sion it shall be certified to the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands,
together with the resolution approving the same, and the Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands shall record the same in the records of his
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office and shall forward a certified copy of such record to the registrar
of the province in which the land lies, to be by such registrar recorded
in the records of his office.
Sec. 47. All lots except those claimed by or belonging to private
owners and claimants and excepting such lots and tracts as may be
reserved for parks, public buildings, and other public uses, shall be
sold under the direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands,
as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and the Chief of the Bureau
of P^iblic Lands, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
shall prescribe rules and regulations for the disposal of lots hereunder.
Sec. 48. All lots in the reservation which are subject to sale as
above provided, shall, if in the opinion of the Seci-etary of the Interior
the value of the lots is sufficiently known to make an appraisement
useful, be appraised by a committee to be appointed by the Chief of
the Bureau of Public Lands with the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior.
Sec. 49. The lots in any such town site thus established and sub-
ject to sale, shall, after the approval and recording of the plat of sub-
division as above provided, and. after due advertisement, be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder; but no bid shall be accepted, in
case of appraised lots, if the bid does not equal two-thirds of the
appraised value, and in the case of lots not appraised the bid shall
not be accepted if in the judgment of the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands and the Secretary of the Interior the bid is an inadequate
price for the lot.
Sec. 50. Not more than two residence lots and two business lots in
any one town site shall be sold to any one i)erson, corporation, or asso-
ciation without the specific approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 51. Lots which have been offered for sale in the manner herein
prescribed, and for which no satisfactory bid has been received, shall
be again offered for sale after due advertisement, and if at the second
sale no satisfactory bid is received, they may be sold at private sale by
the Chief of the Bureau of Public Landd for not less than their value,
as appraised by a committee to be appointed by the Chief of the Bureau
of Public Lands with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 52. In any case in which, in the opinion of the Commission, it
shall be necessary to condemn private lands within the reserved or
proposed limits of a town site, either for streets, alleys, parks, or as
lots for public buildings or other public uses, the Commission shall
pass a resolution declaring the necessity for the same, which resolu-
tion shall be certified to the Attorney-General, who shall at once begin
proceedings for the condemnation of the lands described in the reso-
lution, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure.
Sec. 53. Town sites constituted under the provisions of this chapter
on land forming a part of an existing municipality shall remain within
the jurisdiction of such municipality until taken therefrom by legis-
lative action of the Commission.
Chapter VI.
UNPERPECTED TITLES AND SPANISH GRANTS AND CONCESSIONS.
Sec. 54. The following-described persons or their legal successors
in right, occupying public lands in the Philippine Islands, or claim-
ing to own any such lands or an interest therein, but whose titles to
such lands have not been perfected, may apply to the Court of Land
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Registration of the Philippine Islands for confirmation of their claims
and the issuance of a certificate of title therefor, to wit:
1. All persons who prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Spain
to the United States had fulfilled all the conditions required by the
Spanish laws and royal decrees of the Kingdom of Spain for the pur-
chase of public lands, including the payment of the purchase price,
but who failed to secure formal conveyance of title;
2. All persons who prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Spain
to the United States, having applied for the purchase of public lands
and having secured a survey, auction, and an award, or a right to an
award, of such lands, did not receive title therefor through no default
upon their part;
3. All persons who prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Spain
to the United States, having applied for the purchase of public liuids
and having secured a survey and award of same, did not, through
negligence upon their part, comply with the conditions of full or any
payment therefor, but who after such survey and award shall have
occupied the land adversely, except as prevented by war or /orce
majeure^ until the taking effect of this Act;
4. All persons who were entitled to apply and did apply for adjust-
ment or composition of title to lands against the Government under
the Spanish laws and royal decrees in force prior to the royal decree
of February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, but who
failed to receive title therefor through no default upon their part;
5. All persons who were entitled to a gratuitous title to pubUc
lands by ** possessory proceedings" under the provisions of articles
nineteen and twenty of the royal decree of the King of Spain issued
February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- four, and who,
having complied with all the conditions therein required, failed to
receive title therefor through no default upon their i)art; and
6. All persons who by themselves or their predecessors in interest
have been in the open, continuous, exclusive, and notorious x>osses-
sion and occupation of agricultural public lands, as defined by said
Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and two, under a
bona fide claim of ownership except as against the Government, for
a period of ten years next preceding the taking effect of this Act,
except when prevented by war ov force majeure^ shall be conclusively
presumed to have performed all the conditions essential to a Govern-
ment grant and to have received the same, and shall be entitled to a
certificate of title to such land under the provisions of this chapter.
All applicants for lands under paragraphs one, two, three, four,
and five of this section must establish by proper official records or
documents that such proceedings as are therein required were taken
and the necessary conditions complied with: Provided^ however^ That
such requirements shall not apply to the fact of adverse possession.
Sec. 55. All persons claiming title to Government lands not com-
ing within the classes specified in the preceding section are excluded
from the benefits of this chapter.
Sec. 56. Any person or persons, or their legal representatives or
successors in right, claiming any lands or interest in lands in the
Philippine Islands, under the provisions of this chapter, and who
now desire or claim the right to have such title perfected, must in
every case present an application in writing to the Ck)urt of Land
Registration praying that the validity of the alleged title or claim be
inquired into and that a certificate of title issue to them under the
provisions of the Land Registration Act for the lands claimed.
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Sec. 57. Such claims and applications shall conform as nearly as
may be in their material allegations to the requirements of an appli-
cation for registration under the provisions of section twenty-one
and subsequent sections of the Land Registration Act, and shall be
accompanied by a plan of the land and all documents evidencing a
right on the part of the applicant to the lands claimed. The applica-
tion shall also set forth fully the nature of the claim to the land, and
when based upon proceedings initiated under Spanish laws shall par-
ticnlarly state the date and form of the grant, concession, warrant, or
order of survey under which the claim is made; by whom such grant,
concession, warrant, or order of survey was made; the extent of the
compliance with the conditions required by the Spanish laws and
royal decrees for the acquisition of legal title, and if not fully com-
plied with the reason for such noncompliance, together with a state-
ment of the length of time such land or any poilion thereof has been
actually occupied by the claimant and his predecessors in interest;
the use made of the land, and the nature of the inclosure, if any.
The fees provided to be paid for the registration of lands under the
Land Registration Act shall be collected from applicants under this
chapter, except that upon the original registration of land claimed
hereunder no fee shall be required for the assurance fund.
Sec 58. Any applicant for registration of lands under the provi-
sions of this chapter may, upon petition directed to the Chief of the
Bureau of Public Lands, and upon payment of the fees as regulated
by law, secure a survey and plan of the lands claimed to be owned
by him, which said plan shall be filed with his application in the
Court of Land Registration.
Sec. 59. XJi)on the filing of claims and applications for registration
in the Court4)f Land Registration, under this chapter, the same pro-
cedure 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
Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands of the Philippine Islands, who
shall be represented in all questions arising upon the consideration of
such applications by the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands
or by any subordinate or assistant to the Attorney-General appointed
for that purpose.
Sec 60. It shall be the duty of the examiner of titles, upon refer-
ence to him of any such claim or application, to investigate all the
facts alleged therein or otherwise brought to his attention, and to
make careful inquiry as to the period of occupation of the land by
the claimant or his predecessors in interest; the nature of such lands;
the character of the inclosure, if any, and the extent to which the
land has been subjected to cultivation. He shall file a full report of
his investigation in the case, concluding with a certificate of his
opinion upon the merits of the claim.
Sec 61. It shall be lawful for the Chief of the Bureau of Public
Lands, whenever in the opinion of the Chief Executive the public
interests shall require it, to cause to be filed in the Court of Land
Registration, through the Attorney-General, a petition against the
holder, claimant, possessor, or occupant of any land in the Philippine
Islands who shall not have voluntarily come in under the provisions
of this chapter or the Land Registration Act, stating in substance that
the title of such holder, claimant, possessor, or occupant is open to
question, or stating in substance that the boundaries of any such land
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which has not been brought into court as aforesaid are open to question,
and praying that the title to any such land or the boundaries thereof
or the right to occupancy thereof be settled and adjudicated. Snch
petition shall contain all the data essential to furnish a full notice
thereof to the occupants of such land and to all persons who may claim
an adverse interest therein, and shall be accompanied by a plan of the
land in question. The court shall cause service of notice to be made as
in other cases, and shall proceed to hear, try, and determine the ques-
tions stated in such petition or arising in the matter, and settle and
determine the ownership of the land and cause certificate of title to be
issued therefor, as in other cases filed under this chapter.
Sec. 62. Whenever any lands in the Philippine Islands are set aparl
as town sites, under the provisions of Chapter Five of this Act, it shall
be lawful for the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, to notify the judge of the (5)urt of
Land Registration that such lands have been reserved as a town site
and that all private lands or interests therein within the limits described
ought forthwith to be brought within the operation of the Land Regis-
tration Act, and to become registered land within the meaning of said
Registration Act. It shall be the daty of the judge of said court to
issue a notice thereof, stating that claims for all private lands or inter-
ests therein within the limito described must be presented for r^is-
tration under the Land Registration Act in the manner provided in
Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An Act to
bring immediately under the operation of the Land Registration Act
all lands lying within the boundaries lawfully set apart for military
reservations, and all lands desired to be purchased by the Crovemment
of the United States for military purposes." The procedure for the
purpose of this section and the legal effects thereof shall thereupon
be in all respects as provided in sections three, four, five, and six of
said Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven.
Sec. 63. All proceedings under this chapter involving title to or
interest in land shall be conducted and considered as an application
for registration of such land, and the final decree of the court shall
in every case be the basis for the original certificate of title in favor
of the i)erson entitled to the property under the procedure prescribed
in section forty-one of the Land Registration Act.
Sec. 64. If in the hearing of any application arising under this
chapter the court shall find that more than one person or claimant
has an interest in the land, such conflicting interests shall be adjudi-
cated by the court and decree awarded in favor 'of the person or per-
sons entitled to the land, according to the laws of the Philippine
Islands, except that where the action is voluntarily dismissed by the
parties interested the order of the court shall be merely one of dis-
missal without affecting title.
Sec. 65. Whenever, in any proceedings under this chapter to Becure
registration of an incomplete or imperfect claim of title initiated prior
to the transfer of sovereignty from Spain to the United States, it shall
appear that had such claims been prosecuted to completion under the
laws prevailing when instituted, and under the conditions of the
grant then contemplated, the conveyance of such land to the applicant
would not have been gratuitous but would have involved payment
therefor to the Government, then and in that event the court shall,
after decreeing in whom title should vest, further determine the
aniount to be paid as a condition for the registration of the land.
Such judgment shall be certified to the Bureau of Public Lands by
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the clerk of the court for collection of the amount due from the per-
son entitled to conveyance. Upon payment to the Chief of the Bureau
of Public Lands of the price specified in the judgment, the case shall
be returned by him to the Court, of Land Registration with a notation
of such payment, whereupon the registration of the land in favor of
the party entitled thereto shall be ordered by the court. If the appli-
cant shall fail to pay the amount of money required by the decree
within a reasonable time after he receives notice thereof the court
may order the proceeding to stand dismissed and the title to the land
shall then be in the Government free from any claim of the applicant.
Sec. 66. Whenever any judgment of confirmation or other decree
of the court involving public lands shall become final, the clerk of
the court shall certify that fact to the Bureau of Public Lands, with a
copy of the decree of confirmation or judgment of the court, which
shall plainly state the location, boundaries, and area as nearly as may
be, of the tract involved in the decree or judgment, and shall be
accompanied by a plan of the land, as confirmed or acted upon by the
court. In the event the original survej'^ was made by the Bureau of
Public Lands and the decree of the court conforms thereto, no further
proceedings shall be required. When the original survey was made
by the applicant or where the tract confirmed by the court varies from
the original survey as made by the Bureau of Public Lands, the Chief
of the Bureau of Public Lands shall immediately cause the tract, so
confirmed by the court, to be surveyed at the cost of the Insular Gov-
ernment, and shall, when such survey has been approved by him,
furnish a copy of same to the Court of Land Registration and to the
applicant, which survey when approved by the court, and unless
objected to by the applicant within thirty days, shall be conclusively
presumed to be correct. If objection is made to the survey by tlie
applicant, the court, upon notice to the Bureau of Public Lands, shall
hear such objections, and its action in the matter shall be final.
Sec. 67. No title to, or right or equity in, any public lands in the
Philippine Islands may hereafter be acquired by prescription or by
adverse possession or occupancy, or under or by virtue of any laws
in eflPect prior to American occupation, except as expressly provided
by laws enacted or provided since the acquisition of the Islands by
the United States.
CHAPTEfe VII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Sec. 68. The short title of this Act shall be "The Public Land
Act."
Sec. 69. The Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, under the super-
vision of the Secretary of the Interior, shall prepare and issue such
forms and instructions, consistent with this Act, as may be necessary
and proper to carry into effect all the provisions thereof that are to be
administered by or under direction of the Bureau of Public Lands,
and for the conduct of all proceedings arising under such provisions.
Sec. 70. While title to public lands in the Philippine Islands remains
in the Government, the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands under
the sui)ervision of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be charged with
the immediate executive control of the survey, classification, lease,
sale, and other disposition and management thereof, and the deci-
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sions of the Hureaii as to questions of facts relating to such lands
shall l)e conclusive when approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 71. The Civil Governor, for reasons of public policy, may,
from time to time, by proclamation, designat'C any tract or tracte of
public lands in the Philippine Islands as nonalienable, and thereafter
the same shall be withdrawn from settlement, entr}', sale, or other
disposition under any of the public-land laws of the Islands until
again made subject then^to by law of the Islands.
Sec. 72. Provincial secretaries and all other persons that may be
designated as mining recorders shall, in their capacities as such
recordei-s, be subject to the supervision of the Chief of the Bureau of
Public Lands.
Sec. 73. All patents or certificates for lands disposed of under this
law shall be prepared in the Bureau of Public Lands and shall issue
in the name of the United States and the Philippine Grovemment
under the signature of the Civil Governor; but such patents or certifi-
cates shall be effective only for the purposes defined in section one
hundred and twenty-two of the Land Registration Act and the actual
conveyance of the land shall be effected only as provided in said
section.
Sec. 74. All persons receiving title to Government lands under the
provisions of this Act, shall hold such lands subject to the same pub-
lic servitudes as existed upon lands owned by private persons under
the sovereignty of Spain, including those with reference to the littoral
of the sea and the banks of navigable rivers or rivers upon which
rafting may be done.
Sec. 75. The beneficial use of water shall be the basis, the measure,
and the limit of all rights thereto in said Islands, and the patents
herein granted shall be subject to the right of the Government of these
Islands to make such rules and regulations for the use of water and
the protection of the water supply, and for other public purposes, as
it may deem best for the public good. Whenever, by priority of pos-
session, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufac-
turing, or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same are
recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and decisions
of the courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be
maintained and protected in the same, and all patents granted under
this Act shall be subject to any vested and accrued rights to ditches
and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights as may have
been acquired in the manner above described prior to April eleventh,
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
Sec. 70. There is hereby reserved from the operation of all patents,
certificates, entries, and grants by the Insular Government authorized
under this Act, the right to use for the purposes of power any flow of
water in any stream running through or by the land granted, the
convertible x>ower from which at ordinary low water exceeds fifty
horse power. Where the convertible power in any stream running
through or running by land granted under the authority of this Act
thus exceeds fifty horse power, and there is no means of using such
power except by the occupation of a part of the land granted under
authority of this Act, then so much land as is reasonably necessary
for the mill site or sit« for the power house, and for a suitable dam
and site for massing the water, is hereby excepted from such grant,
not exceeding four hectares, and a right of way to the nearest public
highway from the land thus excepted, and also a right of way for the
construction and maintenance of such flumes, aqueducts, wires, poles.
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or other conduits as may be needed in conveying the water to the
point where its fall will yield the p^reatest power, or the power from
the point of conversion to the point of use, is reserved as a servitude
or easement upon the land granted by authority of this Act: Pro-
videdy hotvevevy That when the Government or any concessionaire of
the Government shall take possession of land under this section which
a grantee under this Act shall have paid for, supposing it to be subject
to grant under this Act, said grantee shall be entitled to indemnity
from the Government or the concessionaire for the amount, if any,
paid by him to the Government for the land taken from him by virtue
of this section: And provided further , That with respect to the flow
of water, except for converting the same into power exceeding fifty
horse power, said grantee shall be entitled to the same use of the
water flowing through or along his land that other private owners
enjoy by the laws of the Philippine Islands, subject to the govern-
mental regulation provided in the previous section. Water power
privileges in which the convertible power at ordinary low water shall
exceed fifty horse power shall be disposed of only upon terms to be
embodied in a special Act of the Commission until a general law shall
be passed concerning the use, lease, or acquisition of such water
privilege.
Sec. 77. Any person who shall willfully and knowingly submit, or
cause to be submitted, any false proof, or who shall make, or cause to
be made, any false affidavit in support of any application or claim in
any manner respecting the public lands of the Philippine Islands, shall
be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
Sec. 78. The provisions of this Act shall extend and apply to all
provinces and places of the Philippine Archipelago except the Moro
Province and the Provinces of Lepanto-Bontoc, Benguet, Paragua,
and Nueva Vizcaya; but the provisions of this Act or of any chapter
hereof may at any time, by resolution of the Philippine Commission,
be extended over and put in force in any of the provinces or any part
thereof hereby excepted from its operation.
Sec. 79. When this Act shall have been approved by the President
of the United States and shall have received the express or implied
sanction of Congress, as provided by section thirteen 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,"
such facts shall be made known by the proclamation of the Civil
Governor of the Islands, and this Act shall take effect on the date of
such proclamation.
Enacted, October 7, 1903.
[No. 927.1
AN ACT appropriating the stun of one thousand five hmidred dollars, in money
of the Umted States, for the payment of the salary of the Collecting Librarian
of the Insnlar GK)yermnent.
By authority of the United States^ be 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 one thousand
five hundred dollars, in money of the United States, for the payment
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of the salary of the Collecting Librarian of the Insular Government,
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Six
hundred and eighty-eight, for the first half of the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.
Sec. 2. The funds appropriated by this Act shall be disbursed by
the disburHing officer of the Executive Bureau as in other cases.
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 7, 1903.
[No. 928.]
AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, entitled *'An Act
further to postpone the holding of the regular mmiicipal elections for the year
nineteen hundred and two/' by providing more in detail a method of election
in certain municipalities.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, entitled "An
Act further to postpone the holding of the regular municipal elections
for the year nineteen hundred and two," is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the last sentence of section one as follows:
"The elections in such municipalities in December, nineteen hun-
dred and three, shall be held in accordance with the rules providing
for the first general municipal election prescribed in sections ninety-
one to ninety-four, inclusive, of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled
' The Municipal Code,' " and by Inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"The elections in such municipalities shall be conducted in accord-
ance with the rules providing for the first general municipal election
prescribed in sections ninety-one to ninety-four, inclusive, of Act
Numbered Eighty- two, entitled 'The Municipal Code': Provided,
however y That the chairman of the committee of organization in each
municipality shall be appointed by the provincial board : And pro-
vidied further, That the date of the election to be fixed in the procla-
mation of the chairman of the committee of organization shall be
the first Tuesday of December, unless the provincial board shall for
good cause shown postpone the date to some other day in the same
month."
Sec. 2. A member of the committee of organization appointed under
the preceding section shall be ineligible as a candidate for any office
to be filled at the election; but a person appointed a member of such
committee shall be excused from serving thereon if he file a sworn
statement with the provincial board that he expects to be a candidate
for a specified office to be filled at such election.
Sec. 3. All elections to be held in municipalities whose boundaries
and territory have been or shall be changed during the current year
shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedit<wi 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. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1903.
[No. 920,]
AN ACT extending the time for the payment of the land tax in the Province of
Albay for tha year nineteen hundred and three until December first, nineteen
hundred and tnree, and providing for the refund of penalties already paid.
By aiUhority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The period for the payment, without i)enalty, of the land
tax for the year nineteen hundred and three in the Province of Albay
is hereby extended to December first, nineteen hundred and three,
anything in previous acts to the contrary notwithstanding. All penal-
ties heretofore collected for the nonpayment of the land tax in such
province for the year nineteen hundred and three are hereby remitted,
and the provincial treasurer of the province mentioned above is author-
ized and directed to allow a rebate of the amount of such penalty to
the taxpayer upon whom the penalty was assessed upon payment of
his land tax for the year next ensuing.
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 8, 1903.
[No. 930.]
AN ACT reducing the seventeen municipalities of the Province of Tarlac to nine.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The seventeen municipalities of the Province of Tarlac
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to
nine, as follows:
1. The municipality of Tarlac shall consist of its present territory,
of that of the barrios of San Miguel, San Carlos, and Burnt in the
present municipality of Murcia, of the municipality of Moriones, and
of the municipality of La Paz excepting the barrio of Kaut, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Tarlac.
2. The municipality of Concepci6n shall consist of its present terri-
tory, that of the barrio of Kaut in the present municipality of La Paz,
and that of the barrios of Santa Rosa, San Juan, and San Augustin
in the present municipality of Murcia, with the Sf»at of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Concepci6n.
3. The municipaflty of Capas shall consist of its present territory,
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that of the municipality of O'Donnell, and that of the barrios of Caly-
nieuan and Talaga in the present municipality of Murcia, ¥dth the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Capas.
4. The municipality of Paniqui shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Anao, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Paniqui.
5. The municipality of Moncada shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
6. The municipality of Camiling shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipalities of Santa Ignacia and San Clemente,
with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality
of Camiling.
7. The municipality of Pura shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Gerona, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Pura.
8. The municipality of Bamban shall preserve its present boond-
aries.
9. The municipality of Victoria shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered five, eight, and nine, shall
be thereby abolished, and all offices 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
new municipalities as described in section one 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 in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Conmiission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1903.
[No. 931.]
AN ACT reducing the thirty-seven municipalities of the Province of Pangasinao
to twenty-five.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The thirty-seven municipalities of the Province of Pan-
gasinan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to twenty-five, as follows:
1. The municipality of Sual shall consist of its present territory and
that of the municipality of San Isidro, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Sual.
2. The municipality of Salasa shall consist of its present territory
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and that of the municipality of Aguilar, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Salasa.
3. The municipality of Mangatarem shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of Urbiztondo, with the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Manga-
tarem.
4. The municipality of Lingayen shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
5. The municipality of Binmaley shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
6. The municipality of Dagupan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
7. The municipality of Magaldan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Mapandan, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Magaldan.
8. The municipality of Manaoag shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of San Jacinto, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Manaoag.
9. The municipality of San Fabi4n shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Alava, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Fabian.
10. The municipality of Binalonan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
11. The municipality of Urdaneta shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
12. The municipality of Pozorubio shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
13. The municipality of Asingan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of San Manuel, with the barrio of
San Andres in the present municipality of Tayup, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Asingan.
14. The municipality of Calasiao shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Santa Barbara, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Calasiao.
1-5. The municipality of San Cdrlos shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
16. The municipality of Malasiqui shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
17. The municipality of Bayambang shall preserve its present
boundaries.
18. The municipality of Bautista shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
19. The municipality of Alcala shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Santo Tomds, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Alcala.
20. The municipality of ViUasis shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
21. The municipality of Resales shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Balungao, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipalitj^ of Resales.
22. The municipality of Tayup shall consist of its present territory,
excepting the barrio of San Andres, and of the territory of the munic-
ipality of Santa Maria, with the seat of the municipal government at
the present municipality of Tayup.
23. The municipality of San NicoUs shall consist of its present ter-
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ritory and that of the municipality of Natividad, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Nicolas.
24. The municipality of Umingan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
25. The municipality of San Qnintin shall preserve its present
boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty -eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered four, five, six, ten, eleven,
twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-four, and
twenty- five shall be thereby abolished and all offices 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 offi-
cials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one
hereof 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 in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Ck>mmission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1903.
[No. 932.]
AN ACT reducing the twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to
thirteen.
By autJiority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Bula-
can shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to thirteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Malolos shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Barasoain and Santa Isabel, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Malolos.
2. The municipality of Ilagonoy shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
3. The municipality of Calumpit shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
4. The municipality of Quingua shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Pulilan, w^ith the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Quingua.
5. The municipality of Baliuag shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of San Rafael and Bustos, with the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Baliuag.
6. The municipality of San Miguel shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of San Ildefonso, witli the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of San Miguel
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7. The municipality of Angat shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Norzagaray, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Angat.
8. The municipality of Polo shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Obando, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Polo.
9. The municipality of Santa Marfa shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of San Jo86, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Santa Maria.
10. The municipality of Meycauayan shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of Marilao, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Meycauayan.
11. The municipality of Big&a shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Bocaue, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Big&a.
12. The municipality of Bulacan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Guiguinto, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Bulacan.
13. The municipality of Paombong shall preserve its present
boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered two, three, and thirteen of
said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices 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 new municipalities as described in section one hereof
shall have qualified the present organization of the existing munici-
palities 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 its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1903.
[No. 933.]
AN ACT redncing the twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Nueva £ci ja
to fifteen.
By aiUhority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ tnal:
Section 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of
Nueva Jficija shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be
reduced to fifteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Nampictian shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of Cuyap6, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Nampicuan.
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2. The municipality of Aliaga shall consist of its present territory
and that of the mimicipality of Zaragoza, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Aliaga.
3. The municipalitj'^ of San Antonio shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Ja6n, with the s^t of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Antonio.
4. The municipality of San Isidro shall consist of its present terri-
toiy and that of the municipality of Cabiao, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Isidro.
6. The municipality of Pefiaranda shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of San Leonardo, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of PeSaranda.
6. The municipality of Cabanatuan shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Santa Rosa, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Cabanatuan.
7. The municipality of Talavera shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Santo Domingo, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Talavera.
8. The municipality of San Jos6 shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Lupao, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of San Jose.
9. The municipality of San Juan de Guimba shall preserve its pres-
ent boundaries.
10. The municipality of Licab shall preserve its present boundaries.
11. The municipality of Gapan shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. The municipality of Bongabon shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
13. The municipality of Punc4n shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
14. The municipality of Carrangldn shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
15. The municipality of PantabangAn shall preserve its present
boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of said section, shall be thereby abol-
ished, and all offices 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 forthenew municipalities
as described in section one hereof 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 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1903.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 768
[No. 934.]
A17 ACT redncing the twenty-four mnnicipalities of the Province of Ilooos Snr
to fonrteen.
By autJiority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ mat:
Section 1. The twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Ilocos
Sur shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to fourteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Sinait shall preserve its present boundaries.
2. The municipality of Cabugao shall preserve its present bounda-
ries.
3. The municipality of Lapo shall preserve its present boundaries.
4. The municipality of Magsingal shall preserve its present
boundaries.
5. The municipality of Santo Dominso shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of San Ildefonso, with the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santo
Domingo.
6. The municipality of Vigan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Bantay, San Vicente, Santa Catalina,
and Oaoayan, with the seat of the municipal government at the pres-
ent municipality of Vigan.
7. The municipality of Santa shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Narvacan shall preserve its present bounda-
ries.
9. The municipality of Santa Maria shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
10. The municipality of Santiago shall consist of its present terri*
tory and that of the municipalities of Nueva Coveta and San Esteban,
with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipal-
ity of Santiago.
11. The municipality of Candon shall preserve its present bounda-
ries.
12. The municipality of Santa Lucia shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Salcedo, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Santa Lucia.
13. The municipality of Santa Cruz shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipalities of San Jose and Sevilla, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santa
Cruz.
14. The municipality of Tagudin shall preserve its present bounda-
ries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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,
except those described in paragraphs numbered one, two, three, four,
seven, eight, nine, eleven, and fourteen, shall be thereby abolished, and
all offices 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
764 LAWS OF UNITBD STATES PHILIPPINE 0OM1D8SIOW.
office. Until the officials elected for the new monicipalities as deeeribed
in section one hereof shall have qualified, the present organisation of
the existing municipalities shall continue.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of Una bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of **An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commissioii
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1903.
[No. 935.]
AN ACT reducing the fifteen mnnicipalities of the Province of La Union to
twelve.
By autJwrity of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The fifteen municipalities of the Province of La Union
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to
twelve, as follows:
1. The municipality of Aringay shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Cab& and Galiano, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Aringay.
2. The municipality of Rosario shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Santo Tom&s, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Rosario.
3. The municipality of Ago6 shall preserve its present boundaries.
4. The municipality of Bacuotan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
5. The municipality of Balaoan shall preserve its present boundaries.
6. The municipality of Hangar shall preserve its present boundaries.
7. The municipality of Bauang shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Naguilian shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
9. The municipality of Namagpacan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
10. The manicipality of San Fernando shall preserve its present
boundaries.
11. The municipality of San Juan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
12. The municipality of Tubao shall preserve its present boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal election in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Num-
bered 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 municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act,
except those described in paragraphs numbered three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, shall be thereby abolished,
and all offices 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 new municipalities
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 765
as described in section one hereof 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 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 9, 1903.
[No. 936.]
AN ACT amending the charter of the city of Manila by adding as ex officio mem-
bers to the Mnnicipal Board the President of the Advisory Board and the City
Engineer.
By autJiorUy of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Sections four and ten of Act Numbered One Hundred
and eighty-three, entitled **AnAct to incorporate the city of Manila,"
are hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following sections are sub-
stituted:
" Sec. 4. Ghvemment of city vested in Municipal Board. — ^The gov-
ernment of said city is hereby vested in a Municipal Board, consisting
of five members, three to be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and
with the consent of the Commission, and to be removable in the same
manner, and two ex officio members, to wit, the President of the
Advisory Board and the City Engineer. One member of the Board
shall be designated in the appointment of the Governor as president
and shall preside at all meetings of the Board. He shall sign all ordi-
nances, resolutions, bonds, contracts, and obligations made or author-
ized by the Board, and shall issue such orders and instructions as may
be necessary to carry out and enforce the ordinances of the city, and
the orders of the Board relating thereto. In case of sickness or pro-
longed absence of any member of the Board, or if for any reason it
becomes necessary to maintain a quorum or to break a tie, the Civil
Governor may make temporary appointment until the return of such
absent member or members. The person so appointed shall possess
all the rights and perform all the duties of a member of the Board.
*' The City Engineer as ex officio member of the Board shall receive
no compensation in addition to that received by him as City Engineer.
The president of the Advisory Board shall receive the same salary as
that received by the members of the Board appointed by the Civil
Governor, but he shall not receive any per diem allowance as a mem-
ber of the Advisory Board. The ex officio members shall be required
to give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in the same
form and amount as those required of the appointed members."
"Sec. 10. Method of transacting business by Board. — ^The Boai*d
shall meet and transact business every day during the year, Sundays
and legal holidays excepted. It shall sit with open doors unless other-
wise ordered by affirmative vote of three members. It shall keep a
record of its proceedings, and determine its rules of procedure not
herein set forth. Three members of the Board shall constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of business, and three affirmative votes shall
be necessary to the passage of any ordinance or motion. The ayes
766 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
and noes shall be taken and recorded upon the passage of all ordi-
nances, upon all propositions directing payment of money or creating
liability, and, at the request of any member, upon any other proi)osi-
tion. Each ordinance shall be sealed with the city seal, signed by the
president of the Board and the Secretary, and recorded in a book kept
for that purpose. £ach ordinance shaU be published in two daily
newspapers of Manila, one printed in English and the other in Spanish,
within three days after its i)assage, and shall take eflfect and be in
force on and after the tenth day following its passage, if no date is
fixed in the ordinance."
Sec. 2. The members of the Municipal Board appointed under the
Act to which this Act is an amendment shall continue to act as mem-
bers of the Board described in the preceding section without new
appointments, and the Board as at present constituted shall continue
to exercise its present authority until the new members herein author-
ized shall qualify and become members of the Board as provided in
this Act.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Municipal Board is hereby authorized
to employ an additional clerk of Class A, to be paid from the appro-
priation for salaries and wages for the Municipal Board.
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 CJommission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 9, 1903.
[No. 937.]
AN ACT appropriating the sum of ten thousand dollars, money of the United
States, to aid m paying the expenses of a commission of conference at Peking,
China, looking to the establislmient of the gold standard in the Orient.
By authority of tlie United States^ and with the consent and recom-
menaation of the Secretary of War first had, be it enacted by the PhU-
ippine Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand
dollars, in money of the United States, to be expended for the purpose
of aiding in the payment of the expenses of a commission apx>ointed
by the President of the United States, about to visit Peking to bring
about international cooperation in securing a fixed ratio between gold
and silver coin in the Orient. This sum shall be withdrawn upon
requisition of the Civil Governor and shall be disbursed by the Dis-
bursing Agent of the Insular Government in Washington, District of
Columbia, and shall be accounted for to the Auditor for the Philippine
, Islands as required by law in other cases.
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 9, 1903.
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 767
[No. 938.]
AK ACT constituting a gold-standard fond in the Insnlar Treasury to be used for
the purpose of maintaining the parity of the silver Philippine peso with the eold-
standard peso, and organizing a division of the currency in the Bureau of the
Insular Treasury through which such fund shall be maintained, expenditures
made therefrom, and accretions made thereto, and providing regulations for the
exchange of currencies and for the issue and redemption of silver certificates.
By authority of the United Stales, be it ermcted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. All funds in the Insular Treasury which are the proceeds
of the certificates of indebtedness issued under and by authority of
section six of an Act of Congress entitled *'An Act to establish a
standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philip-
pine Islands," approved March second, nineteen hundred and three,
all profits of seigniorage made by the Insular Government in the pur-
chase of bullion and the coinage therefrom, and the issue of the Philip-
pine pesos and the subsidiary and minor coins, all profits from the
sale of exchange by the Insular Government between the Philippine
Islands and the United States made for the purpose of continuing the
parity of the silver Philippine peso with the gold-standard peso, and
all other receipts in the Insular Treasury inuring to the Insular Gov-
ernment in the exercise of its function^ of furnishing a convenient
currency for the Islands, shall constitute a separate and trust fund
in the Insular Treasury to be known as the *'Gold Standard Fund,"
and to be used for the purpose of maintaining the parity of the silver
Philippine peso with the gold-standard peso provided in the said Act
of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred and three.
Such fund shall not be used to pay any expenses of the Insular Gov-
ernment or to satisfy any of the appropriations of the Insular Govern-
ment, except only those connected with the purchase of bullion, the
coinage of the same into the money of the Philippine Islands, and
those which are incident to the transi)ortation of such money to the
Philippine Islands from the place of coinage, to the putting of the
money into circulation, including the preparation and issue of silver
certificates, and to the carrjnng on of such financial transactions, by
exchange and otherwise, «s may be authorized by law to maintain the
circulation of the currency provided for in the said Act of Congress
approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, and the sub-
sidiary and minor coinage provided for by said Act and by an Act of
Congress entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administra-
tion of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and
for other purposes," approved July first, nineteen hundred and two,
and to the maintenance of the parity of value between the silver
Philippine peso and the subsidiary and minor coins, the coinage of
which is provided for by the Acts above mentioned, and the gold
peso, which by the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and three,
is made the standard of value in the Philippine Islands: Provided,
That whenever the public interest permits, there may be withdrawn
from the gold-standard fund such amount as the Philippine Govern-
ment may deem proper to pay the principal and interest of all, or any
part of, the certificates of indebtedness issued under section six of the
said Act of Congress of March second, nineteen hundred and three.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of facilitating the more efficient discharge
of the functions of the Insular Government with respect. to the cir-
culation of the currency provided for by the said Act of Congress
768 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
approved March second, nineteen hundred and throe, and for the pur-
pose of maintaining the parity therein directed, there is hereby cre-
ated a division in the Bureau of the Insular Treasury to be known as
the Division of Currency. The Chief of the Division shall be appointed
by the Civil Grovernor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Commission, and shall receive an annual salary of six thousand pesos,
Philippines currency. He shall have under him to assist him in the
discharge of his duty such accountants and clerical assistants as may
be approved by the Insular Treasurer and as shall be anthorized
by law.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Division of Currency,
first, to examine the books of the Treasurer and the Auditor, and to
make report to the Insular Treasurer of the funds now in the Insular
Treasury which, by virtue of the first section of this Act, are to con-
stitute a gold-standard fund and to be segregated as such under this
Act, and the Insular Treasurer and the Insular Auditor shall, if they
concur in the recommendation of the Chief of the Division of Cur-
rency, make the segregation on their respective books, and in all
future accounts and reports. In the event of any difference of opinion
between the Chief of the Division of Currency, the Treasurer, and
the Auditor, the method of segregation shall be finally determined by
the Secretary of Finance and Justice. After the segregation has been
effected, the Treasurer's receipts for all moneys coming into the
Treasury which should be deposited in the gold-standard fund shall
be submitted to the Chief of the Division of Currency for his initial-
ing and the proper notation of the same in his accounts. When any
money is to be withdrawn from the gold-standard fund, or transferred
from the Treasury at Manila to a depository elsewhere, or vice versa,
the warrant or draft or the telegraphic transfer for the same shall
specifically state that it is from the gold-standard fund and shall bear
the initials of the Chief of the Division of Currency and shall be noted
in his accounts.
Sec. 4. No transaction in the Treasury with reference to the coin-
age of money, the circulation of the same, the maintenance and pres-
ervation of the gold-standard fund, the maintenance of the jMirity, or
the issue and retirement of silver certificates shall take place without
its being first submitted to the Chief of the Division of Currency for
notation.
Sec. 5. It shall bo the duty of the Chief of the Division of Currency
to keep a separate set of books dealing solely with the financial oi)era-
tions of the Government in coinage and currency matters and in the
administration of the gold-standard fund, and to make a monthly
statement of the same to the Insular Treasurer and the Secretary of
Finance and Justice.
Sec. 6. Nothing herein is intended to change the actual custody
and control of all insular funds, including the gold-standard fund
herein constituted, now by law placed in the Insular Treasurer. All
the duties of the Chief of the Division of Currency under this Act shall
be performed under the supervision of the Insular Treasurer.
Sec. 7. For the purpose of maintaining the parity of the Philippine
silver peso with the Philippine gold peso, and of keeping the currency
equal in volume only to the demands of trade, the Insular Treasurer
is hereby authorized and directed :
First. To exchange on demand at the Insular Treasury in Manila
for Philippines currency offered in sums of not less than ten thousand
pesos, or United States currency offered in sums of not less than flvq
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thousand dollars, drafts on the gold-standard fund deposited in the
United States or elsewhere to the credit of the Insular Treasury,
charging for the same a premium of three-quarters of one per cent
for demand drafts and of one and one-eighth per cent for telegraphic
transfers, and it is further made the duty of the Insular Treasurer to
direct the depositories of the funds of the Philippine Government in
the United States to sell on demand, in sums of not less than ten
thousand pesos, exchange against the gold-standard fund in the
Philippine Islands, charging for the same a premium of three-quarters
of one per cent for demand drafts and of one and one-eighth per cent
for telegraphic transfers, rendering accounts therefor to the Insular
Treasurer and Insular Auditor. But the premium charged for drafts
and telegraphic transfers in this paragraph mentioned may be tem-
porarily increased or decreased by order issued by the Secretary of
Finance and Justice should the conditions at any time existing, in his
judgment, require such action.
Second. To exchange at par, on the approval of the Secretary of
Finance and Justice, United States Treasury notes, national-bank
notes, United States notes, and United States gold and silver certifi-
cates for Philippines currency, and Philippines currency for United
States Treasury notes, national-bank not^s, United States notes, and
United States gold and silver certificates.
Third. To exchange, on the approval of the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, for Philippines currency. United States gold coin or gold
bars in sums of not less than ten thousand pesos or five thousand dol-
lars, charging for the same a premium sufficient to cover the expenses
at commercial rates of transporting United States gold coin from New
York to Manila. The Secretary of Finance and Justice shall deter-
mine the amount of the premium required by this subsection.
Fourth. To withdraw from circulation until paid out in response to
demands made upon it by the sale of exchange as provided in para-
graph one of this section, or by the presenting of United States Treas-
ury notes, national-bank notes. United States notes, United States
gold and silver certificates, and United States gold coin or gold bars
at the Treasury, Philippines currency exchanged and deposited in
the Treasury in the manner provided in paragraphs one and two of
this section.
Fifth. To withdraw from circulation United States Treasury notes,
national-bank notes, United States not^s, United States gold and silver
certificates, and United States gold coin and gold bars received in the
Philippine Islands by the Insular Treasurer in exchange for Philip-
pines currency, under paragraph two of this section, until called out
in response to the presentation of Philippines currency as above pro-
vided, or until an insufficiency of Philippines currency shall make
necessary an increased coinage, in which case the funds so withdrawn
may be used under proper legislation for the purpose of providing such
a coinage. The coin so obtained shall become part of the gold-standard
fund.
Sec. 8. The Treasurer of the Philippine Islands and the treasurers
of the several provinces are hereby authorized and directed to exchange
Philippine pesos on demand for the silver coins of the Philippine
Islands of a smaller denomination than one peso, issued under author-
ity of section four of the said Act of Congress approved March second,
nineteen hundred and three, and for the minor coins of nickel and
copi)er issued under authority of section seventy-nine of the said Act
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770 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and two; provided said
subsidiary and minor coins are offered in the sums of ten pesos or any
multiple thereof. The Insular Treasurer and the several provincial
treasurers are also authorized and directed to exchange on demand
for Philippine pesos, offered in sums of ten pesos or any multiple
thereof, the above-mentioned silver subsidiary and minor coins of
nickel and copper.
Sec. 9. The issue and redemption of silver certificates according
to the provisions of section eight of the said Act of Congress approv^
March second, nineteen hundred and three, and subject to the limi-
tations in said Act of Congress and in this Act contained, shall be
conducted under the immediate supervision of the Chief of the Divi-
sion of Currency, and his books and reports shall contain detailed
accounts of the issue and redemption of such certificates.
Sec. 10. The silver certificates which the Treasurer of the Philip-
pine Islands is authorized to issue upon receiving deposits of the
standard Philippine pesos, in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion eight of the said Act of Congress approved March second, nine-
teen hundred and three, shall be prepared and delivered to the
Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, safeguarded, issued, withdrawn,
and canceled or destroyed, and a record of such transactions be kept,
in the manner in this section provided.
(a) The necessary drawings, designs, plates, and engravings for
such certificates, and the printing thereof, shall be ma^e and exe-
cuted through the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
upon request of the Government of the Philippine Islands, in accord-
ance with section twelve of said Act of Congress of March second, nine-
teen hundred and three, and the amount of such certificates and the
denominations thereof shall be determined, from time to time, by
resolution of the Philippine Commission.
(6) Such certificates, when completed at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing at Washington, shall be delivered without the seal of the
Treasury of the Philippine Government, and shall be to that extent
incomplete. In such uncompleted state they shall be delivered to the
Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department at Washington, the
Chief of which Bureau shall receipt therefor in the name of the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands, after having verified the count
thereof. The Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs shall thereupon
transmit such certificates to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands,
and shall also give notice to the Auditor for the Philippine Islands,
of the denominations and amount of silver certificates transmitted to
the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands. Upon the delivery of such
certificates to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, the Auditor
shall receive from the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands a receipt in
duplicate of the denominations and amount of the certificates so
received upon verifying the count thereof; and of the duplicate
receipts so received the Auditor shall retain one, and the other shall
be transmitted by the Auditor with his counter signature to the Chief
of the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington.
(c) Upon receiving such certificates, the Treasurer of the Philip-
pine Islands shall cause them to be put through a printing press, which
shall imprint thereon the seal and omitted marks, if any, and shall
cause the sheets thereof to be separated into single certificates of a
uniform size and done up in packages of convenient size enclosed in
paper straps upon which are printed the denomination and amount
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 771
included therein, verifying the count in all cases, and employing such
safeguards in the printing, cutting, and making up of packages as
shall preserve the certificates free from all opportunity for loss by
theft. The bundles shall thereupon be deposited in a vault, called
the reserve vault, where they shall remain until required for circula-
tion. While the certificates remain in the reserve vault, they shall
not be considered as available cash for the Government, and shall not
appear as such on the cash books of the Treasury, though the Treas-
urer shall be held responsible for the same as money.
{d) From time to time, the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands shall
withdraw such amount of silver certificates from the reserve vault as
may be required to meet the demands for their purchase in accord-
ance with the provisions of section eight of said Act of Congress of
March second, nineteen hundred and three. All certificates taken
from the reserve vault shall thereafter be treated as available cash
for the Government. The pesos received in exchange for the certifi-
cates sold shall be deposited in the reserve vault, shall be held for
the payment of said certificates on demand, and shall constitute a
trust fund to be used for no other purpose.
(e) Upon the delivery to the Auditor for the Philippine Islands of
the receipt of the Treasurer for the uncompleted certificates trans-
mitted to the Treasury by the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs
at Washington, the Auditor for the Philippine Islands shall enter on
a book kept by him for that purpose the denominations, serial numbers,
and amounts delivered to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands.
The Treasurer of the Philippine Islands shall keep an independent
set of books in which shall be recorded the amount, the denominations,
and the serial numbers of the certificates which are daily put into and
withdrawn from said reserve vault. The Treasurer of the Philippine
Islands shall furnish a transcript of the foregoing daily entries to the
Auditor, who shall enter the same upon his books.
(/) When certificates mutilated or otherwise unfit for circulation
shall be paid into the Insular Treasury, they shall not be reissued, but
shall be retained in the Treasury for future destruction, and from
time to time, when a sufficient amount shall have been accumulated,
the Civil Governor, the Secretary of Finance and Justice, and a com-
mittee of two accountants to be designated by said Secretary shall,
in the presence of the Treasurer, the Auditor, and the Chief of the
Division of Currency, after noting the amounts, denominations, and
numbers of such certificates, completely destroy the same by burning,
and thereafter the Treasurer shall be credited on his accounts in
accordance with this action. The credit allowed shall be based upon
the written report of the committee of accountants, attested by the
Civil Governor, the Secretary of Finance and Justice, and the Auditor
for the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 11. The Chief of the Division of Currency shall be required to
make to the Insular Treasurer an annual report covering the affairs
and business of the Division in detail, and such other reports or rec-
ommendations as may be required by superior authority.
Sec. 12. All appointments in the Division of Currency, except the
Chief of the Division, shall be made by the Insular Treasurer, as in
the case of the other divisions of the Insular Treasury, in accordance
with the provisions of the Civil Service Act.
Shc. 13. 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 Commissioii
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 14. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 10, 1903.
[No. 939.]
AN ACT redncing the thirty municipalities of the Province of La Lagnna to
nineteen.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduc^ to
nineteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Mabitac shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Santa Maria, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Mabitac.
2. The municipality of Siniloan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Famy and Pangil, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Siniloau.
3. The municipality of Facte shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Paquil, Longos, and San Antonio,
with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality
of Paete.
4. The municipality of Luisiana shall consist of its present territorj'
and that of the municipality of Cavinti, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Luisiana.
5. The municipality of Nagcarlan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Rizal, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Nagcarlan.
6. The municipality of San Pablo shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Alaminos, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Pablo.
7. The municipality of Bay shall consist of its present territory and
that of the municipality of Los BaHos, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Bay.
8. The municipality of Bifian shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of San Pedro Tunasan, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Bifian.
9. The municipality of Pagsan jan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
10. The municipality of Lumban shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
11. The municipality of Majayjay shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
12. The municipality of Magdalena shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
13. The municipality of Lilio shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of Santa Cruz shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
15. The municipality of Pila shall preserve its present boundaries.
16. The municipality of Calauan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
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17. The municii)ality of Cabnyao shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
18. The municipality of Calamba shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
1 9. The municipality of Santa Rosa shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance 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 municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those
described in paragraphs numbered nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, of said
section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices 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 new municipalities as described in section one hereof
shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing munici-
palities 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 its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1903.
[No. 940.]
AN ACT declaring the barrios of Montnfar and Manlabong, now a i)art of the
municipality of Bacon , and the barrio of Calao, now a x)art of the municipality
of Gnbat» all of the Province of Sorsogon, to be a new municipality nnder the
name of Prieto Diaz.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commissiony that:
Section 1. The barrios of Montufar and Manlabong, now a part of
the municipality of Bacon, and the barrio of Calao, now a part of the
municipality of Gubat, all of the Province of Sorsogon, are hereby
separated, each from its corresponding municipality, and shall be
organized as a new municipality under the name of Prieto Diaz.
Sec. 2. The municipal election in the new municipality of Prieto
Diaz shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Num-
bered Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numberd Nine
hundred and twenty-eight, and when the officers chosen at the elec-
tion shall have qualified, then the organization of the municipality
created in section one shall be deemed effected and its jurisdiction as
a municipality shall begin. The elections in the municipalities of
Bacon and Gubat shall take place as provided by law except that
electors of the barrios united in the first section hereof to form the
municipality of Prieto Diaz shall not vote at such elections, but shall
vote for the officers of the new municipality.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill.
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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, 1903.
[No. 941.]
AN ACT redncing the fifteen mimicipalities of the Province of Isabela to eleren.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. The fifteen muuicipalities of the Province of Isabela
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to
eleven, as follows:
1 . The municipality of Echagiie shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipalities of Carig and Cordon, with the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Echi^ue.
2. The municipality of Angadanan shall preserve its present bound-
aries, with the seat of the municipal government at the present barrio
of San Jos6.
3. The municipality of Cauayan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Reina Mercedes, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Cauayan.
4. The municipality of Bam6 shall preserve its present boundaries.
5. The municipality of Naguilian shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
6. The municipality of Ilagan shall consist of its present territoiy
and that of the municipality of Palanan, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Ilagan.
7. The municipality of Tamauini shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
8. The municipality of Santa Maria shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
9. The municipality of Santo Tom4s shall preserve its present
boundaries.
10. The municipality of Cabagan Nuevo shall, preserve its present
boundaries.
11. The municipality of Cabagan Viejo shall preserve its present
boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered four, five, seven, eight, nine,
ten, and eleven, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices 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 new municipalities as described in section one
hereof shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing
municipalities shall continue.
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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, October 12, 1903.
[No. 942.]
AN ACT reducing the thirty-two mnnicipalities of the Province of Rizal to fifteen.
By authority of tlie United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The thirty- two municipalities of the Province of Rizal
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to fif-
teen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Pasig shall preserve its present boundaries.
2. The municipality of Mariquina shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
3. The municipality of San Mateo shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of Montalban, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Mateo.
4. The municipality of Pateros shall consist of its present teriitory
and that of the municipalities of Taguig and Muntinlupa, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality, of
Pateros.
5. The municipality of Pasay shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Malibay, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Pasay.
6. The municipality of ParaSaque shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Las Pifias, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of ParaSaque.
7. The municipality of Caloocan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Novaliches, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Caloocan.
8. The municipality of Malabon shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Navotas, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Malabon.
9. The municipality of San Felipe Nery shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of San Juan del Monte, with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
San Felipe Nery.
10. The municipality of San Pedro Macati shall preserve its present
boundaries.
11. The municipality of Taytay shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Cainta and Angono, with the seat of
the municipal government at the present municipality of Taytay.
12. The municipality of Antipole shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipalities of Bosoboso and Teresa, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Antipole.
13. The municipality of Morong shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Binangonan, Bards, and Cardona,
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with the seat of the municipal government at the present manicipality
of Morong.
14. The municipality of Tanay shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
15. The municipality of Pililla shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Quisao and Jaligala, with the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Pililla.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new mnnicipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Num-
bered 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 municipalities mentioned in section one of this act,
except those described in paragraphs numbered one, two, ten, and
fourteen, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices 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 new municipalities as described in section one hereof
shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing munici-
palities 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 CommissioD
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty- sixth, nineteeD
hundred.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1903.
[No. 943.]
AN ACT redncing the twenty-three mnnicipalities of the Province of Pampanga
to seventeen.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of
Pampanga shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be
reduced to seventeen, as follows :
1. The municipality of Arayat shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Santa Ana, with the seat of the muni-
cipal government at the present municipality of Arayat.
2. The municipality of Bacolor shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalitj^ of Santa Rita, with the seat of the muni-
cipal government at the present municipality of Bacolor.
3. The municipality of Guagua shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Betis, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Guagua.
4. The municipality of Macabebe shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of San Miguel, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Macabebe.
5. The municipality of Santo TomAs shall consist of its present te^
ritory and that of the municipality of Minalin, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Santo Tom&s.
6. The municipality of San Luis shall consist of its present territory
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and that of the municipality of San Sim6n, with the seat of the muni-
cipal government at the present municipality of San Luis.
7. The municipality of Apalit shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Angeles shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
9. The municipality of Candaba shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
10. The municipality of Floridablanca shall preserve its present
boundaries.
11 . The municipality of Lubao shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. The municipality of Mexico shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
13. The municipality of Mabalaeat shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
14. The municipality of Magalan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
15. The municipality of Porac shall preserve its present boundaries.
16. The municipality of Sexmoan shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
17. The municipality of San Fernando shall preserve its present
boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal oflficials shall have
been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of
each of the new municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act,
except those described in paragraphs numbered seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen
of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all oflfices 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 new municipalities, as described in section one, 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 in acc-ordance 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 15, 1903.
[No. 944.]
AN ACT reducing the thirty-three municipalities of the Province of Cagayan to
twenty-two.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The thirty-three municipalities of the Province of
Cagayan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be
reduced to twenty-two, as follows:
1. The municipality of Lal-lo shall preserve its present boundaries.
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2. The municipality of Gattaran shall consist of its present terri-
torj' and that portion of the present municipality of Nassiping which
is on the east side of the Cagayan River, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Gattaran.
3. The municipality of Santo Nifio shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that portion of the present municipality of Nassiping which
is on the west side of the Cagayan River, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Santo Nifio.
4. The municipality of Amulung shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of C6rdoba, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Amulung.
5. The municipality of Mauanan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Malaueg, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Mauanan.
6. The municipality of Aparri shall consist of its present territory
and that portion of the territory of the town of Buguey, which com-
prises the barrios of Mala and Paddaya, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Aparri.
7. The municipality of Camalaniugan shall consist of its present
territory and of the barrios of Dalaya, Balza, Fula, Pattao, Massi, and
Mision, in the present municipality of Buguey, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Camalaniugan.
8. The municipality of Basco shall consist of the Islands of Batan,
Isbayat, and Saptan, with the seat of the municipal government at
the present municipality of Basco.
9. The municipality of Calayan shall consist of the Islands of Cala-
yan, Claro-Babuyan, Camiguin and Dalupiri, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Calayan.
10. The municipality of Claveria shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
11. The municipality of Sanchez Mira shall preserve its present
boundaries.
12. The municipality of Pamplona shall preserve its present
boundaries.
13. The municipality of Abulug shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
14. The municipality of AlcalA shall preserve its present boundaries.
15. The municipality of Iguig shall preserve its present boundaries.
16. The municipality of Solana shall preserve its present boundaries.
17. The municipality of Enrile shall preserve its present boundaries.
18. The municipality of Tuguegarao shall preserve its present
boundaries.
19. The municipality of Pefia Blanca shall preserve its present
boundaries.
20. The municipality of Baggao shall preserve its present boundaries.
21. The municipality of Pi4t shall preserve its present boundaries.
22. The municipality of Tuao shall preserve its present boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall he held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
twenty-one, and twenty-two, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 779
held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abol-
ished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold
office as soon as the new officials shall have ta,ken the oath of office.
Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in
section one shall have qualified, the present organization of the exist-
ing municipalities 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 its passage.
Enacted, October 15, 1903
[No. 945.]
AN ACT reducing the twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Zambales to
fifteen.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, thai:
Section 1. The twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Zam-
bales shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to fifteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Alaminos shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Alos, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Alaminos.
2. The municipality of Bolinao shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Zaragoza, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Bolinao.
3. The municipality of San Lsidro shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipalities of Balincaguin and Dasol, with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
San lsidro.
4. The municipality of Santa Cruz shall preserve its present
boundaries.
5. The municipality of Infanta shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
6. The municipality of Masinloc shall consist; of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Candelaria, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Masinloc.
7. The municipality of Iba shall consist of its present territory and
that of the municipality of Palauig, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Iba.
8- The municipality of Botolan shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Cabangan, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Botolan.
9. The municipality of San Marcelino shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipalities of Castillejos and San Anto-
nio, with the seat of the municipal government at the present munic-
ipality of San Marcelino.
10. The municipality of San Narciso shall consist of its present ter-
ritory and that of the municipality of San Felipe, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of San Narciso.
11. The municipality of Anda shall preserve its present boundaries.
780 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
12. The municipality of Agno shall preserve its present boundaries.
13. The municipality of Bani shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of Olongapo shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
15. The municipality of Subic shall preserve its present boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nme hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered four, five, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen, shall be thereby abolished, and all
offices 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 new officials elected for the new municipalities as described
in section one 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 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.
Sbc. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 15, 1903.
[No. 946.]
AN ACT reducing the fifteen municipalities of the Province of Ilocoe Norte
to ten.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The fifteen municipalities of the Province of Ilocoe
Norte shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to ten, as follows:
1. The municipality of Bangui shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Nagpartian, with the seat of the munic-
ipal government at the present municipality of Bangui.
2. The municipality of Pasuquin shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
3. The municipality of Bacarra shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Vintar, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Bacarra.
4. The municipality of Laoag shall consist of its present territoiy
and that of the municipalit}' of San Nicolas, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Laoag.
5. The municipality of San Miguel shall preserve its present
boundaries.
6. The municipality of Piddig shall preserve its present boundaries.
7. The municipality of Dingras shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Solsona, with the seat of the munic-
ipal government at the present municipality of Dingras.
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8. The municipality of Paoay shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Batac shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Bann4, with the seat of the municipal
government at the present municipality of Batac.
10. The municipality of Badoc shall preserve its present boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered two, five, six, eight, and ten,
shall be thereby abolished, and all oflSces held by virtue of their pres-
ent 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
new municipalities as described in section one 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 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 15, 1903.
[No. 947.]
AN ACT reducing the twenty-three mnnicipalities of the Province of Cavite to
eleven.
By authority of the United States, be it ermcted by the Philippine
Commission, mat:
Section 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of
Cavite shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to eleven, as follows:
1. The municipality of Cavite shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of San Roque and La Caridad, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San
Roque.
2. The municipality of Noveleta shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipalities of Cavite Viejo and Rosario, with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Noveleta.
3. The municipality of San Francisco de Malabon shall consist of
its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Cruz de
Malabon, with the seat of the municipal government at the present
municipality of San Francisco de Malabon.
4. The municipality of Imus shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Bacoor and Perez- Dasmarifias, with
the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Imus.
5. The municipality of Carmona shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
6. The municipality of Silang shall consist of its present territory
782 LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
and that of the municipality of Amadeo, with the seat of the munic-
ipal i^ovemment at the present municipality of Silang.
7. The municipality of Indang shall preserve its present bound-
aries.
8. The municipality of Alfonso shall consist of its present territory
and tha^ of the municipalities of Mendez-Nuiies and BaUen, with the
seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of
Alfonso.
9. The municipality of Naic shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipality of Ternate, with the seat of the munici-
pal government at the present municipality of Naic.
10. The municipality of Maragondong shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of Magallanes, with the seat
of the municipal government at the present municipality of Mara-
gondong.
11. The municipality of Isla de Corregidor shall preserve its present
boundaries.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities
shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered
Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-eight. 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, except
those described in paragraphs numbered five, seven, and eleven, shall
be thereby abolished, and all offices 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
new municipalities as described in section one 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 in accordance with section
two of **An Act prescribing the order of procedure b}'^ 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 15, 1903.
[No. 948.]
AN ACT amending paragraph one of section one of Act Numbered Nine hundred
and thirty-three, entitled **An Act reducing the twenty-three municipalities of
the Province of Nueva ficija to fifteen."
By authority of the United States y be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Paragraph one of section one of Act Numbered Nine
hundred and thirty- three, entitled "An Act reducing the twenty-
three municipalities of the Province of Nueva £cija to fifteen," is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
**1. The municipality of Cuyapo shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that of the municipality of Nampicuan, with the seat of the
municipal government at the present municipality of Cuyapo."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
LAWS OF UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 783
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 19, 1903.
[No. 949.]
AN ACT appropriating the snm of two thousand five hundred pesos, Philippines
currency, to be used in the suppression of epidemic or contagious diseases in
the Province of Cebu, and appropriating the sum of six hundred pesos, Philip-
Sines currency, toward the care and support of lepers in the Province of Occi-
ental Negros.
By aidhority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The sum of two thousand five hundred pesos, Philip-
pines currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Insular Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to be used by the Board of Health for the Philip-
pine Islands in preventing and suppressing contagious or epidemic
diseases in the Province of Cebu; said sum to be disbursed by the
provincial treasurer of the Province of Cebu on vouchers approved
by a committee to be appointed by the Board of Health for the Philip-
pine Islands as its representative in immediate charge of the public
health in said province.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds, in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred
pesos, Philippines currency, to bo disbursed by the provincial treas-
urer of Occidental Negros on vouchers approved by the provincial
board toward the care and support of lepers in the province during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four.
Sec. 3. The moneys herein appropriated shall be withdrawn from
the Insular Treasury on the requisition of the Commissioner of Public
Health in favor of the provincial treasurers mentioned, and shall be
accounted for by them to the Insular Auditor as Insular disbursements.
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 20, 1903.
IN^DEX.
Abra, province of:
loan to: 239, 530.
non-Christian tribes-
establishment of civil government in settlements of: 56, 410.
representative of, elected: 242.
offices of provincial treasurer and supervisor consolidated with provmcial secre-
tary and fiscal: 379.
provincial governor, compensation of: 380.
treasurer of, appropriation for reimbursing: 361.
Accounting: Bystem:
amendment to act relating to: 64.
Accounts :
auditor Philippine Archipelago, authorized to transfer: 494.
Advisory board:
Manila city —
amendment to act pertaining to meetings held: 265.
districts of Pandacan and Santa Ana, giving representation thereon: 272.
members of, eligible for appointment on board of tax revision: 272.
Agrriculture, bureau of:
act creating certain additional positions in: 402.
chief of^
authorized to secure land for purposes of producing rice: 383.
duties of: 207.
experiment station —
appropriation for: 205, 207.
investigating advantage of rotating crops, and different methods of cultiva-
tion: 206.
at Singalon: 573.
positions, provision for pajrment of salaries of additional: 402.
salaries, wages, transportation, and contingent expenses: 304, 558.
A^riciiltural conditions:
appropriation for preliminary expenses in purchase of draft cattle: 502.
Arcbitecture and construction of public works, bureau of:
contingent expenses: 326.
public buildings, expense of running same: 326.
salaries, wages, and transportation of employees in: 325.
Albay, province of:
hire of launch for use of provincial governor to visit Catanduanea Islands: 203.
land tax in, extension of time for payment of: 757.
loan to: 716.
provincial board, authorized to loan provincial funds to municipalities of
that province: 509.
volunteers maintained against ladrones in: 493.
WAR 1903— VOL 8 60 785
786 INDEX.
Axnboe Oamazines, province of:
construction of wagon road in: 734.
maintenance of force againgt ladronee: 493.
pueblo of Calafigasan incorporated ha a barrio of municipality of Daet: 241.
Amburayan, subprovince:
boimdary line fixed: 524.
American Circulating Ijibrary:
Manila city —
appropriation for: 36.
contingent expenses in : 327.
salaries and wages of clerks in: 327.
Andueza, BonUln Martinez y:
land of San Lazaro estate leased to: 412.
AnimalB:
act providing pound for: 706.
disposition of, when not required for Grovemment serum laboratories: 500.
provincial board authorized to purchase, for breeding purposes: 91,649,651.
Antique, province of:
provincial board, amendment to act concerning constitution of: 660.
provincial governor, compensation of: 379.
loan to: 520.
provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor, consolidation of offices: 378.
Aparri:
custom-house at: 317.
provision for cleaning of port of: 720.
Appeals, court of customs:
appropriation for: 623.
Appointees under Philippine Islands civil service:
hours of labor: 211.
leaves of absence: 211.
Appraisers:
division of: 315.
Appropriation:
Abra Province, loan to: 237.
agricultural college and experiment station: 205, 207.
American Circulating Library of Manila: 36, 140, 629.
animals, preliminary expenses in purchase of draft: 502.
articles, purchase of, for sale and distribution in provinces: 105.
auditor Philippine Archipelago, transfer of accounts: 494,
clerks and services: 66.
Baguio, Benguet —
continuance of work upon government buildings and improvementB at: 52i
sanitarium, additional employees in civil: 15, 119, 516.
contingent expenses: 15, 119, 605.
Batangas Province, purchase of articles to be distributed in: 105.
Benguet line —
construction of wagon road on: 140.
enlargement and repair of trail on: 261.
board of —
civil 8er\'ie^: 5, 6, 109, 594.
health for the Philippine Islands: 7, 111, 595.
suppression and extermination of epidemic diseasee and
pests: 8.
municipal, Manila: 39, 143.
INDEX. 787
Appropriation — Continued.
Bontoc, establishing and equipping school at, for instruction of Igorrotes: 51.
brigands, expense incurred in the capture of: 223.
bullion, purchase, transportation and coinage of, including insurance: 626, 577,
646.
bureau of —
agriculture: 12,116,602.
clerks, additional in: 402.
cultivation of rice, expended for the: 384.
architecture and public buildings: 35, 138, 627.
archives: 36, 139, 628.
census: 137.
coast and geodetic survey: 21, 124, 613.
coast guard and transportation: 20, 123, 611.
cold storage and ice plant: 26, 50, 619, 630.
constabulary: 17.
customs and immigration: 22, 126, 615.
education: 135, 613, 624.
executive: 5, 109, 593.
forestry: 10, 114, 599.
expenses in connection with: 228.
government laboratories: ]4, 118, 603.
insular auditor: 22, 126, 614.
insular purchasing agent: 6.
insular treasurer: 21, 125, 614.
internal revenue: 26, 129, 618.
justice: 27, 131, 620.
mining: 11, 115, 600.
non-Christian tribes: 14, 117, 603.
patents, copyrights, and trade-marks: 15, 118, 628.
post-offices: 16, 120, 606.
prisons: 19, 122, 610.
public instruction: 32, 33, 135, 137, 626.
public lands: 12,116,601.
payment of additional employees in: 460.
public printing, contingent expenses: 50.
payment of salaries of additional clerks in: 402.
statistics: 36,139,628.
weather: 12,115,600.
Calbayog, Samar, completion of pier and wharf at: 142, 447.
captain of the port, office of: 19, 123.
Cebu port, improvement of: 393.
Cervantes, repair of school building at: 664.
coinage, purchase of alloys needed in, of subsidiary coins for use in Philippine
Islands: 498.
cold storage and ice plant —
bureau of: 26, 50, 130, 619.
payment of superintendent of: 726.
compensation for government service: 295, 336.
commerce and police, office of secretary: 119.
Commission, Philippine: 5,108,692.
constabulary: 121, 490, 607.
Coron, construction of wharf at: 142.
currency, payable in United States or Philippines: 576,
788 INDEX.
Appropriation — Continued.
custom-houfle, Manila, increase of employees in: 227.
customs appeals, court of: 823.
departments of —
assessments and collections, Manila: 41, 145.
commerce and police: 16.
office of: 16, 119.
engineering public works, Manila: 40, 143.
finance and justice: 21.
office of secretary: 21.
fire, Manila: 42, 145.
interior, Manila: 7.
installation of pail 83r8tem in: 49.
law department, city of Manila, expenses of: 42, 146, 448.
leper, San Lazaro Hospital: 8.
police, Manila: 43, 147.
public instruction, secretary's office: 31.
schools, city of Manila, 147.
disbursing officer at Washington to be disbursed by: 425.
district commander —
Isabela de Basilan: 37, 140, 630.
Pollock, Mindanao: 141,630.
division of —
engineering, for construction of wharves at Calbayog, Coron, and Iligan, and
anchorage at Zamboanga: 142.
Philippines, chief quartermaster in: 38, 141, 632.
education of Filipino students in United States: 668.
emergency employees, to cover salary of: 718.
engineer, chief of division of the Philippine Islands: 632.
epidemic diseases and pests, suppression of: 112, 597, 783.
exposition, securing, transportation, and preservation of exhibits for: 209.
executive bureau: 125.
finance and justice, office of secretary: 125.
forestry collections, amount necessary for return to provinces of: 271.
fugitives from justice, services in apprehending: 448, 713.
gold standard in Orient, expense in effort to establish: 766.
governor, civil, $500,000 expended by, for relief of distress: 577.
hospital, Philippine, civil: 15,118,605.
Ignacia, Eulalia Grabriela, certain mesne tenants for purchase of land in
Manila: 634.
Iligan, construction of wharf at: 142.
Iloilo port, improvement of: 394.
indebtedness, payment of interest on certificates: 580.
insular funds, with which to purchase rice for reUef of distress: 150.
insular government —
bureaus and departments under: 566, 576.
city of Manila: 108.
services, compensation for: 295, 317.
sundry expenses, amendment to act for: 260, 342, 566, 638.
insular purchasing agent, bureau of: 6, 110, 595.
Intendencia Building, expenses of superintendent of: 37, 140.
interior, department of, office of secretary: 110.
Jolo, repair of wharf at: 92, 730.
Knight, John T., Capt, reimbursement to, for coal: 50.
INDEX. 789
Appropriation— Con tinued .
'*Lacalle House," purchase of house known as: 260.
**La Granja Modelo/* for services rendered on farm known as: 265.
Laguna, province of, purchase of articles to be distributed in: 105.
land registration, court of: 623.
leave of absence: 656.
lepers, province of Negros Occidental: 783.
leper colony —
Cebu: 8.
Palestina: 8.
librarian, collecting, salary of: 541, 755.
locust pest, suppression of, in Rizal Province: 231.
Malacanan palace —
contingent expenses: 109, 594.
improvement to grounds: 664.
Manila, city of —
arrastre plant for conveyance of merchandise at custom-house: 719.
expenses of: 335, 715.
improvement to port and walls along Pasig River: 432, 712.
pail system: 9, 113.
salary and expense fund: 716.
Mariveles quarantine station: 10.
Mindoro, island —
purchase of articles for sale and distribution in: 105.
support of provincial government of: 645.
Monreal, Bernardino, seized money paid to: 368.
Moro, province, government of: 632.
Moses, Bernard, salary as commissioner and secretary public instruction: 261.
municipal governments, and sundry expenses of Manila: 582,591.
municipality —
Antimonan, reimbursement for construction of school building: 708.
Cotabato, for return of revenue collections to: 142.
Museum, Philippine, for establishment of, and drawing of plans of necessary
buildings: 36,211,139.
nautical schools, salary of naval oflScer in charge of: 261.
Negros Occidental, compensation of superintendent of government farm: 265.
Official Gazette —
publication of: 62.
salaries, wages, and contingent expenses: 140, 629.
pail system, Manila: 598.
Philippine Commission —
salaries and wages in office of: 5, 108, 353.
salaries for different bureaus and boards under: 592.
PoUok, Mindanao, district commander: 37.
prisons, United States, at Lingayen, for payment of claims chargeable to insular
funds: 261.
provincial governments: 38, 141, 370, 630.
government of Marinduque, purchase of presents for non-Christian
tribes: 141.
public works-
city ot Manila: 652.
continuance of: 659, 703, 734, 736.
insular government: 653.
public instruction, office of secretary: 135.
790 INDEX.
Appropriation— Continued.
quarantine service: 9, 113,598.
quartermaster's launch, repairs to: 738.
relief of distress in the Philippine Islands: 577.
rice, expenses in connection with purchase, sale, and distribution of, to Philip-
pine Islands inhabitants: 260, 542.
Rizal, contribution for the erection of monument to: 717.
San Jos6 Ck)llege, for translation in connection with litigation for posseaaion of
property on which it stands: 262.
San Lazaro Hospital, maintenance of : 8.
schools —
establishment and maintenance of, at Lubang Island: 344.
from war emergency fund for erection of building at Batangas: 529.
for construction and reconstruction of buildings at —
Bacolod: 724.
San Isidro: 735.
Siassi: 261.
silver —
purchase of bullion, with which to coin Philippine Island pesos: 451.
purchase of copper and other metals or alloys: 526.
survey of wagon road from Naguilan to Baguio: 565.
Sanitarium, civil: 605.
Shiley, Samuel B., employee of exposition board: 506.
Signal service: 17, 121, 607.
Sorsogon, construction of school building at: 672.
Szily, Ladislaus, in payment of accrued leave earned by: 514.
Vidal, Governor Jugo, reimbursement of, for expenses incurred on official
business: 360.
Woolf, H. D., for goods furnished superior to those contracted for: 362.
Zamboanga, Iligan, Parang, and Jolo, for repairs to wharves at: 667.
construction of anchorage at: 142.
Architecture and construction of public buildings :
bureau of—
appropriation for: 35, 138, 627.
bureaus under, appropriation for supplies: 566, 573, 655.
maintenance, repairs, and construction of: 573.
master builder, appointment of: 232.
Archives :
bureau of, amendment to act creating, duties of chief of: 397.
appropriation for: 36, 139, 628.
bureau of patent^, copyrights, and trade-marks placed under immediate
direction of: 506.
chief of, salary and duties: 397, 398.
documents or pages, fees for collecting and furnishing for private perBons: 397.
salaries, wages, and contingent expenses: 326, 327, 442.
ArguiUes, Maria:
excess of taxes authorized to be refunded to: 665.
Aritao, municipality- of:
made a barrio of Dupax: 666.
Army, United States:
officers of, may be appointed directors of census: 71.
posts on Manila and Dagupan Railroad occupied by United States troops: 255, 25d.
Arrastre plant:
appropriation for purchase and operation of, at Manila custom-house: 719.
INDBX. 791
Asseasments:
excessive, relief of persons who haye or are liable to pay land taxes on: 709.
partial revision of, on real estate in municipalities: 275, 277.
providing for, on property: 449.
revision of, on real estate in city of: 272.
taxes of real estate in territory annexed to Manila, manner thereof prescribed: 48.
ABsessmentB and coUectioxiB:
department of : 41,145.
contingent expenses: 586.
salary and wages of employees, Manila city: 332.
tax refunds, Manila city: 333, 586.
Assets:
munidpalitieB, disposition of, in case of consolidation or division of: 492.
Associations:
societies and, provision for inspection of accounts and examination of financial
conditions: 457,459.
Atimonan:
municipalities of, for reimbursement of certain moneys: 708.
Atkinson, Fred W. :
auditor of Philippine Archipelago, account credited with certain expenditures:
636.
Attorney, Gity:
compensation of: 358.
compensation of clerks in office of: 322, 358.
office of: 322, 623.
Attorney-General:
creation of position of assistant solicitor-general in office of, and salary fixed: 443.
duties of: 224.
leave of absence in office of: 685.
law clerk detailed to represent United States Government with aid of naval officer
commanding United States Navy in Philippine Islands waters: 234.
power to employ attorneys and counselors and report as to conduct and proceed-
ings: 225.
power of, concerning corporations doing business in Philippine Islands: 234.
supervisor, deputy, of provincial fiscals: 259.
Attomey-greneral, assistant:
office of, created in bureau of Philippine constabulary: 478.
Attorney, prosecuting:
compensation of: 358.
increase of: 83.
salary of clerks in office of: 358, 359.
Auditor:
bureau of insular: 22, 126, 614.
cash in hands of provincial treasurer certified to: 512.
credit on property returns of Lieutenant-CJolonel Maus, U. S. Army: 700.
extra clerks and services in preparing statements: 66.
transfer of accounts authorized: 494.
Bacon, municipality of:
Montufar and Manlabong declared a part of: 773.
Bacolod:
loan to Negros Occidental for erection of school building at: 724.
Baeruio:
act creating government reservation at: 385.
appropriation for continuing work on government buildings, and improvements
at: 524.
792 INDEX.
•
Baguio— Con ti nued .
amendment to act making provision for care of invalid civil employees at: 3,516.
reimbureementfl for improvements at, and civil sanitarium: 573.
salaries and wages in reconnaissance of wagon road from, to Nagoilan: 574.
survey of town site, appropriation for: 565.
wagon road from Naguilan to, appropriation for: 565.
Balabac Island:
Port Bongao and Cape Melville created in island of: 720.
Banco-Espanol, Filipino:
shares of, transferred to city of Manila: 351.
Banks and banking:
repeal of act to prevent discrimination against money of United States instita-
tions: 648.
counterfeit coins, marking of: 82.
institutions —
collectors of customs authorized to receive in payment of duties accepted
or certified checks or notes of certain: 89.
examination of: 256, 257, 661.
provision for the closing of, in case of insolvency: 256, 257,
Barrios:
Quilbay, incorporated into the municipality of Ragay: 51.
Salinas, incorporated into the municipality of Lucena: 45.
Bataan, province of:
establishment of local civil government for non-Christian tribes in: 243.
transferred from fifth to sixth judicial district and amending act 140: 246.
Batangas:
province of —
appropriation to be expended in roads and bridges: 731.
collection of land tax for the year 1902 suspended: 65.
extension of time for payment of land tax: 726.
loan to: 79, 454, 564.
money to be expended in discretion of civil government in: 105.
reduction of municipalities in: 475.
municipality of, appropriation for erection of school building at: 529.
Bayambang:
Franchise granted for branch railroad connecting Mabalacat with main line: 473.
Beacons:
Buoys, penalties for damage, etc., thereof: 666.
Beard, Walcott Le C. :
salary of, supervisor of Pangasinan: 404.
Benguet, province of:
appropriation for payment of army engineer in chai^ of Benguet improvements,
and wagon road: 140, 566, 573.
appropriation for construction of roads: 328, 370, 574, 659.
appropriation for provincial government of: 38.
boundary line between Amburayan and Lepanto, and: 413, 524.
civil sanitarium, appropriation for: 15, 119, 605.
invalid employees at Baguio, care of: 516.
provincial government of, appropriation for: 38, 141, 630.
salaries and wages and expenses in reconnaissance of wagon road: 329, 574.
sanitarium, salaries, wages, contingent expenses of: 307.
dispensing clerk, made disbursing oflScer and property clerk: 731.
.Binangonan de Lampon:
name of pueblo in Tayabas, changed to Infanta: 258.
INDEX. 793
Bohol:
extension of time for payment of land tax in province of: 345.
Bohol, province of:
offices of treasurer and supervisor of, consolidated: 702.
refund of penalties collected upon delinquent land tax: 530.
Bongrao:
created port of entry: 720.
Bond:
official, treasurer Philippine Archipelago authorized to increase or diminish penal
sum of: 69.
surety companies may be sued in judicial district in which stipulation, bond, or
recognizance is made: 235, 236.
Bonds:
act relative to, amendment to: 259.
nmnber of sureties required on, for faithful performance of public contract: 235.
official, reimbursement from insular treasurer for amounts lost on: 578.
stipulated conditions for faithful performance of contract made with public
authority, insular or otherwise: 235.
Bontoc, Lepanto. (See Iiepanto-Bontoc. )
Botocan:
conversion of water power at, into electrical current to be conveyed to Manila:
391. -
Brigands:
capture of, reward for: 223, 330, 429.
proof of crime, where punishable: 215.
punishment of persons connected with: 215.
suppression of: 672.
Brown, C. G.:
salary paid, as observer in weather bureau: 413.
Bryan, E. B. :
leave of absence allowed to: 656.
Bnlacan, province of:
reduction in niunber of municipalities in: 760.
Buildings, government:
appropriation for continuing work upon, and improvements at Baguio, Benguet:
524.
inspector of, employed, city of Manila: 369.
Buildings, public:
appropriation for reconstruction of: 231.
illimiination and inspection of: 584.
intendencia, salaries and wages in: 328.
master builder appointed and duties of: 232.
under agricultural bureau: 326.
Bullion:
appropriation for coinage of Philippine pesos: 577.
for transportation of, from United States mints to Philippine
Islands: 526.
for the purchase, coinage, and transportation, including insurance:
526.
Bureau, census:
number and salaries of employees: 72.
'* Bureau of posts: "
Title changed to: 68.
794 INDEX,
Bureaus:
act providing for appointment and removal of subordinate officers in: 283.
appointment of disbursing clerks, authorized in various civil: 188,518.
disbursing clerks, duties and compensation of: 200.
heads of, leave of absence granted to: 58.
deceased, disposition of accrued salary: 58.
Gable:
maintenance and construction of lines: 260.
Gafirayan, province of:
reduction in number of municipalities: 777.
Galamianes grroup:
included in province of Paragua: 263.
Galao:
made a part of municipality of Gubat: 773.
Galasgrasan:
organization of pueblo of, abolished, and existing offices declared vacant: 241.
pueblo of, included as a barrio of Daet: 241.
Galbayog, Samar:
appropriation for construction of wharf at: 142, 656.
Galiraya Biver:
survey and map of falls of, by whom to be made: 668.
Gano, Vicente Genjor y:
lands leased to: 412.
Gapiz, province of:
loan to: 591.
loan to, part of diverted to the suppression of cholera: 78.
municipalities, number of;^ reduced: 487.
provincial treasurer and supervisor, consolidation of offices of: 381.
provincial governor, compensation of: 381.
provincial government, appropriation made by, to reimburse Jugo Vidal: 860.
Gascoes:
seized in harbor of Manila, claims against United States on account of : 233.
Gatanduanes Island:
establishment of a provincial subtreasury at Virac: 369.
Gattle:
act regulating registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of: 385, 390,
399, 400, 562.
bids presented for selling: 400.
form and manner of making conveyances: 388, 399, 400.
Gavite, province of:
act regulating the police control of Cavite Harbor: 433.
harbor, limits of, changed: 63.
municipality of, composed of Cavite, San Roque, and La Caridad: 474.
provincial board of, funds set aside for general provincial expenses: 344.
reduction in number of municipalities: 779.
Gebu:
custom-house at: 316.
leper colony, appropriation for: 8.
port of, act authorizing improvement of: 393, 498.
province of, extension of time for payment of land tax in: 345.
Gedula:
cases in which it may or must be used: 705.
duty of notary public with reference to: 705.
Gedula tax. (See Taxes. )
INDEX. 795
Cemeteries, municipal:
ordinances regulating closing of: 79.
Oencnis:
action of municipal president confirmed in administering oaths to enumeratorg
of: 532.
amendment to act providing for the taking of, in Philippine Islands: 103, 201,
238.
army officer detailed as supervisor of, payment of: 478.
assistant director, office established, duties and pay prescribed: 71.
beginning of: 76.
bureau of —
appropriation for: 137.
disbursements, by whom made: 77, 636.
established: 71.
exx)ense6 in connection with: 327.
number and salaries of employees: 71, 72.
officers, duties and salaries of: 71.
services of director and other officials continued after arrival in Washington:
674.
director of —
authorizing nomination to the, of certain enumerators and special agents: 432.
clerks allowed: 238.
sum allowed for necessary expenses for offices and cost of transportation: 238.
office established, duties defined: 71.
compensation of employees, disposition of: 75.
duties of public in connection with taking: 76.
enumerators —
by whom appointed: 72.
declared in conmiandancia of, Dapitan: 478.
duties and pay of: 74.
oath required of: 74.
rules governing: 71-78.
oaths: 71, 75, 78.
officials, to assist in taking: 78.
penalties for violation of rules in taking: 76.
provision for taking, what to include: 71.
special agents —
action of municipal president.
oath required of: 74.
officials under, made eligible to appointment: 104.
supervisors —
enumerators and special agents, manner of appointment: 72.
oath required of: 72.
one-half of salary to be withheld imtil after schedules shall have been ren-
dered: 104, 238.
rules governing: 71-78.
salaries and duties of: 72, 73.
supervisor's districts —
islands to be divided into: 72.
number of, and boundaries: 72.
Oertiflcates:
indebtedness, issuance of $3,000,000 of: 563.
of persons registering as pharmacists: 338-342.
Cervantes:
appropriation for repairing school building at: 664.
796 INDEX.
Chengo, Mariano Velasco Chua:
bmds leased to: 412.
Chinese:
act regalating the coming: into and residence of, in United States: 45&-4G2.
deportation, cause for: 219.
escape of —
apprehended upon warrant issned by collector of customs: 219.
from vessels: 219.
reported to constabulary: 219.
registration of—
collector of customs authorized to make provision for allowing: 459-462.
given extra employees to enforce laws concerning: 640.
Cholera:
province of Iloilo, part of loan used for suppression of: 80.
province of Capiz, part of loan used for suppression of: 78.
Church, old Jesuit:
land occupied by, used for improvement of Cuartel de Espana: 491.
Citizens, Philippine Islands:
passports issued to: 356.
Civil government. (See Government, civil. )
Civil g^ovemor. (See Governor, civiL)
Civil hospital. ( See hospitals. )
Civil procedure, code of:
amended as to lands used for military purposes: 416.
Civil service:
appointees —
leave of absence: 211.
transportation of : 211.
appointees residing in United States —
amendment to act relating to salaries and traveling expenses of: 395.
appointments, conditions on which same are made: 396.
clerks employed by constabulary bureau, not subject to laws of: 233.
hours of labor governed by: 211.
reduced at discretion of heads of departments, bureaus, or officer
491.
persons under, entitled to transportation from Manila: 396.
teachers under: 288.
Civil-service act:
amendment to, establishing: 284.
effective in departments and city of Manila: 284-288.
amendment to, affecting Philippine Commission: 287.
not effective in Samar until March 1, 1903.
Civil-service board:
appropriation for: 5, 6, 109, 594.
for transportation of: 566.
employees, additional, and an appropriation for salary of same: 297, 484.
Civil-service law:
act amended as to status of assistant to general superintendent of education: 49S.
Claims:
appropriation for pajnnent of sums claimed by auditor of Philippine Islands: 57i
appropriation for payment of, against United States prisons: 261.
mining, fees in connection, to whom payable: 673.
Clerks:
courts of first instance, salaries and duties: 696, 697.
INDEX. 797
Coast and greodetic survey, bureau of:
appropriation for: 21, 124, 613.
contingent expenses: 312.
expenses of steamers: 312.
field expenses: 312.
provision for a steamer designed for survey work: 654.
salaries and wages: 312.
Coast gruard:
cutters, postal clerks, how subsisted thereon: 665.
Coast ^uard fleet:
personnel, certain additions and increases in: 739.
salaries and wages of officers and crews fixed: 203.
Coast ^uard and transportation, bureau of:
appropriation for: 20, 123,611.
contingent expenses: 312.
expenses of maintaining launches: 571.
launches for: 311.
light-bouse service^. 311.
salaries and wages: 311.
supplies for: 654.
vessels, construction of: 312.
Coastwise license:
incorporated company required to secure new license in case of death of holder:
217.
not issued until full customs duties are paid on stores and supplies not purchased
in Philippine Islands: 219.
numbering of: 220.
period issued for and fee for same: 217.
vessels —
Chinese in crew, not issued to unless bond is given by master: 218.
not issued to, until full customs duties are paid on stores and supplies not
purchased in Philippine Islands: 219.
owner, managing owner, or master of, required to make application for: 217.
salaries and w^ages of officers and crews fixed: 203.
mentioned which are not subject to admeasurement and fees at port of
Manila: 217.
"Philippine emblem,** vessels required to fly: 217.
provisions of sections enumerated of Philippine customs administrative act
applicable to all vessels carried under the: 217.
operating under, arriving at ports in Philippine Islands shall be subject to
laws and penalties of foreign: 217.
Coastwise rate commission:
compensation: 221.
duties of: 220.
excessive rates regulated by: 221.
laws regulating: 218.
masters of vessels to comply with rates fixed by: 221.
organized: 220.
provisions for examination and licensing of applicants for positions on ve^iela in
the Philippine coastwise trade: 532-536.
secretary of: 221.
Gockfig^hting:
penalties connected therewith: 90, 384.
798 INDEX.
Code, municipal:
amendment to: 229.
as to action of provincial treasurer concerning municipal funds: 104.
pertaining to fifth and sixth jadicial districts: 246.
vesting in provincial board power to annul acts, ordinances, or resolutions:
433.
Cohn, Charles C. :
to receive salary as member of board of tax revision, Manila, also as oomt
reporter:
Coinage appropriation:
Philippine pesos, coinage of: 577, 646.
purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys: 526.
purchase, transportation, and coinage of silver bullion: 526.
Coins:
counterfeit, stamped: 82.
Cold storage and ice plant:
appropriation for: 26, 50, 130, 619.
bureau of —
amendment to act concerning: 683.
contingent expenses: 318.
engineering and manufacturing cold-storage department: 318.
land transportation department: 318.
maintenance, care of building: 318.
office force and sales department: 318.
water transportation department: 318.
receipts of, and disposition of same: 683.
salary of superintendent: 725.
Collector of customs:
additional employees in: 479, 592.
appropriation for Philippine Archipelago expended by: 480.
Chinese in Philippine Islands, authorized to make registration of all: 459.
internal-revenue stamps furnished to: 436.
payment of duties, how made: 89.
regulations issued by, governing loading and discharging of cargo: 222.
required to register all aliens on board vessel: 219.
*' special coastwise license," authorized to issue: 216, 217, 675.
vessels, special coastwise license issued to: 216.
Commerce, Philippine Islands:
amendment to act regulating: 345.
Commerce and police, department of:
appropriation for: 16, 119.
bureaus under: 569, 571.
civil service established in: 284, 288.
salaries and wages — ,
bureau of constabulary: 309.
bureau of posts: 308, 569.
office of secretary: 308.
signal service: 309, 569.
salaries paid to employees of: 440.
secretary authorized to appoint commission to establish harbor lines: 290.
time extended for improvement of Iloilo port: 508.
Commission:
an act creating, to secure an exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition: 208.
raeml)ers of, what called, and compensation of: 208.
secretary of, compensation of: 208.
INDEX. 799
Coznznission — ContiDued.
appropriation: 5, 108, 592.
appointed to establish harbor lines: 290.
committee appointed to investigate use of opium required to make report to: 479.
OoxniniBsion, coastwise rate:
organized: 220.
Coxnxnission, Philippine:
appropriation for: 5, 108, 592.
office of secretary and executive bureau consolidated under name of executive
bureau: 351.
salaries and wages in different bureaus and divisions of: 351.
salaries and wages in: 296.
Ooxninissioner of public health:
board of dental examiners appointed by: 291.
vacancies in, filled by: 291.
Commissioners, exposition board:
commissioners (honorary) appointed by civil governor to visit exposition, 1904:
210.
compensation and subsistence of: 210.
interpreter appointed by: 210.
required to make monthly reports: 211.
Ck>mmis8ions :
l^islative power declaring forfeiture of concession: 254, 255.
Commissions, military:
sentences of, executed by courts of first instance: 682:
Common carriers:
maximum rates in transportation of freight or passengers: 221.
ComTnuni cations. ( See Boads. )
Compensation :
census bureau, clerks in: 75.
constabulary bureau, clerks in: 232.
engineering bureau, assistants and chief: 279, 280.
exposition board, disbursing clerk of: 210.
mining bureau, chief of: 279.
assistant attorney to attorney-general: 225.
commissions appointed by civil governor: 210.
Darby, F. W., for services rendered by: 258.
Pampanga Province, provincial secretary of: 282.
supervisor of provincial fiscals of Manila: 259.
supervisor, city of Manila: 238.
Concessions:
legislative power declaring forfeiture of: 254, 255.
Spanish, provision for cancellation or confirmation of: 740, 749.
Conrow, "W. S.:
credited with certain expenditures: 63.
Constabulary, insular:
amendment to act organizing, and for inspection of municipal police: 363, 536, 539.
chief of, powers and duties in connection with construction of telephone and
telegraph lines: 67.
provincial jail guarded by: 355.
provision for organization and government of: 362, 404.
salary of, and number of clerks in: 362.
Constabulary, Philippine:
appropriation for: 17, 121, 607.
800 INDEX.
Constabulary, Philippine — Continued.
bureau of —
barracks and quarters: 310, 570.
chief of, authorized to employ additional clerks: 232.
clothing, camp, and garrison equipage: 570.
contingent expenses, pay of: 309, 440, 570.
transportation of oflScers and enlisted men: 570.
telegraph operators and oflScers of, increased: 490.
act to promote good order and disclipline in: 363.
amendment to: 711.
assistant attorney-general for the, amendment to act creating: 478.
clerical assistance employed, additional: 718.
commissary stores: 310.
contingent expense: 310.
duties of, in preserving peace and good order: 364, 368.
equipage: 309.
increase in the enlisted strength of: 712.
maintenance of police: 310.
quarters for oflScers of the, provision for commutation: 474.
retentions, deductions, and forfeiture: 368.
secret service fund: 310.
telegraph division of the, oflSce of superintendent created: 729.
telegraph and telephone service, and commissary stores, supplies for: 654.
titles of inspectors changed: 264.
transportation: 310. *
Contracts and obligations:
payable in U. S. currency: 44, 64.
Conventions:
presidentes, number and dates, how determined: 1.
Cook, E. B. :
disbursing oflScer for bureau of customs immigration: 346.
Corporations:
amendment to act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertak-
ings: 237.
acting as sureties required to have attorney in fact to represent same in city of
Manila: 235.
in absence of attorney in fact, claims or actions against, filed with clerk oi
supreme court: 235.
not accepted as surety, unless one that is authorized to do business in Philippine
Islands: 235.
or companies may be sued in district in which bond, stipulation, or recog-
nizance w^as made: 236.
penalties of surety companies for noncompliance with provisions of act: 236.
provisions to be complied with before authorized to do business: 236.
required to deposit with attorney-general, articles of incorporation: 235.
Copyrights. (See Patents, copyrights, and trade-maxks. )
Cor on:
province of Paragua, appropriation for construction of wharf at: 142.
Cottabato, municipality of:
Appropriation for return of internal revenue collection of: 142.
Court:
may assign counsel, not a member of the bar: 52.
special and temporary, for island of Negros: 322.
special sessions held: 322.
terms of, to be held at towns of Tayabas and Boac: 198.
INDEX. 801
Courts:
criminal cases, appeal of, and translation of records: 648.
officers of United States Army anthorized to appear as attorney in certain cases:
671.
judicial districts instituted in Nueva Viscaya: 60.
persons having rights to appeal to: 269.
persons to practice in, amendment to act admitting: 247.
Ck>urt8, customs appeals:
fines, penalties, and forfeitures in the, enforcement of: 405.
judges and clerks, classification and salary of: 321.
Courts, first instance:
accounts of clerks, when and by whom examined: 61.
appeals, provisions of law for: 358.
or exceptions allowed: 234.
appointment of judges from United States: 686^
traveling expenses and salary of: 686.
cascoes in question, to determine ownership, identification, and value of: 234.
claims against Government of United States, authorized to take cognizance of:
233.
classification and salary of clerks: 319, 321, 322.
employees for, traveling expenses, payment of: 53.
expenses, traveling, etc., allowed in certain cases: 693.
fees of, provided for in Code of Civil Procedure, and paid by insular govern-
ment: 234.
habeas corpus proceedings in: 406, 408.
judges-
salaries of, fixed: 687.
two additional authorized therefor: 686.
amendment to act providing for increase in salaries of: 479.
judicial districts, establishment of: 687.
judgments —
authorized to prepare and sign: 268.
certified copy of, to be transmitted to navy officer commanding Philippine
waters: 234.
officers in, allowance for attendance of: 395.
provinces or districts, places for trial of causes arising in places not within: 692.
salaries of clerks and deputy clerks: 696.
sentences, authorized to order execution of certain lawful: 682.
sessions of: 344.
times and places of holding: 688.
sheriff for attendance at, allowance for: 395.
special terms of: 692.
vacation of: 684.
Oonrts, land registration:
salaries of judges and clerks: 321.
provision for appointment of assistant clerks in: 360.
stationery for use of, purchased at expense of insular government: 412.
titles to lands perfected in: 416.
Courts, municipal:
civil governor authorheed to appoint a judge for: 357.
salaries of judges and clerks in: 359.
transfer of cases: 357.
Courts, Philippine Islands:
act oi^ganizing, amendment to: 224.
repeal of: 224.
WAK 1903— VOL 8 51
802 INDEX.
Ooiirtt, provost:
Execution of certain lawful sentences, in courts of first instance: 682.
Ckmrt, supreme:
actions in, where heard: 686.
appropriations for: 673.
clerks in, to administer oaths to government officials and employees: 605.
judges of, appointed from United States: 686.
traveling expenses and salary of: 686.
justices of, authorized to prepare and sign judgments: 268.
habeas corpus proceedings in: 406, 408.
sessions of: 686.
vacation of: 684.
Orimes:
investigation of, by justices of peace: 288.
prosecution of, in districts of Lanao and Dapitan: 694.
Criminal cases:
appeal from courts of first instance to supreme, for relief in translation of reoorda
in: 648.
Moro provinces, by whom prosecuted: 694.
Criminal procedure:
person not member of bar, may act as coimsel: 52.
Criminals:
execution of, manner, time, and place prescribed: 60.
Cuartel de Espana, Manila:
land occupied by Jesuit church used for improvement of: 491.
Currency:
appropriation for the purchase of silver bullion with which to coin PhilipiHiie
Island pesos: 451, 498.
division of the, organized in bureau of insular treasury, through which gold
standard fund is maintained: 767, 772.
gold coin, gold bars, and dust, to be shipped to San Francisco for coinage: 350.
three million dollars of certificates issued: 563.
transmittal of mutilated money to United States to be paid from insular fond: 330.
Currency, local:
providing for disbursement of, appropriated for obligations expressed in United
States currency: 237.
transferred to war emergency fund: 731.
transfer of, to general revenues insular treasury: 731.
Customs (see, also. Collector of customs):
Customs administrative act:
amendment to, by correcting an obvious error of omission in language of same: 585.
providing for fines in court of customs appeals: 405.
section 135, relating to vessels and owners of: 289.
Customs, court of appeals:
appropriation for: 623.
complaints made to: 221.
membership changed, powers modified: 676.
prosecutions for violations and appeals imposed by collector of: 222.
Customs and immigration, bureau of:
appropriation for: 22, 126, 615.
buildings, superintendent of: 316.
contingent expenses: 317, 441.
departments and divisions under: 314.
salaries and wages: 314, 571, 572.
INDEX. 803
Custom-house :
act authorizing increase of employees in: 227.
appropriation for purchase of arrastre plant for unloading at: 719.
at Jolo: 316.
Zamboanga: 317.
Oustom service:
reorganization of the personnel of: 502.
Guy 08 group:
included in province of Paragua: 263.
Daet:
limits of municipality of, extended to include territory constituting pueblo of
Calasgasan: 241.
Dapitan, commandaxicia:
enumeration of census in declared: 478.
Darby, F. "W.:
sheriff Pangasinan Province, compensation for services rendered: 258.
Dean, Lewis C. :
appropriation for services in constabulary: 608.
Deeds:
registrar of, fixing salaries of: 347.
Dental examiners, board of:
appointment of, authorized: 291.
duties: 291, 295.
Departments:
appointment of disbursing clerks in various: 188, 200, 518.
leave of absence to employees of, how granted: 58.
providing for appointment and removal of subordinate officers in: 283.
Departments and offices:
civil service effective in: 284, 288.
Director-gr^neral of posts:
title changed: 68.
Disbursements, census bureau:
by whom made: 77.
Disbursing agent:
census bureau: 505, 636.
compensation of: 505.
insular government to disburse salaries employees census bureau after arrival in
Washington: 675.
Philippine Islands: 425.
Disbursing clerks:
appointment of authorized in various bureaus and departments: 188, 200, 518.
Disdas:
rancheria of, included in Benguet Province: 413.
District commander:
Isabela de Basilan —
appropriation: 37.
contingent expenses: 328.
salaries and wages: 328.
PoUok, Mindanao, appropriation for: 37.
District, judicial:
residence of judge of the court of first instance: 246.
Documents:
customs stamps affixed thereto: 436.
** Don Juan:"
silver and other metal seized from steamer by officers Spanish €k>vemment: 266.
804 INDEX.
Bupax:
municipality extended to include Aritao: 666.
Duties:
checks or notee, discontinued under certain conditions, for payment of: 90.
Duties, customs:
on merchandise imported for governments: 704.
Dwyer, Daniel B.':
compensation for apprehending and delivering to authorities, fugitive from
justice: 448.
Bamshaw A Oc, Manuel:
Payment of certain vouchers covering repairs to steam launch: 590.
Bducation:
civil service, status of, pertaining to superintendents: 493.
establishment of schools in Lubang Island, appropriation for maintraumce and:
343.
Bducation:
bureau of—
appropriation for: 135, 624.
classification of schools and salaries of teachers: 324.
contingent expenses: 324, 572.
established under department of public instruction: 84.
Filipino students in the United States: 668.
salaries and wages: 441.
transportation and contingent expenses: 324.
city school in Manila —
contingent expenses: 334.
salaries and wages of employees: 334.
reduction of divisions: 429.
school districts by provinces: 430, 431.
superintendent, general —
appointment, salary, powers, and duties of: 84, 656.
money appropriated for new school building, expended by: 232.
traveUng expenses of assistant, provision for: 429, 432.
Bdwards, J. H.:
appropriation for services: 633.
Blectric light, heat and i>ower plant:
granting of franchise for road: 92, 101.
Bmergencies:
appropriations with which to meet: 564.
Bminent domain:
enforcement of, in behalf of the United States Government: 416.
Bmployees:
amendment to act providing for care of invalid civil, at Baguio, Bengaet: 51A.
additional, in civil sanitarium: 516.
appropriation for salary of: 516.
additional in civil service board: 484.
appropriation for salary of: 484.
census bureau, number and salaries of: 72.
civilian, in permanent employment of War or Navy Department exempt from
cedula tax in Philippine Islands: 542.
extra compensation for substitutes: 375.
insular government —
transportation furnished to, when impracticable to secure same on United
States Army transport: 452, 454.
INDEX. 805
Smployees — Continued.
salaries of, and payment of estates of deceased, for leave of absence due them: 261,
576.
traveling expenses, chary]:eable to insular funds: 574:
Engineer:
appointment of electrical and hydraulic: 391.
amendment to act providing for improvement on Manila port, in charge of: /?70.
city, relieved from duty, in board of health: 70.
Engineer, consulting, to the Philippine Island Oommission:
authorized to reject or accept bids and purchase materials, port of Cebu: 393, 394.
creating office of : 55.
copies of map, plan, and route of railroad to be filed with: 249.
duties of, in improvement on Padg River: 426, 428.
inspection of new railroad by: 249.
manner of appointment, salary and duties fixed: 55.
survey on Dalitiuan River and Botocan Falls made by: 391 738.
Engineer Island:
construction of marine railway and repair shops on: 560.
Engineer, sanitary:
act creating the position of, under board of health: 447.
Engineering:
bureau of—
iamendment to act creating, by increasing the number of employees in: 437.
appropriation for: 124, 613.
assistants and their salaries: 279, 280, 437.
chief of, compensation: 279.
created under department of commerce and police: 279.
employees and officers of, expenses of: 280.
increase of: 714.
powers of: 279, 280.
public works: 313.
salaries and wages: 312,571.
transportation of: 313.
department of, Manila, inspectors of buildings employed: 369.
Engineering and public works, department of:
appropriation for, in city of Manila: 40, 143.
construction of wharves at Calbayog, Coron, and Iligan, and
anchorage at Zamboanga: 142, 574, 632.
city of Manila, salaries and wages: 331.
contingent expenses: 332, 583.
repairs to: 331.
Engineers, railroad:
provision for appointment of, report upon feasible railroad lines: 282.
salary of chief: 282.
Epidemic diseases:
appropriation for the suppression and extermination of pests and: 8, 112, 597, 783.
Equipment, department of police:
of force, and incidental supplies: 576.
Estates:
amendment to act applying to, in hands of treasurer: 343.
Estate of San Lazaro:
leased by administrator: 412.
Everett, Diicon A. :
salary paid to: 346.
806 INDEX.
Bxecntion:
criminals, manner, time, and place prescribed: 60.
BzecutiTe bureau:
Execative borean and office of secretary of Philippine Commission consolidAted
under name of: 351.
appropriation for salaries and wages, etc.: 5, 109, 296, 352, 353, 593.
contingent expenses: 6, 109, 439, 594.
divisions and office force under: 352, 594.
ExecutiTe office, Manila:
civil service effective in : 285, 286.
Exhibits, St. Louis Purchase Exposition:
an act providing for return of certain exhibits, belonging to Philippine Islands
government, to Manilla: 649.
nature of: 209.
no taxes or duties imposed by insular, provincial, or municipal govemmente: 210.
preliminary exposition of, at Manila in autunm of 1903: 209.
secretary of, and disposition of same at close of exposition: 209.
transportation of: 209.
Expenditures:
construction of marine railway and repair sloops on Engineer Island: 560.
subsistence of employees in courts of first instance: 53.
Expenses, preliminary:
appropriation for, in the purchase of draft cattle: 502.
Exposition board:
disbursing officer: 210.
interpreter for: 210.
expense of building used as a museum: 327.
monthly reports of: 210.
office of, where located: 209.
plans to carry out order to establish permanent museum of exhibits in Manila:
209.
power and duties of: 209.
Exposition, Louisiana Purchase:
act dispensing with necessity for holding of preliminary: 522.
act providing for return of certain exhibits owned by Philippine government, to
Manila: 649.
appropriation to be expended by board, in preparation of exhibits: 647.
mails pertaining to: 210.
members of board of commissioners, traveling expenses, how paid: 522.
Famine:
provisions against: 213.
Filipino students:
education of, in United States, appropriation for: 668.
Finance and justice, department of:
appropriation for: 21, 125.
bureaus under: 571, 572.
civil service established : 286, 287.
contingent expenses: 441.
maintenance and expenses of steam launches: 441.
office of secretary: 313.
Fire department, city of Manila:
appropriaton for: 42, 145.
contingent expenses, 1904: 587.
equipment of, for 1904: 586.
salaries and wages: 586.
INDEX. 807
Fiscal*:
lawyer to assist, how appointed: 694.
mountain district, authorized to be appointed, duties and salary of: 694.
in province of —
Lepanto-Bontoc, oflBce of, abolished: 694.
Marinduque, salary increased: 1.
Masbate, office of, abolished: 695.
Nueva Vizcaya, office of, abolished: 694.
Paragua, duties of: 53.
Romblon, office of, abolished: 695.
provincial district, authorized to be appointed, duties and salary of: 694.
provincial, to examine accounts: 61.
Fiaher, F. 0. :
amount paid translator by board of trustees, San Jos6 College: 262.
Forestry Bureau:
appropriation necessary for return to provinces of collections of: 271.
appropriation for: 10, 114, 599.
contingent expenses: 302.
expenses of, how met: 228.
revenue, internal —
collector of, to determine as to disposition of funds derived from forest
products: 228.
Sherman, P. L., leave of absence granted to, as employee of: 522.
salaries and wages: 302.
school-teachers employed as collaborators of the: 500.
extra compensation for those employed by: 500.
transportation: 302.
Foreigrners:
masters of vessels required to register with collector of customs all aliens: 219.
Franchise, electric street railway:
granted by municipal board of Manila: 92.
Franchises:
method of applying for: 422.
powers of grantees under special act of Commission: 422.
regulations governing the granting of: 93, 101, 422, 425, 462, 471.
to construct and maintain street railway, electric light, and telephone lines: 422.
Fufiritives firom justice:
appropriation for exx)enses in apprehending: 448.
Fund, war emergency:
appropriated &om, for erection of school building, Batangas: 529.
Funds:
arising from forest products: 228.
Spanish, seized —
provision for conversion of, into insular treasury: 349.
payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and employees: 261.
payment of claims against United States prison at Lingayen, chargeable to
insular: 261.
provincial, disposition of, by collector of internal revenue: 228.
Oaliano:
rancheria of, included in Union Province: 413.
Oarcia, Prudencia:
governor of Surigao, appropriation for: 39.
Oarrote:
with specific exceptions, abolishe<l: 60.
808 INDEX.
Gasette, Official:
appropriation for: 140, 629.
contingent expenses: 327.
employees, salaries and wa^i^: 327.
published by insular government: 414.
Gtaological and mineralogical survejrs, miTtii^g bureau:
appropriation for: 11.
Qold standard:
commission appointed looking to establishment of, in Orient: 766.
fund constituted in insular treasury: 767, 772.
peso, maintaining the parity of the silver Philippine peso with: 767, 772.
provision for the organization and, of Moro Province: 543, 569.
rice farm, establishment of: 385.
services as substitutes, extra compensation for: 375.
Government act, provincial:
amendment of: 229.
Government buildings:
Baguio placed in charge of attending ph3r8ician: 4.
Government, civil (local):
establishment of, for non-Christian tribes in province of —
Abra: 56, 410.
Bataan; 243.
Mindoro: 242.
Tarlac: 245.
Zambales: 244.
in force over public land reserved for military purposes: 230.
provision for establishment of, in province of Pangasinan: 513.
Government, insular:
appropriation —
for bureaus and departments under: 566, 576.
for miscellaneous expenses: 574.
for public work, and improvements: 653.
books, blanks, and stationery for use in court of land registration, purchased at
expense of: 412.
bureaus and departments under: 566-^76.
duties and salaries of clerks in: 566-576.
collecting librarian appointed for: 446.
salary of: 755.
emergency clerks employed by: 718.
city of Manila —
appropriation for: 108, 260, 342, 438, 566.
issues between Manila railroad and United States or insular govemm^t
claims, forfeiture of right: 255, 256.
lands of, reserved for public use: 393, 394.
loss incurred by H. D. Woolfe, in furnishing goods to: 361.
officers and agents of, required to deposit revenues and mone3rs of insular treasary
promptly: 510.
officers and agents, penalty for failure on their part to deposit revenues or other
moneys of: 510.
payments of obligations of, made in local currency, ratio at which paid: 237.
railroad franchise granted, and company required to pay 1} per cent of its grosB
earnings to: 472, 473.
registered certificates of trade-marks issued in name of: 420.
transportation furnished to officers and employees of: 452, 454.
INDEX. 809
Government laboratories. (See Laboratories.)
Government, Philippine:
title changed to "The Government of Philippine Islands:" 663.
Governments:
insular and provincial, stationed outside of Manila, supply store established for
the benefit of civil servants of the: 561.
Governments, municipal:
amendment to act for the organization of: 710.
appropriation for sundry expenses of the: 582.
Governments, Philippine:
amendment to act for the organization of: 643.
Government, provincial:
provinces of —
Benguet.
Lepanto-Bontoc.
Marinduque.
Mindoro.
Nueva Viscaya.
employees under, salaries and wages of: 141, 329.
provision for organization of, in island of Mindoro: 190.
Ckrvemment, Spanish:
silver and metal seized from steamer by officers, return bf, directed: 266.
Governor, civil:
authorized to withhold pay of persons indebted to United States Government: 729.
appointments made subject to the approval of: 224, 225, 283.
citizens of the Philippine Islands, authorized to issue passports to: 356.
duties of: 499.
duty to issue proclamation in Spanish and English to governors and people of
municipalities regarding use of public lands: 214.
extension of duties, powers of, in absence, etc. , of heads of aepartments: 240, 392.
leaves of absence granted by: 58.
local popular government, exercises power to aid non-Christian tribes to acquire
knowledge for: 242-245.
persons appointed by, to fill vacancies: 281.
Governor, lieutenant:
subprovince of Bontoc, salary of, increased: 263.
Governor, provincial:
authorized to direct non-Christian tribes to take up habitation on unoccupied
public lands: 243.
compensation of: 379.
presidents of Tinguiane rancherias to assemble with, and elect representative of
Tinguianes in Abra: 242.
provision for filHng vacancies in office of: 281.
province of Bataan, authorized to appoint officers fi*om among Negritos: 243.
to make monthly reports of proceedings of municipal presidents: 214.
Habeas corpus:
proceedings in different courts: 406-408.
proceedings, act providing for appeal from decision of single judge in: 406-408.
Harbor, Oavite:
change of limits: 63.
Harbor launch division: 316.
Hashim, Nag^eel T. :
lands of San Lazaro estate, leased to: 499.
Havice, George M. :
act for relief of : 501.
810 INDEX.
Health, Public Board of :
amendment to act eetablbhlng: ?0.
appropriation for: 7, 111, 595.
installation of pail system in Manila, under supervision of: 49, 300, 301.
salaries, transportation, and contingent expenses: 300, 439, 567.
salaries and wages: 298.
sanitary engineer, relieved from certain duties: 70.
support of plants, hospitals, and stations: 299.
suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests: 8, 299, 300, 566.
transportation, freight, officers, and employees: 300.
Herron, Chas. E.:
compensation for apprehending fugitives from justice: 448.
Historical researches:
collecting librarian appointed, duties of: 446.
Holden, Oeorge J. :
salary paid to: 573.
Holmes, N. M. :
appropriation for unpaid salary of, as chief engineer: 659.
Hospital, Philippine Oivil:
appropriation for: 15, 118, 605.
employees of, detailed for service at civil sanitarium at Baguio, Benguet: 528.
provision for changes in the personnel of: 528.
repeal of section of act providing for establishment of, at Manila: 200.
salaries, wages, transportation, and contingent expenses: 306, 569.
San Lazaro —
appropriation for departments under: 8.
Hospitals, support of:
appropriation for: 8.
Hurd, J. Thomas:
appropriation for part of accrued leave of absence earned by: 562.
Ignacia, Eulalia Oabriela:
appropriation for payment of land purchased from, in city of Manila: 634.
Ice plant. (See Cold storagre. )
Igrorrotes:
establishment of school for instruction of: 51.
nigran:
appropriation for construction of wharf of: 142, 667.
municipality, repeal of act prohibiting sale of intoxicating beverages therein: 86.
Hocos Norte, province of:
provision for non-Christian tribes in: 670.
part of loan to, diverted to relief of hunger: 102.
payment of land tax in, time extended: 345.
provincial board of, rice used for money in payment for labor: 445.
reduction in number of municipalities: 779.
Hocos Sur, province of:
reduction in number of municipalities: 763.
Narbacan, extension of time for payment of land tax in town of: 269.
Hollo, port of:
extension of time for advertising of bids for improvement of: 508.
improvement of: 394.
Hoilo, province of:
municipalities, number of, reduced: 485.
reimbursement for hire of steam laundi: 674.
suppression of cholera and relief of distress: 80.
INDEX. 811
Imxnigrstion and cnstoxns, bureau of:
appropriation for: 22, 615.
IminigTation division: 315.
Importation, exportation, and navigation:
divisioii of: 315.
Indebtedness:
certificates of—
appropriation for the pa3rment of interest on, issued by Philippine Islands
government: 580.
amount of, issued: 563.
Infanta:
province of —
boundaries of districts fixed: 267.
district of —
exempt from land tax: 264.
Ing^rsoU, Frank B. :
additional salary paid to: 445.
Inspectors:
division of: 315.
titles of Philippine Constabulary changed: 264.
Instruction, public:
bureau of —
appropriation for: 31, 32.
transfer of agricultural collie to: 205.
department of —
amendment to act establishing: 429.
amendment to act establishing, making separate school divisions of Leyte
and Samar: 733.
bureaus under: 572.
census, bureau of, under: 71.
civil service effective in: 287.
education, bureau of, established under: 84.
salaries and wages in: 441.
Gazette, official, under direction of: 62.
general superintendent, assistants to: 429, 432.
secretary, office of the, appropriation for: 135.
classification and salaries of clerks in: 322, 327.
Insular auditor, bureau of:
contingent expenses: 314.
salaries and wages: 314.
transportation: 314.
T-n«iiA.y and provincial:
establishment of supply store for governments: 561.
Tnsular bureau:
purchasing agent for, clerks employed by: 439.
TtittiiliLr collector customs:
amendment to act regulating control of Gavite Harbor, not to affect: 433.
public records, and property held by captain of port, tamed over to: 375.
Insular funds:
payment of claims against United States prison at Lingayen, chargeable to: 261.
payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and employees: 261.
traveling expenses of employees chargeable to: 574.
Tn^^if^^i* government. (See Government, insular.)
812 INDEX.
Tnsiilar purchasing agent:
appropriation used in making purchases in United States: 578.
bnreaa of —
appropriation for: 6, 110.
salaries and wages in: 297, 566.
emergency clerks, appointment of: 718.
creation of, local: 428.
draft animals purchased by: 649, 651.
relief furnished by, to incendiary victims of Mariquina: 511.
salary of, local: 428.
Insular salary and expense fund:
appropriation for expenses under: 574.
charge for miscellaneous expenses against: 330.
payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and employees chargeable
to: 261, 330, 574.
transmittal of mutilated money to United States to be paid from: 330.
transportation and traveling expenses of school-teachers chargeable to: 574.
InstQar treasurer:
appropriation for: 21.
benevolent societies and asBOciations to make armual report to: 457,459.
bureau of —
contingent expenses: 314, 571.
expenses incurred on account of depreciation of Mexican currency: 673.
salaries and wages of: 313.
terms and loan made for suppression of locusts: 231.
transportation of: 313.
Insular treasury:
amount borrowed for insular expenses to be returned to: 262.
appropriation for salary of superintendent of government farm: 265.
conversion into the, of Spanish seized funds: 349.
deposits in hands of the treasurer and authorizing sale of such assets: 349.
loan from, to province of La Union, for construction of road: 370.
loan made by, payment of postponed: 295.
provision for deposit of surplus provincial funds in the: 488.
reimburse from, treasuries of provinces for amounts lost on official bondfl: 578.
reward for brigands, paid out of: 223.
Insurance:
bullion used for coinage: 526.
Insurgents:
books and papers seized from, to be delivered to bureau of insular atbun: 351.
Intendencia:
decrees of, relative to value of silver seized: 267.
Intendencia building, superintendent of:
appropriation for: 37, 140.
contingent expenses: 328.
salaries and wages of employees: 328.
Interior, department of:
. appropriation for: 7.
bureaus under, salaries, duties, and wages of clerks in: 566-569.
installation of pail system in Manila, under direction of: 49.
office of secretary, appropriation for: 110.
salaries and wages in office of secretary: 298.
Internal revenue. (See Bevenue, internal. )
INDEX. 813
Isabela, province of:
act oonoeming, amended as to constitution of: 659.
provincial governor, compensation of: 383.
secretary, increase of salary of: 448.
redaction in number of municipalities: 774.
Isabela do Basilan, district commander:
appropriation for: 37, 140, 630.
salaries, wages, and contingent expenses: 37, 140, 328, 630.
Japan:
committees to visit, and other countries: 579.
Jaramillo, Olaro:
appropriation for services: 108.
Jolo:
repairs and completion of wharf at: 92, 667, 730.
Jordan:
municipality of Nagaba — name changed: 46.
Judges:
oourtB of first instance —
salaries fixed: 687.
traveling expenses allowed in certain cases: 693.
two additional authorized: 686.
supreme court and courts of first instance, appointed in United States, traveling
expenses: 686.
Judicial district:
amendment to act making Nueva Vizcaya province a separate: 202.
Judicial districts:
courts of first instance, established: 687.
Nueva Vizcaya, clerks in, 322.
Justice, bureau of:
appropriation for: 27, 131, 620.
court of first instance, Manila: 319.
courts of first instance, first to fourteenth districts: 319-321.
salaries and wages: 319, 572.
supreme court: 319.
transportation and traveling expenses for justices of supreme court and 'amily:
672.
transportation and contingent expenses: 322.
Justice and finance, department of:
appropriation for: 21.
Justices of peace:
investigation of criminals by: 288.
investigations in regard to offenses in provinces: 288.
Xayapa, comandancia:
added to province of Benguet: 524.
Kennon, L. W. V. :
appropriation for reimbursement of traveling expenses: 573, 659.
Knight, Oapt. John T., XT. 8. Army:
appropriation for reimbursement for United States funds: 50.
Labor:
act regulating hours of: 211.
reduction of hours during heated term: 511.
rice used instead of money to pay for, in Hocos Sur: 445.
hours of civil-service employees reduced at discretion of heads of departments,
bureaus, or offices: 491.
814 LNBEX.
LaboratoriM:
employees, salaiiee of: 305, 347, 348.
Laboratory, biological:
chemical, and laboratory for production of vims to be eetablifihed: 347.
Laboratory, chemical:
biological, and laboratory for production of vims to be established: 347.
salaries of employees in: 348.
Laboratories, government, bureau of:
appropriation for: 14, 118, 603.
contingent expenses: 306,440,568.
salaries, wages, transportation: 306,440.
superintendent of, authorized to employ additional clerks: 440.
to be director of either biological or chemical: 347.
transfer of vaccine institute to: 347.
Laboratories, serum, government:
superintendent of government, authorized to sell certain public <"iimAln whenoo
longer required: 500.
to be established at Manila: 347.
employees in: 348.
vaccine institute, incorporated with: 347.
^'Lacalle House:"
appropriation for purchase of same: 260.
Ladrones:
province of Albay, volunteers maintained against: 493.
«'LaOrax\jaModelo:"
compensation for services rendered by Juan Araneta on government fami: 265.
Laguna, province of:
expenditure of certain moneys by civil governor: 106.
reduction in number of municipalities: 772.
Land:
act, public, general provisions of: 753, 755.
grants void when made without governmental authority by Moro soltanfl or
chiefs of non-Christian tribes: 484.
Manila, appropriation to pay for, purchased by insular government: 634.
military purposes, how acquired: 378.
used for, traffic of intoxicating liquors prohibited within ca^
tain distances of: 476.
penalties, collection upon the delinquent land tax, refund of: 530.
Lands, private:
land-registration act, brought under provisions of: 401.
military reservation, claims for, within: 377.
Lands, public:
acquired for construction of railroad, right to exappropriate same: 250.
allotment of presidentes for raising crops: 213.
distribution of seed: 213.
brought under provisions of "land-registration act:" 401.
bureau of —
additional employees for: 451.
appropriation for: 12, 116, 601, 701.
chief of, authorized to lease lands of San Lazaro estate: 412.
administrator of San Lazaro estate authorized to execute leise for
certain lands: 499.
contingent expenses: 568.
appropriation for: 566.
INDEX. 815
Lands, public— Continued,
borean of — continued.
mining grants and claims to, transfer of: 732.
repeal of section 1 of act No. 660: 499.
salaries, wages, transportation, and contingent exx)en8e6: 303.
civil public purposes, reserved by civil governor for: 401.
exempt from settlement and claim, used for military purposes: 385.
franchise shall revert to insular government when ceased to be used for: 250.
provisional governors directs members of tribes to take up habitation on: 271.
licenses for sale of liquor on same, prohibited: 230.
military purposes —
reserved for: 230.
penalty for cutting or destroying timber on: 230.
all laws in force in Philippine Islands to be in force over lands reserved by
President for: 230.
mining claims, not allowed to be located on: 230.
native settlers, provision for establishment of: 740-755.
non-Christian tribes directed to take habitation on: 242-245.
penalties for not complying with instructions: 242-245.
rent, not collected for use of: 213.
reserved from sale or settlement part of public domain: 401.
roles and regulations and conditions enabling persons to perfect their titles to:
740-755.
seed for use on, furnished by insular purchasing agent: 213.
Lands:
rate of tax on, altered by provincial board: 527.
registration act —
amended: 592,635.
lying within boundaries set apart for military purposes, brought under
operations of : 376.
notarial system, providing new: 401.
postponing operations of : 265.
private and public, provisions covering: 402.
titles, examiners of, appointed under: 717.
Land reg^istration:
accounts of clerks and registers: 153.
examination of: 153.
acknowledgment, form for: 184.
act —
construed, how: 182.
short title of: 151.
takes effect, when: 187.
action —
against insular treasurer: 176.
must be brought within time limit: 177.
recovery of damages, who x)arties to suit: 161-176.
registered land not affected by, unless memorandum is registered: 171.
to recover possession, quiet title, etc. : 171.
address-
change of, to be indorsed: 165.
fee for noting change of : 180.
owners, how and where entered: 165.
plaintiff's attorney to be on writ: 170.
administration of estates of registered owners: 174-175.
816 INDEX.
Land registration— Continued,
administrator —
action by, before dealing with registered land: 174.
action by, before final distribution: 175.
mortgages, etc., how dealt with, by: 174.
partial distribution by, before settlement: 176.
registered land goes to, on death of owner: 174,
sale of registered land by: 174-175.
adverse claims —
fee for registering, etc. : 180.
registered, how: 178.
stated in new certificate upon transfer of land: 167.
adverse possession, not to run against registered land: 163.
adverse report by examiner, procedure in case of: 159.
agent, nonresident owner to appoint: 158.
agreement, registration is, running with land: 163.
amendments —
terms of allowance: 158.
to certificates: 179.
what and how allowed: 158.
answer —
appeal cases: 154.
filed when, by whom, contents: 160.
appeals —
decisions on, certified to court of land registration: 155.
failure to prosecute, result of: 155.
from court of land registration: 154.
appearances —
appeal cases: 154.
effect of entering: 161.
application book-
dealings pending registration: 158.
index of applications: 156.
notice of disposal: 158.
application for registration-
additional facts may be required by court: 158.
amendments to: 158.
answer to, by objectors: 160.
assent of mortgagee to be obtained: 155.
procedure when refused: 155.
by corporation, how made: 155.
by married woman, how made: 155.
by persons having power of appointment: 155.
by whom made: 155.
by nonresidents: 158.
confessed, when so considered: 160.
dismissal of, by court: 161.
examiners of title to report on: 159.
fee for entry of order dismissing: 180.
fee for registration of: 180.
filing of, where: 156.
filing of, action subsequent thereto: 156.
form of, contents: 156.
hearings on, may be consolidated when: 161.
INDEX. 817
Land regiBtration — Continued.
application for registration — Continued.
indexes of, kept by clerk: 164.
land, bounded by roadway: 158.
land in more than one province: 162.
mortgages existing, copies of filed, etc. : 158.
notice of, publication: 159.
notice of, served on whom and when: 160.
parcels of land, several may be included in: 158.
pending, land how dealt with: 158.
plan of land, and deed accompanying: 158.
proceedings upon (in rem) : 151.
reference of, to examiner: 159.
referred to examiner as referee, when: 161.
report on, by examiner: 159.
subject to existing recorded mortgage: 158.
trustee may file, unless prohibited: 169.
withdrawid of, by applicant: 161.
appropriation, permanent, for assurance fund: 177.
archives, bureau of, notarial records, etc., to be delivered to: 183.
assignee in insolvency —
certificate of debtor's land to: 173.
certificate of , surrendered, when: 173.
assistant register of deeds, acts as register, when: 153.
associate judges —
additional, how provided and appointed: 151.
salaries of: 153.
assurance fund —
accumulated, how: 176, 177.
actions against to begin within what period: 177.
amounts recovered on suits paid into: 177.
damages recoverable from, limitation on: 177.
damages recovered to be paid from: 176.
deficiency in, how made up: 177.
deposited with itisular treasurer: 176.
excessive damages not to be recovered from: 177.
execution against other defendants first: 176.
income of, how used: 177.
invested by treasurer, with approval of civil governor: 176, 177.
maximum amount of: 177.
not liable, when: 177.
parties to action against: 176.
report as to condition of, annually: 176.
attachment —
attorney's address on writ: 170.
dlschaiged, reduced, how: 164, 170.
existing provisions of law apply to registered land: 170.
filed, is notice to all persons: 164.
made, how: 169-171.
noted on duplicate certificate: 170.
registered, how: 169-171.
attorney —
name of, indorsed on writ of attachment: 170.
powers of: 177.
WAR 1903— VOL 8 52
818 INDEX.
I«and registration— Continued,
attorney-general —
notice of application given ta, when: 160.
number and salaries court employees approved by: 152.
suits against assurance fund defended by: 176:
auditor, insular, accounts of clerk of court and register examined by: 153.
bankruptcy —
fee for registering notice of: 180.
proceedings in, against owner of registered land: 173.
bond —
clerk of court and register: 153.
deputies and assistants: 153.
breach of trust, assurance fund not liable for loss occasioned by: 177.
cancellation —
of certificates upon issue of new ones: 166.
of interests, less than estate in fee simple, how registered: 164.
of mortgagee's duplicate certificate, when: 167, 168.
certificate of title —
canceled upon passing of judgment, when: 172.
clerk may issue: 152.
conclusive evidence of all matters stated: 163.
contents of: 164.
defined, how made up, etc.: 162.
duplicate issued to mortgagee, when: 167.
duplicate issued to lessee, when: 168.
effect of, upon land: 163.
fees relating to: 180.
forged duplicate null and void: 165.
forms of, court shall prepare and adopt: 164.
incumbrances, new, how noted: 164,178.
issued to each, if several owners: 163.
for subdivisions of roistered land: 163.
for entire tract upon surrender of certificates for paroels: 163.
leases, how noted upon: 168.
lost, how replaced: 178.
new, after amendment allowed: 179.
foreclosure of mortgage: 168, 178.
insolvency closed: 173.
judgment in real action: 172.
judgment in partition: 172.
land taken by eminent domain: 173.
loss of former duplicate: 178.
sale on execution: 171.
settlement of estate: 175.
by descent or devise: 174.
how made: 166.
not entered unless duplicate presented: 165.
only upon transfer in fee: 164.
production of duplicate, conclusive authority to enter: 165.
to assignee in insolvency: 173.
trustee to have: 169.
original and subsequent defined: 163.
owner's duplicate: 162.
public-land grants or sales: 182.
i^erred to in lien statement: 169.
INDEX. 819
Land registration — Continued,
certificate of title — continued.
registers may issue: 152.
subject of larceny: 181.
subject to yfh&t incumbrances: 162.
trust, how siiown upon: 168.
when grantor sells part of registered land: 166.
certified copy —
of instruments registered, may be obtained at any time: 165.
certificate, conclusive evidence: 163.
mortgage, when registered: 158.
trust instrument, when registered: 168.
citations, form and service of: 152, 179.
civil-service act, employees of court subject to: 152.
claims, by implied or constructive trust: 169.
clerk of court —
accounts of moneys received, kept by: 153.
acta in any province: 152.
acta under direction of court: 152.
appointment and removal of: 152.
assistants may be employed by: 152.
bond of: 153.
certificate of service, conclusive evidence: 160, 179.
death of, etc., substitute in case of: 152.
duties and authority of: 152.
duties of, when case is closed: 162.
entries by, memoranda, etc., conclusive authority: 165.
fees of, disposition of: 153.
fees, etc., paid by, monthly, to insular treasurer: 153.
forms prepared by: 164.
indexes made and kept by: 164.
notice of report of examiners sent applicant oy: 159
notice of disposal of case sent to register by: 158.
notice mailed by, to whom: 160.
oath of office: 153.
publication of notice of application by: 159.
records of, open to public: 165.
salary and expenses of: 153.
clerk to register of deeds, acts as register, when: 153.
Commission, Philippine—
approves appointment and removal of —
clerk of court: 152.
examiners of titles: 153.
judges: 151.
report made to, annually, upon condition of assurance fund: 176.
condition, equitable, how registered: 168.
conveyance —
by descent and devise: 174.
foreclosure of mortgage, how made: 168, 178.
lease, how made: 168.
mortgage, how made: 167.
right of eminent domain: 173.
in fee, how made: 166, 167.
in trust, how made: 169.
copies of instruments, certified, may be obtained: 165.
820 INDEX.
Land registration — Continued.
conviction for offenses not to affect remedies: 182.
corporations, how apply for registration: 155.
costs —
contested cases, how taxed: 155.
double, for frivolous claims: 178.
survey, how taxed: 161.
councils, municipal, notices to presidents of, when land borders on public
way, etc.: 160:
court, term defined: 151.
courts of first instance —
appeals to, from court of land registration: 154.
appeals to, certification of decisions: 155.
certificates of title conclusive evidence in: 163.
powers of, in settlement estates of registered land: 174, 175.
prosecution in, for offenses under this act: 181.
questions of law in, revision of: 154.
court of land registration —
alterations in certificates by: 174.
appeals from action of: 154.
applications referred by, to examiners of titles: 159.
cancellation of certificates by: 179.
costs in contested cases, how taxed: 155.
decree entered by, when: 160, 161.
decrees, etc., how enforced: 155.
dismissal of application by: 161.
employees of, appointment, salaries, etc : 152.
established: 151.
examiners' reports to: 159.
fees of clerk, etc.: 153, 180.
forms prepared and adopted by: 164.
hearings before, may be consolidated, when: 161.
how constituted: 151.
judges of, appointment, removal, etc.: 151.
jurisdiction of: 151.
memoranda referred to, as to proper form: 164.
owner must produce certificate upon order of: 170.
record, a court of: 151.
records of, where kept: 152.
referee's report to: 161.
registers of deeds act under rules of: 166.
reports of examiners not binding upon: 160.
rules and forms for procedure: 151, 158.
service, manner of making may be amended by: 179.
sessions of, at different places simultaneously: 152.
may be held by one judge: 152.
sittings of, where held: 151.
surrender of certificates may be demanded by: 179.
damages —
action for: 176.
excessive, not recoverable, from assurance fimd: 177.
decisions of court —
appeal from: 154.
enforced, how: 155.
final, on appeal, certification of: 155.
stand if appeal not prosecuted : 155.
INDEX. 821
Land registration — Continaed.
decree —
affecting registered land to be registered: 173.
dismissing application: 161.
of court, conclusive evidence in settlement estate: 176.
operation of: 151.
title vested by: 161.
decree of registration —
after transcription of, no instruments recorded: 168.
appeal from: 154.
binds land and quiets title: 161.
conclusive against all persons: 161.
contents of, how signed, etc. : 162.
disability, not reason for opening: 161.
effect of, upon land: 163.
enforced, how: 155.
entered in registration book: 162.
entered, when: 160, 161.
entry of final decree upon appeal : 155.
fee for copy of: 180.
fraudulent, when subject to review: 161.
index of: 164.
is agreement running with land: 163.
stands, if appeal not prosecuted : 155.
subject to what: 162.
deeds —
contents of: 165.
conveying fee in registered land, how made: 166, 167.
filed, is notice to all persons: 164.
forms of: 184.
form and effect of, conveying registered land: 164.
may be presented and registered in duplicate: 166.
powers of sale to be stated in certificate: 168.
registration of, the operative act: 164
unregistered land, how recorded: 183.
default, entered, when and to whom: 160.
descent and devise, transmission of registered land by: 174-176.
description of land in application for registration: 156, 158.
disability-
decree not opened by reason of: 161.
of owners to be stated in decree: 162.
persons imder, application by: 155.
.dismissal of application: 161.
discontinuance of parties to application: 158.
distribution of estates: 174-175.
documents of court:
kept where and by whom: 162.
open to public: 165.
docket of court, kept by clerk: 152.
dollars construed to mean United States currency: 177.
duplicate certificate —
issued to each, if several owners: 163-164.
lessee, when: 168.
mortgagee, when: 167.
owner: 162.
822 INDEX.
Land registration— Oon tinned.
duplicates of instruments may be registered with originals: 165.
easements appurtenant to registered land: 162.
eminent domain —
exercised, how, as to registered land: 173.
registered land not relieved from right of: 160.
employees, salaries of, etc.: 8, 11, 152, 153.
entry book —
contents of: 165.
form of: 164.
kept by registry of deeds: 165.
estates —
all interested parties to appear in certificate: 164.
less than fee, how register***!: 164.
estates of registered owners, administration of: 174-175.
evidence —
as to applications, how heard: 161.
certificates conclusive: 160, 163.
examination of title, fee for: 180.
examiners of titles —
act as referees, when: 161.
appointment and removal of: 153.
court not bound by report of: 160.
examination of records by: 159.
fees of, disposition of: 153.
procedure after adverse opinion of: 159.
reference to, of applications immediately: 161.
reports upon titles furnished by: 161.
reports not binding on court: 160.
salaries and expenses of: 153.
execution —
against codefendants first in suits for recovery: 176.
against insular treasurer, how paid: 176.
lien holder obtaining, may petition for new certificate: 172.
registration of: 172.
sale of registered land on, how registered: 170.
executor —
action by, before dealing with registered land: 174.
action by, before final distribution: 175.
mortgages, etc., how dealt with by: 174.
partial distribution by, before settlement: 175.
registered land goes to, on death of owner: 174.
registered land devised for own use or upon trust: 174.
sale of registered land by: 174, 175.
extinguishment, interests less than estate in fee simple, how registered: 164.
false swearing, penalty for: 181.
fees-
amounts of fixed, general provisions: 180, 183.
assurance fund formed by: 176.
certified copies obtained on x>ayment of: 165.
clerks, examiners, and registers, where deposited: 153, 176.
original registration of land: 176.
recording instruments affecting unregistered land: 183.
registration, eminent domain proceedings: 173.
sheriffs: 153.
INDEX. 823
Xiaad registration — Continaed.
fee simple —
conveyance of estate in: 166, 167.
owners of estates in, may apply for registration: 155.
fiscals, provincial, assist in defending suite against assurance fund: 176.
foreclosure of mortgage —
improi)erly exercised, assurance fund not liable: 177,
made same as with unr^istered land: 168.
foreign owner, agent required for: 158.
forgery-
penalties for: 181.
renders certificate null and void: 165.
forms —
application for registration: 156.
deeds, mortgages, and other instruments: 164, 184.
indexes and certificates: 164.
instrumente affecting both roistered and unregistered land: 184.
memoranda, prescribed by court, when: 164.
publication of notice of application: 159.
fraud —
certificate obtained by, void: 165.
conviction of, does not affect remedies: 182.
effect of, upon decree: 161.
penalties for: 181.
prosecutions for, where instituted: 181.
remedies against parties to: 165, 176.
governor, civil —
appointe and removes —
clerk of court: 152.
examiners of titles: 153.
judges of court: 151.
registers of deeds: 152.
approves investment assurance fund: 176.
governors, provincial —
may assign deputy to attend court: 155.
or deputies to post notice on land: 160.
grantee, statemente concerning, in instrumente for registration: 165.
guardian ad litem, appointed when, compensation of: 160.
guardians, applications by: 155.
harbor, notice when land borders on: 160.
hearings —
may be consolidated, when: 161.
of objections to applications: 161.
husband and wife, registered land not relieved from relative righte of: 169.
incidente, legal, of registered land: 169.
incumbrances —
certificate, subject to what: 162.
discharged, how: 164, 167, 170.
enforcement of : 170.
entered and registered, how: 164, 167, 169.
entered on new certificate on transfer of land: 167.
index —
forms of, how prepared for registers: 164.
of applications, decrees, and instrumente kept by clerk: 164.
applications, kept by registers of deeds: 156.
824 INDEX.
Land refiristration — Con tinned,
index — continued.
of ingtmmenta, fee for making: 180.
instruments filed: 165.
instromenta made pending application: 158.
memorandum stating disposition of case: 158.
infancy, decree not opened by reason of: 161.
infants, application for registration by: 155.
innocent purchaser —
amendments to certificates not to affect: 179.
certificate of, subject to what incumbrances: 162.
claims by implied or constructive trust do not affect: 169.
frauds by vendor not to affect: 165.
no right of review against: 161.
term defined: 161.
insane persons —
action against assurance fund by: 177.
appointment of trustee to execute deed for: 172.
insolvency —
after dischai^ge, new certificate: 173.
fee for registering notice of: 180.
proceedings in, against owner registered land: 173.
instruments —
affecting unregistered land, how recorded: 183.
fees for registering: 180.
forms for: 184.
numbered, indexed, etc. : 165.
registration is from time noted : 165.
time of reception of, to be noted: 165.
voluntary, take effect, how: 164.
should contain what: 165.
registered how: 166, 167, 168.
insular government:
assurance fund of: 176.
decree to be conclusive against: 161.
eminent domain, procedure in as to registered land: 173.
Grants of public lands of, how registered: 182.
lands of, brought under act of conveyance: 182.
notice in case of adverse claim by: 160.
salaries and expenses of court paid by: 153.
suits against assurance fund, etc.: 176-177.
subrogated to rights of plaintiff, when: 177.
judgment^
against insular treasurer, when: 176.
execution of instruments to give effect to: 172.
fee for registering: 180.
final, in partition: 172.
final registration of, notice of: 171.
memorandum to be registered: 171.
registration of: 171, 172.
judges —
additional, how provided and appointed: 151.
appointed and removed, how: 151.
may require deputy of governor or sheriff to attend sessions: 155.
INDEX. 825
I«aiid registration— Continued,
jndges — continued.
salaries of: 153.
vacancies, how filled: 151.
vacancies, performance of duties ad interim: 152.
jurisdiction of court of land registration: 151.
lake, notice when land borders on: 160.
land —
becomes registered land, when: 158.
bordering on river, sea, lake, etc., notice to whom: 160.
bounded by road, application for registration of: 158.
description of, contained in decree: 162.
effect of decree and certificate upon: 163.
fees for registration, general: 180.
fee upon original registration of: 176.
lying in more than one province, procedure in case of: 162.
notice of application to be posted on: 160.
pending application, how dealt with: 158.
plan of, to accompany application for registration: 158.
registered, conveyance of in fee: 166-167.
dealt with, how: 164, 166, 167.
descent of, on death of owner: 174-175.
mortgages against, how dealt with, registered, etc : 167-168.
sale of, by executor, etc. : 174, 175.
subject to legal incidents: 169.
subdivided into lots, plan of, filed: 163.
how conveyed in fee: 166.
title to, quieted by decree: 161.
two or more applications affecting, how considered: 161.
**land registration oflBce," location of: 152.
language, notices published in both English and Spanish: 159,160.
larceny, certificates subjects of: 181.
lease —
administrator deals with, as if owner: 174.
contents of: 165.
duplicate certificate to holder of, when: 168.
executor deals with, as if owner: 174.
filed, is notice to all persons: 164.
for more than seven years to be registered: 164.
form and effect of: 164.
form of: 184.
partitioned land: 173.
presented for registration, when: 158.
registered, how: 164,168.
unr^stered land, how recorded: 183.
lessee's duplicate certificate —
canceled, when: 167-168.
issued, when and how: 168.
presented for registration, when: 173.
surrender of, how enforced: 178.
liens —
contents of: 169.
discharged, how: 164, 170.
enforced, how: 170.
826 INDEX.
Land registratum — Ccmtiniied.
lienfl — continiied.
filed, u notice to mil peracms: 164.
new certificate after sale to aatiafy: 17L
noted on owner's daplicate certificate, how: 170.
nnder laws of United States and the Philippine Islands: 162.
loss of daplicate certificate —
notice to be given: 165.
procedure to obtain new certificate: 178.
Manila —
city attorney of, assists in defense suits against assonuioe fond: 176.
land registration office located in: 152.
municipal board —
assistants for register anthorixed by: 153.
books and stationery for cotut provided by: 151.
notice to, when land borders apon public highway: 160.
rooms for coort provided by: 151.
records of court kept in: 152.
register of deeds for: 152, 182.
acts as clerk of court, when: 152.
salary and expenses of: 153.
existing officers to act as, ad interim: 183.
married women, application for registration by: 155.
memorandum —
attachments and other liens: 170.
authority for making upon certificate: 165.
clerk of court may make: 152.
duplicate certificate to be presented before making: 165.
eminent domain interests: 173.
fees for making: 180.
forms of: 164.
interests less than fee: 164.
of application, filed with registers: 156.
application, recorded: 156.
issue of mortgagee's duplicate certificate: 167.
subsequent transactions, upon owner's duplicate certificate: 164.
transfers in trust: 168.
reference of, to court, as to proper form: 164.
registers of deeds may make: 152.
sale of registered land for taxes, registered: 170.
stating disposition of case recorded: 158..
minor-
action against assurance fund by: 177.
application by, how made: 155.
appointment trustee to execute deed for: 172.
guardian ad litem for, how appointed: 160.
mortgagee, may discharge mortgage in person, how: 167.
mortgagee's duplicate certificate —
canceled, when: 167,168.
conclusive authority to raster accompanying instrument: 167.
issued, when and how: 167.
presented for registration, when: 167, 173.
surrender of, how enforced: 178.
INDEX. 827
Idand registration — Continued,
mortgagee —
administrator deals with, as if owner: 174.
assigned, how: 167.
certified copy, may be registered, when: 158.
contents of: 165.
discharged, how: 167.
duplicate certificate to holder of: 167.
duplicate may be registered or taken away: 165.
effective from time of registration: 167.
executed, how: 167.
executor deals with, as if owner: 174.
fee for registration, etc.: 180.
filed, is notice to all persons: 164.
foreclosed, how: 168.
form and effect of, registered land: 164.
forms relating to: 164.
land held in trust: 168.
mortgagee's duplicate certificate: 167.
mortgagee to consent to mortgagor's application: 155.
mortgagee, decree when consent not given: 155.
partitioned land: 173.
r^stered at time of application: 158.
registered, how, etc.: 167-168.
registration of, the operative act: 164.
to which application or decree is subject: 158.
unregistered land, how recorded: 183.
motion —
for general default: 160.
to set down case for hearing: 161.
municipalities —
eminent domain, procedure in, as to registered land: 173.
notices of applications to be posted in: 160.
notices to, when land borders on public way: 160.
muniments of title —
accompany application for registration: 158.
withdrawal of, after filing: 158.
negligence of registration officials, remedy for: 176.
nonresident, application for registration by: 158.
notaiial records, delivered to Bureau of Archives: 183.
notaries public —
powers of, after act takes effect: 183.
powers of attorney, acknowledged before: 177.
records of, delivered to Bureau of Archives: 183.
notice —
clerk's certificate of service of, conclusive: 160.
disposal of application to be: 158.
fee for: 180.
filed instruments to be, to all persons: 164.
of application —
additional may be ordered by court: 160.
addressed to whom: 159.
form of: 159.
828 INDEX.
I^and regristration — Continued,
notice — continued.
of application — continued.
posted in conspicuous places, where: 160.
publication of, when and how: 159.
served on whom, and when: 160.
of court —
form and service of : 162.
returnable as court may direct: 151.
run into any province: 151.
of filing of application to be recorded: 156.
issuing new certificate to heirs and devisees: 175.
pending suit, etc : 171.
trial, before referee: 161.
ser\'iceof: 165,178.
to applicant of, filing title report: 159.
to registered owner to produce certificate: 170.
oaths —
administerted by whom: 153
of office —
clerk of court: 153.
judges: 152.
registers of deeds: 153.
of signers of application, form of : 156.
penalty for false swearing: 181.
to amendments to application: 158.
objections to application, hearing of: 161.
occupant adjoining land —
named in application: 156.
named in citation: 159.
office land registration, where located: 152.
operative act, to convey registered land, defined: 164.
orders of court —
appeal from: 154.
enforced, how: 155.
form and service of: 152.
returnable as court may direct: 151.
run into any province: 151.
stand, if appeal not prosecuted: 155.
original certificate of title: 163.
original registration: 155-164.
owners —
adjoining land —
named in application: 156.
named in citation: 159.
proof of service of notice on, required: 160.
bankrupt's land, how dealt with: 173.
conveyance in fee by: 166.
death of, descent of land: 174-175.
in common, each to have certificate: 163, 164.
insolvent land, how dealt with: 173.
registered land, may convey, mortgage, lease, etc. : 164.
owner's duplicate certificate —
amended certificates: 179.
annulled, when may be, by court: 178.
INDEX. 829
Land registration — Continued.
owner's duplicate certificate — continued.
court to order to be produced, when: 170.
defined, and who entitled to: 162.
fees for: 180.
form of: 162.
leasee, entry and cancelation of, noted upon: 168.
lost, how replaced: 178.
lost, notice to be given to register: 165, 178.
memorandum upon, of subsequent transactions: 164, 167.
mortgages, entry and discharge of, noted upon: 167.
new, after foreclosure of mortgage: 168.
new, after settlement of estate: 175.
presented for indorsement, when: 165, 167, 170, 172.
public land grantees to have: 182.
subject of larceny: 181.
surrender of, how enforced: 178.
surrendered and canceled on entry of new certificate: 166, 168, 175.
trusts, how noted upon: 168.
partition —
final judgment, how registered: 172.
memorandum of suit, to be registered: 171.
memorandum of, endorsed on mortgage or lease: 173.
penalty for —
conveying land subject to unregistered incumbrances: 182.
false oath: 181.
forgery under this act: 181.
fraudulent procuring or mutilation of records: 181.
taking certificate wrongfully: 181.
pending suits, notice of, to be filed and registered: 171.
I)erjury, penalty for: 181.
-pereouB not in being, etc., guardians ad litem for: 160.
I)etition, fee for filing: 180.
plans-
accompanying application for registration: 158.
court may require: 161.
fee for registration of: 180.
of subdivisions of land, when filed: 163.
post-ofilce address —
change, to be endorsed: 165.
fee for noting change of : 180.
of grantee, endorsed on deed: 165.
powers —
of attorney as to registered land: 177.
registered and noted, how: 168.
practice of court: 151.
prescription, no rights byi as against registered land: 163.
presidents, municipal, notices to, when land borders on public way, etc. : 160.
procedure, rules and forms for, by court: 151.
process of courts
enforced, how: 155.
form and service of: 152, 165:
returnable as court may direct; 151.
run into any province: 151.
service of, on nonresident applicant: 158.
to compel production of certificate: 170, 172, 178.
830 INDEX.
Land registration — Continued,
proof of service of notice: 160.
provincial fiscalB, assist in defending suits against assurance fund: 176.
provincial governments, salaries and expenses of registers paid by, 153.
protocols, delivered to bureau of archives: 183.
provincial boards —
assistants for registers, authorized by: 153.
books and stationery for court provided by: 151.
rooms for court provided by: 151.
public lands —
brought under act upon conveyance: 182.
grants of, how registered: 182.
publication of notices of application: 159.
purchaser of land sold on execution, new certificate of title to: 171.
questions of law —
doubtful, referred to court by registers: 164.
may be reported to supreme court direct: 154.
revisions by supreme court: 154.
recorders of deeds, existing, to act as registers ad interim: 183.
records —
court —
kept where and by whom: 152.
open to public: 165.
notarial —
to be filed in Bureau of Archives: 183.
recovery of damages-
action for, against insular treasurer: 176.
action for, against other persons: 176.
paid out of assurance fund: 176.
referee, examiner to act as, when: 161.
registered land —
adverse claims: 178.
9onveyanoe of, in fee: 166, 167.
descent of, upon death of owner: 174-175.
forms for instruments effecting: 184.
leases on, how registered: 168.
mortgages against, how registered, etc. : 167.
owners may convey, mortgage, lease, etc. : 164.
records relating to, open to public: 166.
sale of, by executor or administrator: 174-^175.
sold for taxes, memorandum r^^istered: 170.
trusts relating to: 168-169.
when to be so considered: 158.
registers of deeds —
accounts of mone3rs received, kept by: 153.
appointment and removal of: 152.
appointment of, who to act until: 183.
assistants and clerks for: 153.
assurance fund receipts deposited by, in insular treasury: 176.
authority of: 152.
bonds of: 153.
death of, etc, who to act as: 153.
decrees transcribed by: 162.
doubtful questions referred to court by: 164.
INDEX. 831
Land registration— Continued,
registers of deeds — continued,
duties of —
as to attachment proceedings: 169-170.
conveyance in fee: 166.
descent and devise: 174-175.
eminent domain: 173.
insolvency proceedings: 173.
judgments: 172-173.
public land grants: 182.
recording instruments relating to unregistered land: 18:{.
when lease presented: 168.
mortgage presented: 167.
trust presented: 168-169.
entries by, conclusive authority for: 165.
entry books kept by, contents of: 165.
existing to act as registers ad interim: 183.
fees of—
deposited in insular treasury, when: 176.
disposition of: 153, 176.
index of applications kept by: 156.
indexes kept by, forms for: 164.
laws relating to existing registers, etc., apply to: 183.
leasee noted by, how: 168.
• Manila, to act aa clerk of court, when: 152.
memorandum as to filing of application, recorded by: 456.
memorandum sa to disposal of case recorded by: 158.
mortgageid registered by, how: 167.
oaths of office, 153.
official title of: 152.
powers of attorney filed with: 177.
records of, open to public: 165.
registration books kept by: 162.
salaries of, how paid: 153.
subject to clerk of court: 152.
subsequent transactions, registered by, how: 164.
term applies to Manila: 182.
trust noted by, how: 168, 169.
unregistered land transactions, recorded by: 183.
registration —
application for: 156-164.
bankruptcy proceedings: 173.
conveyances in fee: 166, 182.
dates from reception of instrument: 165.
death of owner of roistered land: 174-175.
decree of —
conclusive against all persons: 161.
entered, when: 160, 161.
subject to what: 162.
deeds, how made: 166. ^
eminent domain proceedings: 173.
fees for: 180.
final judgment in partition: 172.
832 INDEX.
Land regristration — Continaed.
regifltration — continoed.
fnmdiilent^
nail and void: 165.
remedy against: 165.
insolvency proceedingB: 173.
interests less than estates in fee simple: 164.
instnunents affecting unregistered land: 183.
involuntary incombrances, how made: 169, 170.
jadgments: 171, 172.
leases, how made: 168.
mortgages, how made: 167.
powers of attorney: 177.
proceedings in rem upon applications for: 151.
public lands, upon sale: 182.
trustee may request, unless prohibited: 169.
voluntary instruments, how made: 166, 167, 168.
registration book —
alterations in, made by order of court only: 179.
described, how kept, etc. : 162.
fees for entries in: 180.
form of: 164.
remedy against parties tx) fraud: 165, 176.
report on title by examiner: 159.
return day of notice of application: 160.
review, petition for: 161.
rivers, notice when land borders on: 160.
roads-
application for registration when land bounds on: 158.
applicant may ask to have line of, determined: 160.
certificates subject to: 162.
rules of court-
how made and approved: 151.
may require additional facts in application: 158.
salaries —
associate judges: 153.
clerk of court: 153.
employees for clerks and registers: 152, 153.
examiners of titles: 153.
how paid: 153.
judge: 153.
registers of deeds: 153.
sale —
assurance fund not liable for damages by, when: 177.
fraudulent, penalty for: 182.
land, while application pending: 158.
public lands: 182.
registered land —
after judgment in partition: 172.
^ by executor or administrator: 174-175.
registration of conveyances: 166, 167.
sea, notice when land borders on: 160.
seal —
affixed by whom: 152.
affixed to all process: 151, 152
INDEX. 838
Iiand registration — continued,
seal — continued.
court to have: 151.
to be placed on certificates: 152.
service —
fees for: 180.
notices after registration: 179.
by orders of court —
by whom made: 152.
how made: 165.
severance of application may be ordered: 158.
sheriff —
deputy of, to attend court, when: 155.
fees for services: 153, 180.
or deputy to post notice on land: 160.
shore, notice when land borders on: 160.
short title to act: 151.
Spanish language —
notices to be published in: 159.
notices posted on land to be in: 160.
subsequent certificates of title: 163.
substitution of parties: 158.
supreme court —
appeal to: 154.
approval by, of rules and forms: 151.
certification of decision on appeal: 155.
certificates of title, conclusive evidence in: 163.
questions of law reported to: 154.
surrender —
duplicate certificates, how enforced: 178.
lessee's duplicate certificate: 167-168.
mortgagee's duplicate certificate: 167, 168.
owner's duplicate certificate: 166, 168, 175.
survey —
cost of, how taxed and apportioned: 161.
court may require: 161.
survival of action against assurance fund: 177.
taxes —
certificate of title subject to what: 162.
memorandum of sale for, to be registered: 170.
tenants —
for years, application by: 155.
in common, each may have certificate: 163.
undivided shares, to apply jointly: 155.
theft of duplicate certificate, notice to be given: 165.
time of reception of instrument to be noted: 165.
title-
decree, confirming, when entered: 160.
not acquired as to registered land by prescription or adverse possession: 163.
quieted by decree: 161.
short, of act: 151.
vested by decree: 151.
transcription of decree, no papers recorded after, under former system: 158.
WAR 1903— VOL 8 63
834 INDEX.
Land registratioxi— Ck>ntinaed.
transfers —
fraudulent, penalty for: 182.
registered land, by executor or administrator: 174-175.
registered land, how made and registered: 166, 167.
public lands: 182.
treasurer, insular —
actions against, for recovery of damages: 176.
appointment of employees approved by: 153.
assurance fund —
deficiency in, how covered by: 177.
deposited with: 176.
increased by sums recovered by: 177.
invested by: 176.
reports upon annually, by: 176.
enforces government's rights as plaintiff, w^hen: 177.
execution against —
entered after against other defendants: 176.
paid by, out of assurance fund: 176.
moneys paid to: 153, 176.
salaries and expenses of court paid from funds of, when: 153.
treasurers, provincial —
accounts clerk of court and registers examined by: 153.
fees paid to: 153.
salaries and expenses of registers paid from funds of: 153.
trust —
assurance fund not liable for breach of: 177.
provisions relating to: 168-169.
registered, how: 168.
trustee —
assurance fund not liable for breach of trust by: 177.
court may appoint, to release interest: 172.
in insolvency —
certificate of debtor's land to: 173.
certificate of, surrendered, when: 173.
may petition for registration unless prohibited: 169.
new appointment of, new certificate made: 169.
unknown person, guardian ad litem for, appointment of: 160.
unregistered land —
existing system of registration continued: 183.
forms for instruments affecting: 184.
instruments affecting, not to be filed with notaries: 183.
instruments affecting, registered and recorded, how: 183.
vacancy —
in court, how filled: 161.
in oflice of clerk of court, how filled: 152.
variance, in certificates, original governs: 162.
ways —
applicant may ask to have line of determined: 160.
certificate, subject to: 162.
land bounding on, application for: 158.
will-
affects registered land, how: 164.
certified copy of, filed, when: 174.
descent of registered land by: 174.
withdrawal of application: 161.
INDEX. 835
Land registration, court of:
appropriation for: 623.
providing for the appointment of an assistant clerk in: 360.
provision for determination of imperfect titles by : 749-753.
salaries of judges and clerks: 321.
Lands:
adjudication and registration of titles, in Philippine Islands, amendment to act
to provide for: 455, 467.
civil public purposes, reserved for: 401.
condemnation of, where used for military posts: 416.
extension of time for payment of tax: 269.
military purposes, amendment to act pertaining to: 592.
reserved for public use, and belonging to insular government: 393.
titles to, perfected in court of land registration: 416.
within military reservations, act providing code of procedure, applicable to:
376, 377.
within military reservation, registration of: 377.
procedure for: 377.
value of, decrease in: 437.
Land tax, province of Batangas:
appraisements and assessments postponed: 65.
exemption of, for one year: 65.
extension of time for payment of: 47, 69, 269, 335, 345, 710, 737, 726, 757.
extension of time for payment of, in provinces enumerated: 345.
provision for refund of penalties already paid: 345, 737, 757.
real estate, act exempting from: 409.
value, reduction in, of land or improvements upon which tax is assessed: 437.
Law:
amendment to act admitting persons to practice, in courts of Philippine Islands:
247.
department of, Manila —
appropriation for: 42, 140.
committee to examine candidates for admission to practice: 52. •
contingent expenses: 334, 588:
examiners of candidates, salary of, fixed: 52.
salaries and wages of employees and assistants: 333, 587.
Iia'ws, internal revenue:
tax imposed upon notaries public under: 400.
lieave of absence:
provincial officers and heads of bureaus, how granted: 58.
disposition of accrued salary of deceased provincial officers: 58.
Legislature:
Philippine Islands, cases citing power of, to declare forfeiture of concessions:
264, 255.
Lepanto-Bontoc :
province of —
appropriation for provincial government: 38.
school building at Cervantes: 664.
boundary line between, and Amburayan and province of Benguet: 524.
provincial government of —
appropriation for: 36, 141, 631.
expenses of: 329.
fund to be expended by, for benefit of non-Christian tribes in province of: #
442.
836 INDEX.
Lepanto-Bontoc — Continued.
provincial government of — continued,
office of fiscal abolished: 694.
oi^ganization of: 263.
schools established for instruction of Igorrotes: 51.
Lepers:
care and support of, in Negros Occidental: 783.
colony, Cebu and Palestine,
appropriation for: 8.
department of San Lazaro Ho^ital.
appropriation for: 8.
Leyte, province of:
extension of time for payment of, land tax in: 269.
made separate school division: 733.
treasurer, credited with certain expenditures, 63.
Librarian collecting:
appointed to purchase books and manuscript relating to history of Philippine
Islands: 446.
salary of: 541, 755.
Library: American Circulating, of Manila:
appropriation for: 140, 629.
salaries and wages: 327.
License:
bond for use of firearms in city of Manila: 405.
provision for, on seagoing vessels in Philippine Islands coastwise trade: 532, 536.
special coastwise: 675.
issuance of: 675.
Liquidation:
division: 316.
Liquors:
act regulating sale of, within city of Manila: 225.
no license granted for sale of, on public land: 230.
traffic an, prohibited on island of Talim, or within 3 miles of Malahi Island: 519.
traffic of, prohibited within certain distances of land used for military pur-
poses: 476.
Loans:
relief of hunget* in Ilocos Norte: 102.
to province of Marinduque, benefit of island of Mindoro: 81.
to provinces established, postponement of payment: 295.
to provincial governments: 2, 79, 80, 81, 201, 239, 438, 520, 521, 564, 591.
Locust pests:
officials and persons exempted from service in suppression of: 658.
part of provincial funds used for suppression of: 240.
suppression of, in various provinces, inhabitants called upon for the: 641.
Lomot Biver:
survey and map of, by whom made: 668.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (See Exposition. )
Lubang:
appropriation for maintenance and establishment of schools in island of: 343.
Lucena:
municipality of, provincial board authorized to make a loan to: 643.
Lury, Michael:
, authorized pajrment to, for services as interpreter: 51.
Maasin, Leyte:
provincial board authorized to rent and maintain jail at: 239.
INDEX. 837
Mails:
pertaining to exposition: 210.
transportation of: 308.
Halacanan palace:
appropriation for: 109, 594, 664.
Malahi Island;
Laguna de Bay, liquor traffic prohibited within 3 miles of: 519.
Malinao, Albay Province:
extension of time for payment of land tax in town of: 335.
Manila:
act to incorporate, amendment to: 199.
amendment of, pertaining to meetings held: 265, 356, 359.
repealed, and substitutes therefor: 765.
act regulating salaries of officers and employees in municipal service of: 356.
regulating sale of liquor in city of: 225.
attorneys, assistant prosecuting number of, increased: 83.
salaries of: 83.
charter of city: 765.
amendment to: 57.
civil service in, amendment to act establishing: 284-288.
city wall, part of, to be removed: 426.
custom-house, increase of employees in: 227.
engineer, city, relieved from duty on board of health of: 70.
gas and electricity, amendment to act regulating the supply of: 359.
insular government, appropriation for expenses of: 342.
land in, appropriation for purchase of: 634.
municipal board —
appropriation for: 39, 143.
contingent expenses: 331, 582.
salaries and wages of: 331, 582.
port of —
appropriation for improvement of: 432.
amendment to act providing for improvement of the: 270.
public works in city of, appropriation for: 652.
sundry expenses of the municipal government, appropriation for: 582, 715, 716.
walls along Pasig River, appropriation for repairs to: 712.
departments of —
assessments and collections: 145.
salaries of employees in: 332.
tax refunds: 333.
city schools —
appropriation for: 147.
salaries and wages of employees in: 334.
engineering and public works —
appropriation for: 143.
employment of inspector of buildings in: 369.
repairs made by: 331.
salaries and wages of employees in: 331.
fire-
appropriation for: 145.
contingent expenses: 333.
equipment for: 333.
salaries and wages of: 333.
838 INDEX.
Manila — Continued .
departmentfl of — continaed.
law —
appropriation for: 146.
contingent expenses: 334, 443.
salaries and wages of employees and assistants: 333, 442.
police —
appropriation for: 147.
contingent expenses: 334.
insular govemoient and city of, appropriation for: 108.
land occupied by ruins of old Jesuit church, used for improvement Cuartel de
Espafla: 491.
land tax —
time for payment of: 47.
new boundaries as to asseaements and collection of, in annexed territory: 48.
nuisances in, abated: 359.
pail system in, installation: 9.
appropriation for: 9, 49, 113.
provision for reclaiming land behind river wall: 426, 428.
Railway Company (Limited) —
authorized to construct branch railroad route of: 255, 256.
authorized to construct branch railroad from Guiguinto, Bulacan to Caban-
atuan, Nueva Ecija: 248.
franchise conferred upon, to construct road from —
Guiguinto to Cabematuan: 472.
Mabalacat with main line: 473.
Manila to Antipolo: 462, 471.
statement made to insular auditor of: 708.
repeal of section of act to establish civil hospital at: 200.
revision of assessment upon real estate in: 272.
sewer system, engineer placed in charge of: 715.
supervisor's districts: 238.
tax-revision board, provision for compulsory attendance of witneeeee before: 444.
Manlabong: ,
made a part of municipality of Bacon: 773.
Marinduque, province of:
annexed to the province of Tayabas: 188.
loan to, for benefit of island of Mindoro: 81.
provisions of provincial government act (125) referring to, repealed: 188.
purchase of presents for non-Christian tribes in: 141.
salary of fiscal increased: 1.
Mariquinia:
relief granted to incendiary victims: 511.
Mariveles:
quarantine station-
appropriation for: 10.
support of: 301.
Maabate, province of:
extension of time for payment of land tax in: 345.
oflSce of fiscal abolished: 695.
Maus, Lieut. L. M., U. S. Army:
credited with certain property returns: 700.
Melville, cape:
created port of entry: 720.
INDEX. 839
Memorial Day:
observance of: 507.
Merchandise, foreign:
penalties and rales governing transportation of: 219.
Military posts:
land included in term "public use," condemnation of: 416.
Military reservations:
land set apart for, under " Land registration act" : 376.
Military service:
land of person in, exempt from taxation: 230.
Mindanao:
district commander at Pollok —
appropriation for: 37, 141, 630.
contingent expenses: 328.
salaries and wages of employees: 328.
Mindoro, island of:
appropriation expended in discretion of civil governor: 105.
appropriation for support of provincial government of: 645.
limits of province defined: 190.
loan from insular treasury for benefit of: 81.
non-Christian tribes —
appropriation for purchase of presents for: 141.
local civil government for, established: 242.
provision for organization of provincial government in: 190.
provincial government^
appropriation for exx)enses of maintaining launch, for administration of
affairs of: 574.
salaries and wages: 329.
repeal of act incorporating, with province of Marinduque: 190.
transferred from seventh to sixth judicial district: 198.
Mining:
aflidavit of annual assessment work: 374.
assessments, actual expenditures and cost of mining improvements included
m: 374.
bureau of —
appropriation for: 11, 115, 600.
contingent expenses: 303.
reorganizing and prescribing functions thereof: 732.
salaries and wages: 302.
transfer of grant and claims to bureau of public lands: 732.
claims —
amendment to act prescribing regulations governing the location and manner
of recording: 531.
amoimt of work necessary to hold possession of: 531.
declaration of location: 371.
fees in connection with, to whom payable: 673.
oflSce of mining recorder: 371.
duties of: 371, 374.
placer, notices and other requirements: 372, 375.
regulations governing location and manner of recording: 370.
Miscunis, province of:
bond and salary of supervisor-treasurer: 381.
extension of time for payment of land tax in: 345, 737.
loan to: 722.
840 INDEX.
Misamis, province of— Continued.
pro\ancial board of —
pettlements organized under supervision of: 271.
provincial governor, compensation of: 381.
provincial Buper\i8or and treasurer, consolidation of offices: 380.
non-Christian tribes other than Moros, local civil government established for:
271.
prospectors, conditions upon which they may visit Moro territory: 81.
Hiacellaneous :
charge against appropriation for: 330.
Moir, Percy M. :
supervisor of census for district of Cavite: 605.
Money of United States:
repeal of an act to prevent discrimination against by banking institutions: 648.
Monreal, Bernardino:
$8,264 returned to, on account of seizure: 368.
Montufar:
made part of municipality of Bacon: 773.
Moro Province:
act providing for or^nization and government of: 543, 559, 715.
amendment to: 657, 715.
criminal offenses, by whom prosecuted: 694.
government of the, appropriation for: 632.
Moros:
establishment of local civil government for non-Christian tribes other than: 27L
Moro Sultans:
land grants void when made without governmental authority or consent: 484.
Moses, Bernard:
appropriation for commutation of salary as commissioner and secretary of public
instruction: 261.
Mulder, Jacob C. :
appropriation to, in lieu of salary: 148.
Municipal, provincial and. (See Provincial and municipal.)
Municipal board:
Manila —
appropriation for: 39, 582.
contingent expenses: 331, 582.
elections, postponement of: 199.
president of advisorj^ board and city enjjineer made members of: 765.
salaries and wages of employees, 331, 582.
sections 4 and 10 of act 183 referring to, repealed and others substituted there-
for: 765.
«* Municipal Code, The ":
amendment to act entitled: 414.
amendment to, authorizing civil governor to postpone general municipal elec-
tions: 199.
powers vested in provincial board under act known as: 433.
Municipal code:
action of municipal council approved by provincial board: 513.
Municipal council:
actions of, approved by provincial board: 513.
provision to alter rate of land tax before period fixed for collection: 527.
Municipal elections:
postponement of regular, for year 1902: 497.
INDEX, 841
Municipal funds:
used for support of residents while preparing for teachers: 57.
Municipal ordinances:
regulations concerning: 79.
Municipal police:
amendment to act for the inspection of the: 363.
inspection of: 362.
Municipal presidents:
conventions of, determined by provincial board: 1.
instructed to keep account of seed furnished: 214.
meetings of, where held, expenses of, provided for: 222.
Municipal service:
act regulating salaries of officers and employees in Manila: 356.
Municipal taxes. (See Provincial and Municipal taxes. )
Municipalities :
Albay province, provincial board authorized to loan provincial funds to: 509.
assessments on real estate in, partial revision of: 275, 277.
assets, disposition of, in case of consolidation or division: 492.
Capiz province, part of loan to, used for suppression of cholera: 78.
conventions of presidentes, number and dates, how determined: 1.
consolidation of Gavite, San Roque, and La Caridad into Cavite: 474.
election in, method of: 756.
Iligan, repeal of act prohibiting sale of intoxicating beverages: 80.
Lucena, barrio of Salina, incorporated into: 45.
Pandacan constituted new district of Manila: 58.
reduction in number of: 475, 480,482, 484, 485, 487, 757, 758, 760, 765, 772, 774-783.
Municipality:
Bagay—
barrio of Quilbay incorporated into: 51.
taxes in, payment of as soon as assessments are completed: 449.
barrio of Quilbay incorporated into: 51.
school-teachers, providing for support of while in training: 57.
taxes in, payment of as soon as assessments are completed: 449.
treasurer of, required to turn over municipal funds: 105.
Museiun, Philippine:
appropriation for: 36, 139.
Nagaba, municipality of:
name changed to Jordan: 46.
Naguilan:
appropriation for survey of wagon road from, to Baguio: 565.
Narbacan:
extension of time for payment of land tax in town of: 269.
Natives:
appropriation for expenses in connection with purchase, sale, and distribution of
rice to: 542.
free patents to settlers: 746.
support of indigent: 8.
Navy, Secretary of:
requests that court of first instance be authorized to take cognizance of claims
against United States: 233.
Navy, United States:
Admiral, given control of police in Cavite Harbor: 433.
Negros:
island of —
court of, special and temporary: 322.
experiment station for, college and: 205, 207.
842 INDEX.
Vegroes — Continued.
Occidental province of —
lepers, care and support of, in: 783.
loan to: 724.
reduction in number of municipalities: 482, 484.
Oriental —
reduction in number of municipalities in: 480.
Vewspapers:
Official Gazette, published by insular government: 327, 414, 629.
Von-Christian tribes:
bureau of —
appropriation for: 14, 117, 603.
assistant chief of the, appointed by civil governor: 398.
chief of, to report upon customs of Jolo-Moroa: 398.
name changed and jurisdiction extended: 662.
civil government: 56, 410.
expenses, traveling, and compensation not allowed by treasurer of townships, to
representative: 242.
land grants —
void when made without governmental authority or consent: 484.
directed by provincial governor to take up habitation on: 242, 243, 244-245.
Lepanto-Bontoc fund to be expended by provincial governor of: 442.
local civil government, establishment of: 242-246, 271, 513, 670.
presents purchased for: 141.
presidents rancherias to assemble and confer with provincial governor to elect
representative of the: 242.
relief, appeal for, to be made direct to chief executive of insular government,
when failing to secure same from provincial government: 242.
salaries, wages, transportation, contingent expenses: 305.
settlements of, organized into townships, provisions for: 242-245.
Notaries public:
certificates of registration, duties of, r^arding cedula: 705.
seal used by, on official documents to be of metal: 726.
tax, industrial, imposed upon, repealed: 400.
Nueva Caceres:
road to, construction of wagon: 734.
Nueva Ecija, province of:
land taxes in, extension of time for payment of: 710.
loan to: 2, 438, 735.
municipalities in, reduction in number: 761, 782.
provisions of provincial government act, extended to: 411.
school buildings, appropriation for reconstruction of public: 232.
Nueva Vizcaya:
Government buildings: 656.
health, board of, salaries in: 88.
judicial districts —
constituted separate: 60, 202.
clerks in: 322.
office of fiscal abolished: 694.
presents, purchase of, for non-Christian tribes: 141.
provincial government, act for the organization of, amended: 66.
appropriation for: 38, 141, 631.
salaries and wages: 329.
Nueva Vizcayan act:
provinces organized under, extending provisions of act No. 82 to: 603.
rNDEx. 843
OatlxB:
administered to enumerators and special agents of the census: 74.
executive secretary and assistant executive secretary empowered to administer:
663.
Officers:
act providing for appointments and removal of subordinates in departments: 283.
insular governments, transportation furnished to, when impracticable to secure
same on United States Army transport: 452, 454.
Officers, United States Army:
authorized to appear in court as attorneys, in certain cases: 671.
disbursing clerks, duties and compensation of: 200.
Official Gazette:
appropriation for: 442. •
contents, price, etc. : 62.
distribution of: 62.
editor, his powers and duties: 62, 415.
publication authorized: 62.
published weekly in English and Spanish: 414, 415.
Official grovemment:
oaths administered to, by clerks of supreme court and courts of first instance: 505.
Opium:
committee appointed to investigate the use of and traffic in: 579, 637.
Pail system:
installation of, in Manila: 9.
appropriation for: 49, 113, 598.
Palestine:
appropriation for leper colony at: 8.
Paxnpanga, province of:
municipalities, reduction in number of: 776.
provincial secretary, salary of: 282.
provincial government act, extended to: 282.
Pandacan, municipality:
constituted new district of Manila, boundaries defined, granted representation
on advisory board: 58.
Pangrasinan, province of:
municipalities, reduction in number of: 758.
provision for local civil government in: 513.
supervisor of, appropriation for, salary of: 404.
Para^ua, province of: .
amendment to act providing for organization of provincial government: 66.
amendment to act defining new limits for: 508.
boundaries of: 263.
wharf at Coron, appropriation for construction of: 142.
fiscals, duties of: 53.
loan to: 201, 521.
organization of, providing for: 263.
taxes, time extended for making declaration concerning: 91.
Parang:
appropriation for repairs to wharf at: 667.
Pasacao:
construction of wagon road to: 734.
Pasig Biver:
appropriation for repairs, construction, and improvements to walls along: 426,
428, 712.
844 INDEX,
Passengers and baggage:
division of: 316.
Passenger service:
baggage of: 252.
Passports:
ismiance of: 356.
fee for same: 366.
Pastor, Pedro:
political disabilities removed and made eligible for civil oflElce: 46.
Patents:
provision for issuance of, Without compensation: 746.
Patents, copyrights and trade-marks, Bureau of:
amendment providing that certificates of registry of, be issued under the seal of:
581.
appropriation for: 15, 118, 628.
chief of, authorized to make rules prescribing forms of transfers of rights to
trade-mark, etc.: 421.
duties of, pertaining to, devolved upon chief of forestry bureau: 421.
increase in number of employees in: 506.
placed under immediate direction of chief of bureau of archives: 506.
salaries and wages: 306.
Patoc, province of Abra:
name of pueblo changed to Peflamibia: 411.
Penalties:
for failure to declare value of property, refunded: 410.
Penarrubia:
pueblo in province of Abra: 411.
Persons:
pay of, withheld by disbursing officer, when indebted to United States Govern-
ment: 729.
Pests:
locust —
officials and persons exempted from service in suppression of: 658.
appointment of board for suppression of: 641.
epidemic diseases, appropriation for the suppression and extermination of : 7.
suppression of, under supervision of provincial board, 240.
Pharmaceutical examiners, board of:
appointment of, authorized: 336.
certificates issued by: 337, 338.
compensation: 337.
created: 336.
meeting of, where held: 337.
practice of, time set for: 338.
regulating practice of pharmacy, 339, 342.
rules governing registration of persons practicing: 337, 342.
secretary-treasurer to collect fee for registration of pharmacists: 338.
under jurisdiction of department of interior: 337.
Philippine Commission. (See Commission, Philippine.)
Philippine Constabulary. (See Constabulary, Philippine.)
Philippine customs. (See Customs.)
Philippine Islands:
civil governor authorized to issue passports to citizens of: 356.
exposition board appointed to visit every part of: 209.
exhibition of, at St. Louis Exposition in 1904: 208.
INDEX. 846
Plague. (See Pests.)
Police department:
contingent expenses: 576, 589.
firearms, the use of, license for: 404.
salaries and wages: 334.
secret-service fund: 589.
supplies, incidental, equipment of force and: 334, 576, 589.
Police, department of commerce and:
appropriation for: 16, 43, 147.
Polillo, island of:
exempt from land tax, 1902: 264.
Polldk, district commander:
appropriation for: 37, 141, 630.
contingent expenses: 573.
Port:
office of the captain —
appropriation for: 19, 123.
contingent expenses: 311.
public records, and property held by, turned over to insular collector of
customs: 375.
salaries and wages: 312.
appropriation for improvement of Manila: 432.
Ports:
interior: 317.
Posts:
bureau of —
contingent expenses: 569, 308.
creation of: 68.
mail transportation: 308.
salaries and wages: 307.
service, salaries: 569.
traveling expenses: 308.
department of, title changed to: 68.
director-general of —
powers and duties of: 68
title changed: 68.
Post-offices:
bureau of —
appropriation of: 16, 120, 606.
service —
contingent expenses: 308.
Post-office service:
director of, authorized to appoint postmafiters: 308.
salaries and wages: 308.
Pound, provincial:
act providing for: 706.
Power-Prederick :
appropriation for services: 137.
Prieto, Diaz:
new municipality formed in province of Sorsogon: 773.
Presidentes, municipal:
conventions of, number and date how determined: 1.
Principe:
boundaries of district fixed : 267.
exempt from land tax: 264.
846 INDEX.
Printixig, public, bureau of:
amount allowed each bureau for: 441-442.
appropriation for: 32, 33, 137, 325, 626.
apprentices, term of service and compensation: 402.
contingent exi)ensefl: 50, 324.
extra compensation: 402.
different bureaus authorized to order from, printing and binding: 442.
provision for employment of apprentices in: 402.
salaries and wages of employees: 324.
Prisons, bureau of:
appropriation for: 19, 122, 610.
clsdms against, appropriation for: 261.
contingent expenses: 312, 570.
salaries and wages: 310, 570.
Prisoners:
Act No. 449 concerning feeding of, made retroactive: 149.
contract for maintenance of: 59.
expenses of removal: 213.
proceedings necessary to release: 213.
removal from provincial jail, Rizal, to Bilibid Prison: 212.
Provincial board:
powers vested in: 433.
purchases by: 723.
Provincial board of revision and assessments:
duties of: 275, 277.
members of, appointed by civil governor: 275, 277.
partial revision of assessments on real estate in municipalities: 275, 277.
Provincial board:
provinces of —
Batangas, authorized to make loan from insular government: 79.
Capiz, authorized to divert part of loan to suppression of cholera in: 78.
pay of traveling expenses of municipal presidents: 222.
Cavite, sum for general expenses of, set aside: 344.
Iloilo, suppression of cholera and relief under supervision of: 80.
Rizal, suppression of locusts, under supervision of: 231.
Provincial funds:
provision for the deposit of surplus: 488.
Provincial government act:
provisions of, extended to Nueva Ecija Province: 411.
amendment to, referring to collection of taxes: 454.
provisions of, referring to Marinduque Province, in act 125, repealed: 190.
Provincial governments:
amendment to act providing for the organization of: 82, 727.
loans to: 2, 79, 80, 81, 201, 239, 438, 520, 521, 564, 591.
Provincial governor. (See Governor, provincial.)
Provincial and municipal boards:
duties of, outside their own provinces: 435.
Provincial officer:
deceased, accrued salary, disposition of: 58.
Provincial officers:
compensation of: 379.
leave of absence, by whom granted: 58.
Provincial and municipal taxes:
collected by provincial and municipal treasurers: 228.
disposition of: 228.
INDEX. 847
Provincial secretary:
appointment of additional clerical force, in office of: 230.
Provincial treasurer:
cash in hands of, when and by whom counted: 512.
provincial supervisor, offices of, consolidated in provinces of Isabela, Zamboanga,
and Capiz: 381-382.
Public buildings, architecture and construction, bureau of:
appropriation for: 627.
Public domain:
homesteads on the: 740-755.
leases of: 745.
rules, regulations governing or leasing of portions of: 740-755.
sales of portions of: 742.
Public liolidays:
amendment to act designating, in the Philippine Islands: 507.
Public land act. (See Land act, public. )
Public instruction. (See Instruction, public.)
Public lands. (See Lands, public. )
Public printing. (See Printing, public. )
Public 'works:
appropriation for: 736.
for construction of wharf at Iligan: 142.
for, in city of Manila: 652.
for, and improvements for insular government: 653.
for construction of wagon road in Ambos Camarines: 734.
for, on La Carlota estate: 207.
department of engineering and, appropriation for repairs and transportation: 585.
contingent expenses: 585.
materials and supplies purchased for: 280.
notices of, published in Spanish and English newspapers: 280.
offices and employees of: 583, 584.
provincial funds expended on: 54.
Puerto Princesa:
created port of entry: 720.
Purchasing agents:
requisitions on: 644.
Purchasing agent, insidar bureau of:
supplies for use at various coaling stations: 653.
Cluarantine service:
appropriation for: 9, 113, 598.
Cebu, supplies for: 654.
Mariveles Station: 10.
salaries, wages, transportation, and commutation of quarters: 301.
Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines:
appropriation for: 38, 141, 632.
claims for damages: 329.
claims for rentals: 329.
compensation for interpreters on official business: 329.
contingent expenses: 329.
pay of scouts, fiscal: 329.
repair of launch: 738.
stenographers and witnesses, appropriation for pay of: 260.
Quilbay:
barrio of, incorporated into the municipality of Ragay: 51.
848 INDEX.
Basray, municipality of:
barrio of Quilbay incorporated into: 51.
BailroacU:
bridges, highways, and crossings constructed: 249.
grantee, powers and privileges and exemptions: 249.
inspection and opening of: 249.
materials employed in construction of: 248.
passenger and freight transportation: 249, 252.
police laws of, complied with: 252.
provision for appointment of engineer to report on feasible railroad lines: 282.
route of line to be constructed from Guiguinto, Bulacan, to Cabanatnan, Naeva
Va^i}8l: 249.
rules and regulations governing construction and running of: 253, 254.
stations, where maintained: 249 (?)
BailroacU, Manila and Da^pan:
franchises granted to, 248, 462-471.
Railway:
branch of Manila and Dagupan Railroad, maintenance of: 256.
Railway, electric plant:
franchise for: 92.
required to incorporate: 101.
subject to alteration or repeal by Congress: 101.
when granted: 101.
Registration. (See Land registration. )
Real Estate:
persons paying taxes on, exempt from cedula tax: 409.
revision of assessment upon, in city of Manila: 272, 444.
act providing for partial: 275, 277.
amendment to act providing for: 444.
Reamy B. F. :
appropriation reimbursing, for traveling expenses: 361.
Records:
public, and property held by captain of port, turned over to insular collector of
customs: 375.
Registration. (See Land registration act.)
Registration:
act regulating the branding, conveyancing, and slaughtering of cattle: 385.
Chinese —
act to regulate: 459-462.
of titles to land in Philippine Islands, provision for adjudication and: 455, 457.
where and in what instances used: 705.
Regulations:
governing the practice and issuance of certificates to druggists: 339-342.
ReUef:
appropriation for, in Philippine Islands: 577.
Religious processions:
ordinances regulating: 79.
Revenues, general, insular treasury:
United States currency transferred to: 731.
Revenues, internal:
bureau of —
appropriation for: 26, 129, 618.
contingent expenses: 572.
refunds for bureau: 572.
INDEX. 849
Bevenues, internal — Continued.
bureau of — continued.
salaries and wf^ee: 317, 572.
transportation and contingent expenses: 317.
collectors of, required to make monthly reports of expenditure of same: 228.
collection and disbursement of: 227.
nice:
appropriation for relief of distress: 150.
farm, establishment of, under bureau of agriculture: 383.
purchase and distribution of, appropriation for: 260.
disposition of money received from: 639.
purchase, sale, and distribution of, to inhabitants, appropriation for expenses in
the: 542.
sold to laborers engaged in work on provincial public road: 519.
support of volunteers in province of Sorsogon, purchase by provincial board for:
203.
used to pay for labor insteatl of money in Ilocos Sur: 445.
Rizal:
appropriation for erection of monument to: 717.
extension of time for payment of land tax in province of: 345.
franchise granted to construct railroad and maintain same in: 462-471.
reduction in number of municipalities: 775.
Boads:
survey, construction and completion of: 328, 454, 660, 667, 703.
tax upon sledges, and certain roads designated upon which it in unlawful to use
same: 528.
Bobbery:
perpetrators, reward for conviction of: 429.
Bomblon, province of:
consolidation of offices of provincial supervisor and treasurer: 723.
extension of time for payment of land tax in: 737.
office of fiscal abolished : 695.
Salary:
(see .also Compensation.)
deceased head of bureau, provincial officer, or employee, native or citizen, to
whom payable: 702.
disposition of: 58.
fixed, of officers and crews of coast-guard fleet: 203.
for provincial and municipal boards, assigned to positions outside of provinces:
435.
repeal of all laws imposing a tax on: 187.
Salary and expense fund, DIanila:
appropriation for: 589, 716.
Samar, province of:
loan to: 2.
civil-service act not effective in, until March, 1903: 47.
provincial board of health of, salary of president of, fixed: 88.
made separate school district: 733.
wharf at Calbayog, appropriation for construction of: 142.
San Isidro:
construction of dormitories at: 735.
Sanitarium, civil, Bengruet:
appropriation for: 15, 119, 566, 605.
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850 INDEX.
Sanitarium, civil, Benguet — Continued.
reimbursement for improvement to: 573, 566.
salaries, wages, and contingent expenses: 307.
Sanitary engrineer, board of health:
released from duty as city engineer of Manila: 70.
San Lazaro estate:
chief of bureau of public lands, authorized to lease: 412.
San Lazaro hospital, leper hospital department:
appropriation for leper and woman's department: 8.
San Bamon government farm:
George M. Havice, superintendent of, act for relief of: 501.
Santa Ana, district of:
granted representation on advisory board: 58.
Sauta Potenciana building, custodian of:
appropriation for: 573.
contingent expenses: 573.
salaries and wages: 573.
School, divisions:
teachers, support of, while receiving training: 57.
territory included in each: 86.
Leyte and Samar made separate: 733.
School, divisions of archipelago:
general superintendent, authority of: 87.
salaries of teachers fixed by superintendent of: 88.
superintendents, number of: 86.
superintendents, powers and duties of: 87.
Schools:
Agricultural collie —
director of, rates for lodgings, instructions fixed by: 206.
director of, report of, when made and to whom: 207.
rules and regulations for admission of pupils in: 207.
transferred from bureau of education to agricultural bureau: 205.
buildings —
appropriation for reconstruction of: 231.
construction of, at Siassi: 261.
construction of, at Bacolod, Negros Occidental: 724.
loan for construction of, at San Isidro, Nueva Ecija: 735.
department of —
city of Manila —
appropriation for: 44, 147.
contingent expenses: 589.
salaries and wages: 589.
" La Granga Modelo ** —
name given to agricultural college situated on government farm: 205.
course of studies in: 206.
director of, salary: 205.
salary paid translator in San Jose College by board of trustees: 262.
Schools, night:
limitation of, at public expense: 84.
Secretary:
executive and assistant executive, empowered to administer oaths: 663.
Seiziires:
made from steamer Don Juan by officers of Spanish Government: 266.
masters and watch officers of coast-guard vessels to make searches and: 531.
money belonging to Bernardino Monreal, seizure of: 368.
return of: 368.
INDEX. 851
Serum Institute:
transferring of, to bureau of government laboratories under name Serum Labo-
ratory: 347.
Sherman, P. L.:
leave of absence granted to: 522.
Shiley, Samuel B.:
appropriation for pa3rment of salary to: 506.
Signal service:
appropriation for: 17, 121, 607.
appropriation for maintenance and construction of: 260.
expenses in the constraction of lines: 570.
purchases and services in connection with construction of lines, transportation
of materials: 309.
Silver:
appraisement and disposition of, determined by insular treasurer: 267.
character of, lost as a circulating medium: 267.
copper and other metals or alloys, purchase of, for use in coinage of subsidiary
coins in Philippine Islands: 498.
other metals seized by Spanish Government officers: 266.
Silver certificates:
provisions for the issuance and redemption of: 767-772.
Sleeper, Oharles H. :
appropriation for: 632.
Societies:
associations and, provision for inspection of accounts and examination of financial
condition: 457, 459.
Solicitor-general, assistant:
creation of position of: 443.
Sorsogron, province of:
appropriation for construction of school building: 672.
authorizing the expenditure of $3,500 for rice for support of volunteers: 203.
consolidation of barrios in, forming municipality of Prieto Diaz: 773.
Special agents:
division of: 316.
Statistics, biireau of:
appropriation for: 36, 139.
contingent expenses in: 327.
salaries and wages of clerks in: 327.
St. Louis:
commission created to secure an exhibition for exposition: 208.
Stone, Charles:
salary paid, as observer in weather bureau: 413.
Stringer, John:
compensation for apprehending fugitives from justice: 713.
Subsistence expenses:
employees of courts of first instance: 53.
Supervisor, census: t
appointment of: 72. •
districts, islands divided into: 72.
duties of: 72.
oath required of: 72.
provincial officers made eligible to appointment as: 104.
salary of: 73.
852 INDEX.
Supervisor, provincial:
compensation of: — .
deputy, of Manila: 259.
duties, designated keeper of provincial poand: 706.
office of, consolidated with provincial treasurers in provinces of —
Antique: 378.
Bataan: 646.
Capiz: 381.
Isabela: 382.
Misamis: 380.
Surigao: 640.
Zambales: 382.
Supreme court. (See Court, supreme. )
Sureties:
act relative to, amended: 259.
number of, required on bond of person having public contract: 235.
Surety companies:
disqualified from doing business prior to February 1, 1903: 259.
for failure to pay any final judgment or decree, shall forfeit right to dobusinesB: 236.
Surigao, province of:
offices of treasurer and supervisor consolidated: 640.
Survey, coast and geodetic, bureau of:
appropriation for: 21.
Survey, geological and mineralogical:
appropriation for: 11.
Szily, Ladislaus:
appropriation for part of accrued leave of absence earned by: 514.
Talim, island of:
liquor traffic prohibited on, or within 3 miles of Malahi Island, Laguna de Bay,
519.
Tariff:
approved by governmental authority for transportation of passengers, baggage,
freight, and live stock: 253.
Tarlac:
establishment of local civil government for non-Christian tribes: 245.
municipalities, reduction in number of: 757.
Tcuc:
an act to repeal all laws imposing tax on salaries: 187.
civilian employees in permanent employment of War or Navy Department
exempt from the payment of, in Philippine Islands: 542.
on sledges and vehicles: 528.
rate on land altered by provincial board and municipal council before time fixed
for collection: 527.
refund of penalties collected upon delinquent land: 530.
Tcuc, land. (See Land tax.)
Tax, cedula:
act amending provisions regarding: 503.
methods of enforcing payment of: 409.
time of payment, except in city of Manila, extended: 47.
Tax revision, board of:
amendment to act providing for compulsory attendance of witneeeee before: 444.
duties of: 272-275.
salary and expenses of, paid by city of Manila: 275-277.
secretary appointed by ci\il governor: 275-277.
time extended to, for completion of work: 499.
INDEX. 853
Tftxes:
Abra Province, extension of time for placing values on property: 410.
amendment to provincial government act relative to collection of: 454.
collection of, stamp furnished by provincial treasurer: 228.
excessive assessment on land, relief of persons paying: 709.
manner of collection of taxes on real estate annexed to city of Manila pre-
scribed: 48.
municipal treasurers to act under supervisor-treasurer for collection of: 645.
payment of, permitted in municipality as soon as revision of assessments has
been completed: 449.
time of making declaration concerning, extended in province of Paragua: 91.
Tayabaa:
province of —
amendment to act annexing districts and island to: 267.
Polillo Island and districts of Infanta and Principe exempt from land tax: 264.
residence of provincial fiscal: 662.
provincial board of, authorized to make loan from provincial funds to munici-
pality of Lucena: 643.
provisions of provincial government act, extended to: 188.
salary. of secretary increased: 65.
transfer of, from sixth to seventh judicial district: 198.
Tele^aph:
appropriation for maintenance and construction of: 67, 250.
lines constructed along railroad to be at expense of government: 249.
Telegrraph division:
Philippine Constabulary, creation of office: 729.
Tele^aph and telephone:
certain lines placed in charge of chief of Philippines Constabulary: 67.
Tele^aph inspectors:
Assignment of, in city of Manila, commutation quarters furnished for: 474.
Telephone:
Appropriation for maintenance and construction of: 260.
Timber. (See Forestry. )
Titles, land:
examiners of, fixing salaries of, in Manila city: 347, 717.
registration of, in Philippine Islands, amendment to act providing for adjudica-
tion and; 455-457.
unperfected and Spanish grants and concessions: 749.
Tiui, Albay Province:
extension of time for payment 'of land tax: 335.
Town sites:
reserved from public land: 747.
Trade-marks, copyrights, and patents, bureau of:
appropriation for: 15, 118, 628.
Trade-marks and trade names:
amendment providing that certificates of registry be issued under seal of bureau
of patents: 581.
Trade-marks:^
certificate of registration: 420-421.
requirements before registration of : 420,421.
property in, defined: 417.
provision for protection of: 417-421.
Trade names:
certificate of registration: 420.
registration of: 420.
854 INDXX
Trade namas — Contiiiued.
property in, defined: 417.
provision for protection of: 417-421.
Transportation:
boreanfl of —
agricnltore, appropriation for: 13.
coast, guard and appropriation for: 20.
forestry, appropriation for: 10.
weather, appropriation for: 12.
paseengers and freight on railroad.
Philippine civil service, appointees under: 211.
Philippine Commission, appropriation for: 5.
quarantine service, appropriation for: 10.
rates of, on launches made reasonable for nonofficial passengers: 651.
Traveling expenses:
employees courts of first instance, manner of payment in irregular seseioiis: 5S.
Treasurer Philippine Islands:
authorize<l to loan out of insular treasury, to be expended for general provincial
government: 239.
credited with certain expenditure: 63.
estates in hands of, amendment to act applying to: 343.
Treasurer Philippine Islands, assistant:
amendment to rule 48, of act 90, relating to: 580.
cash in hand of provincial treasurer certified to: 513.
duties of, according to amendments of acts 83 and 133: 540.
Treasurer, insular:
appropriation for: 21,125,614.
required to render monthly account for stamps furnished: 228.
deposits of Spanish seized funds in hands of: 349.
Treasurer, municipal:
municipal revenues turned over to: 105.
Treasurer, Philippine Archipelago:
authorized to increase or diminish penal simi of official bonds: 69.
books and papers seized from insurgents, authorized to deliver to bureau of
insular affairs: 351.
methods of keeping accounts and making reports, amendment to act relating
to: 64.
silver, gold, or other metals, authorized to sell at public auction small articles
of: 350.
Spanish seized funds —
authorized to advertise for sale: 349.
deliver to attorney-general, in form of deposit certificates: 349.
deposit in insular treasury: 349.
Treasurer, provincial:
examination of accounts, clerk of courts first instance: 61.
offices of, and provincial supervisor combined: 378.
provincial supervisor of Bataan province and, consolidated: 64d
paid from provincial revenues: 70.
provincial supervisor, consolidation of offices, Misamis Province: 380.
required to receive quarterly funds: 104.
Treasurer, province of Tayabas:
salary of, increased: 65.
Treasurer, secretary, subprovince of Bontoc:
salary of, increased: 263.
INDEX. 855
Treasury, bureau:
stamp used on counterfeit coins in: 82.
Treasury, insular:
balance of commissions, fees, and costs earned after payment of insolvent bank,
disposition of: 257.
Spanish seized funds converted into: 349.
Union, province of:
boundaries of, changed: 413.
loan to, for construction of roads: 370.
reduction in number of municipalities: 746.
United States:
persons in arms against, ineligible to hold office: 539.
Vacancies:
office of provisional governor, persons appointed by civil governor to fill: 281.
Vaccine institute:
serum laboratory incorporated with: 347.
Vagrancy:
punishment for: 215.
Vessels:
act, amendment to, relating to examination of master, mate, and patron of sea-
going: 532.
coast guard, masters and watch officers of, to make searches and seizures: 531.
construction of: 312.
engaged in coastwise trade, declared **common carriers:'* 220.
engaged in foreign or coastwise trade, Philippine customs administrative act
apphcable to: 405.
masters of, required to register all aliens on board of: 219.
masters of, to comply with rates fixed by rates commission: 221.
mentioned which are not subject to admeasurement and fees at Manila port: 217.
not permitted to engage in lighterage: 220.
operating under license, fees of: 220.
owners or masters prohibited from changing rates of transportation: 221.
owner, managing owner, charter, or master of any, required to make application
for * 'special license:** 217.
Philippine customs administrative act, section 135 of, amendment to, relating to
vessels: 289.
possessing second-class coastwise license: 436.
provisions of sections enumerated of Philippine customs administrative act,
appeals to, carried under the: 217.
**8an Nicolas,'* license issued to: 150.
sea going, provision for examination and licensing of applicants for positions
on: 532-536.
to fly at mainmast "PhiUppine coastwise emblem:'* 217.
special coastwise license issued to: 216.
under certificate of protection, privileges of: 220.
under special coastwise license permitted to carry pasengers: 220.
Vidal, Jugo:
reimbursement of, for traveling expenses incurred on official business: 360.
Virac, Catanduanes Island:
establishment of subtreasury office at: 369.
Volunteers:
rice for support of, while engaged in suppressing ladronism: 203.
Waite, Edward L. :
fugitive from justice delivered to authorities: 713.
856 nn>EX.
War emergency fund:
Mexican currency transferred to: 731.
Warehouses:
General orders stores and bonded: 315.
Water power:
Botocan waterfall, conversion of, into electric current tobeconveyed to Manila: 391.
Water supply:
employees in office of, and salaries of: 583.
Weather Bureau:
appropriation for: 12, 115, 600.
contingent expense**: 440, 568.
employment of school-teachers as third and fourth class observers for the: 413.
observers in, salary paid to: 413.
salaries and wages: 303.
stations of, directors authorized to change location of: 661.
transportation of, officers, and contingent expenses: 303,
Wharves:
Zamboanga, Iligan, Parang, and Jolo, appropriation for repairs to: 667.
Wheeler, Robert C. :
appropriation in part payment of accrued leave earned by: 515.
Williams, C. E.:
appropriation for services: 633
Wilson, Wm. A. :
fugitive from justice: 448.
Woolfe, Henry D. :
reimbursement of, for loss in furnishing goods superior to those contracted for:
361.
Zambales:
establishment of local civil government for noucivilized tribes: 244.
extension of time for payment of land tax in province of: 345.
provincial governor, compensation of: 382.
provincial treasurer and provincial supervisor, offices of, consolidated in: 3S2. '^
reduction in number of municipalities: 779. |
Zamboanga wharf:
appropriation for anchorage at: 142,
appropriation for impairs to: 667.
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