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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 


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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 


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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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Page. 

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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Page. 
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 


XIV  CONTENTS. 

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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Xyi  .  CONTENTS. 

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 


XVIII  CONTENTS. 

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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Page. 

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 


XX  OOKTBNTS. 


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 


CONTENTS.  XXI 

Page. 

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 


XXLl  CONTENTS. 

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 


CONTENTS.  XXUI 

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 


XXIV  CONTENTS. 

Pngn 

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 


No.  813. 


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Page. 

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 


CONTENTS.  XXV^II 

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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Page. 

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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Page. 

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 


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884. 

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886. 

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886. 

XXX  CONTENTS. 

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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Page. 

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 


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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- 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  3 

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 


4  LAWS   OK   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


^  LAWS   OF   UMTED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


12  LAWS   OP  imiTED  8TATE8   PHILIPPIKE   COMMISSION. 

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 


20  LAWS   OP   UNITED  STATES  PHILIPFINB  COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF  UNITED  STATES  PHILIPPINE  COMMISSION.  21 

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 


22  LAWS   OF  UNITED  STATES  PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


24  LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


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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. 


44  LAWS   OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PTHTiTPPINE   COMMISSION.  45 

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 


46  LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION, 

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. 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  47 

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 


48  LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMMISSION. 

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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50  LAWS   OP    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


52  LAWS    OF   UNITED   ST A.TE8   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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: 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  53 

"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 


54  LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAW8    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILEPPIWE    C0H1CI8SI0N.  55 

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. 


56  LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF  UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  57 

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 


58  LAWS   OF   UIOTED  STATES   PHILIPPINB   COMMISSION. 

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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LAWS   OF  UIOTED   STATES   PHILIPPIinE   COMKISSIOK.  59 

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. 


I.AW8   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  61 

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. 


62  LAWS   OF   UKITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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- 


LAWS    OF  UKITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  68 

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 


64  LAWS   OF   UKITKD   STATES   PHILIPPnfE   OOMMIS8ION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINB   COMMISSION.  65 

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 


66  LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPOrE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.  67 

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. 


68  LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS    OP   imiTED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  69 

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. 


70  LAWS   OF   rNITED   STATES    PHILIPPnTK    COMKI^ION. 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.  71 

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- 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  77 

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 


7S  LAWS   OF    ryiTEI>   s-TATES    PHILIFPlirE   COMM1S8IOK. 

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. 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.  79 

[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- 


78  LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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- 


80  LAWS    OK    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF  UNITED   STATES   PfllLIPPIKE   COMMISSION.  91 

[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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.  93 

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. 


112  LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


118         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILH^PINE   COMMISSION. 
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. 


120         LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         121 
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. 


122         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         123 

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, 


124         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    OOMMJSSIOlfr. 

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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LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         125 

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. 


126         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 
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, 


132         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


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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, 


136         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHLLIPPIKE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


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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. 


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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. 


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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 


144  LAWS    OF    UNITED    STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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- 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         145 

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 


148  LAWS   OF   rNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE    OOMMISSION. 

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. 


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[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 
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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 


160  LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHTLLPPUiE   COMMISSION. 

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 
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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, 


188         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


190         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

"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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194  LAWB    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


206  LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


208  LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

[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. 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         209 

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 


234         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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- 


236         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    OOMIQSSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UIOTBD   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         237 

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 


238         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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  » 


LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         243 

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 


244         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHIUFPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         259 

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 


260         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


262         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMHISSIOK. 

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 


268         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


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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. 


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[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." 


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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,  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. 


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[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 


296  LAWS    OF    UNITED    STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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- 


298  LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


302         LAWS    OF   UNITBD   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


804  LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


308         LAWS    OF    UNITED    STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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- 


810         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


812         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIl>PlNE   COMMISSION. 

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 


814         LAWS   OF   UNITED   8TATE8   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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, 


832         LAWS   OF  tJIOTEI)  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         333 

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 


842         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

"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- 


344         LAWS    OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    OOMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF  UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         345 

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 


346         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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- 


850         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         351 

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. 


852         LAWS   OF   UNITED    STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 
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 


360  LAW8   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE    COlOnSSION. 

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 


LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         361 

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 


362  LAWg   OK   TTflTED   STATES    PHILlPPUrE   COMMISSION. 

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 


364  LAWS    OF   UNITKD   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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\ 


372  LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


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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 


382         LAWS   0¥   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         383 

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- 


384  LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         385 

[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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386         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   0O1CMIS8ION. 

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 


892         LAWS   OF   UiaTED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


394         LAWS   OB*  UNITED  STATES  PHILIPPINE  OOMMISSIOlf. 

[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: 


396         LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPIKE   COMMISSION. 

"  (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 


398         LAWS    OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMMISSIOin 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMI8SIOK.         399 

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 


400         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         401 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         403 

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. 


404  LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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, 


LAW8    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         405 

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- 


406         LAWS   OF  UNITED   STATES  PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAW8   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         407 

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 


408         LAWS   OF    VSTTED  STATES   PHILIPPUTB    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         409 
[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. 


410         LAWS   OF  UNITED   8TATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMIS8ION. 

[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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         411 

[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. 


412         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

[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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         413 

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 


414         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         415 

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 


416         LAWS   OF   ITNITED   STATES   PHILIPPnTE    CM^MKISSION. 

section  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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         417 

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. 


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[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. 


LAWS   OF   imiTED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         423 

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- 


426         LAWS   OP   UNITED   STATES    PHILrPPINE    OOMlllSSION. 

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 


428         LAWS   OP   TTNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


432         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COlOaSBION. 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         433 

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. 


436         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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. 


LAWS   OF  UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         437 

[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." 


488         LAWS   OP  UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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- 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         489 

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. 


440         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION, 
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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         441 

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. 


442         LAW8   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 
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. 


LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         443 

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. 


444         LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

[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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION,         445 

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- 


446         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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- 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         447 

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 


448         LAWS   OF   UNITED   8TATE8   PHHilFPUTE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         449 

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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450         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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 


LAW8   OF   UiaTED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         451 

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- 


452         LAWS   OF    UNITED  STATES   PHILTPPIKE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE   COMMISSION.        453 

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.) 


456         LAWS   OF   UNITED   8TATE8   PHILIPPINE   OOKMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         457 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         459 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         461 

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 


462         LAWS   OP   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UKITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         468 

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, 


464         LAWS   OF   CKITED   STATES   PHILIPPOTE   COMMISSION. 

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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466         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         467 

(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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         469 

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. 


470         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         471 

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. 


472  LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

[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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         478 

[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 


LAWS    OF   UNITEP   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         475 

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. 


480        LAWS   OK   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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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482        LAWS   OF   UKITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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 


LAWS  OF  tNIl^ED  STATES  PHILIPKNE  COMMISSION.        485 

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 


486        LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES  PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         487 

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 


LAWS  OF  mnTEB  STATES  PHILIPPINE  COMMISSION.        489 

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 


LAWS   OP   UKITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE   COMMISSION.         491 

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 


492        LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 


"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 


494        LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   0OMMIS8IOK. 

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." 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         495 

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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498        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMMlSSiON. 

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- 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         499 

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. 


502        LAWS  OF  UNXTEB  8TAT£S  PHILIFFDiE  0OMMI88IOK. 

[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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         503 

[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 


504        LA.W8   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS  OB*  UNITED  STATES  PHILIPPINE  COMMISSION.        507 

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- 


508        LAWS   OF  UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPtKE  OOlOaSSION. 

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. 


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[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. 


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[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 


512        LAWS   OF    UNITBD   STATES   PHILIPPINK   COMmSSIOK. 

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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514        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMlflSSION. 

''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 


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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. 


526        LAWS   OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE   COMMISSION. 

[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. 


528        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILTPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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- 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         529 

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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530        LAWfi   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


532        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMMI8SION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PBILIPPLNTE   COMMISSION.         633 

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 


534        LAWS   OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         535 

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. 


536         LAWS    OF    UNITED   8TATE8   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


538        LAWS   OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         541 

**  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. 


542         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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* 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         543 

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. 

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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. 


560        LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

[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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         561 

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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562        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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- 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         563 

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- 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         565 

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. 


566        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPXNE   OOMMI8SIOK. 

[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; 


LAW8   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         567 

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 


568        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPENE   COMMISSION. 

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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LAWS    OF    UNITED    STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         569 

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 


570        LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATE8   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         57 1 
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 


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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. 


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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, 


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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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE    COMMISSION.         589 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         591 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         593 

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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594        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION, 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         595 
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 


596        LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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; 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         597 

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 


598        LAWS   OK   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    OOIOHSSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         599 

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 


600        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         601 

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. 


602        LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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, 


LAWS    OF    UNITED    8TATE8    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         603 

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; 


604        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHUIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


608        LAWS   OF   UNITED   8TATE8    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


612        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMI88IOK. 

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, 


LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         613 

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. 


614        LAWS   OF   UiaTED   STATES   PHILIPPOTE    COMMISSION. 

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- 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         615 

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 


616         LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


620         LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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, 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         623 

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. 


624         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF    UKITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         625 

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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626         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   tnOTED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         627 

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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LAWS   OF   UNITED    STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         631 

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 


622        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    OOMMIBSION. 

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 
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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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626         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPIKE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


630        LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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, 


LAWS    OF   UNITED    STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         631 

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 


632        LAW8   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   OOMKISSION. 

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 


LAW8   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         633 

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 


634         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


686         LAWS    OP   UNITED   8TATK8    PHTLIPPINE    COMKISSION. 

[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- 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         637 

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." 


638         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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; 


LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         639 

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." 


640         LAWS    OF    UNITED    STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         641 

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 


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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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPIKE    COMMISSION.         649 

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 


650        LAW8   OP   imiTED  STATES  PHELIPPIKE   OOmOSSIOK. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         653 

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. 


654        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPrNE   COMMISSION. 
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 


LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         655 

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, 


Co6        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIICE   COMIUSSION. 

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 


LAWS    OF    UNITED    STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         657 

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. 

WAR  1903— VOL  8 ^ 


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. 


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[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- 


660        LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWR   OF  UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         661 

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 


662        LAWS   OF  UNITED   STATES  PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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- 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         668 

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- 


664        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHIUPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         665 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         667 

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 


668        LAWS   OP  UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         669 

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 


670        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COBOIIS8ION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         671 

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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674        LAWS   OF   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


676         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         677 

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 


680        LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPrNE   COMMISSIOK. 

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 


682        LAWS   OK   UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPIirE   COMMISdlON. 

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 


684        LAWS   OP   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


686         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPimB   COMJOSSIOK. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         701 

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. 


702        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

[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 


704        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPMWE    COMMISSION.         705 

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. 

WAR  lOOa—voL  8 45 


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 


710        LAWS   OF   UXITED   STATES    PHILIPPnTE   COMMISSIOIf. 

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 


LAWS   OF  UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         7ll 

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 


712        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE   OOMMISSIOIf. 

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 


LAWS   OB'   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         718 

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. 


714        LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPIKE   OOlOnSSION. 

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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         7l7 

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, » 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         721 

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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722  LAWS   OK    UNITEJ>   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

[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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         723 
[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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   flTATES   PfllLIPPINE   COMMISSION.         725 

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. 


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[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 


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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- 


734         LAWS    OF    UNITED   STATES    PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


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[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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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 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         759 

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- 


760         LAWS   OF  UNITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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 


LAWS  OF  UKITED  STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.        761 

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. 


762         LAWS   OF  tTNlTED  STATES   PHtLIPPiKE   OOMMISSIOK. 

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 


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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 


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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. 


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[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 


LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         769 

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 


772         LAWS   OF    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         773 

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. 


774         LAWS   OP    UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

the  passage  of  the  same  is  hereby  expedited  in  accordance  with  section 
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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE   COMMISSION.         775 

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, 


776         LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILlPPllTB   OOMMlSAlOK. 

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. 


778         LAWS    OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION. 

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. 


LAWS   OF   UNITED   STATES   PHILIPPINE    COMMISSION.         781 

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. 

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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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