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. 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 authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninetyfive, entitled “An Act appropriating the sum 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," is hereby amended by 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 order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. [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 the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. 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, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named: For the purchase of the house known as the "Lacalle House," situated 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 thousand 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 crimes committed in unorganized territory in the Philippine Archipelago, 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 Roy Eltinge, Fifteenth United States Cavalry, two hundred and forty dollars. For the enlargement and repair of the trail from Naguilian, Province of La Union, to the Benguet line, on the road between San Fernando 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. Insular salary and expense fund, nineteen hundred and three: For the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials which are properly 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, 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 hereby expedited in accordance with section 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. [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 authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provincial board of the Province of Samar is hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Government, the 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 by such construction and the wages paid for the work thereunder will relieve the necessities of the people. The amount borrowed hereunder shall be expended for no other purposes than that stated herein. The sum thus borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasury, without interest, within two years from the date of the loan. 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 Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated 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. [No. 565.] AN ACT so amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight as to authorize the board of trustees of the College of San José to pay F. Č. Fisher one hundred and eighty-eight dollars in local currency for his services as translator. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine . Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight, entitled "An Act regulating expenditure of money under appropriations, forbidding the allowances to officers or clerks for extra compensation, except in case of clerks or employees acting as night teachers in the public schools, and regulating the payment of traveling expenses," is hereby amended so as to authorize the board of trustees of the College of San José 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 property of said college instituted pursuant to Act Numbered Sixty-nine of the Philippine Commission. SEC. 2. The payment authorized by this Act shall be made from the funds appropriated by Act Numbered Sixty-nine to defray the expenses of the litigation in the matter of title to the property of the College of San José. 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. [No. 566.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and ten, providing for the organization of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, by increasing the salary of the secretarytreasurer 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, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ten, providing for the organization of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: (b) A provincial secretary-treasurer, who shall receive compensation 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 laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 567.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Province of Paragua and defining the limits of that province, by fixing new boundaries for the Province of Paragua. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and twentytwo, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Province of Paragua, and defining the limits of that province," 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 Ulugan Bay, thence following the main channel of the Ulugan River to the village of Bahile, thence along the main trail 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 Paraguay the small islands adjacent thereto, including Dumaran and the islands forming the Calamianes group and the Cuyos group. SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 568.] AN ACT changing the titles of the inspectors of the Philippines constabulary. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, 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 first 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 section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 569.] AN ACT exempting the districts of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo, now a part of Tayabas Province, from payment of the land tax for the year 1902. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. In view of the insufficient time to complete the assessment 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 prescribed by section fifty-two of "The Municipal Code" for the appraisement and assessment of lands for taxation purposes is hereby postponed for the period of one year in that territory heretofore 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 |