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 treasurer, 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 by the president of the board of health of the municipality, 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 official may make the proper examination of such animal; and the permit for slaughtering shall 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 information 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 twenty-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, That the treasurer 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 otherwise expressly provided, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceed one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 35. In case the owner of cattle, by reason of the negligence or fraud of the municipal officials 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 First 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 first 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 in default of payment to imprisonment for a period of twenty days.

SEC. 38. A violation of section seventeen shall subject the owner or drover of the cattle to a fine of five dollars, in money of the United

States, for each animal in the herd, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a period of twenty days.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SEC. 39. Within the jurisdiction of the city of Manila the same regulations 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 animals shall continue in full force and effect.

SEC. 41. Erasures, interlineations, or amendments in any 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 erasures, interlineations, or amendments are satisfactorily explained by a note on the instrument which is signed and dated 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 than one animal, so that for each head of cattle a separate certificate shall be issued.

SEC. 43. In all cases when it shall be necessary, 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 September 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 engineer and a hydraulic engineer for the purpose for preparing plans and specifications for the conversion of the water-power at the Botocan waterfall in the Province of La Laguna, near Majayjay, into electrical current to be conveyed to the city of Manila.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by 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 compensation not exceeding three hundred dollars per month, for the purposes described in the following section. The terms of the contract of employment of such engineers 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

jointly make survey of the Dalitiuan River at Botocan Falls, near the town of Lusiana and the town of Majayjay, for the purpose of determining 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 adjoining watershed into the Dalitiuan River and thus increase the flow of water, determine the proper location of the electrical plant, the cost of the 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 appointed 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
Enacted, February 16, 1903.

passage.

[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 authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and fortythree, 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," is hereby 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 powers 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.

[No. 640.].

AN ACT authorizing the improvement of the port of Cebu.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, 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 Commission, 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 necessary, 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 Commission, and for the reclaiming of 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 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 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 (b) to (s), 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.

[No. 641.]

AN ACT authorizing the improvement of the port of Iloilo.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of one 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 Iloilo, in accordance with the general plans now on file in the office of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission, and subject to such modifications, approved by resolution of the Commission, as he may deem necessary.

SEC. 2. This appropriation 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.

All 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 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 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 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 (b) to (s), 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 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.