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 hundred and seventy-five dollars. BUREAU OF 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 authorized to employ two assistant bacteriologists, class nine, in lieu of one assistant bacteriologist at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and one clerk at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum as heretofore 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 authorized 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 additional laboratory building, not to exceed 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, 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, 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 hundred and three: For the purchase and transportation of telegraph and telephone supplies, construction, repair and maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines, and other incidental expenses, fifty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and 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 ninetyfive, shall not be paid after the dates of the respective appointments of said officers under the provisions of Act of Congress approved January thirtieth, nineteen hundred 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 expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three. In all, for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, sixty-one thousand seven hundred and forty dollars and ninety-five cents. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE. BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION. 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. BUREAU 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 examiner of titles for the city of Manila at one thousand five hundred dollars 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 Land Registration, 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 dollars local currency, thirtyfive dollars. BUREAU 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 opposite the name of the respective Bureaus: Bureau of Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars. BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Public works, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings: For maintenance, repairs to, and construction of the following 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 dollars. Pilot's and semaphore stations, one thousand seven hundred dollars. In all, for public works, six thousand 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 dollars and sixty-seven cents. THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE. The Editor of the Official Gazette 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 Gazette," are hereby made available for the payment of said additional clerk. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC. For a fund to be expended by the provincial governor of LepantoBontoc for the purchase of articles for presents to members of nonChristian tribes in said province, for the purpose of bringing said nonChristian tribes in closer contact with the Government authorities, and for purchase of seeds, plants, and so forth, for distribution among the inhabitants of said province, not to exceed four hundred and fifty dollars local currency, two hundred and seventy-five dollars. CITY OF MANILA. Salaries and wages, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred 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 thirtythree cents. Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of stationery and supplies, books, furniture, coolie hire, repairs, and hire of vehicles in Manila 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 hundred and fifty dollars. In all, for the city of Manila, two thousand nine hundred and fiftyeight dollars and thirty-three cents. Total of appropriations for all purposes, one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and five 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 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 authorized 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 accordance with section 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. 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, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Civil Governor may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, an Assistant SolicitorGeneral in the office of the 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 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. 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. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The disbursing officer of the Municipal Board is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Charles C. Cohn, member of the Board of Tax Revision for the city of Manila, the compensation provided by law for such position, notwithstanding the fact that said Cohn 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 being 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 Revision in the city of Manila. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Five hundred and eightyone, entitled "An Act to provide for the revision of the assessment upon real estate in the city of Manila," enacted January eighth, nineteen 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 consideration. 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, the Board is empowered to direct such witness so refusing to answer to be taken before the municipal court of the city |