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 Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to return to the Sultan of Jolo, the Sultan Hadjee Md. and Joo Hai, the amounts collected from them for duties on goods consigned to them by the steamer "Nam Yong" arriving at Jolo 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 hundred and twenty-five dollars local currency for hire of the launch "Regineta" for three days during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two for the purpose of enabling the governor of said province to visit certain municipalities of the province. The provincial treasurer of the Province of Tayabas is hereby authorized to pay Captain H. H. Bandholtz, United States Army, governor of Tayabas, a per diem of five dollars out of provincial funds, 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; 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 authorized to pay out of provincial funds commutations of quarters at the Army rate to Lieutenant F. S. Young, from June first, nineteen hundred 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 authorized to reimburse Lieutenant F. S. Young, late treasurer of the Province 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 building 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 hereby expedited 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. [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 authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The barrio of Salinas, now forming a part of the municipality of Sariaya, Province of Tayabas, is hereby separated from said 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 municipal 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. [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, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The political disabilities of Pedro Pastor, of the municipality of Batangas, in the province of Batangas, are hereby removed, and he 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 eligible 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. [No. 433.] AN ACT changing the name of the municipality of Nagaba, in the Province of Ilolio, to that of Jordan. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Upon the application of the Municipal Council of the municipality of Nagaba, in the Province of Iloilo, the name of said municipality is changed from Nagaba to Jordan. SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section 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 authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Whereas, 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 hundred and two by the thirty-first of July, as required by Act Numbered Three hundred and seventy-seven amending Acts Numbered Eighty-three and One hundred and thirty-three, the time for the payment without penalty of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two is hereby extended until October first, nineteen 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 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. 435.] AN ACT providing that officials and employees of the provincial government of Samar shall not come within the provisions of the Civil Service Act until March first, nineteen hundred and three. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provisions of "The Provincial Government Act" and its amendments placing certain officials and employees of provincial governments under 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 Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twentysixth, 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 by the Philippine 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 inserting 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 taxation, and the taxes thereon shall be assessed and collected in the manner provided in Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, incorporating the city of Manila, except as hereinafter provided: "(a) Provided, 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: "(b) And provided further, That a tax of one-half of one per centum, instead of a tax of one per centum, on the assessed value 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 suffering the penalty for nonpayment, is extended to December first, nineteen hundred 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: "(c) 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, nineteen hundred and two, so that such listing and valuation is required to be completed on or before that date: "(d) And provided 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 completed and is on file, the date fixed on which the City Assessor and Collector will be in his office 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, for the purpose 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: "(f) 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 long, as the assessment first made in the other districts of the city of Manila shall continue: "(g) And provided further, 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 Province of Rizal for the general uses of that province, in accordance with the provisions of 'The Provincial Government Act,' and the remaining one-half thereof shall belong to the city of Manila, like all other taxes assessed in other parts of said city." SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited, in accordance with section 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 [No. 437.] passage. AN ACT appropriating the sum of twenty-two thousand nine hundred and thirtyfour 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, 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 appropriated, 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 PHILIPPINES. 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 Government by the city of Manila, and when such reimbursement is fully made, all property, such as launches, WAR 1903-VOL 84 |