[No. 749.] AN ACT requiring officers and agents of the Insular Government whose duty it is 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 Government or provincial governments to render accounts as required by law. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. All officers or agents of the Insular Government whose 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, regardless of the amount received or collected, as often as once a month, where safe and possible, and if there is no opportunity for such remittance within the 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 officer or agent amounts to five hundred dollars, United States currency, or its equivalent in Philippine or Mexican currency: Provided, That no such officer or agent shall be required to make a deposit oftener than once a day: And provided further, That postmasters 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 may 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 prosecution 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 750.] AN ACT ratifying the action of the Civil Governor 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 hundred and three, twenty-five thousand pounds of rice, two thousand pounds of fish, and one hundred tents. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Whereas, by order of the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, the Insular Purchasing Agent has furnished gratuitously, through the supervisor of the Province of Rizal, twenty-five thousand pounds of rice, two thousand pounds of fish and one hundred 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 Governor of the Philippine Islands in ordering the distribution of these supplies is hereby confirmed and ratified. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated from the fund of three millions of dollars, in money of the United States, voted by the Congress 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 751.] AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-four 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. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twentyfour, 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 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 to amend paragraph (ƒ) of section nine of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, by adding to said paragraph a provision requiring a committee consisting of the provincial governor, 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 result of such count to the Insular Auditor and the Insular Treasurer. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph (f) of section nine of Act Numbered Eightythree, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial gov 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 supervisor, 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 correct 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 treasurer 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 insular 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 Treasurer shall be spread upon the minutes of the provincial board. 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 19, 1903. [No. 753.] AN ACT providing for the establishment of local civil governments for the nonChristian tribes of the Province of Pangasinan. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, 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 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 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 nonChristian tribes 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 Pangasinan any settlement of non-Christian tribes 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 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 754.] AN ACT to amend section thirty-two of the municipal code by providing for the approval by the provincial board of the action of the municipal council in expelling a member thereof for cause. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section thirty-two of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled WAR 1903-VOL 8- -33 "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 requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby 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 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 accrued leave of absence earned by Ladislaus Szily, late provincial supervisor of said province, and appropriating the sum of one hundred and forty-six dollars and fifteen cents, in money of the United States, for proportionate part of such accrued leave due by the Improvement of the Port of Manila. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Whereas Ladislaus 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 authorized and empowered to appropriate the sum of four hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety-six cents, in money of the United States, to Ladislaus Szily, late provincial supervisor of said province, in payment for the proportionate part of accrued leave of absence due 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 payment 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 Ladislaus Szily of a propor |