tionate part of allowance in lieu of accrued leave of absence due him by the Improvement of the Port of Manila under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty, as amended, the computation for such appropriation being upon the basis of leave commencing March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and three, at a compensation of two thousand dollars per annum. The Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago is directed to issue his certificate for settlement warrant for this amount, pursuant to this appropriation. 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. 756.] AN ACT empowering the provincial board of the Province of Bulacan to make appropriation for proportionate part of accrued leave of absence earned by Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor of said province, and appropriating the sum of two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents, in money of the United States, for proportionate part of such accrued leave due by the city of Manila. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Whereas, Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor of the Province of Bulacan, 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 city of Manila and the Province of Bulacan, in view of the fact that said Wheeler was for a portion of his service a city engineer: The provincial board of the Province of Bulacan is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate the sum of one hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-four cents, in money of the United States, to Robert C. Wheeler, late provincial supervisor of said province, in payment for the proportionate part of accrued leave of absence due to said Wheeler 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 April first, nineteen hundred and three, at a compensation of one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum. The provincial treasurer of said province is authorized and directed to make payment in accordance with law to said Wheeler 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 two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-seven 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 Robert C. Wheeler of a proportionate part of allowance, in lieu of accrued leave of absence due him by the city of Manila under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty, as amended, the computation for such appropriation being upon the basis of leave commencing April first, nineteen hundred and three, at a compensation of one thousand seven hundred dollars per annum. The Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago is directed to issue his certificate for settlement warrant for this amount, pursuant to this appropriation. 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. Enacted, May 20, 1903. [No. 757.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "An Act making temporary provisions for the care of invalid civil employees at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, pending the establishment of a Government sanitarium," by changing the rates at the civil sanitarium, authorizing certain additional employees, and appropriating funds for the payment of the salaries of such employees. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "An Act making temporary provisions for the care of invalid civil employees at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, pending the estab lishment of a Government sanitarium," is hereby amended as follows: (a) By changing section three to read as follows: "The attending physician and surgeon so appointed is hereby authorized to appoint one dispensing clerk of class nine who shall also serve as property clerk, one nurse and housekeeper of Class A, one nurse of Class C, one employee of Class D, one employee of Class F, one employee of Class J, one temporary employee of Class J to serve at time when the presence of a large number of persons at the sanitarium makes his employment necessary, one employee at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, three employees at ninety-six dollars per annum, two employees at sixty dollars per annum. The employees named shall be furnished food and lodging free of charge. The attending physician and surgeon shall, after July first, nineteen hundred and three, be allowed to occupy free of charge the Government cottage known as cottage number five, but shall provide his own subsistence." (b) By changing section five to read as follows: "The attending physician and surgeon shall receive into the buildings aforesaid, upon seasonable application, civil officers and employees of the insular and provincial governments, and of the government of the city of Manila, officers of the United States Army, and members of the families of all such officers and employees. He shall make weekly reports to the Secretary of the Interior covering all matters relating to the performance of his duties and to the occupancy of the buildings aforesaid and to the receipt and disbursement of funds, and shall communicate by telegraph if occasion requires. Persons received in the buildings aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall pay not less than one dollar, nor more than one dollar and fifty cents, per day for room, the amount to be fixed for each room by the attending physician and surgeon, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That one-half the rates here prescribed shall be charged for children over two and under ten years of age, and that no charge shall be made for children under two years of age: Provided further, That the minimum charge for a room reserved for one person shall be three dollars per day; And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion reduce the rates here prescribed in especially meritorious cases of officers, employees, or members of their families when such officers or employees receive an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars or less. Private servants of persons so received, who serve under the direction of the attending physician and surgeon, shall be lodged and subsisted free of charge. Other private servants of persons so received may be lodged and subsisted at twenty-five cents per day. A charge of fifty cents shall be made for each meal provided for guests of patients or employees. No additional charge shall be made for medical and surgical attendance, medical supplies. nursing, or food to persons so received. The buildings under the charge of the attending physician and surgeon shall be a main building provided with wards and private rooms and such separate cottages or other buildings as have heretofore been or may hereafter be authorized. The attending physician and surgeon is also authorized to rent temporarily the cottages in this section named for the use of persons authorized by this Act to be received therein, at rentals to be fixed by the attending physician and surgeon and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Persons occupying such cottages may secure meals in the main building at one dollar per day. The Commissioner of Public Health, upon request by the attending physician and surgeon and approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall purchase and send to Baguio medical and other supplies needed for the purpose of this Act." SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to detail any employee of the Civil Sanitarium, Baguio, Benguet, for temporary service at the Civil Hospital in Manila, when in his judgment such detail will be conducive to the public interest, and the attending physician and surgeon is hereby authorized to dismiss employees when their services are no longer required at the Civil Sanitarium. SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and thirty-six dollars, in addition to the amount appropriated in Act Numbered Five hundred and nine-five for "Salaries and wages, Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, nineteen hundred and three," for the payment of the force herein authorized for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three. SEC. 4. Where the word "dollars" is used in this Act, it shall be understood to mean dollars in money of the United States. 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 twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect as of April first, nineteen hundred and three. Enacted, May 20, 1903. [No. 758.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, entitled “An Act authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil Departments, Bureaus, and Offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensation as such," as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and four. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and fortyfive, entitled "An Act authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil Departments, Bureaus, and Offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensation as such," as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and four, is hereby further amended by adding, after the word "disbursement in the third line of said section, the following words: "or any other officer of the Insular Government, or of the city of Manila, who collects or receives public moneys, or by virtue of his official position receives moneys which may be considered in the nature of trust funds," so that said section shall read as follows: "SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer in the city of Manila having any public moneys intrusted to him for disbursement, or any other officer of the Insular Government, or of the city of Manila, who collects or receives public moneys, or by virtue of his official position receives moneys which may be considered in the nature of trust funds, to deposit the same with the Treasurer of the Archipelago or in a depository designated by him and to draw for the same as may be required for payments made by him in pursuance of law. No payment shall be made in cash by any disbursing officer in the city of Manila where the amount to be paid exceeds the sum of ten dollars, United States currency, except for salaries and wages. All payments to creditors other than for salaries and wages, as stated, in the city of Manila, shall be by check upon the designated depository for the disbursing officer, the number and amount of the check so drawn being entered on the voucher covering said payment. Payments of salaries and wages may be made in cash, but the disbursing officer shall draw his check payable to himself for an amount not exceeding the amount of any pay roll to be paid by him for any month, and he shall state on the check so drawn that it is for funds with which to pay salaries and wages, and, if required to do so by the Treasurer of the Archipelago, shall submit a list of the salary payments to be made from the proceeds of such check. No disbursing officer shall keep in his personal possession at any time an amount in cash exceeding his immediate requirements for disbursement, but shall deposit all surplus funds drawn from the Insular Treasury in his designated depository until such time as he may be required or directed by the Auditor to deposit the same in the Insular Treasury as repayments to the appropriations originally drawn upon. All original transfers from the Treasury to a disbursing officer shall be by warrant on the Treasury, as provided by Act Numbered Ninety." 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. 759.] AN ACT authorizing provincial boards to purchase and sell rice to laborers engaged in work on provincial public roads and bridges. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provincial board of any regularly organized province is hereby authorized in its discretion to expend such amounts as may appear necessary for the purchase of rice to be sold to laborers actually at work on the roads and bridges of the province. Payments on this account shall be made from the road and bridge fund of the province and all money derived from sales shall be deposited in the provincial treasury to the credit of said fund. SEC. 2. The amount of rice purchased at any one time under the provisions of section one hereof shall not exceed a supply sufficient for two months, and shall be sold at cost, including transportation, shrinkage, and storage, but shall not include cost of distribution within the province to the various road gangs. Such cost of distribution, if any, shall be borne by the province and shall be a proper charge against the road and bridge fund thereof. Sales of rice purchased under the provisions of this Act shall be under the supervision of the provincial supervisor, who shall be accountable for the property purchased, and who shall, on the last day of each month, render an account to the provincial treasurer, showing the quantity and value of rice on hand at date of preceding account, the quantity and value of rice received and sold since, and the balance on hand and value thereof at date of the report. The supervisor shall, at the time of rendering the above-mentioned account, or oftener if deemed expedient, deposit with the provincial treasurer all money received from such sales of rice since his last report. SEC. 3. The provincial treasurer shall take up on his account-current rendered to the Auditor all money deposited on account of sales of rice under the provisions of this act, as a reimbursement to the road and bridge fund, and shall forward with his monthly accounts to the Auditor a copy of the supervisor's report for the month. 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 passage. [No. 760.] AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine, entitled "An Act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within certain distances of land used by the United States for military purposes and at certain camps therein named," by prohibiting the said traffic on the Island of Talim or within a distance of three miles of Malahi Island, Laguna de Bay. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine, entitled "An Act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within |