between the Agno River and the streams of Nueva Vizcaya joins Mount Datá. SEC. 2. That portion of the township of Loo lying south of the boundary thus fixed shall be a barrio of the town of Buguias. The present organization of the township of Loo is hereby abolished and all offices existing by virtue of the present organization of this township are hereby declared vacant and such offices are abolished. Local civil government shall be provided for the inhabitants of the territory lying to the north of the line described in section one which did not previously belong to the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc by the governor and the provincial board of that province, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and eleven. SEC. 3. The territory formerly included within the comandancia of Kayapa is hereby added to the territory of the Province of Benguet, and the provincial governor of Benguet shall establish a government in the township of Kayapa in accordance with the provisions prescribed for the establishment of local civil governments in the townships of the Province of Benguet by Act Numbered Forty-eight. 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. 769.] AN ACT to amend section two hundred and six of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, known as the Customs Administrative Act, by correcting an obvious error of omission in the language of said section. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two hundred and six of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, known as the Customs Administrative Act, is hereby amended by inserting, after the word "merchandise" in the third line of said section, the words "shall have been paid and such goods, wares, and merchandise," so that the section shall read as follows: "SEC. 206. Whenever any goods, wares, and merchandise shall have entered and passed free of duty, and whenever duties upon any imported goods, wares, and merchandise shall have been paid and such goods, wares, and merchandise shall have been delivered to the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, such entry and passage free of duty and such settlement of duties will, after the expiration of one year from the time of entry, in the absence of fraud and in the absence of protest by the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, be final and conclusive upon all parties." 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. [No. 770.] AN ACT to provide that the appropriation of two millions of dollars made in Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-six may be expended not only to purchase the silver bullion with which to coin silver Philippine pesos but also to pay the expenses of such coinage and the transportation of the coins, when coined, from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including insurance and all other proper expenses. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The appropriation of two millions of dollars provided for in section four of Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-six for the purchase of silver bullion to be coined into silver Philippine pesos may also be expended for the expenses of coining the same, including the making of the necessary dies, for the transportation of the coins, when coined, from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, for insurance, and for all other proper expenses of putting such pesos into circulation. SEC. 2. All moneys heretofore disbursed by the Disbursing Agent of the Philippine Government in Washington for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section are hereby ratified and confirmed. 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. 771.] AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty-one, entitled "An Act appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for the purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of subsidiary coins for use in the Philippine Islands," by providing that the money appropriated may be expended not only for the purchase of bullion needed in the coinage, but also for the making of necessary dies and other expenses of coinage, for the cost of transporting coins when coined from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including the necessary insurance, and for all other expenses of putting such coins into circulation. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirtyone, entitled "An Act appropriating one million dollars, in of money the United States, for the purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of subsidiary coins for use in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by providing that the money appropriated may be expended not only for the purchase of bullion needed in the coinage but also for the making of necessary dies and other expenses of coinage, for the cost of transporting coins when coined from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including the necessary insurance, and for all other expenses of putting such coins into circulation. SEC. 2. All moneys heretofore disbursed by the Disbursing Agent of the Philippine Government in Washington, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, are hereby ratified and confirmed. 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 27, 1903. [No. 772.] AN ACT to amend section forty-seven of Act Numbered Eighty-two and section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three by providing that the municipal council and the provincial board may alter the rate per centum of the land tax to be levied in any current year at any time before the period fixed for the collection of the tax. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at the close of paragraph (g) of said section the following paragraph: "(h) At any time after the rate per centum of the land tax to be levied for the current year shall have been determined by ordinance of the municipal council and before the time fixed by the law for the collection of the land tax, the municipal council may by ordinance, with the consent of the provincial board, increase or decrease the rate per centum of the land tax already fixed and to be levied for that year within the maximum and minimum limits fixed by law for the levy of the land tax for municipal purposes; and the certified copy of the action of the municipal council in making the change shall be sent by the municipal secretary to the provincial treasurer who, if the provincial board approves the action of the council, shall make collection of the tax in accordance with the amended levy." SEC. 2. Paragraph (i) of section thirteen of Act Numbered Eightythree, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands" is hereby amended by adding to such paragraph the following: "After the provincial board shall have by resolution fixed the rate per centum of the land tax for the province for the current year and before the period fixed for its collection under the law it may for good cause, in its discretion, change the rate per centum thus fixed by increase or decrease within the maximum and minimum limits fixed by law and the provincial treasurer shall make his collections in accordance with the change.' 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 27, 1903. [No. 773.] AN ACT providing for certain changes in the personnel of the Civil Hospital at Manila and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail employees of the Civil Hospital for service at the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio, Benguet. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The position of Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon at the Civil Hospital in Manila shall be abolished on June first, nineteen hundred and three. SEC. 2. The following employees of the Civil Hospital at Manila are hereby authorized: Two house surgeons at one thousand two hundred dollars per annnm each, with board and lodging, in lieu of one house surgeon at one thousand dollars per annum, with board and lodging, heretofore authorized; and one additional ambulance driver at six hundred dollars per annum, with board and lodging. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to detail any officer or employee of the Civil Hospital at Manila for service at the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio, Benguet, when in his judgment such a course will promote the public interest. 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. 774.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands" by imposing a tax upon sledges and making it the duty of provincial boards to designate improved roads in the several provinces upon which it shall be unlawful to use certain carts and sledges. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph (j) of section forty-three of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," shall be amended to read as follows: "(j) An annual tax, hereby imposed for the purpose of protecting the roads of the municipality and the province from destruction, of three dollars Mexican upon each draft cart the wheels of which have tires less than two inches and a half in width, and an annual tax of two dollars Mexican upon each cart the wheels of which are rigid with the axle to which they are attached, and an annual tax of five dollars Mexican upon each cart having both such tires and axles, and an annual tax of three dollars, Mexican, upon each sledge with runners less than two and one-half inches in width, all to be collected by the provincial treasurer in the usual manner. One-half the proceeds of such taxes shall be paid into the municipal treasury and one-half shall be paid into the provincial treasury. "The use of carts with wheels having tires less than two and one half inches in width and with wheels rigid with the axles and all sledges upon improved or well-constructed public roads in the Philippine Islands, is hereby prohibited after December first, nineteen hundred and three. "It shall be the duty of the provincial board of each province in which well-constructed or improved public roads exist to designate by public notice, which shall be posted at the door of the municipal building or presidencia of every municipality or township in the province, the roads on which it shall be unlawful to use narrowwheeled carts, carts the axles of which are rigid with the wheels, or sledges. Any person violating the provisions of this paragraph by using a cart or sledge of the prohibited type after December first, nineteen hundred and three upon a road which has been designated as an improved or well-constructed public road by the provincial board of any province, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars Mexican for each offense." 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. [No. 775.] AN ACT appropriating the sum of fifty thousand dollars, local currency, from the war emergency rice fund of the Province of Batangas for the purpose of erecting a school building and manual training schools in the municipality of Batangas. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the war emergency rice fund of the Province of Batangas, as constituted by Act Numbered Four hundred and eighty-eight of the Philippine Commission, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, local currency, for the construction of a provincial school building and manual training schools. SEC. 2. Of the said sum of fifty thousand dollars above appropriated, forty-five thousand dollars, local currency, shall be paid by the treasurer of the said war emergency rice fund to the provincial treasurer of the Province of Batangas, who shall receive and receipt therefor, and the said sum so paid into the provincial treasury shall constitute a building fund for the erection of a provincial school building and manual training annex for girls in the municipality of Batangas, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the Insular Bureau of Architecture, which fund shall be expended by order of the building committee hereinafter designated upon warrant drawn on the provincial treasurer, signed by the provincial governor, and countersigned by the division superintendent of schools. The provincial board of the Province of Batangas, the division superintendent of schools for the Province of Batangas, the president of the municipality of Batangas, and three members from the province at large, nominated by the provincial governor, shall constitute a building committee to carry forward the work of erecting such buildings. WAR 1903-VOL 8- -34 |