plies, of class five; one clerk of class six; one clerk and one printer of class seven; two clerks of class eight; three clerks of class nine; one clerk of class ten; one assistant printer of class I; one janitor, one messenger, and one driver of an official conveyance at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each.

MANILA POST-OFFICE.

"SEC. 9. The Postmaster of Manila shall receive an annual salary of three thousand, five hundred dollars; the Assistant Postmaster of Manila shall receive an annual salary of two thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars.

"There may be employed in the post-office at Manila: One Superintendent of Mails at an annual salary of two thousand dollars; one Superintendent of the Money-order Division and one Superintendent of the Registry Division at an annual salary of one thousand, eight hundred dollars each; one Superintendent of Free Delivery at an annual salary of one thousand, six hundred dollars; one clerk of class seven; twenty-four clerks of class eight; provided, that this number shall be reduced to fifteen as vacancies occur; fifteen clerks of class nine; fifteen clerks of class ten; ten clerks of class A; two clerks of class B; two clerks of class C; four clerks of class D; three clerks of class E; eight clerks of class F; eight clerks of class G; five clerks of class H; four clerks of class I; and eight porters and four drivers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; provided, that the total amount of salaries of officers and employees for the Manila post-office shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars per annum.

OTHER POST-OFFICES.

"SEC. 10. The postmasters in charge of the offices named below shall each receive an annual compensation as follows:

"Iloilo, two thousand dollars; Cavite, Cebu, Dagupan, and Vigan, one thousand, six hundred dollars; Aparri, one thousand, four hundred dollars; Bacolod, Jolo, Nueva Caceres, and Zamboanga, one thousand, two hundred dollars; Angeles, Batangas, Cagayan de Misamis, Calamba, Catbalogan, Laoag, Legaspi, Lucena, San Fernando de la Pampanga, San Isidro, Santa Cruz de Laguna, and Tacloban, one thousand dollars.

"The Director General of Posts is authorized to expend a sum not exceeding seven thousand, five hundred dollars per annum for the employment of clerks in post-offices outside of Manila, who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Act.” SEC. 2. The Assistant Director General of Posts, the Postmaster of Manila and the Assistant Postmaster of Manila shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission, until the time fixed in Section 20 of the Civil Service Act, as amended for the appointment of other officers therein mentioned, without reference to the restrictions of the Civil Service Act; but after the time fixed in Section 20 vacancies in these three offices shall be filled in accordance with the provisions and restrictions of the Civil Service Act. The Assistant Director General of Posts, the Postmaster of Manila and the Assistant Postmaster of Manila shall form part of the eligible list provided in Section 20 of the Civil Service Act.

SEC. 3. Whenever in the opinion of the Director General of Posts the receipts of any post-office do not justify the payment of the salary fixed for the postmaster at such office, the Director General is authorized to reduce the salary of such postmaster, or to employ a person as postmaster who shall be compensated on a basis of a percentage of the gross postal receipts of the office, exclusive of the money-order business, in accordance with the following schedule: On the first twenty-five dollars or less per month, one hundred per cent.; on the next fifty dollars or less per month, fifty per cent.; on the balance per month, forty per cent. No allowances shall be made to postmasters paid on a percentage basis for rent, light, or furniture. The appointment of postmasters of this class may be made without regard to the restrictions of the Civil Service Act, but the salaries of such postmasters shall in no case exceed seventy-five dollars per month. The Director General of Posts shall notify the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago of each appointment of a postmaster of this class, giving the name of the person appointed, the date of appointment, and such other facts as may be required by the Auditor for the purpose of auditing the accounts.

SEC. 4. The Director General of Posts is authorized to establish post-offices at any places in the islands where in his judgment the interests of the public will be subserved by the establishment of such offices, and to fix the salaries of the postmasters on the basis, fixed in Section 3, of a percentage of the gross receipts of the post-offices, exclusive of the money-order business. To facilitate the establishment of post-offices at places where it is not practicable to secure suitable persons not in the public service for appointment as postmasters, the Director General of Posts is authorized to appoint persons employed in other branches of the Civil Service, with the approval of the head of the department or departments in which such persons are employed, and subject to the approval of the Civil Governor. A person in the public service who may be thus appointed shall, in addition to his salary in the branch of the service in which he is employed, receive the compensation herein before provided for such postal service. SEC. 5. The Director General of Posts is authorized to discontinue a post-office at any place where the safety and security of the postal service and revenues are endangered from any cause whatever, or where there is no longer a necessity for the continuance of such postoffice.

SEC. 6. The Director General of Posts is authorized to employ substitutes temporarily, whenever necessary, in the absence of regular employees who may be granted leave of absence under the provisions of act No. 80, entitled, "An Act Regulating the Hours of Labor, Leaves of Absence, and Transportation of Appointees under the Philippine Civil Service." The appointment of such substitutes shall be subject to the limitations of the Civil Service Act.

SEC. 7. Whenever the Commanding General of the Division of the Philippines shall request that a post-office be established at a post where it is not practicable to establish such an office under the provisions of this act, the Director General of Posts may establish a postoffice at such post; provided, that a person in the military service is designated to act as postmaster without compensation and without allowance for rent, light or furniture.

SEC. 8. Postmasters and all other post-office employees shall be

required to execute bonds on postal account, satisfactory to the Director General of Posts, in amounts corresponding to the importance of the positions held. Postmasters at money-order offices shall also be required to execute bonds on money-order account in amounts equal to the probable liability of the postmasters to the government.

SEC. 9. The salaries now paid the postmasters outside of Manila shall continue until October 1, 1901, when they shall be paid the salaries provided in this act.

SEC. 10. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, July 25, 1901.

[No. 182.]

AN ACT to amend Act No. 22 and act No. 101 relating to the improvement of the harbor of Manila and the Pasig River.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Act 101 entitled "An Act to Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act Appropriating One Million Dollars, in Money of the United States, for Improving the Port of Manila,"" enacted October 15, 1900, is hereby amended so as to authorize and direct the Chief Engineer Officer, Division of the Philippines, to improve the navigation of the Pasig River above the Bridge of Spain and to and into the Laguna de Bay, by dredging or otherwise, so as to secure a six-foot depth for navigation along said river and into said lake.

SEC. 2. The appropriation and provision made by said Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, amendatory thereof, are hereby made available for the purpose set forth in Section 1 hereof as fully as though embraced in said original acts.

SEC. 3. The Chief Engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, in charge of said harbor improvement, is hereby authorized to use, directly or through any authorized contractor, any stone or other material which he may find available and desirable on any of the public lands of the Philippine Islands. The Chief Engineer Officer, Division of the Philippines, is further authorized and empowered by and with the consent and approval of the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands to warrant any contractor using stone from what is known as the Mariveles Quarries, and now in possession of the Insular Government, against any claim for compensation or damage made by any person or persons claiming to be the owner or owners of such quarries, by reason of the use of the stone therefrom by such contractor or contractors. SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, July 29, 1901.

[No. 183.]

AN ACT to incorporate the city of Manila.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. (a) Inhabitants of Manila constitute a municipality.The inhabitants of the city of Manila, residing within the territory described in Section 2 of this act, are hereby constituted a municipality, which shall be known as the city of Manila, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall possess all the rights of property herein granted or heretofore enjoyed and possessed by the city of Manila as organized under Spanish sovereignty.

(b) City of Manila to have a seal; to dispose of real and personal property, etc.-It may have a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and may take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property for the general interests of the city, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and execute all the powers hereinafter conferred.

SEC. 2. Temporary boundaries of city prescribed. The temporary boundaries and limits of said city are hereby established and prescribed in general, as follows:

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Beginning at a point at the junction of Estero Vitas with Manila Bay at low-water mark, in the northwest corner of Manila, thence running S. 63 E. up Bocana Vitas to its junction with Estero Gagalangin, 226.00 meters; thence N. 30° E. on Gagalangin Estero, 362.50 meters; thence S. 80° E. to the center of the main road to Caloocan at its junction with Calle Solis, 679.00 meters; thence S. 76° E. in center of Calle Solis, 85.00 meters; thence N. 82° 15′ E., 50.00 meters; thence N. 75° 10' E. to junction with Manila and Dagupan Railroad, 147.50 meters; thence S. 79° E. in center of Calle Solis, 68.00 meters; thence N. 79° E., 100.00 meters; thence N. 70° 15′ E., 252.50 meters; thence N. 79° 50′ E. to junction of Calle Solis with Calle Lico, 186.00 meters; thence S. 71° 30′ E. crossing Paangbundoc palay fields to a point at the junction of Calle Sangleyes and Calle Loma, 726.00 meters; thence N. 56° E. in center of Calle Sangleyes to a point in front of the Chinese Hospital, 170.00 meters; thence N. 63 50′ E. across fields to center of Blockhouse No. 4, 445.00 meters; thence S 22° E. to center of Blockhouse No. 5, 184.00 meters; thence S. 22° E. to center of Blockhouse No. 6, 540.20 meters; thence S 43° 15′ E. to center of Blockhouse No. 8, 753.00 meters; thence S. 80° 10′ E. to center of Blockhouse No. 9, 704.20 meters; thence S. 53° E. to center of Blockhouse No. 10 (or Baligbaligy), 907.50 meters; thence S. 58 E. to center of Blockhouse No. 11, 457.00 meters; thence S. 38° 15′ E. to center of San Juan Bridge, 757.00 meters; thence S. 55° 30′ E. down middle of San Juan River, 479.00 meters; thence S. 26° 10′ E., 552.00 meters; thence S. 3° 40′ W., 185.00 meters; thence S. 48° 15′ W., 505.00 meters; thence S. 63° 30′ W., 316.00 meters; thence S. 83° W., 382.00 meters; thence N. 64° 10′ W., 151.00 meters; thence N. 29° 50' W. to a point in the middle of the Pasig River, 135.00 meters; thence S. 67° 10' W. on the Pasig River, 137.50 meters; thence up the center of Estero Biata to a point at its junction with Estero Pesafrancia and Estero Lasdamas; thence continuing up the middle of Estero Lasdamas to a point at its junction with Estero Paco; thence

on Estero Paco to Calle Lingeros and Estero Tripa de Gallina; thence in the middle of Estero de Gallina to a point on the Singalon Bridge on the road from Pineda to San Pedro Macati; thence S. 76° W. to the middle of Calle Lico, 40.00 meters; thence S. 47° 30′ W., in the middle of Calle Lico to its junction with Camino Singalon, 39.00 meters; thence S. 63° 40′ W. to Calle Real de Pineda, 119.00 meters; thence S. 63° 50′ W. in the middle of the road from Singalon to Maytubig or Malate, 185.00 meters; thence S. 26° 30′ W., 159.00 meters; thence S. 81° 50′ W., 152.50 meters; thence S. 69° 50′ W., 23.00 meters; thence S. 77° 30′ W., 170.00 meters; thence S. 68° 40′ W. to the junction of Calle San Lucas, 167.50 meters; thence S. 22° 50′ E. in the middle of Calle San Lucas, 224.00 meters; thence across fields S. 68° 30′ W. to a point in the middle of Calle Marina, about 206.00 meters, to low-water mark in Manila Bay; thence following the shore line of said bay at low-water mark in a general northwesterly direction to the point of beginning.

On or before the 31st day of December, 1901, the Municipal Board hereinafter provided for shall make careful investigation and fix what, in its opinion, are proper boundaries for the city of Manila, and make report of its investigations to the Commission for further legislation. For this purpose it shall cause surveys to be made of the proposed new boundaries and may include within such proposed boundaries territory not now or heretofore included in the city of Manila.

SEC. 3. Jurisdiction of city government for police purposes.-The jurisdiction of the city government for police purposes only shall extend to three miles from the shore into Manila Bay and over a zone surrounding the city on land of five miles in width.

SEC. 4. Government of city vested in Municipal Board.-The government of said city is hereby vested in a Municipal Board, consisting of three members, to be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission, and to be removable in the same manner. One member of the Board shall be designated in the appointment as President, and shall preside at all meetings of the Board. He shall sign all ordinances, resolutions, bonds, contracts, and obligations made or authorized by the Board, and shall issue such orders and instructions as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the ordinances of the city, and the orders of the Board relating thereto. In case of sickness or prolonged absence of any member of the Board, or if for any reason it becomes necessary to maintain a quorum or to break a tie, the Civil Governor may make temporary appointment until the return of such absent member or members. The person so appointed shall possess all the rights and perform all the duties of a member of the Board.

SEC. 5. Duties of Secretary of Board.-The Board shall have a secretary, who shall be first appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission, and his successor shall be appointed by the Board, subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act. The Secretary shall be in charge of the municipal records. He shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the Board, both legislative and executive, and file all documents relating thereto; shall record, in a book kept for that purpose, all ordinances passed by the Board, with the dates of passage and publication of the same; shall keep the corporate seal, and affix the same, with his signature, to all ordinances and other official acts of the Board, and shall present the