in the Philip;

in the

pine Islands, do hereby, by way of mortgage, convey to the said his heirs and assigns, that parcel of land, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the municipality of Province of in the Philippine Islands, bounded and described as follows (here insert boundaries and description), of which land I am the registered owner, in accordance with the provisions of The Land Registration Act, my title thereto being evidenced by Certificate Number in the land records of said province; provided, nevertheless, that if I, the said (mortgagor) shall duly pay, or cause to be paid, to the said (mortgagee) my certain promissory notes of this date by me signed, and payable to the said (mortgagee), all dated on this date, each for the sum of dollars, and payable in one, two, and three years from date (or otherwise, as the case may be), with lawful interest, then this mortgage shall be thereby discharged and of no further effect, otherwise it shall remain in full force and be enforceable in the manner provided by law.

In witness whereof, etc.

Signed in the presence of:

(Acknowledgment.)

6. Mortgage of land not registered under this Act.

This mortgage may be in the same form as that prescribed in Form No. 5, but omitting that portion of Form No. 5 which describes the land as registered under the Land Registration Act, and including such covenants of warranty as the parties may agree upon.

7. Discharge of mortgage of land registered under this Act.

, in the Philippine

Islands, mortgagee of the land embraced in Certificate Number
in the land records of the Province of
by virtue of a mortgage executed by

of

day of

in the Province of

19, having received the full consideration named as the condition of said mortgage, do hereby forever release and discharge the same.

In witness whereof, etc.

Signed in the presence of:

(Acknowledgment.)

8. Discharge of mortgage of land not registered under this Act. The discharge in this case may be as in Form No. 7, varying the description of the mortgage to suit the facts.

9. Lease of land registered under this Act.

I,

in the Province of

of

in the Philippine

of..

Islands, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, do hereby lease unto

in the Province of

in

the Philippine Islands, and his assigns (if the lease is to be assignable), that parcel of land, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the municipality of

in the Province of

in the Philippine Islands, bounded and described as follows (here insert boundaries and description), of which land I am the registered owner, in accordance with the provisions of The Land Registration Act, my title thereto being evidenced by Certificate Number

in the land records of said province, for the period of

years from this date.

And I, the said lessee, in consideration of this lease, do hereby promise, for myself and my heirs and assigns, that I will cause to be paid to the said (lessor), an annual

rental (or monthly rental) of

dollars

per year (or per month, as the case may be) during the whole period of this lease, payable on the

upon).

day of..

of each year (or at such other times as may be agreed

(Other special agreements of the lease may be here inserted.) In witness whereof, etc.

Signed in the presence of:

(Acknowledgment.)

10. Lease of land not registered under this Act.

This lease may be as in Form No. 9, omitting that portion thereof that relates to the certificate of title, and inserting such covenants of warranty as may be agreed upon.

11. Release of leased lands, whether registered under this Act or not. Such release may be as in Forms Nos. 7 and 8, for the discharge of mortgages, using the term "release," instead of "discharge," and inserting such description as fully identifies the lease.

SEC. 128. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and three.

Enacted, November 6, 1902.

[No. 497.]

AN ACT to repeal all laws imposing a tax on salaries.

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

SECTION 1. Paragraph two of Tariff Number One of the Decree of His Majesty the King of Spain, issued at Madrid June nineteenth,

eighteen hundred and ninety, imposing a tax upon salaries in the Philippine Islands, and which reads as follows:

"The following will pay two and one-half per cent:

"The employees of banks, stock companies, insurance, and collection companies, enterprises, banking and private firms, whenever the salary is six hundred dollars, yearly, or more

and all amendments and modifications thereof, and military orders, or parts of military orders, imposing a tax upon the salaries of the employees therein named, are hereby repealed.

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 January first, nineteen hundred and three.

Enacted, November 6, 1902.

[No. 498.]

AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil bureaus and departments.

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

SECTION 1. Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil Bureaus and Departments, is hereby amended by substituting for the words "class seven," in the ninth line of section one of said Act, the words "class nine."

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
Enacted, November 8, 1902.

passage.

[No. 499.]

AN ACT annexing the Province of Marinduque to the Province of Tayabas, amending Act Numbered One hundred and three, entitled "An Act extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Tayabas," and repealing Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-five and all amendments thereto.

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

SECTION 1. The territory of the Island of Marinduque and the small islands immediately adjacent thereto, which are known as the Province of Marinduque, as organized under Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-five, are hereby annexed to and included in the Province of Tayabas, organized by Act Numbered One hundred and three, passed

March twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, and enlarged by Act Numbered Four hundred and seventeen annexing certain other territory to the Province of Tayabas, passed June twelfth, nineteen hundred and

two.

SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the territory hereby annexed to and made a part of the Province of Tayabas shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as if said province had been originally incorporated in the Province of Tayabas; and the municipal officers in the towns. included in the territory so annexed shall have the same relations to the provincial officers of the Province of Tayabas as are prescribed by the Provincial Government Act and by Act Numbered One hundred and three, organizing the said Province of Tayabas, for the municipal officers of the towns of said province.

SEC. 3. There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the Island of Marinduque who shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and who shall reside and have his office in the municipality of Boac. The lieutenant-governor of Marinduque shall receive a compensation at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly. Subject to the supervision of the governor of Tayabas, the lieutenant-governor of Marinduque shall exercise in the Island of Marinduque the same powers conferred upon the governor of the Province of Tayabas by Act Numbered One hundred and three. He shall be the deputy of the provincial treasurer of Tayabas, but shall not receive any additional compensation for such duties.

The office of lieutenant-governor hereby created shall terminate on the third day of March, nineteen hundred and four.

SEC. 4. The sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, United States currency, payable in local currency at the legal rate of exchange at the time of withdrawal, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the indebtedness of the Province of Marinduque to the Government of the Philippine Islands. This appropriation shall be available for and used in the payment of the debts due the Government of the Philippine Islands for the sum borrowed under Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-four, amounting to two thousand five hundred dollars, United States currency, and the amount due the Insular Purchasing Agent, amounting to approximately four thousand five hundred dollars, United States currency.

SEC. 5. Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-five and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed, and section two of Act Numbered One hundred and three, extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Tayabas, is amended so as to read as follows:

"The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of Tayabas shall be at the following rate per year, in money of the United States:

"For the provincial governor, two thousand dollars.

"For the provincial secretary, one thousand five hundred dollars. "For the provincial treasurer, two thousand five hundred dollars. "For the provincial supervisor, two thousand dollars. "For the provincial fiscal, one thousand five hundred dollars. "For the president of the provincial board of health, one thousand five hundred dollars.

"The salaries of the provincial officers shall be payable monthly so that one-twelfth of the annual salary shall be paid on the last day of each calendar month.

"Each provincial officer shall be allowed his necessary and actual traveling expenses, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day, in money of the United States, while absent from the capital of the province on official business. The allowance shall be made by the provincial board upon certificate of the officer that the travel was necessary for the public business and shall not be paid until the account, accompanied by the resolution of the board approving the same, shall be forwarded to the Insular Treasurer and by him approved."

SEC. 6. 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. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1902.

[No. 500.]

AN ACT providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Island of Mindoro, defining the limits of that province, and repealing Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An Act extending the provisions of the provincial government act and its amendments to the Island of Mindoro and incorporating that island with the Province of Marinduque."

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

SECTION 1. A provincial government is hereby established in the Province of Mindoro, and Act Numbered Four hundred and twentythree, extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act and its amendments to the Island of Mindoro and incorporating that island with the Province of Marinduque, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. The Province of Mindoro shall consist of the Island of Mindoro and the small islands adjacent thereto, including the Island of Lubang.

SEC. 3. The officers of the provincial government of Mindoro shall be a provincial governor, at a salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; a provincial secretary, at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; a provincial supervisor-treasurer, at a salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; and a provincial fiscal, at a salary of one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; all in money of the United States or its authorized equivalent in local currency.

No person shall be eligible to any of these offices who is not a citizen of the United States, or a citizen of the Philippine Islands, and no person shall be eligible for any of these offices, who, having taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, shall have violated the same. Nonresidence in the province shall not render the person appointed or elected to office ineligible.

SEC. 4. The officers of the province shall be appointed by the Civil Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Com