seven, entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of a civil hospital at Manila," enacted October first, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby repealed.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 on its [No. 506.] passage. AN ACT providing for a loan of six thousand dollars, local currency, to the Province of Paragua. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provincial board of the Province of Paragua is hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Government, the sum of six thousand dollars, local currency, or any part thereof; to be expended by the provincial board of the Province of Paragua for the general purposes of the provincial government in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, organizing the Province of Paragua. The sum thus borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasury by the provincial board on or before the first day of January, nineteen hundred and four, and shall be without interest. Such loan shall be made to the province in the amount of six thousand dollars, local currency, or any less amount to be fixed in the resolution of acceptance by the provincial board, upon receipt of the resolution of said board. The amount loaned shall be paid to the provincial secretary-treasurer and receipted for by him, and shall be by him disbursed upon orders of the provincial board as in other cases. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars, local currency, to comply with the provisions of this Act. 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. [No. 507.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands." By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Four hundred and sixtyseven, entitled "An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philip pine Islands," as amended by Act Numbered Four hundred and eighty-six, is hereby further amended by adding at the close of said section the following: "Any person in the Insular, provincial, or municipal service of the Government of the Philippine Islands, if otherwise qualified, shall be eligible for appointment as enumerator, special agent, clerk, or messenger, as provided in this Act, and shall be entitled to receive, in addition to his regular salary as Insular, provincial, or municipal officer, the amount herein provided as compensation for enumerator, special agent, clerk, or messenger. In case an Army officer who has been detailed as provincial governor of any province shall be appointed as supervisor of the Census, he shall not receive the compensation provided for in this section, but shall receive a per diem of five dollars from Insular funds, in addition to the per diem received from the province, in lieu of all expenses incurred by him as supervisor, subject to the provisos contained in this section in reference to compensation to supervisors of the Census." 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. 508.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty, making the Province of Nueva Vizcaya a separate judicial district, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Until December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, the provincial secretary-treasurer of Nueva Vizcaya shall not be required to perform the duties of clerk of Court of First Instance of the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya, as provided in section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty. The judge of the Court of First Instance of the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk for such Court of First Instance, at a compensation at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, whose duties shall be the same as those of clerks of Courts of First Instance in other provinces. The office of such clerk shall cease on December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two. 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, November 10, 1902. [No. 509.] AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Sorsogon to expend from the provincial treasury the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, for rice for the support of volunteers engaged in suppressing ladronism during March, April, and May, nineteen hundred and two. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provincial board of the Province of Sorsogon is hereby authorized to pay from provincial funds the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, for rice for feeding volunteers engaged in the suppression of ladronism in that province in March, April, and May, nineteen hundred and two. 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. 510.] AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of the Province of Albay to pay the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, United States currency, for the hire of a launch in July, nineteen hundred and two, to enable the provincial governor to visit the Island of Catanduanes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provincial government of the Province of Albay is hereby authorized to pay the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, United States currency, for hire of a launch in July, nineteen hundred and two, to enable the provincial governor to visit the Island of Catanduanes; anything in Act Numbered One hundred and twentytwo, entitled "An Act extending the provisions of "The Provincial Government Act' to the Province of Albay," limiting traveling expenses of provincial officers, to the contrary notwithstanding. 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 [No. 511.] passage. AN ACT fixing the salaries and wages of officers and crews of the Coast Guard fleet. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Chief of the Bureau of Coast Guard and Transporta tion is hereby authorized to employ the necessary number of officers and crews for the Coast Guard fleet at the following rates: CUTTERS. Captain: First five years, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; second five years, two thousand dollars per annum; third five years, two thousand two hundred dollars per annum; fourth five years, two thousand four hundred dollars per annum. First officer: First five years, nine hundred dollars per annum; second five years, one thousand one hundred dollars per annum. Second officer: First five years, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum; second five years, eight hundred and forty dollars per annum. Chief engineer: First five years, one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; second five years, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; third five years, two thousand dollars per annum; fourth five years, two thousand two hundred dollars per annum. Assistant engineer: First five years, nine hundred dollars per annum; second five years, one thousand one hundred dollars per annum. Petty officers and crew: Boatswain, twenty dollars per month; quartermaster, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; coxswain, eleven dollars per month; sailor, ten dollars per month; machinist, thirty-five dollars per month; oilers, twenty dollars per month; firemen, fifteen dollars per month; coal passers, eleven dollars per month; steward, saloon, twenty dollars per month; first cook, twenty dollars per month; second cook, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; boy, officers' mess, eight dollars per month. SEAGOING LAUNCHES. Master, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. Chief engineer, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum. Petty officers and crew: Quartermaster, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; sailor, ten dollars per month; first assistant engineer, thirty dollars per month; second assistant engineer, seventeen dollars and fifty cents per month; fireman, eleven dollars per month; cook, fifteen dollars per month; mess boy, eight dollars per month. TWIN-SCREW LAUNCH **PICKETT" (LIGHT-HOUSE TENDER). Master, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. Chief engineer, nine hundred dollars per annum. Petty officers and crew: Boatswain, twenty dollars per month; quartermaster, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; sailor, ten dollars per month; machinist, thirty-five dollars per month; second machinist, thirty dollars per month; fireman, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; cook, twenty dollars per month; mess boy, eight dollars per month. Master, one thousand and eighty dollars per annum. Petty officers and crew: Assistant engineer, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per month; fireman, fifteen dollars per month; quartermaster, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month; sailor, ten dollars per month; cook, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month. SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE. Officers, thirty cents gold per day. Petty officers and crew, ten cents gold per day. CLOTHING ALLOWANCE. Petty officers and crew, three uniforms and two hats each man. FLEET STAFF. per annum for Pay officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. 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. 512.] AN ACT transferring the Agricultural College in the island of Negros from the Bureau of Education to that of Agriculture, and making an appropriation for the establishing and carrying on of same and of an experiment station. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Agricultural College, provision for the establishment of which was made by Act Numbered Seventy-four under the Bureau of Education, is hereby transferred to the Bureau of Agriculture. The college shall be situated upon the Government farm known as "La Granja Modelo," and said farm is hereby set aside for the use of the college and as an experiment station in connection therewith. SEC. 2. The college and experiment station shall be under the general supervision and control of the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, who shall approve the plans for the construction of the necessary college and farm buildings, and select the sites for them. SEC. 3. There shall be a director of the college and experiment station, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum in money of the United States. He shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission. Such subordinate officers, instructors, or employees of the college and experiment station as may hereafter be authorized shall be appointed by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, subject to the approval of the Civil Governor. |