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(1) A person residing in the United States who is appointed to the Philippine civil service may pay his traveling expenses from the place of his residence in the United States to Manila: Provided, That if any part of his traveling expenses is borne by the Government of the Philippine Islands, ten per cent of his monthly salary shall be retained until the amount retained is equal to the amount borne by the Government: And provided further, That if he shall come by the route and steamer directed, his actual and necessary traveling expenses shall be refunded to him at the expiration of two years' satisfactory service in the Philippines.

"(2) He shall be allowed half salary from the date of embarkation and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Islands: Provided, That he proceed directly to the Islands, otherwise he shall be allowed half salary for such time only as is ordinarily required to perform the journey by the route directed: And provided further, That such half salary shall not be paid until after the expiration of two years of satisfactory service in the Philippines.

"(3) A person residing in the United States accepting an appointment to a position in the civil service of the Government of the Philippine Islands, under the conditions named in this Act, shall, before receiving such appointment, execute a contract and deliver it to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, wherein the appointee shall stipulate that he will remain in the service of the Government of the Philippine Islands for at least two years, unless released by the Civil Governor or proper head of an Executive Department. A breach of the conditions provided in the contract or a removal for cause shall require the proper officer to withhold payment of all salary and traveling expenses due to the person employed and violating the conditions of the contract, and shall debar such person from ever entering again the public service of the Philippine Government in any of its branches. No return transportation shall be furnished to such employee. In such case, an action shall lie on the petition of the Attorney-General for the recovery of the amount expended by the Government in bringing the employee to the Philippine Islands.

"(4) A person who has been employed continuously in the Philippine civil service for three years or more after the passage of the Civil Service Act shall, if he so requests, upon his retirement form the service, be furnished with transportation from Manila to San Francisco, and shall be allowed half salary for thirty days in addition to full salary for the period which he may be granted as leave of absence under the provisions of this Act."

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 June first, nineteen hundred and three.

Enacted, February 27, 1903.

[No. 644.]

AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and seventy-three, creating a Bureau of Archives, by stating more in detail the duties of the Chief of said Bureau, by providing for the fees to be collected by the Chief of the Bureau for copies of documents or papers in the Archives furnished to private persons, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. Sections two, three, and four of Act Numbered Two hundred and seventy-three, creating a Bureau of Archives, are hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau of Archives, who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, and who shall be a notary public ex officio.

"SEC. 3. The duties of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives shall be: "1. To have the care and custody of such public records as may, in accordance with law, or by direction of the Civil Governor, be deposited in the Insular Archives, and to properly arrange and index the same for easy reference.

"2. To have an official seal of suitable design and bearing the inscription 'Bureau of Archives Philippine Islands,' and to use the same on all certified copies of documents and papers issued by the Bureau and all other papers upon which such seal may be required. When the Chief of the Bureau of Archives acts as notary public he shall use a seal which shall bear the legend Chief of the Bureau of Archives, ex officio Notary Public,' and the fees received by him as such shall be treated as fees of the office and not of the officer.

"3. To furnish without charge, for official use, such information from the Insular Archives and such papers and copies of papers contained therein as may be requested in writing by the Civil Governor, any member of the Philippine Commission, the head of any Department, Bureau, or Office of the Insular Government, or by any provincial board or municipal council: Provided, That no original document or file copy of any document shall be delivered to the head of any Bureau or Office or to any provincial board or municipal council without the written approval of the Civil Governor or the Secretary of the Department under which such bureau or office is established.

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4. To certify to the correctness of all copies of documents or papers furnished to any officer of the Government for official use and to affix to such copies the seal of the Bureau.

"5. To furnish to any private person or persons making written application for the same one or more copies of any document or paper in the Archives in which such person or persons may be personally concerned and to which he or they may be entitled, and to certify to the correctness of same if required, on the payment of the following fees: For every search for anything above a year's standing, five cents for every past year; for every one hundred words contained in any copy, five cents; and for every certificate of correctness to which the seal of the Bureau shall be affixed, twenty-five cents. These fees shall be paid in money of the United States or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized rate on the date of payment.

"6. To require a written receipt for each original document or paper or file copy of any document or paper delivered to any officer of the

Government or to any other person or persons, and to file and safely keep such receipt until the return of such original document or paper or file copy, when the receipt shall be returned to the maker marked or stamped with the word "void.' The officer of the Government or other person or persons to whom such original document or paper or file copy is delivered shall be held responsible for its proper care and custody while in his or their possession.

"7. To keep a record of all papers or copies of papers furnished by the Bureau to any private person or persons, to make a monthly report to the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago in such form as may be prescribed by said Auditor, showing the number of such papers and copies of papers furnished, the subject matter of each, whether certified or not, the number of words in each copy and the sum collected therefor, and such other information as may be required by the Auditor; and to send a duplicate of this report to the Secretary of Public Instruction.

"8. To keep a record of all papers or copies of papers furnished by the Bureau to officers of the insular, provincial, and municipal governments for use in connection with the duties of their several offices.

"9. To make an annual report to the Secretary of Public Instruction covering the affairs and business of the Bureau of Archives in detail, and such other reports as may be required from time to time by the Secretary of Public Instruction.

"10. To perform such other duties in connection with the Bureau of Archives as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction or necessary for the proper conduct of the Bureau.

"SEC. 4. The Chief of the Bureau of Archives shall be required to furnish a bond in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-nine, and shall deposit in the Insular Treasury an account for all fees coming into his hands under the provisions of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed by the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago."

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, March 3, 1903.

[No. 645.]

AN ACT providing for the appointment of an assistant chief of the Bureau of NonChristian Tribes.

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

SECTION 1. The Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes at a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars, in money of the United States, per annum. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the assistant chief to investigate and report upon the customs and conditions of the Jolo Moros, to learn the

Jolo language, and to perform such other duties as the Secretary of the Interior and the Chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes may direct.

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 as of February first, nineteen hundred and three.

Enacted, March 3, 1903.

[No. 646.]

AN ACT amending Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-seven, entitled "An Act regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of large cattle," by fixing the requirements which must be observed and complied with in the conveyance of carabaos, horses, and cattle that have been seized and declared to be of unknown ownership.

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

SECTION 1. Whereas there has been a lack of uniformity in the procedure followed by municipalities in the sale of carabaos, horses, and cattle of unknown ownership, section twenty of Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-seven is hereby amended by the insertion of the following paragraph at the end of said section:

"Third. At public auction by resolution of the municipal council or when it shall be so ordered by the proper authority, in which case and whenever one or more animals seized from thieves or confiscated for any other legal cause are involved, it shall be the duty of the provincial board to order their sale at public auction in the capital of the province, subject to the following conditions:

"(a) That whenever a municipality shall come into the possession of an animal or animals under the provisions of this paragraph, it shall be the duty of the municipal president to give information of the fact to the provincial board and to cause the same to be published by written notices in Spanish and the local dialect posted for three consecutive days at the door of the provincial government building in the capital of the province and at the door of the municipal building in the municipality where such animal or animals are held, such written notice to contain a detailed account of the origin, species, sex, age, brands, and other distinctive marks of the animals to be sold, and shall further fix the term of fifteen days during which the owner or owners of such animal or animals may present themselves and prove title thereto.

"(b) That after the expiration of said term of fifteen days the animal or animals shall be valued by experts and the day and hour of their sale at public auction shall be set. Said sale shall be advertised, for a period of twelve days before it is held, in the same manner as hereinbefore provided.

"(c) That the animal or animals, after a valuation has been placed upon them in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be sent to

the provincial board in order that such animal or animals may be present at the provincial capital on the day that the sale at public auction is held: Provided, That where the provincial capital is at such a distance from the municipality in which the cattle are, or is so situated with reference to such municipality that it would entail too heavy an expense to transfer the cattle from the municipality where held to the capital of the province, application may be made to the provincial board to dispense with the necessity of such transfer and to allow the sale to take place in the municipality where the cattle are held, and the provincial board is authorized in its discretion to permit the sale, in accordance with the application, at the municipality where the cattle are held, but in all other respects procedure shall be as herein provided.

"(d) That all bids shall be made in writing and submitted in a sealed envelope and shall be numbered in accordance with the order in which they are received. The bids shall be opened at the expiration of the time which may have been set for their presentation and the animal or animals sold to the person making the highest bid.

"(e) That in case two or more bids are presented for the same amount, after all bids shall have been opened and read, if such equal bids are the highest bids received, there shall immediately be held a verbal auction of the animals, to last not more than fifteen minutes, between the makers of such equal bids, and the animal or animals shall be sold to the highest bidder at such verbal auction: Provided, however, That immediately after the holding of any auction the successful bidder shall obtain written evidence of the adjudication made in his favor, and it shall thereafter be his duty also to obtain the certificate of conveyance in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The provincial board shall deliver to the corresponding municipality the money received at such sale by auction, which shall be turned into the municipal treasury, after having deducted therefrom the true and necessary expenses of transportation and maintenance of the animal or animals from the time of their leaving the municipality until their delivery to the successful bidder."

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 May first, nineteen hundred and three.

Enacted, March 3, 1903.

[No. 647.]

AN ACT repealing tariff 7 B, article seven, of the Internal Revenue Laws of the Philippine Archipelago, whereby an industrial tax is imposed upon notaries public. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Tariff 7 B, article seven, of Internal Revenue Laws of the Philippine Islands, whereby an industrial tax is imposed upon notaries public, is hereby repealed. This Act shall be retroactive, and