officers and employees of the Government in the performance of their official duties without charge for so doing, and without cost to the officer or employee of whom such oath or certificate is required. 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, April 8, 1903. [No. 743.] AN ACT appropriating the sum of seven hundred dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the salary of Samuel B. Shiley, an employee of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce temporarily under the direction of the Exposition Board. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of seven hundred dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of paying the salary of Samuel B. Shiley, an employee of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce, temporarily placed under the direction of the Exposition Board, said salary being for the second half of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and payable monthly in local currency at the authorized rate of exchange at the time of payment. 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. 744.] AN ACT placing the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-marks under the immediate direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives subject to the executive control of the Secretary of Public Instruction, increasing the number of employees of said Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-marks, and amending acts numbered six hundred and thirty-seven and six hundred and sixty-six. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-marks is hereby placed under the immediate direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives, who shall act as Chief of the Bureau of Patents, Copy rights and Trade-marks without additional compensation and shall exercise all powers and perform all duties appertaining to said Bureau subject to the executive control of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to whose Department said Bureau is hereby transferred. SEC. 2. The following personnel is hereby authorized for the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights and Trade-marks, to include the present employees of the Bureau: One clerk class eight, one clerk class ten, one clerk Class D, and one employee at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum. SEC. 3. The following sums, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the amount provided under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-marks, to meet the expenses of said Bureau during the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three: For salaries and wages, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; for contingent expenses, three hundred dollars. The Bureau is also hereby authorized to order from the Bureau of Public Printing such printing and binding as may be approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction, not to exceed in cost the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars. SEC. 4. Section twelve of Act Numbered Six hundred and sixty-six is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12. The application prescribed in the foregoing section must be accompanied by a written declaration verified by the person, or by a member of the firm, or by an officer of the corporation applying, or by the duly authorized attorney or agent of such person, firm, or corporation, to the effect that such party has at the time a right to the use of the trade-mark or trade-name sought to be registered, and that no other person, firm or corporation has the right to such use, either in the identical form or in any such near resemblance thereto as might be calculated to deceive; and that the description and fascimiles presented for registry truly represent the trade-mark sought to be registered." SEC. 5. All Acts and orders in so far as they conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 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 as of April first, nineteen hundred and three. Enacted, April 8, 1903. [No. 745.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act designating the days which shall be observed as public holidays in the Philippine Islands," by adding to the days specified in such Act the thirtieth day of May, to be known as Memorial Day, in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the United States who have sacrificed their lives for their country. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act designating the days which shall be observed as public holi days in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by inserting in the third line of section one thereof, after the words "Holy Week," and before the words "Fourth of July," the following: "The thirtieth day of May, to be known as Memorial Day in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the United States who gave up their lives for their country;" and by inserting after the words "the twenty-second of February" and before the words "the fourth of July" in the second section of said Act, the words, "the thirtieth of May." 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. 746.] AN ACT providing that the Secretary of Commerce and Police may, in his discretion, direct an extension of time within which the Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall advertise for bids for the improvement of the Port of Iloilo. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippin Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to direct a postponement of the date upon which the Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall advertise for bids for the improvement of the port of Iloilo, anything in Act Numbered Six hundred and forty-one, entitled "An Act authorizing the improvement of the port of Iloilo," to the contrary notwithstanding; and in the event of such extension by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, he shall also direct the date upon which the advertisement shall be published. 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. 747.] AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, as amended, by defining new limits for the Province of Paragua, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and twentytwo, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Province of Paragua and defining the limits of that province," as amended by Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The Province of Paragua shall consist of the entire Island of Paragua, the Islands of Dumaran and Balabac, the Calamianes Islands, the Cuyos Islands, the Cagayanes Islands, and all other islands adjacent thereto and not included within the limits of any other province. SEC. 2. Section four of said Act Numbered Four hundred and twentytwo is hereby amended so as to provide that the provincial capital of the Province of Paragua shall be at the municipality of Puerto Princesa on the Island of Paragua, and the provincial officials shall reside and have their offices in said municipality of Puerto Princesa: Provided, however, That until cable communication shall have been established between Puerto Princesa and Manila, the provincial governor of Paragua shall have discretion to fix the capital of that province either at Cuyo or at Puerto Princesa, and to change the place of the capital from one place to the other, as the public interests may require, the change of the capital, if made, to be effected by a proclamation of the provincial governor, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Executive Bureau in Manila. SEC. 3. The action of the Director of the Census in ordering the census of the Cagayanes Islands to be taken by the supervisor of the census for the Province of Paragua as a part of said province is hereby legalized, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 748.] AN ACT authorizing the provincial board of Albay to loan provincial funds to certain municipalities of that province. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provincial board of the Province of Albay is hereby authorized to loan two thousand dollars, local currency, to each of seven municipalities in that province the inhabitants of which are in need of assistance. The loans made by the provincial board of Albay under this Act to said municipalities shall be used by the municipalities solely for the construction of highways coming under their jurisdiction and to give temporary employment to the poor, such work to be done under the supervision of the provincial supervisor. The loans by this Act authorized shall be without interest and shall be paid by the municipalities into the provincial treasury within one year from the date of the making of such loans. 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, May 16, 1903, [No. 749.] AN ACT requiring officers and agents of the Insular Government whose duty it is to receive and deposit revenues or other moneys in the Insular Treasury or in a designated depository, to deposit the same promptly, and providing a penalty for failure to do so; and also a penalty for failure by any accountable officer of the Insular Government or provincial governments to render accounts as required by law. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. All officers or agents of the Insular Government whose duty it is to collect or receive revenues or other moneys and deposit the same in the Insular Treasury or a designated depository shall make deposits or remittances of the same, regardless of the amount received or collected, as often as once a month, where safe and possible, and if there is no opportunity for such remittance within the month, as soon thereafter as possible, and a deposit shall be made in every case as soon as possible where the revenue or moneys in the hands of any officer or agent amounts to five hundred dollars, United States currency, or its equivalent in Philippine or Mexican currency: Provided, That no such officer or agent shall be required to make a deposit oftener than once a day: And provided further, That postmasters who are authorized to issue and pay money orders shall remit by registered mail to their designated depository all sums received by them from sales of money orders in excess of their authorized reserve or the amount of the advices of unpaid orders on hand less than two weeks, such remittances to be made with each and every mail dispatched from their respective offices which may convey mail to their designated depository. SEC. 2. Any officer or agent of the Insular Government who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this Act as to deposits or remittances shall be, upon conviction, punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding two thousand dollars in the discretion of the court, and may be imprisoned until fine and costs are paid. Such failure to deposit or remit in accordance with the foregoing section on the part of a collecting officer shall be also held to be prima facie evidence of embezzlement of the sum not remitted or deposited in any prosecution for embezzlement thereof. SEC. 3. Every officer or agent of the Insular Government or of any provincial government required by law to render accounts to the Insular Auditor, who fails or neglects for the period of two months to render accounts to the Insular Auditor as required by law, or when required to do so by the Insular Auditor pursuant to law, shall be deemed guilty of gross neglect of duty, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by a fine of not exceeding two thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court, and may be imprisoned until the fine and costs are paid. Failure to make the proper accounts for money received shall be held to be prima facie evidence of embezzlement of the sums received and not accounted for. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. |