[No. 770.] AN ACT to provide that the appropriation of two millions of dollars made in Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-six may be expended not only to purchase the silver bullion with which to coin silver Philippine pesos but also to pay the expenses of such coinage and the transportation of the coins, when coined, from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including insurance and all other proper expenses. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The appropriation of two millions of dollars provided for in section four of Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-six for the purchase of silver bullion to be coined into silver Philippine pesos may also be expended for the expenses of coining the same, including the making of the necessary dies, for the transportation of the coins, when coined, from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, for insurance, and for all other proper expenses of putting such pesos into circulation. SEC. 2. All moneys heretofore disbursed by the Disbursing Agent of the Philippine Government in Washington for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section are hereby ratified and confirmed. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 771.] AN ACT to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty-one, entitled "An Act appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for the purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of subsidiary coins for use in the Philippine Islands," by providing that the money appropriated may be expended not only for the purchase of bullion needed in the coinage, but also for the making of necessary dies and other expenses of coinage, for the cost of transporting coins when coined from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including the necessary insurance, and for all other expenses of putting such coins into circulation. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirtyone, entitled "An Act appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for the purchase of silver, copper, and other metals or alloys needed in the coinage of subsidiary coins for use in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by providing that the money appropriated may be expended not only for the purchase of bullion needed in the coinage but also for the making of necessary dies and other expenses of coinage, for the cost of transporting coins when coined from the mints of the United States to the Philippine Islands, including the necessary insurance, and for all other expenses of putting such coins into circulation. SEC. 2. All moneys heretofore disbursed by the Disbursing Agent of the Philippine Government in Washington, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, are hereby ratified and confirmed. 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. Enacted, May 27, 1903. [No. 772.] AN ACT to amend section forty-seven of Act Numbered Eighty-two and section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three by providing that the municipal council and the provincial board may alter the rate per centum of the land tax to be levied in any current year at any time before the period fixed for the collection of the tax. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at the close of paragraph (g) of said section the following paragraph: "(h) At any time after the rate per centum of the land tax to be levied for the current year shall have been determined by ordinance of the municipal council and before the time fixed by the law for the collection of the land tax, the municipal council may by ordinance, with the consent of the provincial board, increase or decrease the rate per centum of the land tax already fixed and to be levied for that year within the maximum and minimum limits fixed by law for the levy of the land tax for municipal purposes; and the certified copy of the action of the municipal council in making the change shall be sent by the municipal secretary to the provincial treasurer who, if the provincial board approves the action of the council, shall make collection of the tax in accordance with the amended levy." SEC. 2. Paragraph (i) of section thirteen of Act Numbered Eightythree, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands" is hereby amended by adding to such paragraph the following: "After the provincial board shall have by resolution fixed the rate per centum of the land tax for the province for the current year and before the period fixed for its collection under the law it may for good cause, in its discretion, change the rate per centum thus fixed by increase or decrease within the maximum and minimum limits fixed by law and the provincial treasurer shall make his collections in accordance with the change." 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, May 27, 1903. [No. 773.] AN ACT providing for certain changes in the personnel of the Civil Hospital at Manila and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to detail employees of the Civil Hospital for service at the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio, Benguet. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The position of Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon at the Civil Hospital in Manila shall be abolished on June first, nineteen hundred and three. SEC. 2. The following employees of the Civil Hospital at Manila are hereby authorized: Two house surgeons at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, with board and lodging, in lieu of one house surgeon at one thousand dollars per annum, with board and lodging, heretofore authorized; and one additional ambulance driver at six hundred dollars per annum, with board and lodging. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to detail any officer or employee of the Civil Hospital at Manila for service at the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio, Benguet, when in his judgment such a course will promote the public interest. 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 twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 774.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands" by imposing a tax upon sledges and making it the duty of provincial boards to designate improved roads in the several provinces upon which it shall be unlawful to use certain carts and sledges. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph (j) of section forty-three of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," shall be amended to read as follows: "(j) An annual tax, hereby imposed for the purpose of protecting the roads of the municipality and the province from destruction, of three dollars Mexican upon each draft cart the wheels of which have tires less than two inches and a half in width, and an annual tax of two dollars Mexican upon each cart the wheels of which are rigid with the axle to which they are attached, and an annual tax of five dollars Mexican upon each cart having both such tires and axles, and an annual tax of three dollars, Mexican, upon each sledge with runners less than two and one-half inches in width, all to be collected by the provincial treasurer in the usual manner. One-half the proceeds of such taxes shall be paid into the municipal treasury and one-half shall be paid into the provincial treasury. "The use of carts with wheels having tires less than two and one half inches in width and with wheels rigid with the axles and all sledges upon improved or well-constructed public roads in the Philippine Islands, is hereby prohibited after December first, nineteen hundred and three. "It shall be the duty of the provincial board of each province in which well-constructed or improved public roads exist to designate by public notice, which shall be posted at the door of the municipal building or presidencia of every municipality or township in the province, the roads on which it shall be unlawful to use narrowwheeled carts, carts the axles of which are rigid with the wheels, or sledges. Any person violating the provisions of this paragraph by using a cart or sledge of the prohibited type after December first, nineteen hundred and three upon a road which has been designated as an improved or well-constructed public road by the provincial board of any province, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars Mexican for each offense." 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. 775.] AN ACT appropriating the sum of fifty thousand dollars, local currency, from the war emergency rice fund of the Province of Batangas for the purpose of erecting a school building and manual training schools in the municipality of Batangas. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the war emergency rice fund of the Province of Batangas, as constituted by Act Numbered Four hundred and eighty-eight of the Philippine Commission, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, local currency, for the construction of a provincial school building and manual training schools. SEC. 2. Of the said sum of fifty thousand dollars above appropriated, forty-five thousand dollars, local currency, shall be paid by the treasurer of the said war emergency rice fund to the provincial treasurer of the Province of Batangas, who shall receive and receipt therefor, and the said sum so paid into the provincial treasury shall constitute a building fund for the erection of a provincial school building and manual training annex for girls in the municipality of Batangas, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the Insular Bureau of Architecture, which fund shall be expended by order of the building committee hereinafter designated upon warrant drawn on the provincial treasurer, signed by the provincial governor, and countersigned by the division superintendent of schools. The provincial board of the Province of Batangas, the division superintendent of schools for the Province of Batangas, the president of the municipality of Batangas, and three members from the province at large, nominated by the provincial governor, shall constitute a building committee to carry forward the work of erecting such buildings. WAR 1903-VOL 8-34 SEC. 3. Of the said sum of fifty thousand dollars above appropriated, five thousand dollars, local currency, shall remain in the hands of the treasurer of the war emergency rice fund and shall be expended by him for the erection of a building, the plans for which have been approved by the Civil Governor, for the manual training of boys, wherein shall be taught the trades of the blacksmith, carpenter, wheelwright, and painter. SEC. 4. The said school building shall be erected on a tract of land in the municipality of Batangas, lying directly north of the Government building, and donated for such use by the municipality of Batangas. The municipality of Batangas having consented thereto, the title to the said land and buildings to be erected thereon, as provided above, is hereby vested in the Province of Batangas, for the use aforesaid, and subject to the provisions of section five hereinafter set out and to the control, direction, and supervision of the Department of Public Instruction. The said buildings, when erected, shall be kept in repair by the Province of Batangas, except that the cost of keeping in repair the first floor of the school building shall be charged to and paid for by the municipality of Batangas. SEC. 5. The first floor of the school building shall be used for primary schools of the municipality of Batangas and for pupils from other municipalities in the province in such numbers, in the discretion of the division superintendent of schools, as will not unduly crowd or inconvenience pupils resident in the municipality of Batangas. The entire cost of furnishing the first floor of the school building and the maintenance of the primary schools shall be paid by the municipality of Batangas. The second floor of said school building shall be used as a provincial secondary school, and the other buildings to be erected shall be used as provincial manual training schools free to all residents of the Province of Batangas. The Province of Batangas shall maintain said secondary school and manual training schools and shall provide such schools with the necessary school furniture. SEC. 6. The said primary schools of the municipality of Batangas and the provincial secondary and manual training schools shall be under the control, direction, and supervision of the Department of Public Instruction. SEC. 7. 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. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 776.] AN ACT authorizing and directing the treasurer of the Province of Bohol to make refund of penalties collected upon the delinquent land tax in that province for the year nineteen hundred and two, to such taxpayers as shall have made payment of such tax and penalties on or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and three. Whereas certain taxpayers of the Province of Bohol, without fault of their own, had not opportunity to pay their land tax for the year |