SEC. 2. All persons who shall hereafter be finally sentenced to incur the death penalty, except as hereinafter provided, shall be sentenced to be executed by being hung by the neck until dead, and shall be so executed. The execution shall take place at the time and place and by the persons prescribed by the existing law or by such law as may be hereafter enacted. SEC. 3. This Act shall not apply to pending prosecutions, nor to prosecutions hereafter instituted for offenses heretofore committed, punishment for which is the death penalty. As to all prosecutions in this section named, the method of execution shall be such as is provided by the existing Spanish law. 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. 452.] AN ACT providing for an examination of the collection accounts of clerks of the Courts of First Instance and a certificate of their correctness, and a certificate as to the correctness of pay rolls and vouchers for disbursements of the Courts of First Instance. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Immediately after the close of each calendar month it shall be the duty of the treasurer and fiscal of each province to examine the collection accounts of the clerk of the Court of First Instance in such province for the said month, and to certify on his accounts as submitted to the Auditor that all collections actually made for fees accruing to the Insular Government are included therein, for the period stated, as shown by the records. SEC. 2. It shall also be the duty of the treasurer and fiscal to certify to all services rendered in behalf of said Courts of First Instance on all vouchers submitted to the disbursing officer of the Bureau of Justice for payment. The certificate of the judge shall not be required upon such vouchers. SEC. 3. This Act shall not apply to the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila. 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. Enacted, September 2, 1902. [No. 453.] AN ACT providing for the publication by the Insular Government of an Official Gazette under the general direction of the Department of Public Instruction. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The publication by the Insular Government of a periodical to be known as the "Official Gazette," under the general direction of the Department of Public Instruction, is hereby authorized, and there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars, local currency, to cover the expense of such publication during the remainder of the present quarter of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three. SEC. 2. There shall be an editor of the Official Gazette, appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission, who shall receive a salary at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, United States currency, payable monthly, and who shall have power, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to appoint two clerks, each of whom shall receive a compensation not to exceed at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum. He shall give bond to the Government of the Philippine Archipelago in such amount as may be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, who shall approve the sufficiency of the surety or sureties thereon, and with whom the bond shall be filed and safely kept. It shall be the duty of the editor to receive, collect, and prepare for publication the various laws, orders, decisions, and other public documents which it is designed to publish in the Gazette; to receive subscriptions for the Gazette from private persons, corporations, and provincial and municipal governments; to collect the amounts due for such subscriptions and to deposit the same in the Insular Treasury; to distribute or cause to be distributed copies of the Gazette to the various subscribers; to cause to be made and published an index to the Gazette every six months, and to issue the same as a part of such Gazette; and to perform such other duties in connection with the publication of the Gazette as the Secretary of Public Instruction may direct. SEC. 3. The Official Gazette shall be published weekly in two parts, one part in English and the other in Spanish. Each part shall be issued separately and shall contain all legislative acts and all resolutions of a public nature of the Insular Legislature, all executive orders, decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Customs Appeals, or abstracts of such decisions, and such other official documents as are usually published in an official gazette which may be designated for publication by the Secretary of Public Instruction or which may be recommended for publication by the editor and approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction. SEC. 4. The Official Gazette shall be delivered on subscriptions received at the rate of six dollars, United States currency, per year, payable in advance, and shall be sold at fifteen cents, United States currency, per single copy. Each provincial and municipal government shall subscribe for one copy of such Gazette and pay for the same out of provincial or municipal funds, and such copy shall be filed and safely kept with the public records of the province or municipality for reference. Subscriptions may be made by the provinces and munic ipalities for such additional copies of the Gazette for distribution among the provincial or municipal officers as they may deem necessary. One copy shall be deposited with each of the following officers weekly: The Civil Governor, the Secretaries of the several Executive Departments, the members of the Philippine Commission, the justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Court of Customs Appeals and of the Courts of First Instance, the Executive Secretary, the Secretary of the Commission, the heads of the various Bureaus and Offices under the Insular Government, and the justices of the peace. These copies shall be the property of the Insular Government, shall remain on file in the respective offices supplied, and shall be turned over by a retiring incumbent to his successor. 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 [No. 454.] passage. AN ACT amending Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-eight, fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor and providing for the police jurisdiction thereof and for the anchorage of vessels therein. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Two hundred and thirtyeight, entitled "An Act fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor, vesting the Admiral of the United States Navy in command of the Asiatic Station with police jurisdiction thereof and providing rules and regulations for governing vessels anchoring therein," is hereby amended by striking out the letter "L" in the tenth line of paragraph (h) of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the letter "R." 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. 455.] AN ACT for the relief of W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the Province of Leyte. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: WHEREAS, W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the Province of Leyte, did, on the twenty-sixth day of August, nineteen hundred and one, by order of the provincial board, pay the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars in money of the United States to José Traviesas for the use of the steamer Antonio from July third to July eleventh, nineteen hundred and one, by the governor, treasurer, and supervisor of said province and the division superintendent of schools, there being, however, no law authorizing such payment; and it now appearing that the employment of said vessel was under peculiar and exceptional conditions and was in reality of great benefit to the province and the Insular Government: SECTION 1. The act of W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the Province of Leyte, in paying said sum of four hundred and fifty dollars for the use of said steamer Antonio to her owner, José Traviesas, is hereby validated and approved, and the said Conrow will be allowed credit on his books as provincial treasurer for said sum. 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. 456.] AN ACT amending rule fifty of section one of Act Numbered Ninety relative to the manner in which the treasurer of the archipelago shall keep his accounts and render the same to the Secretary of War; and repealing that part of section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty which prohibits the making of contracts payable only in United States currency. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Rule fifty of section one of Act Numbered Ninety, entitled "An Act reciting an executive order of the President of the United States, amending the executive order of May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, creating the offices of Auditor for the Islands and chief clerk of the Auditor for the Islands of the Philippine Archipelago, and enacting, with the concurrence and approval of the Secretary of War first had, the rules and instructions relative to the accounting system of the Military Government of the United States in the Islands of the Philippine Archipelago," is hereby amended, by authority of the Secretary of War, by striking out said rule fifty of section one and substituting therefor the following: "Rule 50. The accounts of the Treasurer shall be kept in the moneys in which actually received and withdrawn, but in all reports made to the Secretary of War the aggregate amount therein shall be converted into money of the United States at the authorized rate of conversion at the close of the month for which the account is rendered. The Treasurer shall also show in said report the distribution of his balance in local currency and United States currency respectively." SEC. 2. That part of section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty which provides that "No contract or obligation of the Insular Government entered into by the head of any Department, Bureau, or Office shall hereafter be made payable only in United States currency, but may be made payable in United States currency or its equivalent in local currency, at the ratio authorized by the Civil Governor at the time of payment, at the option of the Government," is hereby repealed. 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, September 9, 1902. [No. 457.] AN ACT providing for the exemption of the lands in the Province of Batangas from payment of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two, and extending the date for the appraisement and assessment of land in said province for one year. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. In view of the depressed conditions prevailing in the Province of Batangas, due to its having been recently subjected to severe losses by reason of the war, the collection of the land tax provided by "The Municipal Code" and "The Provincial Government Act" is hereby suspended in said province for the year nineteen hundred and two. SEC. 2. The date prescribed by section fifty-two of "The Municipal Code" for the appraisement and assessment of lands for taxation purposes is hereby postponed in the Province of Batangas for the period of one year. 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. 458.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and three, extending the provisions of "The Provincial Government Act" to the Province of Tayabas. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Number One hundred and three, extending the provisions of "The Provincial Government Act" to the Province of Tayabas, is hereby amended by increasing the salary of the provincial secretary to one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum, in money of the United States. WAR 1903-VOL 8- -5 |