with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Morong. 14. The municipality of Tanay shall preserve its present boundaries. 15. The municipality of Pililla shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Quisao and Jalajala, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Pililla. SEC. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this act, except those described in paragraphs numbered one, two, ten, and fourteen, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one hereof shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue. 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. 943.] AN ACT reducing the twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to seventeen. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Pampanga shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to seventeen, as follows: 1. The municipality of Arayat shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Ana, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Arayat. 2. The municipality of Bacolor shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Rita, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bacolor. 3. The municipality of Guagua shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Betis, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Guagua. 4. The municipality of Macabebe shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Miguel, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Macabebe. 5. The municipality of Santo Tomás shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Minalin, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santo Tomás. 6. The municipality of San Luis shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Simón, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Luis. 7. The municipality of Apalit shall preserve its present boundaries. 8. The municipality of Angeles shall preserve its present boundaries. . 9. The municipality of Candaba shall preserve its present boundaries. 10. The municipality of Floridablanca shall preserve its present boundaries. 11. The municipality of Lubao shall preserve its present boundaries. 12. The municipality of México shall preserve its present boundaries. 13. The municipality of Mabalacat shall preserve its present boundaries. 14. The municipality of Magalan shall preserve its present boundaries. 15. The municipality of Porac shall preserve its present boundaries. 16. The municipality of Sexmoan shall preserve its present boundaries. 17. The municipality of San Fernando shall preserve its present boundaries. SEC. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the new municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities, as described in section one, shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue. 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. 944.] AN ACT reducing the thirty-three municipalities of the Province of Cagayan to twenty-two. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The thirty-three municipalities of the Province of Cagayan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twenty-two, as follows: 1. The municipality of Lal-lo shall preserve its present boundaries. 2. The municipality of Gattaran shall consist of its present territory and that portion of the present municipality of Nassiping which is on the east side of the Cagayan River, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Gattaran. 3. The municipality of Santo Niño shall consist of its present territory and that portion of the present municipality of Nassiping which is on the west side of the Cagayan River, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santo Niño. 4. The municipality of Amulung shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Córdoba, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Amulung. 5. The municipality of Mauanan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Malaueg, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Mauanan. 6. The municipality of Aparri shall consist of its present territory and that portion of the territory of the town of Buguey, which comprises the barrios of Mala and Paddaya, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Aparri. 7. The municipality of Camalaniugan shall consist of its present territory and of the barrios of Dalaya, Balza, Fula, Pattao, Massi, and Mision, in the present municipality of Buguey, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Camalaniugan. 8. The municipality of Basco shall consist of the Islands of Batan, Isbayat, and Saptan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Basco. 9. The municipality of Calayan shall consist of the Islands of Calayan, Claro-Babuyan, Camiguin and Dalupiri, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Calayan. 10. The municipality of Clavería shall preserve its present boundaries. 11. The municipality of Sanchez Mira shall preserve its present boundaries. 12. The municipality of Pamplona shall preserve its present boundaries. 13. The municipality of Abulug shall preserve its present boundaries. 14. The municipality of Alcalá shall preserve its present boundaries. 15. The municipality of Iguig shall preserve its present boundaries. 16. The municipality of Solana shall preserve its present boundaries. 17. The municipality of Enrile shall preserve its present boundaries. 18. The municipality of Tuguegarao shall preserve its present boundaries. 19. The municipality of Peña Blanca shall preserve its present boundaries. 20. The municipality of Baggao shall preserve its present boundaries. 21. The municipality of Piát shall preserve its present boundaries. 22. The municipality of Tuao shall preserve its present boundaries. SEC. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue. 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. 945.] AN ACT reducing the twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Zambales to fifteen. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Zambales shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to fifteen, as follows: 1. The municipality of Alaminos shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Alos, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Alaminos. 2. The municipality of Bolinao shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Zaragoza, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bolinao. 3. The municipality of San Isidro shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Balincaguin and Dasol, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Isidro. 4. The municipality of Santa Cruz shall preserve its present boundaries. 5. The municipality of Infanta shall preserve its present boundaries. 6. The municipality of Masinloc shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Candelaria, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Masinloc. 7. The municipality of Iba shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Palauig, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Iba. 8. The municipality of Botolan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cabangan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Botolan. 9. The municipality of San Marcelino shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Castillejos and San Antonio, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Marcelino. 10. The municipality of San Narciso shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Felipe, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Narciso. 11. The municipality of Anda shall preserve its present boundaries. 12. The municipality of Agno shall preserve its present boundaries. 13. The municipality of Bani shall preserve its present boundaries. 14. The municipality of Olongapo shall preserve its present boundaries. 15. The municipality of Subic shall preserve its present boundaries. SEC. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered four, five, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the new officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue. 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. 946.] AN ACT reducing the fifteen municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Norte to ten. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The fifteen municipalities of the Province of Ilocos. Norte shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to ten, as follows: 1. The municipality of Bangui shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Nagpartian, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bangui. 2. The municipality of Pasuquin shall preserve its present boundaries. 3. The municipality of Bacarra shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Vintar, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bacarra. 4. The municipality of Laoag shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Nicolás, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Laoag. 5. The municipality of San Miguel shall preserve its present boundaries. 6. The municipality of Piddig shall preserve its present boundaries. 7. The municipality of Dingras shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Solsona, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Dingras. |