8. The municipality of Paoay shall preserve its present boundaries. 9. The municipality of Batac shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Banná, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Batac. 10. The municipality of Badoc 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 two, five, six, eight, and ten, 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. 947.] AN ACT reducing the twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Cavite to eleven. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Cavite shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to eleven, as follows: 1. The municipality of Cavite shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of San Roque and La Caridad, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Roque. 2. The municipality of Noveleta shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Cavite Viejo and Rosario, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Noveleta. 3. The municipality of San Francisco de Malabon shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Cruz de Malabon, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Francisco de Malabon. 4. The municipality of Imus shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Bacoor and Perez-Dasmariñas, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Imus. 5. The municipality of Carmona shall preserve its present boundaries. 6. The municipality of Silang shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Amadeo, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Silang. 7. The municipality of Indang shall preserve its present boundaries. 8. The municipality of Alfonso shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Mendez-Nuñes and Bailen, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Alfonso. 9. The municipality of Naic shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Ternate, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Naic. 10. The municipality of Maragondong shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Magallanes, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Maragondong. 11. The municipality of Isla de Corregidor 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 five, seven, and eleven, 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. 948.] AN ACT amending paragraph one of section one of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An Act reducing the twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Nueva Ecija to fifteen." By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph one of section one of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An Act reducing the twentythree municipalities of the Province of Nueva Ecija to fifteen," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "1. The municipality of Cuyapo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Nampicuan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Cuyapo." 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, October 19, 1903. [No. 949.] AN ACT appropriating the sum of two thousand five hundred pesos, Philippines currency, to be used in the suppression of epidemic or contagious diseases in the Province of Cebu, and appropriating the sum of six hundred pesos, Philippines currency, toward the care and support of lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The sum of two thousand five hundred pesos, Philippines currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used by the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands in preventing and suppressing contagious or epidemic diseases in the Province of Cebu; said sum to be disbursed by the provincial treasurer of the Province of Cebu on vouchers approved by a committee to be appointed by the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands as its representative in immediate charge of the public health in said province. SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred pesos, Philippines currency, to be disbursed by the provincial treasurer of Occidental Negros on vouchers approved by the provincial board toward the care and support of lepers in the province during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four. SEC. 3. The moneys herein appropriated shall be withdrawn from the Insular Treasury on the requisition of the Commissioner of Public Health in favor of the provincial treasurers mentioned, and shall be accounted for by them to the Insular Auditor as Insular disbursements. 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, October 20, 1903. INDEX. Abra, province of: loan to: 239, 530. non-Christian tribes- establishment of civil government in settlements of: 56, 410. offices of provincial treasurer and supervisor consolidated with provincial secre- provincial governor, compensation of: 380. treasurer of, appropriation for reimbursing: 361. Accounting system: amendment to act relating to: 64. Accounts: auditor Philippine Archipelago, authorized to transfer: 494. Advisory board: Manila city- amendment to act pertaining to meetings held: 265. districts of Pandacan and Santa Ana, giving representation thereon: 272. Agriculture, bureau of: act creating certain additional positions in: 402. chief of- authorized to secure land for purposes of producing rice: 383. duties of: 207. experiment station— appropriation for: 205, 207. investigating advantage of rotating crops, and different methods of cultiva- tion: 206. at Singalon: 573. positions, provision for payment of salaries of additional: 402. salaries, wages, transportation, and contingent expenses: 304, 558. Agricultural conditions: appropriation for preliminary expenses in purchase of draft cattle: 502. contingent expenses: 326. public buildings, expense of running same: 326. salaries, wages, and transportation of employees in: 325. Albay, province of: hire of launch for use of provincial governor to visit Catanduanes Islands: 203. loan to: 716. provincial board, authorized to loan provincial funds to municipalities of that province: 509. volunteers maintained against ladrones in: 493. WAR 1903-VOL 8-50 785 |