in the municipality of Iligan, Province of Misamis, and providing the conditions under which prospectors may visit territory in that province inhabited by Moros," is hereby repealed. 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 [No. 473.] passage. AN ACT authorizing the loan of the equivalent in local currency, at the authorized ratio, of two thousand five hundred dollars, in money of the United States, to the Province of Marinduque out of the Treasury of the Philippine Archipelago, for the benefit of the Island of Mindoro. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby authorized to loan to the Province of Marinduque, for the benefit of the Island of Mindoro, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the equivalent in local currency, at the authorized ratio, of two thousand five hundred dollars in money of the United States, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be expended by the provincial board of the province for the general purposes of the provincial government of the Island of Mindoro, in said province, as established by Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-three. The sum thus borrowed shall be returned to the Insular Treasury from the treasury of the Province of Marinduque on or before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and three, without interest. The repayment of the sum so loaned shall be a special charge upon the revenues of the Province of Marinduque accruing from that portion thereof which was annexed to said province by Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-three. This loan is made in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the provincial board of the Island of Mindoro, in the Province of Marinduque, on the twenty-fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and two. 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. 474.] AN ACT providing for the stamping of counterfeit coin in such manner that it shall not be available for circulation. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago is hereby directed to procure suitable stamps for stamping upon all false or WAR 1903-VOL 8- -6 counterfeit coins that are presented at or come into the Treasury of the Philippine Archipelago the word "false," and it is made his duty and that of each employee in the Bureau of the Treasury to whom such coins shall be presented, or into whose possession they shall come in the performance of official duties, to stamp upon each coin so presented, when received, with the stamps aforesaid, the word "false.” The stamps shall be of such size and the impression upon the coin shall be such that the word "false" is clearly apparent from a mere casual inspection to any person receiving the coin. SEC. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the manager or managers or directors of any bank or banking association doing business in the Philippine Islands to procure stamps of the character named in the preceding section and to stamp in the manner therein provided all false or counterfeit coins presented at such bank or banking association or its place of business, or in the possession of such bank or banking association. The Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago shall prescribe the form and size of the stamps provided for in this section and the manner of their use. SEC. 3. The Insular Treasurer, or any employee of his Bureau, or any cashier, treasurer, director, receiving or paying teller, or any other officer or employee of any bank or banking association who shall knowingly neglect or refuse to stamp any false or counterfeit coin that shall come into his possession or custody in such bank or banking association, or its place of business, by virtue of his official relation thereto or employment therein, in the manner provided in this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, for each such neglect or failure. 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. 475.] AN ACT amending section nine of "The Provincial Government Act" as amended by paragraph four of section one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, by striking out from paragraph (a) of said section nine the words "The Provincial Treasurer shall forward to the Insular Auditor a true copy of the tax lists of this province." By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section nine of "The Provincial Government Act," as amended by paragraph four of section one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An Act to amend 'The Provincial Government Act, No. 83,' is hereby amended by striking out from the last two lines of paragraph (a) of said section nine the following words: "The provincial treasurer shall forward to the Insular Auditor a true copy of the tax lists of this province." 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 Enacted, October 6, 1902. passage. [No. 476.] AN ACT amending Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila,” and amending Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal service of Manila," by increasing the number of assistants in the office of the prosecuting attorney of Manila from three to four, and by increasing the salary of the prosecuting attorney from three thousand five hundred dollars to four thousand five hundred dollars and fixing the salaries of the four assistants. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila, enacted July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended so as to provide that there shall be four Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, who shall assist the Prosecuting Attorney as he shall direct, instead of three such assistants, as in said section thirty-nine provided. SEC. 2. Section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and eightyfive, entitled "An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal service of Manila," enacted August third, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended so as to provide that the Prosecuting Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of four thousand five hundred dollars; the First Assistant shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars; the Second Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the Third Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and the Fourth Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; instead of the salaries of the Prosecuting Attorney and his assistants as in said section twelve provided. SEC. 3. The parts of section thirty-nine of the Act to incorporate the city of Manila, and section twelve of the Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal service of Manila, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. 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. 477.] AN ACT to repeal Acts numbered One hundred and eighty, Two hundred and thirtytwo, and Three hundred and seventy-three, amendatory of Act Numbered Seventyfour, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, to repeal a certain paragraph in Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty relating to night schools, and to amend Act Numbered Seventy-four by providing for the division of the Archipelago into thirty-six school divisions, to amend section thirteen of "The Provincial Government Act" Numbered Eighty-three, as amended, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Acts Numbered One hundred and eighty, Two hundred and thirty-two, and Three hundred and seventy-three, amendatory of Act Numbered Seventy-four, and the following paragraph in Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty: "No night school shall be maintained either in the city of Manila or elsewhere at the public expense in which the average attendance is not at least twenty-five pupils over the age of fourteen years," are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, is hereby amended as follows: (a) By striking out wherever it is used in said Act the words "Department of Public Instruction" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Bureau of Education." (b) By striking out sections numbered one, three, five, six, nine, and fifteen and inserting in lieu thereof the following sections: "SECTION 1. A Bureau of Education for the Philippine Islands, under the executive control of the Department of Public Instruction, is hereby established, the central office of which shall be in the city of Manila. All primary instruction in the schools established or maintained under this Act shall be free, and all secondary instruction in the schools established by the several provinces shall be free at least to the pupils resident in the provinces in which the schools are established. "SEC. 3. The chief officer of this Bureau shall be denominated the General Superintendent of Education and shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission. His annual salary shall be six thousand dollars, payable monthly. He shall have the following powers and duties, to be exercised and discharged under the general supervision of the Secretary of Public Instruction: "(a) He shall establish primary schools in every pueblo in the Archipelago, where practicable, and shall reorganize those already established where such reorganization is necessary. "() He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, a city superintendent of schools for Manila, and division superintendents of schools for other parts of the Archipelago, and the teachers and clerks authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such teachers and clerks. "(c) He shall fix the salaries of teachers within the limits established by law. "(d) He shall fix a curriculum for primary, secondary, and other public schools. "(e) He shall prescribe the authority to be exercised by the principal teacher of each school over the other teachers, if any, and his duties as teacher actually engaged in the work of instruction and in caring for the schoolhouse and school property. " He shall approve plans made by the Chief of the Bureau of Architecture, for the construction of schoolhouses to be built by the municipalities or provinces, shall fix the amount of land required in each case, and shall prescribe rules of hygiene which shall be observed in connection with the schools of the Archipelago. "(g) He shall have power to determine the pueblos in which English teachers, to be paid out of the Insular Treasury, shall teach. He may exercise this discretion in favor of those pueblos which shall construct and maintain suitable schoolhouses by local taxation or contributions. "(h) In case of a vacancy in the office of a division superintendent or that of the city superintendent of schools for Manila, he may discharge all the duties of such position during the vacancy, or he may designate a subordinate of the Bureau to discharge such duties temporarily in the same manner and with the same limitations as are provided in section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and eight. 66 "(i) He shall examine and pass upon all estimates made for funds by division superintendents and forward them, with his recommendation, to the Secretary of Public Instruction for submission to the Commission. "() On or before September first of each year he shall make a report of his administration for the previous twelve months to the Secretary of Public Instruction, who may call for special reports from time to time. In the regular annual report it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to recommend changes in the school law which he deems expedient. "(k) He shall exercise general supervision over the entire Bureau and shall prepare and promulgate rules for the examination and determination of the qualifications of applicants for positions of division superintendents and teachers, and for the guidance of the teachers and officers of the Bureau, adapted to carry out this law and not inconsistent with its provisions. "(7) He shall have authority to establish night schools, but no nightschool class shall be maintained at the expense of the city of Manila or the Insular Government in which the average nightly attendance in each school month under each teacher is not at least fifteen pupils over the age of fourteen years. If it is found at the end of any month that the average nightly attendance of any class has been less than fifteen, such class shall be discontinued. The teacher of such class shall, however, be entitled to pay for each night of actual teaching during the month even if the average attendance has been less than fifteen, but a class discontinued for lack of the required attendance shall not again be organized except with the consent of the division superintendent and unless at least twenty-five pupils shall have been enrolled and shall have signified their intention of becoming regular members of the class. Teachers of night-school classes shall be paid only for nights of actual teaching. "SEC. 5. The Archipelago shall be and is hereby divided into thirtysix school divisions. In the First Division (the city of Manila and its barrios) there shall be a city superintendent of schools, and in each of the other divisions, except the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty |