[No. 168.] AN ACT making eligible to civil office in the Philippine Islands persons not naturalized as citizens of the United States who are honorably discharged soldiers or sailors of the Army or Navy of the United States. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The conditions of eligibility to civil office in the Philippine Islands are hereby amended so that any person who has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States and served as a member of the Army or Navy of the United States, and has been honorably discharged therefrom, shall be eligible to civil office in the Philippine Islands, as if he were a legally naturalized citizen of the United States. SEC. 2. The appointments to civil office prior to the passage of this act of all persons who by Section 1 hereof are rendered eligible to civil office, are hereby made lawful from the date of said appointments, and all official acts of such appointees are hereby declared to be valid as acts of officers both de jure and de facto. SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, July 16, 1901. [No. 169.] AN ACT annexing the island of Catanduanes to the province of Albay. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Island of Catanduanes is hereby annexed to and included in the Province of Albay, already organized by Act No. 122, passed April 26, 1901. SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the territory hereby annexed and made part of the Province of Albay shall enjoy the same privileges and rights in the government as if the island had been originally incorporated in the province; and the municipal officers of the towns in such territory now organized or to be organized under the Municipal Code shall have the same relations to the provincial officers as are prescribed by the Provincial Government Act and the special act organizing the Province of Albay for the municipal officers of the towns of the Province of Albay as originally organized. SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted July 16, 1901. [No. 170.] AN ACT amending act No. 82, entitled "The Municipal Code," and providing that all licenses and privilege taxes may be paid quarterly in advance at the election of the licensee. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Municipal Code is hereby amended by inserting at the close of sub-section (b) of Section 65 the following words: "But all licenses and privilege taxes may be paid in advance in four quarterly installments, at the election of the licensee." SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, July 16, 1901. [No. 171.] AN ACT amending act No. 16, entitled "An act for the reorganization of the Forestry Bureau of the Philippine Islands." By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act No. 16 for the reorganization of the Forestry Bureau of the Philippine Islands is hereby amended by striking out sub-section (a) of Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following sub-section: "(a) There shall be a Chief of the Forestry Bureau, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand, five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) per year, and an Assistant Chief, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per year, all in money of the United States. In case of delay in filling the office of Chief of the Forestry Bureau, or if for any other reason there is a vacancy therein, the Assistant Chief shall, in addition to his duties as such, exercise the authority and discharge the duties of the Chief of the Forestry Bureau until the office is duly filled, without additional compensation." SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, July 16, 1901. [No. 172] AN ACT to amend act No. 145, entitled, "An act authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil departments, bureaus, and offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensation as such." By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The amount of the bond of disbursing officers shall be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, and the sufficiency of the surety or sureties thereon shall be approved by him, and the bond shall be filed with him and safely kept. SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this act, its passage is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 173.] AN ACT restoring the Provinces of Batangas, Cebú, and Bohol to the executive control of the Military Governor. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: WHEREAS, in the Provinces of Batangas, Cebú, and Bohol, which have been organized as provinces under the Provincial Government Act, armed insurrection continues, and in the opinion of the Commission it will facilitate the pacification of these provinces to remove them from the executive control of the Civil Governor and to put them under the executive control of the Military Governor: SECTION 1. The provincial and municipal officers of the provinces of Batangas, Cebú, and Bohol shall report to the Military Governor, and the Military Governor shall have power to remove them and appoint others in their places, anything in the provincial act, the special acts organizing said provinces, or the Municipal Code to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. In case of military necessity, the Military Governor shall have power to suspend the operation of any part of the laws of the Commission applicable to the government of the provinces above named, and to substitute therefor temporarily general orders having the effect of law. SEC. 3. The writ of habeas corpus in the civil courts of the three provinces named shall not issue therefrom for the release of prisoners detained by order of the Military Governor or his duly authorized military subordinates. SEC. 4. The courts established by the Commission in the three provinces above named shall continue to discharge their ordinary functions, civil and criminal; provided, that the Military Governor is empowered to provide for the trial of ordinary crimes and misdemeanors by military commissions and provost courts, and to designate what of the ordinary crimes and misdemeanors shall be tried before such commissions or provost courts, and what crimes, if any, shall be tried in the civil courts. 66 SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, July 17, 1901. [No. 174.] AN ACT to require the deposit in the insular treasury, and an accounting for the same to the auditor, of all revenues derived from the sales of products grown or articles fabricated by officers in charge of government property or government institutions receiving support from insular revenues. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Hereafter, and from July 1, 1901, all officers in charge of government property or of government institutions receiving support from insular revenues and from which revenues are derived from sales of products grown or articles fabricated, or otherwise, shall render to the Auditor for the Archipelago, in accordance with Rule 2 of Act 90, accounts-current and vouchers covering all of such transactions, in the form and manner prescribed by the Auditor, and deposit such receipts of revenue in full, without any deduction, with the Treasurer of the Islands, as provided by Rules 21 and 53 of Act 90. SEC. 2. All expenditures made in behalf of such government property or institutions, including cost of operating the same, and producing articles for sale, shall be pursuant to appropriations made by the Philippine Commission, as provided by Rules 25, 26, 54 and 55 of Act 90. SEC. 3. The provisions of this act shall apply specifically to Bilibid Prison and all other prisons supported by the Insular Government, the Refrigerating and Cold Storage Plant at Manila, the government farm at San Ramon, Zamboanga, as well as to all other institutions or offices coming within the purview of Section 1 of this act. SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, July 17, 1901. [No. 175.] AN ACT providing for the organization and government of an Insular Constabulary and for the inspection of the municipal police. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. An Insular Constabulary is hereby established under the general supervision of the Civil Governor for the purpose of better maintaining peace, law, and order in the various provinces of the Philippine Islands, organized, officered and governed as hereinafter set forth, which shall be known as the Philippines Constabulary (see Act 255). SEC. 2. A corps of inspectors is also hereby created for the purpose of commanding, disciplining, and efficiently directing the Insular Constabulary hereby created and inspecting the municipal police of the various municipalities, which shall consist of not less than one nor more than four Provincial Police Inspectors for each province now or hereafter organized. 10890-01-24 SEC. 3. The Insular Constabulary shall consist of not less than fifteen privates, one sergeant and one corporal, and not more than one hundred and fifty privates, four sergeants and eight corporals for each province. The sergeants, corporals and privates to serve in any province shall be selected from the residents of such province. They shall be enlisted for two years unless sooner discharged. The number of privates, sergeants and corporals, within the above limit, shall be fixed by the Chief of the Insular Constabulary, with the approval of the Civil Governor. SEC. 4. The office of Chief of Insular Constabulary is hereby created, the incumbent of which shall be appointed by the Civil Governor by and with the consent of the Commission. He shall be a peace officer, shall be the head of the Insular Constabulary, and shall have general charge and control thereof and shall see that brigandage, insurrection, unlawful assemblies and breaches of the peace and other violations of law are prevented or suppressed and the perpetrators of such offenses arrested, and peace, law and order maintained. He shall be paid an annual salary of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). It shall be his duty to see that the Insular Constabulary hereby created is properly selected and organized and that it is suitably armed, uniformed, equipped, governed, disciplined and in all respects made and kept effective for the performance of its duties. He is hereby given authority, and it is made his duty, to appoint at least one Provincial Inspector, and as many more, not exceeding four, as in his judgment the public interest requires for each province in the Philippine Islands, who shall be citizens of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, or have the rights of natives under the Treaty of Paris. The Insular Chief is also given authority to suspend, and, after due hearing, to remove, any Provincial Inspector or other member of the Insular Constabulary for inefficiency, misconduct, or disloyalty to the United States. He is further given authority to fill all vacancies by making temporary or permanent appointments, occurring by reason of the suspension, removal, resignation, death, or disability to act, of any Provincial Inspector, sergeant, corporal or private of the Insular Constabulary. The Insular Chief is also empowered and directed to make reasonable and proper rules for examination for the appointment of any Provincial Inspector and for selection and promotion of the sergeants, corporals and privates of the Insular Constabulary. SEC. 5. The offices of First, Second, Third, and Fourth Assistant Chiefs of Constabulary are also hereby created, the incumbents of which offices shall be appointed by the Civil Governor by and with the consent of the Commission, and shall each be paid an annual salary of two thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars ($2,750.00), ranking in order of their number. They shall report to and be under the general supervision and direction of the Insular Chief, but, subject to such supervision and direction, they shall have all the power and be required to perform all the duties of the Insular Chief in their respective dis tricts. It shall be the duty of the Insular Chief to divide the provinces of the Philippine Islands into four districts as nearly equal in population and size as may be, and he shall assign an Assistant Insular Chief to each of the said districts, but the Insular Chief may, in his discretion, change the territorial limits of such districts and may change such Assistant Insular Chiefs from one district to another as the public interests may seem to require. In the event of the temporary absence |