collected under military authority in the Island of Luban and deposited in the Insular Treasury, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction for the purpose of establishing and maintaining schools in the Island of Luban. 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, October 2, 1901. [No. 249.] AN ACT requiring all officers and employés who shall receive and have custody of money in the discharge of their official duties to give bond. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. In all cases where an insular or provincial officer or employé shall receive or have custody of money in the discharge of his official duties, he shall give bond to the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands for whom it may concern to secure the proper accounting of the same and the payment thereof in accordance with law, unless he be a regular army or navy officer of the United States detailed for the duty, in which case no bond shall be required In cases in which the law now in force makes provisions for the giving and form of bonds, the fixing of their amounts, their approval and their custody, such provisions shall control; but in cases coming within the purview of this act, in which there is now no provision for the giving of a bond, its form, the fixing of its amount, its approval and its custody, it shall be the duty of the Civil Governor to fix the amount of the bond and of the Insular Treasurer to approve the same and to retain it in his custody. The bond of the Insular Treasurer shall be in the custody of the Insular Auditor. 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, October 2, 1901. [No. 250.] AN ACT authorizing an increase in the number of employés in the office of the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of the Chief Port. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. For the purpose of enabling the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of the Chief Port to maintain his full working force, and at the same time to grant the leaves of absence authorized by law, the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of the Chief Port is hereby authorized to employ in the work of his office the following additional employés: One clerk, class 8; one clerk, class 9; one clerk, class 10; three clerks, class A; one clerk, class F; four clerks, class I; four clerks, class J; two employés, class K, at an annual compensation of one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) each; three employés, class K, at an annual compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) each; one employé, class K, at an annual compensation of ninety dollars ($90); all in money of the United States. 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. [No. 251.] AN ACT prohibiting the sale of intoxicating beverages in the municipality of Iligan, province of Misamis, and providing the conditions under which prospectors may visit territory in that province inhabited by Moros. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The sale of intoxicating beverages is hereby absolutely prohibited in the municipality of Iligan, province of Misamis, and section 39, sub-section (ii), of the Municipal Code is hereby repealed so far as regards this municipality. SEC. 2. Prospectors are hereby prohibited from entering that portion of the territory of the province of Misamis which is inhabited by Moros without the written permission of the military commander of the Department of Mindanao and Joló. SEC. 3. A violation of the provisions of sections 1 or 2 of this act is hereby declared a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, for each offense. 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, October 2, 1901 [No. 252.] AN ACT providing for the incorporation of the pueblo of La Villanueva, province of Pangasinan, as a barrio of the municipality of Bautista, province of Pangasinan. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The pueblo of La Villanueva, in the province of Pangasinan, is hereby incorporated as a barrio of the municipality of Bautista, in the same province, and the limits of the municipality of Bautista are hereby extended so as to include all the territory heretofore constituting the pueblo of La Villanueva. SEC. 2. The existing organization of the pueblo of La Villanueva is hereby abolished and all offices existing by virtue of the present organization of such pueblo are hereby declared vacant and such offices are abolished. 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, October 2, 1901. [No. 253.] AN ACT creating a bureau of non-Christian tribes for the Philippine Islands. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. There is hereby created, under the Department of the Interior, a Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, which shall conduct systematic investigations with reference to the non-Christian tribes of the Philippine Islands, in order to ascertain the name of each tribe, the limits of the territory which it occupies, the approximate number of individuals which compose it, their social organizations and their languages, beliefs, manners and customs, with special view to determining the most practicable means for bringing about their advancement in civilization and material prosperity. The Bureau shall further investigate and report upon the practical operation of all legislation with reference to non-Christian tribes. SEC. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau, who shall receive a salary of three thousand, five hundred dollars ($3,500) per year, pay; able monthly, in money of the United States, and shall be allowed his actual and necessary traveling expenses, when absent from Manila on official business; a stenographer and typewriter of class 9; and an agent for Moro affairs in the Jolo Archipelago, who shall be the clerk of class 10 in the Office of Moro Affairs in the Jolo Archipelago, authorized in section 1 of Act No. 201. SEC. 3. The Chief of the Bureau shall have general direction and control of its work and shall appoint all its duly authorized officers and employés, subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and of Act No. 25. He shall, from time to time, recommend to the Commission the authorization of such additional employés as may be found necessary for properly conducting the work of the Bureau. 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, October 2, 1901. [No. 254.] AN ACT organizing the office of the insular purchasing agent. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Insular Purchasing Agent is authorized to employ the following force in his office: One Assistant Insular Purchasing Agent, class 4; five clerks, class 6; two clerks, class 7; one clerk, class 8; seven clerks, class 9; two clerks, class 10; two clerks, class A; four watchmen, class C; one clerk, class D; two clerks, class H; six laborers at one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) per annum each, and such teamsters, drivers, stablemen, blacksmiths and additional laborers as may from time to time be necessary. SEC. 2. The Insular Purchasing Agent is authorized to employ the following force in the Printing Department until the establishment of the Government Printing Plant: One foreman, class 9; one compositor, class 10; one printer and bookbinder, class A; one pressman, class A; and such typesetters and laborers as may from time to time be necessary. 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 Precedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect as of October 1, 1901. [No. 255.] AN ACT amending Act No. 175 by changing the name of the Insular constabulary to the Philippines constabulary and providing for a section of information. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act No. 175 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words "which shall be known as the Philippine Constabulary" and by substituting for the word "Insular" wherever it occurs in the succeeding sections of said Act the word "Philippines." SEC. 2. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is hereby authorized and directed to organize a Section of Information which shall be under his immediate direction and control and shall consist of one Superintendent of Section, who shall be appointed by the Chief and shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) payable monthly; one Second Class Inspector, one Third Class Inspector and One Fourth Class Inspector, who shall be paid as provided in said Act No. 175, and two special detectives who shall be paid six hundred dollars ($600) per annum each; one draughtsman, who shall be paid three hundred and sixty-five dollars ($365) per annum, and one clerk, who shall be paid three hundred and sixty-five dollars ($365) per annum, the dranghtsman and clerk to be appointed under the Civil Service Act. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is further authorized and empowered to employ one armorer and gun-smith who shall be under his immediate charge and control and who shall be paid a salary of nine hundred dollars ($900) per annum. 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, October 3, 1901. [No. 256.] AN ACT to amend section 1 of act No. 228, relating to the salaries of emergency clerks needed for the assessment of real estate in Manila. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Act No. 228 of the United States Philippine Commission, relating to the salaries of emergency clerks necessary for the purpose of assessing real estate in Manila, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Assessor to employ four draughtsmen at fifty dollars ($50), gold, per month each, in lieu of two clerks at one hundred dollars dollars ($100), gold, per month each. 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, October 4, 1901. [No. 257.] AN ACT providing that checks given to civil employés of the Government and to other persons for salaries and other amounts due from the Government in different parts of the islands, shall be cashed by provincial treasurers and postmasters so far as is practicable. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Provincial Treasurers are hereby authorized to cash from provincial funds checks issued by Disbursing Officers of the Insular Government in payment of salaries due to officers, employés and servants of the Insular Government and in payment of other obligations due from the Insular Government, upon the proper endorsement of such checks and identification of the payee, and to treat the checks so received as cash on hand in the Provincial Treasury. And it is hereby made the duty of each Provincial Treasurer to cash such checks, when presented in accordance with the provisions of this section, at all times when such checks can be cashed without embarrassment to the Provincial Treasurer. The term "Provincial Treasurer" as used in this section shall include Deputies of the Provincial Treasurer when traveling through the province making collections. Provincial Treasurers are also hereby authorized to dispose of, for cash, checks so received to persons desiring to transmit funds to Manila. All checks so cashed or sold shall be cashed or sold at par. |