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Acts in May 1903

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Act No. 777 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE LOCATION AND MANNER OF RECORDING MINING CLAIMS, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK NECESSARY TO HOLD POSSESSION OF A MINING CLAIM, BY CORRECTING AN ERROR IN SECTION THREE OF SAID ACT. May 29, 1903

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Act No. 778 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO TO COMMISSION MASTERS AND WATCH OFFICERS OF COAST GUARD VESSELS TO MAKE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES. May 29, 1903

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Act No. 779 AN ACT TO CONFIRM AND RATIFY THE ACTION OF MUNICIPAL PRESIDENTS IN ADMINISTERING OATHS TO ENUMERATORS AND SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE CENSUS. May 29, 1903

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Act No. 780 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF MASTER, MATE, PATRON, AND ENGINEER OF SEAGOING VESSELS IN THE PHILIPPINE COASTWISE TRADE, AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERS TO HE EMPLOYED BY SUCH VESSELS. May 29, 1903

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Act No. 776 AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE TREASURER OF THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL TO MAKE REFUND OF PENALTIES COLLECTED UPON THE DELINQUENT LAND TAX IN THAT PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, TO SUCH TAXPAYERS AS SHALL HAVE MADE PAYMENT OF SUCH TAX AND PENALTIES ON OR BEFORE THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE. May 28, 1903

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Act No. 775 AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY, FROM THE WAR EMERGENCY RICE FUND OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING A SCHOOL BUILDING AND MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATANGAS. May 28, 1903

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Act No. 769 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIX OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT, BY CORRECTING AN OBVIOUS ERROR OF OMISSION IN THE LANGUAGE OF SAID SECTION. May 27, 1903

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Act No. 770 AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE APPROPRIATION OF TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MADE IN ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX MAY BE EXPENDED NOT ONLY TO PURCHASE THE SILVER BULLION WITH WHICH TO COIN SILVER PHILIPPINE PESOS BUT ALSO TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF SUCH COINAGE AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE COINS, WHEN COINED, FROM THE MINTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INCLUDING INSURANCE AND ALL OTHER PROPER EXPENSES. May 27, 1903

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Act No. 771 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURCHASE OF SILVER, COPPER, AND OTHER METALS OR ALLOYS NEEDED IN THE COINAGE OF SUBSIDIARY COINS FOR USE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING THAT THE MONEY APPROPRIATED MAY BE EXPENDED NOT ONLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF BULLION NEEDED IN THE COINAGE, BUT ALSO FOR THE MAKING OF NECESSARY DIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF COINAGE, FOR THE COST OF TRANSPORTING COINS, WHEN COINED, FROM THE. MINTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INCLUDING THE NECESSARY INSURANCE, AND FOR ALL OTHER EXPENSES OF PUTTING SUCH COINS INTO CIRCULATION. May 27, 1903

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Act No. 772 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO AND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE BY PROVIDING THAT THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND THE PROVINCIAL BOARD MAY ALTER THE RATE PER CENTUM OF THE LAND TAX TO BE LEVIED IN ANY CURRENT YEAR AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE PERIOD FIXED FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE TAX. May 27, 1903

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Act No. 773 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL OF THE CIVIL HOSPITAL AT MANILA AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO DETAIL EMPLOYEES OF THE CIVIL HOSPITAL FOR SERVICE AT THE CIVIL SANITARIUM AT BAGUIO, BENGUET. May 27, 1903

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Act No. 774 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "A GENERAL ACT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY IMPOSING A TAX UPON SLEDGES, AND MAKING IT THE DUTY OF PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO DESIGNATE IMPROVED ROADS IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES UPON WHICH IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO USE CERTAIN CARTS AND SLEDGES. May 27, 1903

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Act No. 766 AN ACT CONSOLIDATING THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL TREASURER AND PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS AND MAKING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF HEALTH A MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF THE PROVINCE. May 26, 1903

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Act No. 767 AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING WORK UPON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT BAGUIO, PROVINCE OF BENGUET. May 26, 1903

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Act No. 768 AN ACT FIXING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE SUBPROVINCES OF AMBURAYAN AND LEPANTO AND THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET, AND ADDING THE TERRITORY COMPRISED IN THE FORMER COMANDANCIA OF KAYAPA TO THE LATTER PROVINCE. May 26, 1903

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Act No. 765 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A COMMISSION TO SECURE, ORGANIZE, AND MAKE AN EXHIBIT OF PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURES, ART, ETHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION TO BE HELD AT SAINT LOUIS, IN THE UNITED STATES, IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY DISPENSING WITH THE NECESSITY FOR THE HOLDING OF A PRELIMINARY EXPOSITION AT MANILA AND BY MAKING ALLOWANCES IN LIEU OF ACTUAL TRAVELING EXPENSES FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD WHILE ABSENT FROM THEIR USUAL PLACES OF RESIDENCE ON THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD DURING THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR. May 25, 1903

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Act No. 764 AN ACT GRANTING EARNED LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO P. L. SHERMAN FOR THE PERIOD DURING WHICH HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE FORESTRY BUREAU BUT NOT A MEMBER OF THE CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE. May 23, 1903

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Act No. 761 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE OF ABRA. May 22, 1903

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Act No. 762 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE. May 22, 1903

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Act No. 763 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE OF PARAGUA. May 22, 1903

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Act No. 759 AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO PURCHASE AND SELL RICE TO LABORERS ENGAGED IN WORK ON PROVINCIAL PUBLIC ROADS AND BRIDGES. May 21, 1903

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Act No. 760 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING LIQUORS WITHIN CERTAIN DISTANCES OF LAND USED BY THE UNITED STATES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES AND AT CERTAIN CAMPS THEREIN NAMED," BY PROHIBITING THE SAID TRAFFIC ON THE ISLAND OF TALIM OR WITHIN A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES OF MALAHI ISLAND, LAGUNA DE BAY. May 21, 1903

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Act No. 754 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-TWO OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL HY THE PROVINCIAL HOARD OF THE ACTION OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN EXPELLING A MEMBER THEREOF FOR CAUSE. May 20, 1903

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Act No. 755 AN ACT EMPOWERING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY TO MAKE APPROPRIATION FOR PROPORTIONATE PART OF ACCRUED LEAVE OF ABSENCE EARNED BY LADISLAUS SZILY, LATE PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR OF SAID PROVINCE, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR PROPORTIONATE PART OF SUCH ACCRUED LEAVE DUE BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA. May 20, 1903

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Act No. 756 AN ACT EMPOWERING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN TO MAKE APPROPRIATION FOR PROPORTIONATE PART OF ACCRUED LEAVE OF ABSENCE EARNED BY ROBERT C. WHEELER, LATE PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR OF SAID PROVINCE, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SEVEN CENTS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR PROPORTIONATE PART OF SUCH ACCRUED LEAVE DUE BY THE CITY OF MANILA. May 20, 1903

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Act No. 757 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING TEMPORARY PROVISIONS FOR THE CARE OF INVALID CIVIL EMPLOYEES AT BAGUIO, IN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET, PENDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOVERNMENT SANITARIUM," BY CHANGING THE RATES AT THE CIVIL SANITARIUM, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARIES OF SUCH EMPLOYEES. May 20, 1903

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Act No. 758 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, 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," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FOUR. May 20, 1903

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Act No. 752 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (F) OF SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, BY ADDING TO SAID PARAGRAPH A PROVISION REQUIRING A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, THE PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR, AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY TO COUNT THE CASH OF THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER AT THE END OF EACH MONTH AND TO CERTIFY THE RESULT OF SUCH COUNT TO THE INSULAR AUDITOR AND THE INSULAR TREASURER. May 19, 1903

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Act No. 753 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL CIVIL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES OF THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN. May 19, 1903

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Act No. 751 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR BY STRIKING OUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE REDUCTION TO FIVE HOURS OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF HOURS OF LABOR PER DAY DURING THE HEATED TERM. May 18, 1903

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Act No. 748 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF ALBAY TO LOAN PROVINCIAL FUNDS TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF THAT PROVINCE. May 16, 1903

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Act No. 749 AN ACT REQUIRING OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO RECEIVE AND DEPOSIT REVENUES OR OTHER MONEYS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY OR IN A DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY TO DEPOSIT THE SAME PROMPTLY, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DO SO; AND ALSO A PENALTY FOR FAILURE BY ANY ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT OR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS TO RENDER ACCOUNTS AS REQUIRED BY LAW. May 16, 1903

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Act No. 750 AN ACT RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN DIRECTING THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT TO FURNISH TO THE SUFFERING INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF MARIQUINA, IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, RENDERED HOMELESS BY THE BURNING OF A LARGE PART OF THAT TOWN ON THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS OF RICE, TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF FISH, AND ONE HUNDRED TENTS. May 16, 1903

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Act No. 746 AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND POLICE MAY, IN HIS DISCRETION, DIRECT AN EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE CONSULTING ENGINEER TO THE COMMISSION SHALL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF ILOILO. May 14, 1903

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Act No. 747 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED POUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, AS AMENDED, BY DEFINING NEW LIMITS FOR THE PROVINCE OF PARAGUA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. May 14, 1903

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Act No. 745 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE DAYS WHICH SHALL BE OBSERVED AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY ADDING TO THE DAYS SPECIFIED IN SUCH ACT THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY, TO BE KNOWN AS MEMORIAL DAY, IN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY. May 13, 1903