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[No. 1551.]

AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Cavite from eleven to twelve, by separating from Imus the former municipality of Bacoor and giving the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The eleven municipalities of the Province of Cavite, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twelve, by separating from Imus the former municipality of Bacoor, which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven.

SEC. 2. The municipal election for the reconstituted municipality. of Bacoor shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in the Province of Cavite in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officials thus elected shall not take office nor shall the reconstituted municipality come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal election in the municipality of Imus, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipality, as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Nuiabered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.

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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 25, 1906.

[No. 1552.]

AN ACT Requiring justices of the peace and judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of municipal courts to certify on their applications for leave and upon salary vouchers and pay rolls that all special proceedings, applications, petitions, demurrers, motions, and all civil and criminal cases under submission for decision or determination for a period of ninety days or more have been determined and decided on or before the date of making such certificate, and providing that no leave shall be granted or salary paid until such certificate shall have been made.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Justices of the peace and judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of municipal courts shall certify on their applications for the leave prescribed by Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven, and upon salary vouchers presented by them for payment, and upon all pay rolls upon which their salaries are paid, that all special proceedings, applications, petitions, demurrers, motions, and all civil and criminal cases which have been under submission for decision or determination for a period of ninety days or more have been determined and decided on or before the date of making the certificate, and no leave shall be granted and no salary shall be paid without such certificate.

In case any special proceeding, application, petition, demurrer, motion, civil or criminal case is resubmitted upon the voluntary application or consent in writing of all the parties to the case, cause, or proceeding, and not otherwise, the ninety days herein prescribed within which a decision should be made shall begin to run from the date of such resubmission.

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 December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six.

Enacted, October 27, 1906.

[No. 1553.]

AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of La Laguna from twenty to twenty-one, by separating from Biñan the former municipality of San Pedro Tunasan, reconstituting the latter as a municipality, and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The twenty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna, as established by Act Numbered One thousand and eight, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twentyone, by separating the former municipality of San Pedro Tunasan from the present municipality of Biñan. The municipality of Biñan shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine, and the municipality of San Pedro Tunasan is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act.

SEC. 2. The municipal election in the reconstituted municipality of San Pedro Tunasan shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal elections in the Province of La Laguna in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officers thus elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted municipality come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officers to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal election in the municipality of Biñan, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipality, as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.

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.
Enacted; October 29, 1906.

[No. 1554.]

AN ACT Providing for a loan of twenty thousand pesos to the Province of Sorsogon for the completion of the provincial high school building of said province.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand pesos, to be loaned to the Province of Sorsogon.

SEC. 2. The money appropriated in section one of this Act shall be paid to the treasurer of the Province of Sorsogon upon the production and delivery by him to the Insular Treasurer of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Province of Sorsogon accepting the loan hereinbefore authorized and agreeing to repay the same, without interest, in annual installments of one-half of the total amount, the first installment to be paid on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven.

SEC. 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be used in the completion of the provincial high school building of the Province of Sorsogon, and for no other purpose, and shall be expended under the direction of the provincial board of said province.

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 30, 1906.

[No. 1555.]

AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Tarlac from nine, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, to ten, by making the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of Lauangcupang, now a part of the municipality of Tarlac, and the barrio of Bantug, in the present municipality of Concepción, a new municipality.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The nine municipalities of the Province of Tarlac, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to ten, by separating the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of Lauangcupang from the present municipality of Tarlac, and constituting, with their territories and that of the barrio of Bantug, in the present municipality of Concepción, a new municipality which shall be known as La Paz, with the seat of municipal government

at La Paz.

SEC. 2. The municipal election for the reconstituted municipality of La Paz shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in the Province of Tarlac in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officials thus elected shall not take office nor shall the reconstituted municipality come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities of Tarlac and Concepción, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipalities as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.

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.
Enacted, October 30, 1906.

[No. 1556.]

AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the province of Pangasinan from thirty-two to forty-one, by reconstituting certain municipalities in said province, and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-one.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The thirty-two municipalities of the Province of Pangasinan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to forty-one, by separating the former municipalities of Aguilar, Alava, Balungao, Natividad, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Manuel, San Jacinto, and Urbiztondo, from the present municipalities of Salasa, San Fabian, Rosales, San Nicolas, Calasiao, Tayug, Asingan, Manaoag, and Mangatarem, respectively, reconstituting the said former municipalities and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-one.

SEC. 2. The municipal elections for the reconstituted municipalities of Aguilar, Alava, Balungao, Natividad, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Manuel, San Jacinto, and Urbiztondo shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in the Province of Pangasinan in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twentyeight, but the officials thus elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted municipalities come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities of Salasa, San Fabian, Rosales, San Nicolas, Calasiao, Tayug, Asingan, Manaoag, and Mangatarem, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipalities, as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.

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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 31, 1906.

[No. 1557.]

AN ACT Reducing the number of municipalities in the province of Albay from twenty-seven to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the said province located in the subprovince of Catanduanes.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The twenty-seven municipalities of the Province of Albay shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the said province located in the subprovince of Catanduanes as follows:

1. The municipality of Bato shall consist of its present territory, excepting the visita of Cabugao, and that of the municipality of Baras, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Bato.

2. The municipality of Virac shall consist of its present territory and that of the visita of Cabugao, in the present municipality of Bato, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Virac.

3. The municipality of Viga shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Payo and Bagamanoc, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Viga. 4. The municipality of Pandan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Caramoran, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Pandan.

SEC. 2. The municipal elections for each of the new municipalities of Bato, Virac, Viga, and Pandan 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 men

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