appoint a temporary provincial fiscal, who shall be paid out of the provincial treasury the same compensation per day as that provided by law for the regular provincial fiscal for the days actually employed. The fiscal thus temporarily appointed shall discharge all the duties of the provincial fiscal as provided by law which the regular provincial fiscal fails or is unable to perform. He may, by authority of the provincial board, have a deputy fiscal, and a clerk or clerks, to be appointed by the provincial fiscal, at such salaries, out of the provincial treasury, as may be allowed, with the concurrence of the Treasurer for the Philippine Archipelago: Provided, that after the 1st of March, 1903, such clerk or clerks shall be selected in accordance with the rules and restrictions of the Civil Service Act.

SEC. 10. The salaries of the provincial officers shall be payable monthly, so that one-twelfth (1) of the annual salary shall be paid on the last day of each calendar month. Each provincial officer shall be allowed his necessary and actual traveling expenses, not exceeding three dollars ($3.00) per day, while absent from the capital of the province on official business; the allowance shall be made by the provincial board upon a certificate of the officer that the travel was necessary for the public business, and shall not be paid until the account, accompanied by a resolution of the board approving the same, shall be forwarded to the Treasurer for the Philippine Archipelago and by him approved.

SEC. 11. The provincial governor, provincial secretary-treasurer and provincial supervisor of Nueva Vizcaya shall constitute the provincial board. The governor shall be the presiding officer of the board, and the secretary-treasurer shall be its secretary and shall keep its minutes.

SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the provincial board:

(a) To provide by construction or purchase, or renting suitable offices for the provincial officers, and a court-house containing a room or rooms suitable for the holding of court and for offices for the court officers, and a provincial jail in the municipality fixed by law as the capital of the province. The provincial building shall first be used for the purpose of affording sufficient office room to all the provincial officers. If, after supplying this necessary office room, the building affords sufficient accommodation for the residence of the governor of the province, he may occupy the building for this purpose. The assignment of rooms for offices and the residence of the governor in the provincial building shall be made by the provincial board.

(b) To furnish a suitable vault or safe to the provincial secretarytreasurer, in which he shall keep the provincial or other public funds as long as they are in his custody, except as hereinafter provided.

(c) To order, in its discretion, the construction, repair or maintenance of roads, bridges or ferries within the province on the recommendation of the provincial supervisor, and to approve or reject contracts for such construction or repair, and the construction or repair of provincial buildings let by the provincial supervisor. No contract for construction of a road, bridge, or of a public building shall be entered into until the provincial secretary-treasurer shall certify that there is in the provincial treasury a sum sufficient to meet the estimated cost of the construction of the improvement which may be lawfully devoted to such purpose; and after such certificate shall be made and filed and the contract entered into, the provincial secretary-treasurer shall treat the sum thus certified as not subject to warrant except to meet the obligations of the contract.

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All work of repair, construction or equipment of roads or buildings involving a greater cost than five hundred dollars in money of the United States shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after ten days public notice of the letting by advertisement in a paper of general circulation in the province, or, if there is no such paper, by a notice posted for ten days at the main entrance to the supervisor's office in the capital of the province. If the provincial board shall regard the contract to be let and the work to be done of sufficient magnitude, it may authorize the supervisor, in addition to giving the public notices above required, to advertise for bids in a newspaper published in the city of Manila. The supervisor is authorized to reject any or all bids, and if the bids are too high, he may recommend to the board that he be allowed to purchase the material and hire the labor and himself supervise the work and the board may then authorize such a course.

(d) To agree, upon the recommendation of the provincial supervisor, with the provincial board of any adjoining province, on the terms, within the limitations of law, upon which roads forming the boundary between the two provinces, and bridges or streams forming such boundary, shall be constructed, repaired or maintained under the joint control of the two provincial governments.

(e) To direct, in its discretion, the bringing or defense of suits on behalf of the provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya, and to compromise the same on the recommendation of the provincial fiscal and the approval of the Judge of First Instance for the district.

(f) To order the monthly payment of all salaries provided by law, and the payment of all lawfully contracted indebtedness, by directing the issue of warrants upon the provincial treasury. Every warrant shall be drawn by the governor and countersigned by the secretarytreasurer, and shall recite the cause and purpose of drawing the same, the date of the resolution authorizing it, and the page of the minutes of the board's proceedings on which it is recorded. Should the provincial secretary-treasurer deem any warrant drawn to be for an unlawful or unwarranted purpose, he may suspend payment and refer the question to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, whose decision shall be mandatory upon him.

(g) To authorize the provincial secretary-treasurer to deposit so much of the provisional funds as may not be needed in the near future for public use in a bank of deposit of approved standing in the Islands. All interest paid on such deposit shall inure to the benefit of the provincial treasury, and no funds shall be deposited in the bank by the secretary-treasurer until there shall be spread upon the minutes of the board a resolution reciting and approving the exact terms of the contract or deposit in the bank. The bank shall certify the weekly balances of provincial funds held by it to the provincial governor and to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago.

(h) To hold regular weekly meetings upon a day to be fixed by the board, and special meetings upon the call of the governor. The meetings of the board shall be open to the public.

(i) To provide for the appointment of subordinate employés by the various provincial officers, and to approve or disapprove their salaries; but such order of the board shall not have effect until notice thereof shall have been given to the Treasurer for the Philippine Archipelago and it shall receive his approval.

(j) To adopt rules regulating the hours of employment of the subordinates in the various offices.

(k) To provide an official seal for the province.

SEC. 13. (a) No provincial official shall leave the province without obtaining permission so to do from the Civil Governor.

(b) Should the Civil Governor have reason to believe that any provincial officer is guilty of disloyalty, dishonesty, oppression or misconduct in office, he may suspend him from the discharge of the duties of his office, and, after due notice to the suspended officer, shall investigate the cause of suspension and either remove him, with the advice and consent of the Commission, from office, or reinstate him, as the circumstances may require; pending the suspension of the provincial officer the Civil Governor shall have the power temporarily to appoint a person who shall in the interim discharge the duties of the suspended officer, and in case the suspended officer is the secretary-treasurer, to make such provision with respect to the bond of the temporary appointee as may to him seem wise. The temporary appointee shall receive the same compensation as is given by law to the permanent appointee, to be paid from the provincial treasury as other salaries. In case the suspension results in a removal, the removed appointee shall not receive any compensation from and after the date of his suspension. Should he be reinstated, it shall be in the discretion of the Civil Governor to direct that his compensation, during the period of his suspension, shall be withheld, or paid from the provincial treasury. Suspension or removal under this section shall not prevent the institution of criminal proceedings against the person suspended or removed. Every provincial officer shall be subject to prosecution, for a criminal act committed by him, in courts of First Instance, in the same manner as any other person.

(c) In case of the absence of any provincial officer, the Civil Governor shall have power to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office during such absence.

(d) Vacancies in provincial offices created by removal, resignation or death shall be filled by appointment by the Civil Governor within thirty days after the vacancy occurs.

SEC. 14. (a) The actual and necessary traveling expenses of the deputies, subordinates and other employés of provincial officers engaged in traveling in the province on official business shall be paid from the provincial treasury when authorized by the provincial board and approved by the Treasurer for the Philippine Archipelago. The same limitation as to the amount of the expenses per day which applies to the traveling expenses of the provincial officers shall apply to those herein authorized.

(b) In applying the statutory limitation upon the amount per day which can be actually expended and reimbursed to provincial officers and their subordinates for expenses in traveling on official business for the province the total actual traveling expenses for each quarter shall be added together and divided by the number of days of the quarter during which the officer or his subordinate has been absent on public business in the province from the capital thereof; and if the amount per day thus calculated and averaged for the quarter does not exceed the limitation of maximum per diem expenses herein before authorized, the whole amount actually expended shall be allowed to the officer or his subordinate.

SEC. 15. 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. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 28, 1902.

[No. 338.]

AN ACT amending Act No. 80 by providing for the exemption of civil service employés from labor after the hour of 12:30 p. m. on Saturdays, and by providing for the refund of the traveling expenses of civil employés from their places of residence in the United States to point of embarkation for Manila, under certain conditions.

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

SECTION 1. Act No. 80, entitled "An Act Regulating the Hours of Labor, Leaves of Absence and Transportation of Appointees under the Philippine Civil Service," is hereby amended:

(a) By changing section 1 to read as follows: "It shall be the duty of the heads of departments, bureaus or offices in the Philippine Civil Service to require of all employés, of whatever grade or class, not less than six hours of labor each day, not including time for lunch and exclusive of Sundays, and of Saturdays after the hours of 12:30 p. m., and of days declared public holidays by law or executive order, but the head of any department, bureau or office may, in the interest of the public service, extend the daily hours of labor herein specified for any or all of the employés in his office, and in case of such extension it shall be without additional compensation. The head of any department, bureau or office, the work of which is of such a nature as to require the constant presence of one or more employés, may detail the necessary number of employés to perform labor on Sundays, Saturday afternoons, or public holidays, but shall exempt employés so detailed from labor on other days so that the total labor which is required of each employé so detailed during each quarter shall not be in excess of that required of other employés in such department, bureau or office not so detailed. In cases of special emergency, the head of any department, bureau or office may also detail the necessary number of employés to perform labor on Sundays, Saturday afternoons or public holidays under the restrictions above provided. (b) By adding at the close of paragraph 1 of section 4 the following words:

"Provided that, at the expiration of six months of satisfactory service in the Philippines, his traveling expenses from the place of his residence in the United States to the point of embarkation for Manila, shall be refunded to him."

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, January 28, 1902.

[No. 339.]

AN ACT amending section 1, of Act No. 197, entitled, "An Act Amending Section 12 of Act No. 102, Providing for Employés in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction," by providing for a further increase of the force in said office.

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

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section 1, of Act No. 197, entitled, "An Act Amending Section 12, of Act No. 102, Providing for

Employés in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public instruction," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"There may be employed in the office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, one chief clerk class 4, one disbursing clerk class 5, four clerks class 7, five clerks class 8, six clerks class 9, four clerks class 10, one clerk class A, twelve packers class K, and such laborers as may be approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction." 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, January 28, 1902.

[No. 340.]

AN ACT Amending Act No. 128, entitled "An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Misamis."

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

SECTION 1. Section 4, of Act No. 128, entitled "An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Misamis," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. The presidentes of the municipalities of the province shall meet on the third Mondays in January and September to consider the improvements needed in the province for the Provincial Government, and to make recommendations to the Provincial Board. The Convention shall be called together by the Provincial Secretary and shall elect a chairman for each semi-annual session. The Provincial Secretary shall act as secretary of the Convention and shall certify its recommendations to the Provincial Board."

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, January 28, 1902.

[No. 341.]

AN ACT amending Act No. 183, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," and Acts Nos. 214, 267, 313 and 323 amendatory thereof, by fixing new boundaries for the city of Manila.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Act No. 183, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City of Manila," is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. Boundaries of city prescribed.-The boundaries and limits of said city are hereby established and prescribed as follows:

"(1) Beginning at a point '7' (marked by a monument) 150 meters north of the Estero Matantubig; thence running S. 52° 6' 42" 5730.5701 meters to a point '6' (marked by a monument) near the bridge on the east bank of the San Juan River, and through this point in continua