two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enforcement of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, October 11, 1907. [No. 1772.] AN ACT To amend section forty-four of Act Numbered Eighty-three as amended, and section sixty-five of Act numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, as amended, by providing that conventions or meetings of municipal and township presidents shall be called in the discretion of the provincial boards, with certain limitations, and to repeal Acts Numbered Four hundred and twentyfive and Five hundred and twenty-one. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section forty-four of Act Numbered Eighty-three is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor:" "SEC. 44. The provincial board is hereby authorized, whenever in its discretion the public good requires, to call a convention or meeting of any or all of the municipal presidents of the province at such place and time as it may designate, and it shall be the duty of the presidents called to attend the same: Provided, That not less than one nor more than four such conventions or meetings shall be called in any one year except upon previous approval of the Governor-General. In case any such convention or meeting is called for the purpose of considering or acting on special business, the call shall so state. The actual and necessary traveling expenses, going and returning, of the presidents called and actually attending such meetings shall be paid out of the provincial treasury upon approval by the provincial board, but shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by law for traveling expenses of provincial officials. During the time that the municipal president is absent for the purpose of attending any such meeting the vicepresident shall act in his place and shall receive there for out of the municipal treasury a sum equal to the salary due the president for the same time. The president shall also receive his salary while absent for the said purpose." SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section sixty-five of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven is hereby amended by substituting, in the first proviso thereof, the word "one" for the word "two." SEC. 3. Acts Numbered Four hundred and twenty-five and Five hundred and twenty-one, and all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed. 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. [No. 1773.] AN ACT To provide for the public prosecution of the crimes of adulterio, estupro, rapto, violación, calumnia, and injuria, to abolish the right of pardon by the aggrieved party in such cases, to provide for a special civil action for damages therein, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Hereafter the crimes of adulterio, estupro, rapto, violación, calumnia, and injuria, as defined by the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands, shall be deemed to be public crimes and shall be prosecuted in the same manner as are all other crimes defined by said Penal Code or by the Acts of the Philippine Commission: Provided, however, That no prosecution for the crimes of adulterio, estupro, or injuria committed against persons other than public officials or employees shall be instituted except upon the complaint of the aggrieved person or of the parents, grandparents, or guardian of such person. SEC. 2. Condonation, pardon, or remission of penalty by the aggrieved person or the parents, grandparents, or guardian of such person shall in no way extinguish the liability of the guilty person or persons to criminal prosecution and punishment, nor shall such condonation, pardon, or remission operate to dismiss or suspend any prosecution once commenced in accordance with the provisions of the preceding section: Provided, however, That in cases of estupro, rapto, or violación the legal marriage of the accused or convicted person to the aggrieved person shall extinguish such criminal liability. SEC. 3. In all cases wherein a criminal prosecution for any of the offenses mentioned in section one of this Act might be brought, the aggrieved person or such person's parents, grandparents, or guardian may also bring a civil action and recover therein civil damages from the guilty person. The remedy hereby given shall be deemed to be and additonal remedy, apart from any other remedies which the existing law may afford, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to revoke, repeal, or modify any other civil remedy which the existing law, in such cases, affords, nor shall anything contained in this Act be construed to modify or repeal any of the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An Act defining the law of libel and threats to punish a libel, making libel and threats to publish a libel misdemeanors, giving a right of civil action therefor, and making obscene or indecent publications misdemeanors," as amended. SEC. 4. So much of the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1774.] AN ACT To amend act Numbered Eight Hundred and fifty-four, as amended, by authorizing the extension of the period within which returning Government students shall take a civil-service examination. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act providing for the education of Filipino students in the United States and appropriating for such purpose the sum of seventy-two thousand dollars, in money of the United States," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 66 SEC. 3. After his selection and before his appointment each student shall be subjected to a thorough physical examination by a physician designated by the Governor-General, and the appointment of such student shall be dependent on the favorable report of the physician so designated. Each student receiving an appointment shall be required to take the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States, and to sign an agreement, approved by his parents or guardian if he is under twenty-one years of age, to the effect that he will attend the educational institution designated by the Governor-General for the period of four years, or for such time as may be prescribed in his appointment, unless sooner released; that he will conform to all regulations, rules, and laws of said institution and such other regulations as may be prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction; that he will diligently, studiously, and faithfully pursue the established course of studies or such special course of studies as may be indicated by the GovernorGeneral; and that upon the termination of his studies in the United States, in conformity with this Act and the terms of his appointment and agreement, he will return to the Philippine Islands, and within two months after his return will take a civil-service examination, competitive or noncompetitive, in the discretion of the Bureau of Civil Service, to qualify in such grade or for such office or position under civil-service rules as he may elect, and that, if certified for appointment by the Bureau of Civil Service and appointed from such certification to any office or post in the civil service at any time within one year after his return, he will accept such appointment and faithfully perform the duties of the office or post to which he is appointed, for the salary fixed by competent authority and for a period of time equal to that spent by him in the United States at the expense of the Government, unless sooner separated from the service by competent authority: Provided, That should the interests. of the service so warrant, the Director of Civil Service may, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, in lieu of giving special examination, extend the period within which returning Government students shall take a civil-service examination until the dates fixed for the next regular examination." 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 its Enacted, October 11, 1907. [No. 1775.] passage. AN ACT Authorizing the Insular Collector of Customs to clear foreign vessels for the ports of Legaspi and Tabaco. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Insular Collector of Customs is hereby authorized to clear foreign vessels for the ports of Legaspi and Tabaco, Province of Albay, under such conditions and regulations as he may, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, impose: Provided, That all expense incident to the entrance of a foreign vessel into the ports of Legaspi and Tabaco shall be a charge against such vessel and shall be collected before the vessel is granted a foreign clearance. 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 its passage. [No. 1776.] AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Eighty-three and requiring copies of the minutes of provincial boards to be forwarded to the Executive Secretary. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12. The following officers of the provincial government, to wit, the governor, the treasurer, and the third member, shall constitute the provincial board. The governor shall be the presiding officer of the board. Copies of all minutes of the provincial board and executive orders of the provincial governor shall be furnished the Executive Secretary under such regulations as he may prescribe." 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 its passage. [No. 1777.] AN ACT Authorizing the Governor-General to close, by executive order, certain ports of entry, and to reopen the same ports in like manner when the public interests so require. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Whenever in his judgment the public interests so require, the Governor-General may, by executive order, close as ports of entry any or all of the following ports of entry in the Philippine Islands: Bongao, Balabac, Sitanki, and Jurata; and the closing of any such port of entry shall operate to suspend the personnel provided therefor. SEC. 2. In the event of the closing of any or all of the ports of entry mentioned in section one hereof, as provided, the GovernorGeneral may, by executive order, whenever in his judgment the public interests so require, reopen such port or ports, and the said reopening shall operate to renew the authority for the employment of the personnel authorized by law for such port or ports. 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. [No. 1778.] AN ACT Amending sections numbered eighty and eighty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, providing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands, as amended. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section eighty of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 80. Forcible entry into and detainer of land or buildings.— Anyone deprived of the possession of any land or building by force, intimidation, threat, strategy, or stealth, and any landlord, vendor, vendee, or other person against whom the possession of any land or building is unlawfully withheld after the expiration or determination of the right to hold possession, by virtue of any contract, express or implied, and the legal representatives or assigns of any such landlord, vendor, vendee, or other person, shall at any time within one year after such unlawful deprivation or withholding of possession be entitled, as against the person or persons unlawfully withholding or depriving of possession, or against any person or persons claiming under them, to restitution of the land, building, and premises possession of which is unlawfully withheld, together with damages and costs: Provided, however, That no landlord shall commence any action against a tenant for restitution of possession of any land or building for failure to pay rent or to comply with the conditions of |