[No. 1718.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Cavite from twelve to thirteen, by separating from the present municipality of Noveleta the former municipality of Cavite Viejo, and giving to the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven, and changing the name of the municipality of Cavite Viejo to Kawit. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twelve municipalities of the Province of Cavite, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven, as amended by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty-one, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to thirteen, by separating the former municipality of Cavite Viejo from the present municipality of Noveleta. The municipality of Noveleta shall consist of the territory of which the municipalities of Noveleta and Rosario were constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven, and the municipality of Cavite Viejo 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. The municipality of Cavite Viejo shall hereafter be known as "Kawit.” SEC. 2. The municipal election for the new municipality of Kawit shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipality of Kawit, as described in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipality of Noveleta shall continue: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Noveleta resulting from the separation from said municipality of the former municipality of Cavite Viejo, now Kawit, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six. 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, ninteen hundred. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1719.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Pampanga from sixteen to eighteen, by separating from the present municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis the former municipalities of San Miguel and San Simon, respectively, and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-three, and changing the name of the new municipality of San Miguel to that of Masantol. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The sixteen municipalities of the Province of Pampanga, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-three, as amended by Acts Numbered Nine hundred and eighty-two, One thousand and nine, and Twelve hundred and eight, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to eighteen, by separating the former municipalities of San Miguel and San Simon from the present municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis, respectively. The municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis shall consist of the territory of which they were constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-three, and the municipalities of San Miguel and San Simon are hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which they were constituted prior to the passage of said Act. The municipality of San Miguel shall hereafter be known as "Masantol." SEC. 2. The municipal elections for the new municipalities of Masantol and San Simon shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities of Masantol and San Simon, as described in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis shall continue: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasuries of Macabebe and San Luis resulting from the separation from said municipalities of the municipalities of Masantol and San Simon, hereby constituted, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six. 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. [No. 1720.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Rizal to twenty, by separating from the present municipality of Pililla the former municipality of Jalajala and giving the latter the same territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The nineteen municipalities of the Province of Rizal, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, as amended by Acts Numbered Nine hundred and eighty-four, One thousand and eight, Thirteen hundred and eight, Fourteen hundred and forty-two, and Sixteen hundred and twenty-five, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twenty, by separating the former municipality of Jalajala from the present municipality of Pililla. The municipality of Pililla shall consist of the territory of which the municipalities of Pililla and Quisao were constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, and the former municipality of Jalajala is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two. SEC. 2. The municipal election for the new municipality of Jalajala shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipality of Jalajala, as described in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipality of Pililla shall continue: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Pililla resulting from the separation from said municipality of the new municipality of Jalajala, hereby constituted, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six. 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. [No. 1721.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Tayabas from twenty-four to twenty-six, by organizing the barrio of Candelaria, now a part of Sariaya, into a new municipality, and separating from Baler the former municipality of Casiguran, giving the latter the same territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Tayabas, as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty, amendatory of Acts Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-six, One thousand and twenty-seven, and Twelve hundred and nine, shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twenty-six, by separating from the present municipality of Sariaya the barrio of Candelaria, which is hereby constituted a new municipality and shall consist of the territory comprised in said barrio, and by separating from the present municipality of Baler the former municipality of Casiguran, which is hereby reconstituted as a municipality and shall consist of the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty. The municipality of Sariaya shall, with the exception of the territory of the new municipality of Candelaria, consist of the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-six, and the municipality of Baler shall consist of the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty. SEC. 2. The municipal elections for the new municipalities of Candelaria and Casiguran shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities of Candelaria and Casiguran, as described in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipalities of Sariaya and Baler shall continue: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasuries of Sariaya and Baler resulting from the separation from said municipalities of the municipalities of Candelaria and Casiguran, hereby constituted, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six. SEC. 3. Section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An Act consolidating the present municipality of Casiguran with the municipality of Baler, both in the Province of Tayabas, and annexing the barrios of Cabulihan, San Roque, and Calantas with the sitios of Anos and Tubas, of the municipality of Gumaca, to the municipality of Pitogo, in the same province," is 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1722.] AN ACT Extending until December first, nineteen hundred and seven, the time for the payment, without penalty, of the cedula tax for the year nineteen hundred and seven by the inhabitants of the municipalities of the subprovince of Batanes and of the Babuyanes Islands, Province of Cagayan. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The period for the payment, without penalty, of the cedula tax for the year nineteen hundred and seven by the inhabitants of the municipalities of the subprovince of Batanes and of the Babuyanes Islands, Province of Cagayan, is hereby extended until December first, nineteen hundred and seven. 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 be retroactive and take effect as of April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and seven. Enacted, September 20, 1907. [No. 1723.] AN ACT To define and fix the status of prisoners confined in the Iwahig Penal Colony, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction, any prisoner confined at the Iwahig Penal Colony may be provisionally granted a suitable plot of land within the reservation for the purpose of cultivating and improving the same, and may be furnished with such tools, implements, and agricultural supplies as may be deemed necessary for the proper cultivation of said land. Such prisoners, under regulations approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction, may also be allowed to have their wives, children and women to whom they are to be married transported to the Iwahig Penal Colony at Government expense and to have their families live on the reservation. Prisoners' families shall be subject. to the rules and regulations of the colony. The privilege hereby granted certain prisoners of having their families live with them at the Iwahig Penal Colony may be revoked at any time by order of the Superintendent of the Colony. SEC. 2. Prisoners' families transported to the Iwahig Penal Colony under the preceding section may be subsisted from the general products of the colony under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Superintendent, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, until such time as the land cultivated by prisoners having families at the colony shall be sufficiently productive to support said families. SEC. 3. Prisoners confined at the Iwahig Penal Colony may be divided into classes and graded according to conduct, efficiency and length of service, and may receive such extraordinary privileges as, in the judgment of the Superintendent of the Colony, their conduct, behavior, habits of industry, and length of service may justify, subject always to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction. SEC. 4. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, the Superintendent of the Iwahig Penal Colony is hereby authorized to sell the products of the Colony, manufactured or otherwise, and to allow to prisoners of the higher grades or classes such percentage of the value of said products as may be approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction. SEC. 5. In addition to the subsistence for prisoners' wives and children authorized by Section two of this Act, the Superintendent of the Colony may furnish as a special reward to such prisoners confined at the Iwahig Penal Colony, as in his opinion may merit the same, a reasonable amount of clothing and ordinary household supplies for the families of such prisoners as are permitted to have their families at the Colony, said clothing and supplies to be paid for out of the regular appropriation for the maintenance of the Iwahig Penal Colony. SEC. 6. Prisoners occupying positions of special trust in the Iwahig Penal Colony may be granted by the Superintendent of the Colony, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, a monthly |