[No. 317.]

AN ACT defining the time in which the Chinamen who have left the Philippine Islands may return thereto, and repealing laws and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

By authority of the President of the United States and by special direction of the Secretary of War, be it enacted by the United States Ihilippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. No Chinaman who left the Philippine Islands before the 13th day of August, 1898, and has remained outside of the islands until the present time, and who would be excluded but for the orders heretofore issued by the Military Governor of the Philippine Islands extending the time within which Chinamen might be permitted to return, shall be permitted to enter the Islands.

SEC. 2. Chinamen who have left the Philippine Islands since the 13th day of August, 1898, or who may leave in the future, shall be permitted to land only upon the production of a certificate of the Collector of Customs of the port of the Philippine Islands from which they departed, issued at the time of their departure. The period in which such legal return can be made after their departure from the Islands is hereby limited to one and one-half years, which period shall be stated in the certificate to be issued by the Collector of Customs at the time of the departure, and no extension of that period shall be granted for illness, or for any other cause, by any authority.

SEC. 3. All laws, regulations and orders heretofore issued are hereby repealed in so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 4. 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. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, December 13, 1901.

[No. 318.]

AN ACT appropriating twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), in money of the United States, to be disbursed by the disbursing agent of the Government of the Philippine Islands resident in Washington, D. C.

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

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), in money of the United States, to be paid to the Disbursing Agent of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, resident in Washington, D. C., appointed under act number 129. The sum hereby appropriated shall be devoted to the payment of such bills of the Civil Government of the Philippine Islands as may be, or may have been, approved by the Secretary of War, or ordered paid by the United States Philippine Commission.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, 10613-02-7

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, December 16, 1901.

[No. 319.]

AN ACT amending act No. 175 by increasing the maximum pay of first class inspectors and providing for the grade of sub-inspector of the Philippines constabulary.

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

SECTION 1. Section 16 of Act No. 175 is hereby amended by substituting for the words and figures "fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400)" therein, the words and figures "sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600).”

SEC. 2. The grade of Sub-Inspector is hereby created. The annual salaries of sub-inspectors shall be four hundred and eighty dollars ($480) each, and they shall rank next after and perform the same duties as 4th Class Inspectors. The Chief of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint forty subinspectors and to assign them for duty to such provinces as in his judgment will best subserve the public interest. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is also given the power to suspend and remove sub-inspectors for cause, and to fill all vacancies among them occurring by reason of such suspension, removal, resignation, death or disability.

SEC. 3. 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. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, December 16, 1901.

[No. 320.]

AN ACT amending act No. 83 entitled "A general act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands," and acts No. 133 and No. 223, amendatory thereof.

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

SECTION 1. Act No. 83 entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Provincial Governments in the Philippine Islands" and Act No. 133 amendatory thereof, are hereby amended as follows:

(a) By adding at the close of section 3 of Act No. 83 the following words: "In case of the transfer or promotion of a provincial officer from one province to another, he shall continue to receive, from insular funds, the salary which he was receiving before his promotion, for the time necessarily occupied in making the transfer.'

(b) By inserting the words "Vice-President and" between the word

"the" and the word "Councillors" in the third line from the beginning of section 4 of Act No. 83 so that the sentence shall read: "On the first Monday in February of the year 1902, and of each second year thereafter, the Vice-President and Councillors of every duly organized municipality in the province shall meet in joint convention at the capital of the province and there, after selecting a presiding officer and secretary, shall by secret ballot choose a person to be Provincial Governor.

(c) By adding at the close of section 10 of Act No. 83 the following words: "He shall give bond to the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, for whom it may concern, to secure the proper accounting for all money, property and supplies entrusted to his custody. It shall be the duty of the Civil Governor to fix the amount of the bond, and of the Insular Treasurer to approve the same and record and retain it in his custody."

(d) By inserting between section 13 and section 14 of Act No. 83 a new section, numbered section 134, and reading as follows: "The Provincial Board of any province is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to extend for a period not exceeding two months the time within which the Municipal Boards of Assessors within its province shall complete the listing and valuation of real property, by posting notices in four conspicuous places in each municipality of the province and at the door of the provincial building, stating that such postponement has been made. In the provinces where such postponement shall be made, the time when taxes on land and improvements shall become delinquent shall be postponed for a period equal to the period of the postponement with reference to the time for completing the listing and valuation of real property."

(e) By adding at the close of section 25 of Act No. 133 the words: "and tassels.

(f) By amending section 34 of Act No. 133 to read as follows: "SEC. 34. For the year 1902 and succeeding years no person who shall pay to the province and municipality together as taxes on real estate, or as an industrial tax, an amount in excess of one peso, shall be required to pay the cedula tax. But every person so exempted from the cedula tax shall be entitled to receive, and shall receive from the Provincial Treasurer, a cedula free of charge, to be used for the same purpose of identification and to avoid disqualification, to testify, to execute an instrument, to vote or to hold office. Cedulas so issued shall be in the same form as those issued in return for the payment of one peso, and there shall be printed across their face the words 'Issued Free.'

(g) Act 223 amending the Provincial Government Act is hereby amended by substituting for the words "Section 39" in the third line of section 3 of said Act, the words "Section 40:" and by renumbering each subsequent section added to the Provincial Government Act down to and including section 43 which becomes section 44.

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, December 16, 1901.

[No. 321.]

AN ACT to amend section 5 of act No. 198, relating to official transportation, as amended by act No. 237.

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

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Act No. 198, relating to official transportation, as amended by Act No. 237, is hereby amended by striking out the last paragraph beginning "Provided, however," and ending "forage of horses," and inserting in lieu thereof:

"Provided, however, that when the public interest shall require, the Civil Governor may authorize the assignment of a special carromata or other vehicle for the use of the head of any Department or Bureau, or any employé thereof, and may authorize such official to house and stable such official vehicle and horses at his place of residence, and to use the same in going to and returning from such residence on official business, but such vehicle and horses shall be under the control of the Insular Purchasing Agent as to the care of the vehicle and the care of forage for horses."

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, December 18, 1901.

[No. 322.]

AN ACT repealing so much of Act No. 173 as applies to the Province of Cebu, and restoring that province to the executive control of the Civil Governor.

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

WHEREAS, armed insurrection no longer exists in any form in the Province of Cebu, and the civil authorities are competent to maintain peace and order therein:

SECTION 1. On and after January 1, 1902, the provincial and municipal officers of the Province of Cebu shall no longer report to the Military Governor, nor shall he have power to remove them and appoint others in their places, as is provided in Act No. 173; and said provincial and municipal officers, from and after said date, shall be under the exclusive executive direction and control of the Civil Governor. SEC. 2. From and after the date aforesaid the Military Governor shall not have the power to suspend the operation of any part of the laws of the Commission for the government of Cebu and substitute therefor temporary general orders of his own having the effect of law. The full jurisdiction of the court established for the Island of Cebu by the Judiciary Act is reestablished in the Province of Cebu, including the right to issue the writ of habeas corpus in all cases as provided by law, and military commissions and provost courts shall no longer have jurisdiction and authority to try crimes and misdemeaners, as provided in said act, but the same shall only be triable in the civil court.

SEC. 3. All that portion of Act No. 173 entitled "An Act Restoring

the Provinces of Batangas, Cebu, and Bohol to the Executive Control of the Military Governor," so far as said act in any way applies to the Island of Cebu and all other acts in conflict herewith 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 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect on January 1, 1902.
Enacted, December 20, 1901.

[No. 323.]

AN ACT extending for two months the time in which the Assessor and Collector of the city of Manila shall complete the listing and valuation of real estate, and making applicable to the city of Manila certain provisions of Act No. 320.

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

SECTION 1. The date fixed by section 51 of Act 183, incorporating the city of Manila, for the completion by the City Assessor and Collector of the listing and valuation of all real estate situated within the city of Manila, is hereby postponed for two months, so that such listing and valuation is hereby required to be completed on or before the 1st day of February, 1902, instead of on or before the 1st day of December, 1901. A like extension of time is hereby granted as to the time of hearing complaints relating to the equity of such listing of the property and the assessed value thereof, and as to appeals from the decision of the City Assessor and Collector upon such complaints, and as to the time of meeting by the Board of Tax Appeals and hearing upon all appeals transmitted to it, and as to the time when taxes on lands and improvements within the city of Manila shall become delinquent.

SEC. 2. Sub-section (f) of section 1 of Act No. 320, amending the Provincial Government Act and the amendment thereto, is hereby made applicable to the city of Manila and its inhabitants, so that persons who shall pay to the city of Manila as taxes on real estate, or as an industrial tax, for the year 1902, and succeeding years, an amount in excess of one peso, shall not be required to pay the cedula tax; but every person so exempted from the cedula tax shall be entitled to receive from the City Assessor and Tax Collector, a cedula free of charge, to be used for the purpose of identification and to avoid disqualification to testify, to execute an instrument and to vote or to hold office. Cedulas so issued shall be in the same form as those issued in return for the payment of one peso, and there shali be printed across their face the words "issued free."

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, so far as they are inconsistent with this act.

SEC. 4. 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. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, December 20, 1901.