an annual compensation of three thousand, five hundred dollars ($3,500.00); one chief clerk class five; one disbursing officer class five; three clerks class six; two clerks class seven; four clerks class eight; one clerk class nine; one clerk class D; two clerks class H; one clerk class I; two messengers at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars ($240.00) per annum each; four messengers at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars ($180.00) per annum each; and one Tagalog-Spanish interpreter and translator who shall be compensated at the rate of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per

annum.

SEC. 2. Section 3 of Act No. 102, entitled: "An Act Regulating the Salaries of Officers and Employés in the Philippine Civil Service, and all acts or parts of acts amendatory thereof providing for employés in the office of the United States Philippine Commission, are hereby repealed.

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, February 20, 1902.

[No. 361.]

AN ACT to amend section 8 of Act No. 198 relating to official transportation as amended by section 2 of Act No. 237, and to amend the first paragraph of section 23 of Act No. 215, regulating accountability for public property in the Philippine Archipelago.

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

SECTION 1. Section 8 of Act No. 198, relating to official transportation, as amended by section 2 of Act No. 237, is hereby amended by striking out said section and substituting therefor the following:

"SEC. 8. The Insular Purchasing Agent shall contract with the inter-island transportation lines and with railroad companies for the transportation of such officials as may be required by their official duties to go from one point to another in the Archipelago, and shall issue transportation requests to such officials upon said companies for passage according to the terms agreed upon. Payment of these transportation requests shall be made by the disbursing officer of the department, bureau or office against which the cost of the transportation is properly chargeable, and each department, bureau or office shall submit for appropriation, with its regular estimates, the amounts which will probably be required for the payment of such transportation expenses. The Insular Purchasing Agent shall furnish transportation requests, with proper stubs, in book form, signed by him, to the heads of such departments, bureaus and offices as may be designated by the Civil Governor, and to each provincial treasurer, to enable such officers to countersign and issue the same. The Provincial Treasurer will issue requests only upon the order of the head of the proper Insular Bureau for any Insular officer or employé, whose official duty requires him to proceed from the province of the Provin10613-02-17

cial Treasurer to some other part of the Archipelago. Each officer and Provincial Treasurer receiving such blank requests shall be accountable for them to the Insular Purchasing Agent. The Insular Purchasing Agent shall, with the approval of the Insular Auditor, make proper regulations for the issuing of such requests by the Provincial Treasurers and other officers to prevent their use for improper or unauthorized purposes."

SEC. 2. The first paragraph of section 23 of Act No. 215, relating to accountability for public property in the Philippine Archipelago, is hereby amended by striking out said paragraph and substituting therefor the following:

"SEC. 23. The Insular Purchasing Agent shall contract with interisland transportation lines and with railroad companies on behalf of the various civil departments, bureaus and offices for the transportation of such property and supplies as may require shipment by them to and from Manila from and to provincial points. The shipment may be made by the Insular Purchasing Agent or by the proper officer of the department, as convenience may require and according to the custody of the property to be shipped, and the payment for such transportation shall be made by the disbursing officer of the department, bureau or office against which the cost of the transportation is properly chargeable, and each department, bureau or office shall submit for appropriation, with its regular estimates, the amounts which will probably be required for the payment of such cost of transportation." 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, February 20, 1902.

[No. 362.]

AN ACT amending section 64 of Act No. 183, entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the City of Manila," by extending the time within which payment of delinquent frontage taxes may be made without suffering a penalty and interest for nonpayment, and remitting penalties and interest already incurred.

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

SECTION 1. The time within which payment may be made of delinquent frontage taxes for the years 1899 and 1900 without suffering the penalty and interest for non-payment provided in section 64 of act No. 183, is hereby extended to March 1, 1902, and all penalties and interest heretofore incurred are remitted.

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, February 20, 1902.

[No. 363.]

AN ACT amending Act No. 308, by providing that the presidents of municipal boards of health in municipalities where provincial jails are located shall act as physicians to prisoners confined in such jails, upon request of provincial boards.

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

SECTION 1. Act No. 308, entitled "An Act Providing for the Establishment of Municipal Boards of Health, and Fixing their Powers and Duties," is hereby amended by adding at the close of section 6, the following words: "Whenever a Municipal Board of Health has been established in a municipality where a provincial jail is located, the President of such Municipal Board of Health shall act as physician to the prisoners confined in the provincial jail, if required to do so by resolution of 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, February 20, 1902.

[No. 364.]

AN ACT amending section 40 of Act No. 82, entitled A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands.”

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

SECTION 1. Section 40 of Act No. 82, entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at the close of subsection (j) thereof the following words: "Provided, that cockfighting in such cock-pits shall take place only on legal holidays; and provided further, that no game of chance be permitted on the premises."

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, February 20, 1902.

[No. 365.]

AN ACT repealing so much of Act No. 173 as applies to the Province of Bohol, 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 Bohol, and the civil authorities are competent to maintain peace and order therein:

SECTION 1. On and after April 1, 1902, the provincial and municipal

officers of the Province of Bohol 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 Bohol 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 Bohol by the Judiciary Act is re-established in the Province of Bohol, 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 misdemeanors, 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 Centrol of the Military Governor," so far as said act in any way applies to the Island of Bohol, 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 April 1, 1902. Enacted, March 3, 1902.

[No. 366.]

AN ACT amending section 4 of Act No. 268, entitled, "An Act creating a Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings," and all amendments thereof, by providing for a change in the number and salaries of employés of said bureau.

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. 268, entitled, "An Act Creating a Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings," and all amendments thereof are hereby amended to read as follows:

"The following employés of the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings, in addition to the Chief of the Bureau, are hereby authorized: One superintendent of construction, class 6; one chief clerk, class 7, who shall also act as disbursing clerk; one draftsman, class 7; three draftsmen, one engineer, and one clerk, class 8; two clerks and one storekeeper, class 9; two draftsmen, class G; three draftsmen, class H; one janitor at an annual compensation of two hundred and ten dollars ($210); one messenger at an annual compensation of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150); and such laborers, skilled and unskilled, as may from time to time be recommended as necessary by the Chief of the Bureau and approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction; and such skilled and unskilled laborers shall be paid out of funds appropriated quarterly for the maintenance, repair and construction of public buildings.

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, March 3, 1902.

[No. 367.]

AN ACT to reorganize the personnel of the Philippine customs service.

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

SECTION 1. There shall be appointed one collector of customs for the Philippine Archipelago, who shall also be the Collector of Customs at the port of Manila, at a salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per

annum.

SEC. 2. The following officers and employés are hereby authorized in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago and for the Custom House at the port of Manila: One deputy collector of customs for the Philippine Archipelago at a salary of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per annum; two additional deputy collectors of customs of class one; one surveyor of customs for the Philippine Archipelago at a salary of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per annum; one deputy surveyor of customs of class two.

SEC. 3. In the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago the following employés are authorized: One clerk of class seven; one stenographer and typewriter of class eight; one record clerk of class eight.

SEC. 4. In the office of the Deputy Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago the following employés are authorized: One permit clerk of class seven; one stenographer of class nine.

SEC. 5. In the office of the Surveyor of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago the following employés are authorized: One admeasurer of class three; one permit clerk of class seven; one stenographer of class eight; three clerks of class F.

SEC. 6. One of the additional deputy collectors of customs shall also have charge of the Division of Insular Customs Accounts, for which the following employés are authorized: One disbursing officer to the collector of class five; one property clerk of class nine; one clerk of class ten; one clerk of class H; three clerks of class J; one messenger of class K at ninety dollars ($90) per annum.

SEC. 7. One of the additional deputy collectors of customs shall also have charge of the Correspondence Division, for which the following employés are authorized: One clerk of class six; one record clerk of class seven; one clerk of class seven; one stenographer of class seven; one stenographer of class eight; two clerks of class eight; three stenographers of class nine; four typewriters of class A; one clerk of class A; one Spanish stenographer of class C; one clerk of class F; two messengers of class K at one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) per annum each; two messengers of class K at one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per annum each.

SEC. 8. There shall be a Board of Protests and Appeals, for which the following employés are authorized: One law clerk of class four; two protest clerks (who shall also be stenographers) of class nine.

SEC. 9. There shall be one customs cashier of class one, who shall