can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, one hundred dollars.

CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Contingent expenses, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two: For the improvement of the harbor at Iloilo and the removal of wrecks sunk in the channel not to exceed five thousand dollars, for the repair to the sea wall at Joló not to exceed seven hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty-five cents, for reimbursement to the Quartermaster's Department for clothing issued by Captain Castner to Tagalog scouts and packers at Manila in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, not to exceed seventy-nine dollars and seventy-two cents, salary of United States representative at Cagayan de Joló at thirty-two dollars and fifty cents per month from January first to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, subsidies authorized by the Bates Treaty at four hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents per month, seven thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Act Numbered Three hundred and eleven is hereby amended so as to allow the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, appropriated under the head of "Contingent expenses, Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," to be expended for repairs to the road from San Pablo to Bay, Province of Laguna, and roads in the vicinity of Rosario and Taysan, Batangas, in addition to the amount made available for the same purpose in Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-nine.

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ILOCOS SUR.

For salaries of the following employees of the provincial jail in the Province of Ilocos Sur, prior to the time it was taken charge of by the provincial authorities, from July first, nineteen hundred and one, to February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and two: One jailor at twelve dollars and fifty cents per month, and two assistant jailors at six dollars per month each, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and one cent.

MISCELLANEOUS.

For A. W. Hastings, for allowance hereby authorized for examination, by special direction of the Acting Civil Governor, of the offices of the Insular Treasurer and Auditor and services of a stenographer while engaged in such work, during the months of March and April, nineteen hundred and two, sixty-two dollars and twenty-one cents.

For the settlement of three claims against the Provost-MarshalGeneral's Department of Manila for removal by the telephone company of the telephone at central fire station, for rent due to Augustin G. Gavieres for building at number thirty-six Calle Bustillos used as police station, and for salary of one clerk at two thousand four hundred dollars per annum from August first to August sixth, nineteen hundred and one, inclusive, one hundred and fifty-six dollars, or so much thereof as may be found to be due.

For George J. Metz, for salary for the month of December, nineteen hundred and one, while acting as custodian of property pertaining to the harbor works at Iloilo, seventy-five dollars.

For Jeremiah W. Jenks, for an allowance for reports on economic conditions, submitted to the Acting Civil Governor, one thousand dollars.

For the payment of such amount as may be found due by, the Auditor on claims for printing for the various departments, bureaus, and offices during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two thousand dollars.

Total of appropriations for all purposes, two hundred and twentyseven thousand and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

SEC. 2. All funds appropriated by this Act shall be disbursed in local currency on the basis of two dollars and twenty-seven cents local currency for one dollar in money of the United States, except the sum of nine thousand dollars appropriated under the head of "Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," and of one thousand dollars appropriated under the head of "Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," which shall be disbursed in money of the United States.

SEC. 3. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry is hereby authorized to expend the sum of five hundred and eighty-five dollars United States currency for salaries and wages of laborers with field parties out of any funds appropriated for salaries and wages in Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-nine, in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for salaries and wages of laborers with field parties.

The provincial treasurer of Cápiz is hereby authorized to reimburse, at the Army rate, W. O. Thornton, provincial treasurer, Thomas Leonard, provincial supervisor, and Goodwin Compton, assistant to the provincial treasurer, for loss of commutation of quarters for the month of June, nineteen hundred and one, from which allowances from military appropriations they were excluded by reason of their detail as officers of the Army to civil duty in the Province of Cápiz. The treasurer of the Province of Cebú is hereby authorized to pay out of any funds in the provincial treasury the rent of the building occupied by the governor of the province during the time the quarters assigned to the governor of the province are occupied by the Court of First Instance.

SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to return to the municipalities of the Province of Laguna one-half of the internal revenue and forestry collections made from January first, nineteen hundred and one, to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two. Such sum shall be paid to the Collector of Internal Revenue, or to the provincial treasurer of such province when organized, to be by him distributed pro rata to the amounts paid in, to the municipalities in which the same were collected. The authority for payment hereby conferred may be exercised from time to time in partial payments to the Collector of Internal Revenue, or provincial treasurer, as the case may be, until all that is due shall be paid. The warrants for the same shall be drawn upon the application of the Collector of Internal Revenue, or the provincial treasurer, as the case may be, and the amounts certified by the Collector of Internal Revenue for the Islands, approved by the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago.

SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 5, 1902.

[No. 416.]

AN ACT authorizing an increase in the constabulary force in certain provinces when necessary.

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

SECTION 1. The Chief of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby authorized to increase the Constabulary force over the number authorized in Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, in certain provinces as far as the necessities of the situation may demand: Provided, That he first make this necessity apparent to the Civil Governor, and receive his definite approval of the numbers required: And provided, That the total enlisted strength of the Constabulary does not exceed five thousand.

SEC. 2. This Act shall be retroactive, and all appointments and enlistments since February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, are hereby validated.

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.
Enacted, June 9, 1902.

[No. 417.]

AN ACT annexing the districts of Infanta and Principe and the island of Polillo to the province of Tayabas.

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

SECTION 1. The Island of Polillo and that territory in the Island of Luzon heretofore included in the district of Infanta and the district of Principe are hereby annexed to and included in the Province of Tayabas, organized by Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-two, passed April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and one.

SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the territory hereby annexed to and made a part of the Province of Tayabas shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as if said territory had been originally incorporated in the Province of Tayabas; and the municipal officers in the towns included in the territory so annexed, heretofore or hereafter organized under the Municipal Code, shall have the same relations to the provincial officers of the Province of Tayabas as are prescribed by the Provincial Government Act and by Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-two, organizing the said Province of Tayabas, for the municipal officers of the towns of said province.

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.
Enacted, June 12, 1902.

[No. 418.]

AN ACT appropriating the sum of one hundred and thirteen thousand five hundred dollars, in local currency, for the expenses of construction of the Benguet wagon road from Pozorubio, Province of Pangasinan, to Baguio, Province of Benguet.

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

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and thirteen thousand five hundred dollars, in local currency, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated for expences in carrying on the construction of the Benguet wagon road from Pozorubio, Province of Pangasinan, to Baguio, Province of Benguet.

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 twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 17, 1902.

[No. 419.]

AN ACT extending the provisions of "the provincial government act" and its amendments to the province of Samar.

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

SECTION 1. All the provisions of an act entitled "A General Act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands," enacted February sixth, nineteen hundred and one, shall apply to and govern the establishment of a provincial government in that territory in the Island of Samar and adjacent islands not included in any other province, to be known as the Province of Samar, with such exceptions, modifications and supplementary provisions as are hereinafter contained.

SEC. 2. The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of Samar shall be at the following rate per year, money of the United States, or its equivalent in local currency:

For the Provincial Governor, two thousand five hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars for expenses;

For the Provincial Secretary, one thousand two hundred dollars; For the Provincial Treasurer, one thousand five hundred dollars; For the Provincial Supervisor, one thousand four hundred dollars; For the Provincial Fiscal, one thousand two hundred dollars. The salary of provincial officers shall be payable monthly so that one-twelfth 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 two dollars per day, money of the United States, while absent from the capital of the province on official business. The allowance shall be made by the Provincial Board upon the certificate of the officer that the travel was necessary for the public business, and shall not be paid until the account accompanied

by the resolution of the Board approving the same shall be forwarded to the Insular Treasurer and by him approved.

SEC. 3. The bond of the Provincial Treasurer shall be five thousand dollars, until the first day of March, nineteen hundred and three, when, in view of the collection of the land tax, the Commission may require a new bond or an additional bond to cover the probable increase of the funds of which the Provincial Treasurer shall have custody at any one time. The bond to be given shall be conditioned to secure on the part of the Provincial Treasurer that he shall account for the internal revenue collections coming into his hands as Internal Revenue Collector; the taxes collected by him for each municipality, for the province, and for the central government. The form of the bond shall be prescribed by the Insular Treasurer. If upon the request of the Commission the Military Governor shall detail any military officer to fill a provincial office, no bond shall be required of him.

SEC. 4. The presidentes or alcaldes of the municipalities of the province shall meet on the first Monday in April and October to consider improvements needed in the province and 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 half-yearly session. The Provincial Secretary shall act as secretary of the convention, and shall certify its recommendations to the Provincial Board.

SEC. 5. The people of the Province of Samar, in view of their distressed condition, are hereby expressly exempted from payment of the land tax provided by the "Municipal Code" and "The Provincial Government Act" for the year nineteen hundred and two, and such land tax will not be assessed or collected.

SEC. 6. The capital of the province shall be, as formerly, at the town of Catbalogan.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 17, 1902.

[No. 420.]

AN ACT providing for a loan of an amount in local currency equivalent to five thousand dollars in money of the United States from the Insular Treasury to the Treasury of the Province of Bulacan, in order to enable that Province to meet the expenses that have been imposed upon it by reason of the prevalence of an epidemic of cholera.

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 eleven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, in local currency, being the equivalent of five thousand dollars in money of the United States, at the ratio of two dollars and twenty-seven cents, local currency, to one dollar, money of the United States, the ratio for the current quarter, to be loaned to the Province of Bulacan for the purpose of enabling it to meet the extra expenses that have been imposed upon it in combating the cholera epidemic.

SEC. 2. The money appropriated in the first section shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Province of Bulacan upon the production by him