words "The Municipal Government of Manila, subject to the provisions of Act No. 183;" and section 3 of Act No. 167, entitled "An Act to Amend sections 2, 3 and 14 of Act No. 102, entitled 'An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employés in the Philippine Civil Service' and to amend sections 5 and 20 of the Civil Service Act, and for other purposes," is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

"(u) The chiefs or heads of all bureaus organized after July 16, 1901, subject to the provisions and limitations of the acts organizing such bureaus," so that section 5 of Act No. 5, entitled "The Civil Service Act," with the amendments already provided by section 3 of Act No. 167, shall read as follows:

"SEC. 5. This act shall apply, except as hereinafter expressly provided, to all appointments of civilians to executive positions under: (a) The Executive Secretary.

(b) The United States Philippine Commission.

(c) The Treasurer for the Islands.

(d) The Auditor for the Islands.

(e) The Collector of Customs for the Islands.

The Collector of Inland Revenue for the Islands.

The Director of Post for the Islands.

The Civil Service Board.

(i) The Bureau of Forestry.

The Bureau of Mines.

(k) The General Superintendent of Public Instruction. (1) The Wardens of Penitentiaries and Prisons.

(m) The Municipal Government of Manila, subject to the provisions

of Act No. 183.

(n) The Captain of the Port at Manila.

(o) The Insular Purchasing Agent.

Plant.

The Superintendent of the Government Cold Storage and Ice

(q) The Officer in Charge of the Improvements of the Port of Manila.

(r) The Chief of the Weather Bureau, subject to the provisions of the act creating the Weather Bureau.

(s) The Board of Health of the Philippine Islands, subject to the provisions of the act creating the board.

(t) The Superintendent of the Government Laboratories, subject to the provisions and limitations of Act No. 156.

(u) The chiefs or heads of all bureaus organized after July 16, 1901, subject to the provisions and limitations of the acts organizing such bureaus."

SEC. 2. Section 4, of Act No. 167, is hereby amended by inserting in the twentieth line, after the words "directors of laboratories" and before the words "or of one private secretary" the words "the chief or head of any bureau organized after July 16, 1901, unless otherwise expressly provided by law;" and by inserting in the thirtieth line. after the words "the members of the Board of Health of the Philippine Islands" and before the words "and of the Superintendent and Directors of Government Laboratories," the words "the Attending Physician and Surgeon of the Philippine Civil Hospital, the Chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, the Chief of the Bureau of Architecture," so that section 4 of Act No. 167 shall read as follows: "SEC. 4. Section 20 of Act No. 5, entitled 'the Civil Service Act' is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

'SEC. 20. The requirements of this act for entrance into the Civil

Service, or for promotion by competitive examination, shall not apply to the selection of the Executive Secretary; the Secretary of the United States Philippine Commission; the Treasurer for the Islands; the Auditor for the Islands; the Collector of Customs for the Islands; the Deputy Collector of Customs for the Islands; the Collector of Inland Revenue for the Islands; the Director of Posts for the Islands; the Head of the Bureau of Forestry; the Head of the Bureau of Mines; the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics; the members of the Civil Service Board; the Insular Purchasing Agent; the Superintendent of the Government Cold Storage and Ice Plant; the Officer in Charge of the Improvements of the Port of Manila; the Chief.of the Weather Bureau, his three assistants and the Secretary of the Bureau; the members of the Board of Health of the Philippine Islands; the Superintendent of Government Laboratories and Directors of Laboratories; the chief or head of any bureau organized after July 16, 1901, unless otherwise expressly provided by law; or of one private secretary for the Civil Governor, and for each member of the United States Philippine Commission, except the President. But, after eighteen months from the date when the Board shall certify that it has a sufficient list of eligibles to supply vacancies, vacancies occurring in all the foregoing offices, except in the private secretaryships above described, and in the offices of the Officer in Charge of the Improvement of the Port of Manila, the Chief of the Weather Bureau, the three assistants and Secretary of such Bureau, the members of the Board of Health of the Philippine Islands, the attending Physician and Surgeon of the Philippine Civil Hospital, the Chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, the Chief of the Bureau of Architecture, and of the Superintendent and Directors of Government Laboratories, shall be filled without examination from a class to be composed of the first, second and third assistants in all the foregoing offices, or bureaus, the intention of this provision being that the appointing power may, by virtue hereof, transfer from one office to anothor a person deemed competent to fill the vacancy. In case there are no assistants in the foregoing offices designated as such by law, the Civil Service Board may, in its discretion, include in such eligible list, by rule, one of the subordinates in such office ranking next to the head thereof.""

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, November 29, 1901.

[No. 307.]

AN ACT providing for the establishment of provincial boards of health and fixing their powers and duties.

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

SECTION 1. There shall be a Provincial Board of Health in each of the several provinces of the Philippine Islands, which Board shall be organized at such time as the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands may direct, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 2. Each Provincial Board of Health shall consist of a President, who shall be a duly qualified physician; the President of the Municipal Board of Health of the capital of the province, and the Provincial Supervisor. The Provincial Secretary shall act as the Secretary of the Board. With the authority of the proper military or naval commander, the senior medical officer of the army or navy on duty at the capital of the province shall be an honorary and consulting member of the Provincial Board of Health, but shall not be entitled to a vote. The Provincial Fiscal shall be the legal adviser of the Board.

SEC. 3. The President of each Provincial Board of Health shall be appointed by the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, with the advice and consent of the Commission.

SEC. 4. The salaries of presidents of provincial boards of health shall be fixed by the Commissioner of Public Health, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be payable monthly in money of the United States: Provided, that they shall not exceed: (a) In the provinces of Marinduque, Romblon, Masbate, Abra and Bataan, nine hundred dollars ($900) per year;

(b) In the provinces of Isabela, Zambales, Eastern Negros, Surigao, Tayabas, Union, Cagayan, Sorsogon, Rizal, Antique, Cápiz, Cavite, Tarlac, Bohol, Misamis, Nueva Ecija and Laguna, one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per year;

(c) In the provinces of North Ilocos, South Ilocos, Bulacan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Albay, Batangas, Camarines, Western Negros and Leyte, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars ($1,350) per year;

(d) In the provinces of Cebú and Iloilo, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per year;

(e) In provinces or districts not included under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section, the salaries of presidents shall be fixed by the Commission when the organization of the Provincial Board of Health for such province or district is directed.

(f) Provincial supervisors, provincial secretaries, presidents of municipal boards of health of capitals of provinces and honorary members of provincial boards of health shall receive no compensation for the performance of the duties prescribed for them in connection with provincial boards of health.

(g) Members of Provincial Boards of Health shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling expenses when absent from the capitals of their several provinces upon official business, subject to the conditions imposed by law upon the provincial officials of their respective provinces when traveling on official business.

SEC. 5. Subject to the supervision and control of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, each Provincial Board of Health shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of its province, including the health of domestic animals; shall exercise general control over all municipal boards of health within the province; shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws and shall enforce the regulations of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands within the province. During epidemics of contagious or infectious disease affecting the inhabitants or domestic animals of the province, and at other times when it shall deem necessary, it shall appoint such sanitary inspectors as the Provincial Board may authorize; and it shall perform such other duties with reference to the health and sanitation of the province as the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands may direct. It shall hold regular meetings on the second and

fourth Tuesdays of each month, and special meetings at the call of the President or of a majority of the voting members of the Board. It shall make no contracts and incur no liabilities in excess of the amounts duly appropriated for its use by the Provincial Board or by the central legislature of the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 6. The President of each Provincial Board of Health shall be its chief executive officer and shall exercise general supervision and control over the various branches of its work. In a case of emergency, and when a quorum of the board cannot be obtained, he may exercise the power conferred upon the Provincial Board of Health by this act, but he shall report his action to the board for ratification at the earliest practicable time. On or before the tenth days of March, June, September and December of each year, he shall prepare and submit to the Provincial Board quarterly estimates, showing the probable expense of properly conducting the work of the Board for the coming three months. He shall make such reports as the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands may direct.

SEC. 7. The Provincial Fiscal, in investigating the causes of sudden deaths which have not been satisfactorily explained, and when there is suspicion that the causes arose through the unlawful acts or omissions of other persons, or from foul play, and in causing autopsies to be made in case he deems them to be necessary, shall be entitled to demand and receive, for purposes of such investigations or autopsies, the aid of the President of the Provincial Board of Health.

All laws and orders establishing a "Medical-Legal Department” in the Philippine Islands are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. In case of the absence of the President from the province, or of illness incapacitating him for the discharge of his duties, the President of the Municipal Board of Health of the capital of the province shall temporarily discharge them.

SEC. 9. The Provincial Supervisor shall act as sanitary inspector and as sanitary engineer for the Board.

SEC. 10. The Secretary of the Provincial Board of Health shall keep its records, compile its statistics, and shall render such other clerical assistance in connection with the legitimate work of the Board as it may direct.

SEC. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 2, 1901.

[No. 308.]

AN ACT providing for the establishment of Municipal Boards of Health, and fixing their powers and duties.

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

SECTION 1. There may be a Municipal Board of Health in each of the several municipalities of the Philippine Islands, which Board shall be organized at such time as the Provincial Board of Health for the province in which the municipality is situated may direct, and the Provincial Board approve.

SEC. 2. Each Municipal Board of Health shall consist of:

(a) A President, who shall be a duly qualified physician, or an undergraduate of medicine;

(b) A member who shall be chosen by a majority vote of the Municipal Council;

(c) A male school-teacher of the municipality, who shall be appointed by the Division Superintendent of Public Instruction for the division in which the municipality is situated;

(d) The Municipal Secretary, ex officio;

(e) A pharmacist, if there be one resident within the municipality, who shall be appointed an honorary member by the Municipal President;

(f) The senior medical officer of the army or navy, if there be any such on duty in the municipality, who, with the authority of the proper military or naval commander, shall act as an honorary and consulting member of the Board. The Municipal Secretary, the pharmacist member and the military or naval member of the Board shall not be entitled to vote.

SEC. 3. The President of the Municipal Board of Health shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Health of the province in which the municipality is situated. His salary shall be fixed by the Municipal Council, and shall not be less than the salary of the Municipal Secretary nor greater than the salary of the Municipal President. The other members of the Board shall serve without compensation.

SEC. 4. The Municipal Secretary shall be the Secretary of the Board. He shall keep its records, compile its statistics, and shall render such other clerical assistance in connection with the legitimate work of the Board as it may direct.

SEC. 5. The Municipal Board of Health shall hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, and special meetings at the call of the President, or of a majority of the members. Subject to the supervision and control of the Provincial Board of Health, it shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of the municipality and of its several barrios. It shall cause to be prosecuted all violators of sanitary laws, and shall enforce the regulations of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands and of the Provincial Board of Health for the province in which the municipality is situated. It shall have power and authority to abate nuisances endangering the public health, to remove the cause of any special disease or mortality, and to make and enforce such quarantine regulations with reference to its municipality as it shall deem necessary. It shall draft and recommend to the Municipal Council suitable ordinances for carrying into effect the provisions of subsections, (1), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) of section 39 of the Municipal Code. During epidemics of contagious or infectious diseases affecting the inhabitants or the domestic animals of the municipality, or of any of its barrios, and at such other times as it may be deemed necessary by the Municipal Council, it shall appoint such sanitary inspectors as the Municipal Council may authorize. It shall perform such other duties with reference to the health and sanitation of the municipality as the Provincial Board of Health for the province in which the municipality is situated shall direct.

SEC. 6. The President of the Municipal Board of Health shall be its chief executive officer, and shall exercise general supervision and control over the various branches of its work. Subject to the provisions of law with reference to public vaccinations, he shall conduct such vaccinations for the people of his municipality. In a case of emergency, when a quorum of the Board cannot be obtained, he may exercise the powers conferred upon a Municipal Board of Health by this act, but he shall report his action to the Municipal Board of