of a provincial government in that territory in the Island of Luzon known as the Province of Pangasinan together with the four towns of Umingan, Rosales, San Quintin and Balungao, which are now a part of what is known as the Province of Nueva Ecija, which towns are now made a part of the Province of Pangasinan hereby established, with such exceptions, modifications and supplementary provisions as are hereinafter contained. It shall be the duty of the Provincial Supervisor at once to run the boundary lines of the four towns herein named for the purpose of establishing definitely and exactly the boundary lines of the Province of Pangasinan, with the four towns included, and he shall make report of his survey to the Commission to enable it to enact such further legislation with respect to the boundary line as may

seem necessary.

SEC. 2. The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of Pangasinan shall be at the following rate per year, money of the United States:

For the Provincial Governor, two thousand dollars ($2,000);

For the Provincial Secretary, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);

For the Provincial Treasurer, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500);

For the Provincial Supervisor, two thousand dollars ($2,000).

For the Provincial Fiscal, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500); The salary of provincial officers shall be payable monthly so that one-twelfth (12) 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 and fifty cents ($2.50) per day, 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 twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), until the first day of March, 1902, 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, and no salary shall be paid him until after July 1, 1901.

SEC. 4. The presidentes or alcaldes of the municipalities of the province shall meet on the third Monday in January, April, July 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 quarter's session. The

Provincial Secretary shall act as Secretary of the convention, and shall certify its recommendations to the Provincial Board.

SEC. 5. The capital of the province shall be, as formerly, at the town of Lingayen.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 16, 1901.

[No. 87.]

AN ACT extending the provisions of "the provincial government act" to the province of Tarlac.

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 6, 1901, shall apply to and govern the establishment of a provincial government in that territory in the Island of Luzon known as the Province of Tarlac, with such exceptions, modifications and supplementary provisions as are hereinafter contained.

SEC. 2. The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of Tarlac shall be at the following rate per year, money of the United States:

For the Provincial Governor, one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00);

For the Provincial Secretary, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00);

For the Provincial Treasurer, one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00);

For the Provincial Supervisor, one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00);

For the Provincial Fiscal, one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200.00).

The salary of the provincial officers shall be payable monthly_so that one-twelfth (1) 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 ($2) per day, 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 seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), until the first day of March, 1902, 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 and no salary shall be paid him until after July 1, 1901.

SEC. 4. The Provincial Board of Tarlac shall have authority to unite with the Provincial Board of the Province of Pampanga, and with the Manager of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad in the employment of a competent engineer or engineers to devise as economical a plan as possible for protecting the roads and agricultural lands and towns of the two provinces and the roadway and bridges of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad from the destructive effect of floods in the Tarlac River, the Bamban or Paruan River and the Rio Grande de la Pampanga by levees or other recognized means of protection against such floods. Neither province shall expend in this preliminary work a sum exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The engineer or engineers selected shall consult with the Provincial Supervisors of the two provinces and shall make a report to the Provincial Board of each province, which shall transmit the same with its recommendations, through the Military Governor, to the Commission for further enabling legislation.

SEC. 5. The presidentes or alcaldes of the municipalities of the Province shall meet on the third Monday in January, April, July 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 quarter's session. The Provincial Secretary shall act as Secretary of the convention, and shall certify its recommendations to the Provincial Board.

SEC. 6. The capital of the Province shall be, as formerly, at the town of Tarlac.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 18, 1901.

[No. 88.]

AN ACT extending the provisions of "the provincial government act" to the province of Bulacan.

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 6, 1901, shall apply to and govern the establishment of a provincial government in that territory in the Island of Luzon known as the Province of Bulacan, with such exceptions, modifications and supplementary provisions as are hereinafter contained.

SEC. 2. The compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of Bulacan shall be at the following rate per year, in money of the United States:

For the Provincial Governor, one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00);

For the Provincial Secretary, one thousand, one hundred and fifty dollars ($1,150.00);

For the Provincial Treasurer, two thousand, one hundred dollars ($2,100.00);

For the Provincial Supervisor, one thousand, seven hundred dollars ($1,700.00);

For the Provincial Fiscal, one thousand, three hundred dollars ($1,300.00).

The salary of provincial officers shall be payable monthly so that one-twelfth (1) of the annual salary shall be paid on the last day of each calendar month.

The

Each provincial officer shall be allowed his necessary and actual traveling expenses, not exceeding two dollars ($2.00) per day, while absent from the capital of the province on official business. 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 eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00), until the first day of March, 1902, 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 and no salary shall be paid him until July 1, 1901.

SEC. 4. The presidentes or alcaldes of the municipalities of the province shall meet on the third Monday in January, April, July 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 quarter's session. The Provincial Secretary shall act as Secretary of the convention, and shall certify its recommendations to the Provincial Board.

SEC. 5. The capital of the Province shall be at the town of Malolos. SEC. 6. The Provincial Board of Bulacan shall have authority to unite with the Provincial Boards of the Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac, and with the Manager of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad Company, in the employment of an efficient engineer or engineers to devise as economical a plan as possible for protecting the roads_and agricultural lands and towns of the three Provinces, and the roadway and bridges of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad, from the destructive effect of floods in the Tarlac, Bamban and Rio Grande del Pampanga rivers, by levees or other recognized means of protection against such floods, but the expenditure by the Provincial Board of Bulacan in such joint arrangemement shall be limited to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The engineer or engineers selected shall consult with the

Provincial Supervisors of the three Provinces, and shall make a report to the Provincial Board of each Province, which shall transmit the same, with its recommendations, through the Military Governor, to the Commission for further enabling legislation. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, February 27, 1901.

[No. 89.]

AN ACT appropriating two thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-one cents ($2,839.31), in money of the United States, for the payment of sundry expenses of the provincial government of Benguet.

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

SECTION 1. The following sums in money of the United States are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for expenses of the provincial government of Benguet:

(a) For two typewriters, two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00); (b) For stationery, constables' badges, blank-books, stamped paper, receipts, strong boxes and officials' seals, necessary to carry out the provisions of "An Act Providing for the Establishment of Local Civil Governments in the Townships of the Province of Benguet,' enacted November 22, 1900, and of "An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Civil Government in the Province of Benguet," enacted November 23, 1900, and for transportation of the same, seven hundred dollars ($700.00);

(c) For actual expenses of necessary travelling on official business by the Provincial Governor, the Provincial Secretary and the Provincial Inspector, hereby authorized, at a rate not exceeding two dollars ($2.00), per day for each official, two hundred dollars ($200.00);

(d) For salaries of two clerks, hereby authorized, at ten dollars ($10.00) each per month, from January 1 to July 1, 1901, one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00); for salaries of two clerks, hereby authorized, at seventy-five dollars ($75.00) each per month, from March 1 to July 1, 1901, six hundred dollars ($600.00); for two Igorrote messengers, hereby authorized, at four dollars ($4.00) each per month, from March 1 to July 1 1901, thirty-two dollars ($32.00); Total, seven hundred and fifty-two dollars ($752.00);

(e) For rent of government offices, at thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50) per month, from January 1 to July 1, 1901, two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00);

(f) For the salary of the Provincial Governor from December 18, 1900, until April 1, 1901, four hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents ($427.39);

(g) For the salary of the Provincial Secretary from December 18, 1900, until April 1, 1901, two hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety-two cents ($284.92).

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in