SEC. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this act, 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. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, July 16, 1901.

[No. 167.]

AN ACT to amend sections 2, 3 and 14 of Act No. 102, entitled "An act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the Philippine civil service" and to amend sections 5 and 20 of the Civil Service Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of Act No. 102 entitled, "An Act Regulating the Salaries of Officers and Employees in the Philippine Civil Service," shall be amended so as to read as follows:

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.

"SEC. 2. To assist the Civil Governor in his executive duties there shall be created an Executive Bureau, at the head of which there shalbe an Executive Secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of sevl enty-five hundred dollars ($7,500), who shall speak and write fluently the English and Spanish languages and shall act as interpreter at all public sessions of the Commission when that body desires his presence, and shall supervise, at its request, the translations of its laws. In such Executive Bureau, there shall be one Assistant Executive Secretary, who shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) a year, whose duty it shall be to receive estimates for appropriations and to prepare and forward forms of appropriation bills for the consideration of the Commission, and who shall discharge such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Executive Secretary; one Private Secretary to the Civil Governor, who shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) a year; two Chief Clerks of Class 4; two clerks of Class 6; three clerks of Class 7; nine clerks of Class 8; fourteen clerks and one translator of Class 9; one clerk of Class A; ten clerks of Class C; two clerks of Class F; two clerks of Class H; one clerk of Class I; three clerks of Class J; and five messengers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per annum each; provided, that the Executive Secretary shall assign from the force of his office such clerks, stenographers and other employees to assist the Military Governor in the discharge of his civil executive duties as may be necessary. The Executive Secretary shall, in addition to his other duties, act as custodian of the Ayuntamiento, and shall employ for the purpose one Chief Janitor of Class B, two night watchmen of Class C, and such janitors, porters and laborers as may be authorized by law."

U. S. PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

"SEC. 3. There shall be employed at the office of the United States Philippine Commission, one private secretary for each member of the

Commission, except the President thereof, at salaries as they may be fixed by resolution of the Commission; one secretary of the Commission, at an annual compensation of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500); one Spanish secretary of the Commission at an annual compensation of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500); one Assistant Secretary at an annual compensation of twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars ($2,750); two clerks of Class 6; one clerk of Class 7; nine clerks of Class 8; one clerk of class A; one clerk of class I; four messengers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) each per annum; one Tagalog-Spanish interpreter and translator at a compensation at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum."

SEC. 2. Section 14 of Act No 102 shall be amended by increasing the annual compensation of the Collector of Customs at Iloilo from thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) to four thousand dollars ($4,000); by increasing the salary of the Collector of Customs at Jolo to twentyfive hundred dollars ($2,500); by abolishing the office of Collector of Customs at Siassi and providing that there shall be at Siassi a Deputy Collector of Customs, who shall be a subordinate and subject to the orders of the Collector of Customs at Jolo, and shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800).

SEC. 3. Section 5 of Act No. 5, entitled "The Civil Service Act" shall be amended by striking out in paragraph (a) the words "The Military Governor," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "The Executive Secretary," and by adding the following paragraphs: “(0) The Insular Purchasing Agent; (p) The Superintendent of the Government Cold Storage and Ice Plant; (The Officer in Charge of the Improvement of the Port of Manila; () The Chief of the Weather Bureau, subject to the provisions of the act creating the Weather Bureau; (*) 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.”

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 Improvement 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; 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, 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 bereof, transfer from one office to another 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. 5. The clerks, stenographers, messengers, and other employees employed as part of the Civil Service of the Islands under the Secretary to the Military Governor on July 4, 1901, are hereby transferred to the office of the Executive Secretary, subject to the same requirements of the Civil Service Act and rules as when employed in the office of the Secretary to the Military Governor.

SEC. 6. The clerks and other employees employed in the office of the Disbursing Quartermaster for Civil Bureaus under the military government when the civil functions of that officer where terminated by order of the Military Governor on the 30th of June, 1901, are hereby continued as employees of the Insular Purchasing Agent, and the Cashier of the Disbursing Quartermaster for Civil Bureaus shall be the Chief Clerk in the office of Insular Purchasing Agent. Until a purchasing agent shall be appointed, or during any subsequent vacancy in said office, the Chief Clerk thereof shall act as Purchasing Agent for the Islands. The Disbursing Quartermaster for Civil Bureaus is hereby authorized to turn over to such Chief Clerk, as Acting Purchasing Agent, all the public civil property held by him for the benefit of the Insular Government, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the Auditor of the Archipelago. The clerks and other employees hereby transferred from the office of the Disbursing Quartermaster for Civil Bureaus to the office of the Insular Purchasing Agent are hereby made members of the Civil Service of the islands without examination, subject to the conditions contained in Section 22 of Act No. 5, entitled "The Civil Service Act." SEC. 7. The clerks and employees now employed under the Superintendent of the Government Cold Storage and Ice Plant, and those now employed under the Officer in Charge of the Improvement of the Port of Manila, are hereby made a part of the Civil Service of the islands without examination, subject, however, to the conditions contained in Section 22 of Act No. 5, entitled "The Civil Service Act." SEC. 8. 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 Law," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 9. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, July 16, 1901.

[No. 168.]

AN ACT making eligible to civil office in the Philippine Islands persons not naturalized as citizens of the United States who are honorably discharged soldiers or sailors of the Army or Navy of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. The conditions of eligibility to civil office in the Philippine Islands are hereby amended so that any person who has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States and served as a member of the Army or Navy of the United States, and has been honorably discharged therefrom, shall be eligible to civil office in the Philippine Islands, as if he were a legally naturalized citizen of the United States.

SEC. 2. The appointments to civil office prior to the passage of this act of all persons who by Section 1 hereof are rendered eligible to civil office, are hereby made lawful from the date of said appointments, and all official acts of such appointees are hereby declared to be valid as acts of officers both de jure and de facto.

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, July 16, 1901.

[No. 169.]

AN ACT annexing the island of Catanduanes to the province of Albay.

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

SECTION 1. The Island of Catanduanes is hereby annexed to and included in the Province of Albay, already organized by Act No. 122, passed April 26, 1901.

SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the territory hereby annexed and made part of the Province of Albay shall enjoy the same privileges and rights in the government as if the island had been originally incorporated in the province; and the municipal officers of the towns in such territory now organized or to be organized under the Municipal Code shall have the same relations to the provincial officers as are prescribed by the Provincial Government Act and the special act organizing the Province of Albay for the municipal officers of the towns of the Province of Albay as originally organized.

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 July 16, 1901.

[No. 170.]

AN ACT amending act No. 82, entitled “The Municipal Code," and providing that all licenses and privilege taxes may be paid quarterly in advance at the election of the licensee.

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

SECTION 1. The Municipal Code is hereby amended by inserting at the close of sub-section () of Section 65 the following words: "But all licenses and privilege taxes may be paid in advance in four quarterly installments, at the election of the licensee."

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, July 16, 1901.

[No. 171.]

AN ACT amending_act No. 16, entitled "An act for the reorganization of the Forestry Bureau of the Philippine Islands."

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

SECTION 1. Act No. 16 for the reorganization of the Forestry Bureau of the Philippine Islands is hereby amended by striking out sub-section (a) of Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following sub-section: "(a) There shall be a Chief of the Forestry Bureau, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand, five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) per year, and an Assistant Chief, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per year, all in money of the United States. In case of delay in filling the office of Chief of the Forestry Bureau, or if for any other reason there is a vacancy therein, the Assistant Chief shall, in addition to his duties as such, exercise the authority and discharge the duties of the Chief of the Forestry Bureau until the office is duly filled, without additional compensation.'

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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, July 16, 1901.

[No. 172]

AN ACT to amend act No. 145, entitled, "An act authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil departments, bureaus, and offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensation as such."

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

SECTION 1. The amount of the bond of disbursing officers shall be