405. Tobacco, raw, grown in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabella, and New 406. Tobacco, raw, grown in the Visayas, and Mindanao Island ...100 kilos.. TONNAGE DUES. $1.50 1.00 .75 SEC. 14. At all ports or places in the Philippine Islands there shall be levied the following navigation and port charges: On the entry of a vessel from a port or place not in the Philippine Islands a duty of six cents ($0.06) per net ton as expressed in her national certificate of registry. On the entry of a vessel from a port or place not in the Philippine Islands lading or discharging cargo which is less than the net tonnage of the vessel, dues of twenty cents ($0.20) per thousand kilograms may be imposed, at the option of the master or consignor or consignee of the cargo, in lieu of the tonnage tax above prescribed. On the entry of a vessel only to discharge or take on board passengers and their baggage, the tonnage tax above prescribed shall not be imposed. SEC. 15. The following shall be exempt from tonnage dues: A vessel belonging to or employed in the service of the Government of the United States. A vessel of a foreign government not engaged in trade. A vessel in distress. A yacht belonging to an organized yacht club of the United States or of a foreign nation which imposes no tonnage or equivalent taxes on American yachts. WHARF CHARGES. SEC. 16. There shall be levied and collected upon goods of all kinds exported through the ports of entry of the Philippine Islands a duty of seventy-five cents ($0.75) per gross ton of 1,000 kilos, as a charge for wharfage and for harbor dues, whatever be the port of destination or nationality of the exporting vessel. SEC. 17. Merchandise imported, exported, or shipped in transit for the use of the Government of the United States, or of that of the Philippine Islands, including coal, shall be exempt from wharf charges. REIMPORTATION OF INSULAR PRODUCTS. SEC. 18. Goods, fruits, and articles of the Philippine Islands exported abroad and reimported, owing to their not having been sold at the place of destination, shall be exempt from the payment of duty, provided, always, that they are enclosed in the same packages and bear the same marks, and that they are accompanied by certificates of the consular officer, or, if there be none, of the local authority, stating that the goods, produce or effects of the country are reimported for the above-stated reason. Abaca, raw, is exempt from the production of the aforesaid certifi cate. SEC. 19. The following articles may likewise be imported free of duty: (a) Paintings which are works of art, and have been exported with a customhouse certificate, provided that their identity is established to the satisfaction of the customs authorities. (b) Books, when, on their exportation, the number of the copies, the title of the work, and the name of the publisher have been stated in the export certificate. (c) Copper coins returned from foreign countries, if, on examination, it appears that they have been coined legitimately. (d) Articles returned from foreign exhibitions. (e) Articles of the Philippine Islands returned from foreign countries, the entry of which was prohibited at the place of destination. SEC. 20. All existing decrees, laws, regulations, or orders, so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and the tariff and duties, rules and regulations hereby enacted, are to that extent. repealed, such repeal to take effect at the time when said tariff and duties shall go into force and effect. Nothing in this section contained shall in any way affect any legal proceeding that has been or may be lawfully commenced at any time by reason of any act or omission done or committed before the date upon which this Act goes into force and effect. SEC. 21. The index and repertory hereto attached are not an integral part of the tariff law and shall not be construed to alter or change the same in any way. SEC. 22. This Act shall be known and referred to as the Tariff Revision Law of 1901. SEC. 23. This Act shall take effect November 15, 1901. [No. 231.] AN ACT amending Act No. 146, relating to the duties of the Insular Purchasing Agent, by providing an uniform additional charge of ten per cent. upon the cost of goods by excepting from its operation certain purchases by provincial governments and by authorizing the Civil Governor in certain cases to suspend its operation. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section 6 of Act No. 146, creating the office of Insular Purchasing Agent and defining his duties, is hereby amended by striking out the last five lines thereof commencing with the word "payment" and ending with the word "appropriation," and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Payment of all articles and supplies so furnished shall be made to the Purchasing Agent at the actual cost thereof in the city of Manila, including freight, and all other expenses incident to the delivery in the warehouse of the Purchasing Agent at Manila, and ten per cent. additional upon such cost for freight, storage, bookkeeping, breakage, and other proper charges, by the Department, Bureau or Office, or Provincial or City Government receiving the same, from its available appropriations.' Act No. 146 is further amended by adding thereto the following sections: "SEC. 12. Nothing in this act shall hereafter be construed to require that purchase of material, supplies, and other things needed for the use of any provincial government shall be made through the Insular Purchasing Agent, if such articles are in the province and can be purchased by the Supervisor at prices deemed by the Provincial Board to be reasonable. "SEC. 13. In cases of emergency or where the public interest shall require, the Civil Governor shall have power to authorize the head of any department or bureau, or any provincial government, to make purchases directly and not through the Insular Purchasing Agent, the provisions of this law to the contrary notwithstanding. In cases where the Civil Governor exercises the power herein conferred he shall make provision, in the order conferring the authority, for such limitations upon the method of purchase as shall secure the lowest prices consistent with the emergency presented and the conditions of the market. "SEC. 14. In cases in which municipalities are desirous of purchasing supplies through the Insular Purchasing Agent, the Governor may require such agent by order to buy and furnish the needed supplies upon proper provision being made for the payment out of the Municipal Treasury." 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, September 20, 1901. [No. 232.] AN ACT amending Act No. 74, and providing for the appointment of deputy division superintendents in the Bureau of Public Instruction. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of Section 3 of Act No. 74 is hereby amended by inserting in the fourth line, after "Archipelago" the words "Deputy Division Superintendents," making the paragraph to read as follows: "() He shall appoint, in accordance with Act No. 25, enacted October 17, 1900, a City Superintendent of Schools for Manila, and Division Superintendents of Schools for other parts of the Archipelago, Deputy Division Superintendents, and the teachers and clerks authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such teachers and clerks." SEC. 2. Section 7 of Act No. 74 is hereby amended by striking out the word "and" in the second line and inserting in the same line, after "Division Superintendents," the words, "and the Deputy Division Superintendents," making the section to read as follows: "SEC. 7. The actual expenses of the General Superintendent, the Division Superintendents and the Deputy Division Superintendents while traveling or absent from their usual places of residence on official business shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury. SEC. 3. Section 9 of Act No. 74 is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following paragraph: "The Deputy Division Superintendent shall be a teacher actually engaged in instruction. He shall act for the Division Superintendent in the absence of this officer and he shall exercise all the functions of the Division Superintendent; subject to the confirmation of the Division Superintendent; provided, however, that he shall not have power to appoint school teachers or to fix their salaries. The number of Deputy Division Superintendents and the territory within which they shall act shall be determined by the Secretary of Public Instruction, but the number shall not exceed in any division the number of provinces in that division." 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 its passage. Enacted, September 20; 1901. [No. 233.] AN ACT amending Act No. 17 entitled "An Act for the Reorganization of the Mining Bureau." By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act No. 17, entitled "An Act for the Reorganization of the Mining Bureau," is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. The following employés are hereby authorized for the Mining Bureau: "(a) A chief of the Mining Bureau, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year; (b) A mining engineer and assayer, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per year; "(c) A stenographer and typewriter, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200) per year; "(d) A translator, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year; "(e) A draughtsman, who shall receive compensation at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars ($480) per year; "(f) A draughtsman, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per year; "(g) One clerk, class C; "One clerk, class D; "() One clerk, class 1; "One janitor, at a compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per year; "(k) One laborer, at a compensation of eighty dollars ($80) per year. 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, September 20, 1901. [No. 234.] AN ACT repealing section 74 of Act No. 136, providing for the organization of courts in the Philippine Islands, excepting so far as it applies to the city of Manila, and authorizing the Governors and Secretaries of provinces to administer oaths required by law. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section 74 of Act No. 136, requiring every Justice of the Peace in the Archipelago, before entering upon the performance of his duties, to give a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), is hereby repealed in so far as it applies to Justices of the Peace outside of the city of Manila, and hereafter it shall not be necessary for Justices of the Peace outside the city of Manila to give such bond. SEC. 2. Governors and Secretaries of provinces are hereby empowered to administer all oaths required and authorized by law. 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. [No. 235.] AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of Public Instruction to use one or more of the buildings on the Exposition Grounds in Ermita, Manila, for the purpose of a trade school. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby authorized to use and designate for a trade school, one or more of the buildings on the lot known as the Exposition Grounds, lying between the streets P. Faura and Herran, in the district of Ermita, city of Manila. SEC. 2. The sum appropriated by section 23 of Act No. 74, for the organization and maintenance of a trade school in Manila for the year 1901, is hereby made available so far as the same may be necessary for the making of needed repairs upon the building or buildings to be used for a trade school. 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, September 24, 1901. |