or employee violating any of the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 2. Act Numbered Eleven hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act declaring any bonded officer or employee of the Civil Government who leaves or attempts to leave the Philippine Islands without first securing a clearance from the Auditor to be guilty of a misdemeanor,” is hereby repealed. 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. [No. 1606.] AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, relating to the duties of the Purchasing Ageut, by declaring the manner in which estimates are to be submitted and purchases made thereunder. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, entitled "An Act creating the office of Insular Purchasing Agent for the Government of the Philippine Archipelago, defining the duties of such officer, and making an appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying said Act into effect," is hereby amended by striking out section five thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 5. Each head of a civil Department, Bureau, or Office shall submit annually, within thirty days after the passage of each regular annual appropriation bill, to the said Purchasing Agent, an estimate of articles or supplies which will probably be required for the transaction of its official business for the fiscal year for which appropriations are made, such estimates to be used as a basis upon which the Purchasing Agent may make necessary purchases. Such estimates shall be accompanied by a certificate by the head of Bureau or Office submitting the estimate that there will be, during the period in which the supplies are to be delivered, sufficient funds with which to make payment for the same, and said certificate shall be approved by the Secretary of the Department to which the Bureau or Office belongs. All supplies purchased in compliance with such estimates shall be requisitioned for and paid for by the Bureau or Office making the estimate within the period for which the estimate was made: Provided, That the Purchasing Agent, before making purchases in accordance with such estimates, shall call the attention of the head of the Bureau or Office making requisition to the fact that he has on hand, if such be the case, similar articles, which, in his judgment, will fairly answer the purposes of the requisition and the requisition shall be returned to the head of the Bureau or Office concerned, and in case the said head of Bureau or Office shall refuse to accept the substitution proposed by the Purchasing Agent, it shall thereupon become the duty of the head of the Department in which the requisition originated to determine whether the proposed substitution shall or shall not be made." 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its [No. 1607.] passage. AN ACT To place Army officers serving with the Philippines Constabulary under the provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty, in regard to leave privileges. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty, in regard to all leave privileges, shall hereafter apply to Army officers serving with the Philippines Constabulary: Provided, however, That the provisions of said Act in regard to half pay while going to and returning from the United States shall apply only to that portion of the compensation of said officers paid from Insular funds. 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. [No. 1608.] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Thomas Hardeman, deceased, late treasurer of Pangasinan Province. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby directed to credit the account of Thomas Hardeman, late treasurer of Pangasinan Province, with the sum of nine hundred and fortyeight pesos and seventy-four centavos, Philippine currency, and the further sum of one hundred and fifty-four pesos and twenty-six centavos, Mexican currency, on account of certain disallowances made by the Auditor for the Philippine Islands because of certain alleged unauthorized expenditures and credits taken by said Thomas Hardeman while serving as treasurer of the Province of Pangasinan. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1609.] 66 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, known as The Reorganization Act," by abolishing the Bureau of Cold Storage as a separate bureau, and constituting the same a division of the Bureau of Supply. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Bureau of Cold Storage is hereby abolished as a separate Bureau and is constituted a division of the Bureau of Supply, to be known as the Division of Cold Storage. The Division of Cold Storage, under the general supervision and control of the Bureau of Supply, shall perform the duties and render the services heretofore required of the Bureau of Cold Storage by laws in force at the time of the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. The position of Director of Cold Storage is hereby abolished, and the position of Chief of Division of Cold Storage is hereby created in the Bureau of Supply at a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum. SEC. 3. The funds appropriated for the Bureau of Cold Storage for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven are hereby made available for the Division of Cold Storage in the Bureau of Supply. 66 SEC. 4. So much of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, known as The Reorganization Act," as is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act, and all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on April 1, 1907. [No. 1610.] AN ACT To prescribe penalties for failure to carry proper officers on Philippine vessels. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The Insular Collector of Customs with the prior approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, shall prescribe the number and class of marine officers to be carried on vessels of the Philippine Islands, and in case any vessel shall navigate without its full complement of duly licensed officers as by the said Insular Collector prescribed, the offending vessel may be fined not more than one hundred pesos for each offense, but shall not be so fined for such offense oftener than once in thirty days. SEC. 2. Fines under the foregoing section shall be collected as prescribed in sections three hundred and thirteen, three hundred and thirteen (a), and three hundred and thirteen (b) of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended by Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-four and Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and five, and it shall be a good defense to prove that the vessel did so navigate only on account of causes beyond the control of the master, agents, and owners. Such fine when incurred shall be in addition to any penalty which may be incurred through the employment of aliens as officers, as already prescribed 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 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. [No. 1611.] AN ACT Amending paragraph (e) of section twenty-one of Act Numbered Eighty-two, known as The Municipal Code," as amended, so as to authorize the deposit of municipal funds by any municipality in any duly authorized depository of the government of the Philippine Islands located in such municipality. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: 66 SECTION 1. Paragraph (e) of section twenty-one of Act Numbered Eighty-two, known as The Municipal Code," as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: "Provided, That the treasurer of any municipality, when specially authorized by resolution of the municipal council and upon the approval of the provincial treasurer and the Executive Secretary, may deposit the funds of the municipality in any duly authorized depository of the Government of the Philippine Islands situated within the municipality. The resolution of the council authorizing. any such deposit or deposits shall set forth clearly the period for which the same shall be made, whether with or without interest, and if with interest, the rate thereof." 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1612.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Occidental Negros from twenty-one to twenty-two, by separating from Ilog the former municipality of Cavancalan and reconstituting the same under the name of Kabankalan. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-one municipalities of the Province of Occidental Negros, as provided by Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty-four municipalities of the Province of Occidental Negros to twenty-one," are hereby increased to twenty-two, by separating from Ilog the former municipality of Cavancalan and reconstituting the same under the name Kabankalan. The new municipality of Kabankalan shall consist of the territory which was comprised by the former municipality of Cavancalan prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixteen. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hundred and seven: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipality of Ilog, resulting from the separation from Ilog of the former municipality of Cavancalan, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act. Enacted, March 14, 1907. [No. 1613.] AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Three hundred and eight, entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of municipal boards of health and fixing their powers and duties." By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and eight is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words: "Provided, That with the approval of the respective municipal councils and the approval of the Director of Health, the district health officer may organize any two or more neighboring municipalities into a municipal health district, and such municipalities composing a district may employ jointly a president of the municipal health district thus constituted who shall also act as president of the municipal board of health of each municipality comprised in the said municipal health district and shall receive such compensation as may be appropriated by the respective municipal councils and approved by the Director of Health and shall be reimbursed by the municipality for which travel is performed for traveling expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his official duties, all other provisions of law to the |