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[No. 1539.] AN ACT Amending section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended, by authorizing the Director of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to change, increase, or decrease the existing school divisions of the Philippine Islands. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: "Provided, That the Director of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, may change, increase, or decrease the school divisions herein established whenever in his judgment the public interests so require.' 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. 1540.] AN ACT Authorizing the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company to bring suit against the Government of the Philippine Islands in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila to determine the liability of the respective parties for damages caused to the Luneta Extension by the typhoon of May eighteenth and nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Authority is hereby granted the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company, a company or corporation authorized to do business in the Philippine Islands, to institute a suit in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila against the Government of the Philippine Islands, to determine the liability of the respective parties for damages done to the bulkhead and rock revetment of the Luneta Extension by the typhoon of May eighteenth and nineteenth, nineteen 11027-WAR 1907-VOL 10- -1 1 hundred and six, under the contract entered into for said work between the Government of the Philippine Islands and the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company, bearing date the twenty-fourth day of July, nineteen hundred and five: Provided, however, That this Act shall in no wise be construed as a waiver on the part of the Government of the Philippine Islands of any of its rights under said contract, or as a waiver of its contention that the question of liability for such damages under the said contract is a question to be finally decided by the officer in charge of the port works, or as a waiver of any other defense which it may have at the time of the passage of this Act. 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. 1541.] AN ACT Transferring the Division of Ethnology from the Bureau of Education to the Bureau of Science and repealing paragraph (b) of section twentythree of the Reorganization Act. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The administrative control and supervision of the Division of Ethnology, Bureau of Education, together with all officers and employees now provided by law for that division, and all property thereof, are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Science, and the Division of Ethnology shall hereafter be known and considered as a division of the Bureau of Science. The balance of appropriations under the Bureau of Education for salaries and wages of the Division of Ethnology and of the appropriation for the purchase of ethnological museum specimens and manuscripts is hereby transferred to and made a part of the appropriations of the Bureau of Science for the said division. SEC. 2. Paragraph (b) of section twenty-three of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, known as the Reorganization Act, 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 November first, nineteen hundred and six. Enacted, October 6, 1906. [No. 1542.] AN ACT Authorizing the municipal council of the municipality of Iba, Province of Zambales, to vacate that portion of Calle Bugallon lying between Calles Rizal and Padre Burgos, and to cede the same to the Province of Zambales as a site for a provincial high school. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. That portion of Calle Bugallon lying between Calles Rizal and Padre Burgos, in the municipality of Iba, Province of Zambales, being no longer necessary for public use, and it being manifestly to the interest of the public that the land now occupied by the same be used as a site for a provincial high school, the municipal council of Iba is hereby authorized to declare at an end the public use to which such portion of Calle Bugallon has been devoted, and to cede the same to the Province of Zambales as a site for a provincial high school. 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. 1543.] passage. AN ACT Changing the name of the municipality of Namacpacan in the Province of La Union, to that of Luna. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Upon request of the municipal council of the municipality of Namacpacan, Province of La Union, approved and recommended by the provincial board of the Province of La Union, the name of said municipality is hereby changed to that of Luna. 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. 1544.] AN ACT Exempting from internal-revenue taxes all timber and other forest products for use in the actual construction and equipment of certain railway lines in the Philippine Islands. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Timber and other forest products of all kinds, to what ever group they may belong, when cut or gathered under proper licenses issued by the Bureau of Forestry for use (and which shall, in fact, be so used) in the construction and equipment of the railways undertaken by the grantees under Acts Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-seven and Fifteen hundred and ten, pursuant to authority conferred by said Acts, shall be exempt from all internal-revenue taxes prescribed by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as amended, upon the presentation to the Collector of Internal Revenue, or his authorized agent, of a certificate in writing, in the form to be prescribed by the Collector of Internal Revenue, and signed by the representative or duly authorized agent of the railway company purchasing the timber or other forest products. The certificate shall show, in substance, that the material for which this exemption is sought is to be used in the construction and equipment of a line of railroad between certain points, naming the same; that no other use or disposition of the material will be made or permitted; and that if any other use or disposition thereof shall be contemplated, immediate notice thereof shall be given to the Collector of Internal Revenue, and the material in question be held subject to his order. SEC. 2. The exemptions provided by this Act shall not be construed to extend or apply to materials of any kind purchased from funds other than those of a railway company mentioned in section one hereof, or of one of its contractors or subcontractors, nor to materials which are intended for the personal use of officers or employees of any such company, contractor or subcontractor, whether the same are purchased from funds of such company, contractor, or subcontractor or not. SEC. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not apply or extend to any railway line, nor to any materials therefor, after the line shall have once been officially declared to be constructed and equipped. SEC. 4. Any company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the terms of the certificate prescribed in section one hereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than double. the amount of the taxes provided by law upon the timber or other forest products which may be the subject of the violation, and not more than ten times the amount thereof in the discretion of the court; any officer, representative, agent, or employee of any company or corporation, or any other person, violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the terms of the certificate prescribed in section one hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than six months or by the fine above prescribed, or both, in the discretion of the court. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage. |