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Whereas the Philippine Railway Company has made application to abandon that portion of its line on the Island of Negros from the harbor of Escalante westward to the town of Saravia, and has offered, in consideration of being permitted such abandonment, to extend its southern terminus from Himamailan to Cabancalan; and

Whereas the Secretary of Commerce and Police and the Supervising Railway Expert have reported favorably upon the said application : and

Whereas it appears that the best interest of the Philippine Government mid of the inhabitants of the Island of Negros will be served by granting the said request: Now, therefore,

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

SECTION 1. Paragraph three of subsection one of section one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-seven, which reads as follow:

"On the Island of Negros:  (b)  A line in the Island of Negros, from the harbor of Escalante, on the northeast coast of said Island, westerly, following the coast line to Himamailan, a distance, approximately of one hundred miles;"

''be and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"On the Island of Negros:  (b) A line in the Island of Negros, Negros line, from the municipality of Saravia, on the northwest coast of said Island,  southerly,  to Cabancalan a distance, approximately, of seventy-five  miles.

SEC. 2. The Philippine Railway Company, by its duly authorized agent and representative in the Philippine Islands, shall file in duplicate with the Executive Secretary its acceptance of the foregoing amendment.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the acceptance of the foregoing amendment as prescribed  in section two hereof.

Enacted, May 8, 1909.