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[ Acts No. 1804, January 11, 1908 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE SAID COMMISSION, BY PROVIDING THAT NO HORSE RACING SHALL BE HELD ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY. KNOWN AS MEMORIAL DAY, OR THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER,. KNOWN AS RIZAL DAY, AND APPOINTING OTHER DAYS IN THEIR STEAD.

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

SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-seven. as amended by section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
"And provided, That no horse races shall lie held on the thirtieth day of May, commonly known as Memorial Day, and the thirtieth day of December, commonly known as Rizal Day, but that, in lieu thereof, said races may be- held on the legal holiday immediately preceding said thirtieth day of May or thirtieth day of December, as the case may he. in ease the legal holiday immediately preceding said thirtieth day of May or thirtieth day of December, respectively, shall be a day upon which horse racing is otherwise permitted by this Act, such horse races may be held on the first legal holiday following said thirtieth day of May or thirtieth day of December upon which horse racing is not otherwise permitted: And provided farther, That for the year nineteen hundred and eight such horse races may he held on the third legal holiday after the thirtieth day of December, nineteen hundred and seven."
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 11, 1908.
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