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[ Act No. 1134, April 28, 1904 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE LOCATION AND MANNER OF RECORDING MINING CLAIMS, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK NECESSARY TO HOLD POSSESSION OF A MINING CLAIM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED 'AN ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.'"
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An Act prescribing regulations governing the location and manner of recording mining claims, and the amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,'" is hereby amended by inserting, in the first sentence of said section after the words "all declarations and affidavits regarding mining claims," the following words: "and all other documents and instruments in writing, of a whatever character or nature, alienating, mortgaging, leasing, or otherwise affecting the possession of mining claims or any right or title thereto or interest therein;" and by inserting, in the same sentence, after the words "shall be recorded in the order in which they are filed for record," the following: "and from and after such filing for record all declarations and affidavits regarding mining claims, and all documents and instruments in writing, of whatever kind or nature, alienating, mortgaging, leasing, or otherwise affecting the possession of mining claims or any right or title thereto or interest therein shall constitute notice to all persons and to the whole world of the contents of said declarations, affidavits, documents, and written instruments and of the legal effect 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 twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 28, 1904.
SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An Act prescribing regulations governing the location and manner of recording mining claims, and the amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,'" is hereby amended by inserting, in the first sentence of said section after the words "all declarations and affidavits regarding mining claims," the following words: "and all other documents and instruments in writing, of a whatever character or nature, alienating, mortgaging, leasing, or otherwise affecting the possession of mining claims or any right or title thereto or interest therein;" and by inserting, in the same sentence, after the words "shall be recorded in the order in which they are filed for record," the following: "and from and after such filing for record all declarations and affidavits regarding mining claims, and all documents and instruments in writing, of whatever kind or nature, alienating, mortgaging, leasing, or otherwise affecting the possession of mining claims or any right or title thereto or interest therein shall constitute notice to all persons and to the whole world of the contents of said declarations, affidavits, documents, and written instruments and of the legal effect 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 twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 28, 1904.