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[ Act No. 2681, March 09, 1917 ]
AN ACT CREATING; A PORT OF ENTRY IN THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the name:
SECTION 1. A new customs collection district is hereby created in the Province of Pangasinan which shall be known by the name of Distirct of Pangasinan. This district shall comprise the Provinces of Pangasinan and La Union, which now belonged to the collection district of Manila, and Sual shall be the port of entry.
SEC. 2. The following employees are hereby authorized at the port mentioned: One collector of customs with an annual salary of four thousand pesos, Philippine currency, who shall act as disbursing officer without additional compensation; one interpreter and one clerk of Class 1, and such number of boatmen as may be necessary to conduct the customs business at said port.
SEC. 3. Before entering upon the performance of the duties of his office, the collector appointed shall take the prescribed oath and furnish bond in the penal sum of two thousand pesos, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
SEC. 4. After the collector has taken the oath and furnished the bond prescribed in the last preceding section and entered upon the performance of the duties of his office, he may, with the approval of the Insular Collector, appoint an acting deputy collector, or acting deputy surveyor, as may in his judgment be necessary for the prompt transaction of the public business, and this officer shall be authorized to sign such documents relative to the service as the collector may direct. The deputies so appointed shall be chosen by the collector from among the employees of his office and he shall be responsible on his bond for the acts of these officers. These acting deputies shall receive no additional compensation for services rendered as such.
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon executive order issued by the Goveror-General at the request of the Secretary of Finance.
Approved, March 9, 1917.
SECTION 1. A new customs collection district is hereby created in the Province of Pangasinan which shall be known by the name of Distirct of Pangasinan. This district shall comprise the Provinces of Pangasinan and La Union, which now belonged to the collection district of Manila, and Sual shall be the port of entry.
SEC. 2. The following employees are hereby authorized at the port mentioned: One collector of customs with an annual salary of four thousand pesos, Philippine currency, who shall act as disbursing officer without additional compensation; one interpreter and one clerk of Class 1, and such number of boatmen as may be necessary to conduct the customs business at said port.
SEC. 3. Before entering upon the performance of the duties of his office, the collector appointed shall take the prescribed oath and furnish bond in the penal sum of two thousand pesos, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
SEC. 4. After the collector has taken the oath and furnished the bond prescribed in the last preceding section and entered upon the performance of the duties of his office, he may, with the approval of the Insular Collector, appoint an acting deputy collector, or acting deputy surveyor, as may in his judgment be necessary for the prompt transaction of the public business, and this officer shall be authorized to sign such documents relative to the service as the collector may direct. The deputies so appointed shall be chosen by the collector from among the employees of his office and he shall be responsible on his bond for the acts of these officers. These acting deputies shall receive no additional compensation for services rendered as such.
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon executive order issued by the Goveror-General at the request of the Secretary of Finance.
Approved, March 9, 1917.