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[ Act No. 177, July 20, 1901 ]
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIFTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, SO AS TO PROVIDE A SALARY FOR A DEPUTY CLERK OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE PROVINCES OF LEYTE, CEBU, AND TAYABAS.
By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Section fifty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred find thirty-six, providing for the organization of courts, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: "Provided, nevertheless, That the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Cebu shall appoint a deputy clerk to perform the duties of the clerk at Barili, for the southern half of the Island of Cebu, and residing at Barili, with a salary at the rate of six hundred dollars per year; and that the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Leyte shall appoint a deputy clerk to perform the duties of the clerk at Maasin, for the southern half of the Province of Leyte, and residing at Maasin, with a salary at the rate of five hundred dollars per year; and that the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Tayabas shall appoint a deputy clerk to perform the duties of the clerk at Mauban, for the northern half of the Province of Tayabas, and for the Provinces of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo, and residing at Mauban, with a salary at the rate of five hundred dollars per year. The salaries herein provided shall be payable monthly and in money of the United States, and from the Insular Treasury.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 20, 1901.
SECTION 1. Section fifty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred find thirty-six, providing for the organization of courts, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: "Provided, nevertheless, That the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Cebu shall appoint a deputy clerk to perform the duties of the clerk at Barili, for the southern half of the Island of Cebu, and residing at Barili, with a salary at the rate of six hundred dollars per year; and that the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Leyte shall appoint a deputy clerk to perform the duties of the clerk at Maasin, for the southern half of the Province of Leyte, and residing at Maasin, with a salary at the rate of five hundred dollars per year; and that the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Tayabas shall appoint a deputy clerk to perform the duties of the clerk at Mauban, for the northern half of the Province of Tayabas, and for the Provinces of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo, and residing at Mauban, with a salary at the rate of five hundred dollars per year. The salaries herein provided shall be payable monthly and in money of the United States, and from the Insular Treasury.
"All fees charged by the deputy clerk shall belong to the Insular Government.SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this Act, 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.
"The clerk of each province in this section named may require of his deputy a sufficient bond of indemnity for his security against loss by malfeasance or nonfeasance of the deputy."
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 20, 1901.