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[ Act No. 251, October 02, 1901 ]

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING BEVERAGES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ILIGAN, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS, AND PROVIDING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PROSPECTORS MAY VISIT TERRITORY IN THAT PROVINCE INHABITED BY MOROS.

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

SECTION 1. The sale of intoxicating beverages is hereby absolutely prohibited in the Municipality of Iligan, Province, of Misamis, and section thirty-nine, sub-section (ii) of the Municipal Code is hereby repealed so far as regards this municipality.

SEC. 2. Prospectors are hereby prohibited from entering that portion of the territory of the Province of Misamis which is inhabited by Moros without the written permission of the military commander of the Department of Mindanao and Jolo.

SEC. 3. A violation of the provisions of sections one or two of this Act is hereby declared a misdemeanor punishable by line not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, for each offense.

SEC. 4. 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. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 2, 1901.
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