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[ Act No. 280, October 25, 1901 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, AND AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO TEMPORARILY FILL VACANCIES IN PROVINCIAL OFFICES.
By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Section twenty-one of the Provincial Government Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, is herein amended by adding at its close the following words: "In case of suspension or absence of any provincial officer the Civil Governor shall have power to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or suspension."
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. October 25, 1901.
SECTION 1. Section twenty-one of the Provincial Government Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, is herein amended by adding at its close the following words: "In case of suspension or absence of any provincial officer the Civil Governor shall have power to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or suspension."
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. October 25, 1901.