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

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Three hundred and seventy, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty-three existing municipalities in the Province of Bohol to fifteen," is hereby amended as follows:

(a) By striking out of the title and section one the word "thirty-three" and substituting therefor the word "thirty-five," and by striking out the word "fifteen" and substituting thereof the word "sixteen."

(b) By amending subsection fourteen of section one to read as follows:

"14. The municipality of Antequera and the entire barrio of Tanopol, of the municipalities of Balilihan and Katigbiyan, are hereby consolidated with the municipality of Balilihan, under the name of Balilihan."

(c) By inserting the following new subsection after subsection fifteen of section one:

"16. The municipality of Sevilla is hereby consolidated with that of Loboc, under the name of Loboc."

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, May 9, 1902.