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[ Act No. 107, March 28, 1901 ]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MILITARY GOVERNOR TO DETAIL MILITARY OFFICERS TEMPORARILY TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF PROVINCIAL OFFICERS UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES DEFINED IN THIS ACT.
By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Whenever a province shall have been organized by the passage of a special Act applying to it the provisions of the General Provincial Act, and the Commission is not prepared to make permanent appointments to any or all of the provincial officers, or by reason of a refusal of appointees to accept the appointments made by the Commission, or for any other cause, vacancies shall exist so that the provincial boards can not organize, or act under the terms of the General Provincial Act, the Military Governor is hereby authorized, upon the request of the Commission, temporarily to fill the vacancies by detail of military officers.
SEC. 2. The Military Governor shall report to the Commission any action taken by him under the provisions of the foregoing section.
SEC. 3. The officers detailed under section one of this Act shall perform the duties of their offices until successors are duly appointed and qualified.
SEC. 4. Bonds shall not he required of officers detailed under section one, although by the General Provincial Act bonds are required of the incumbents of such offices.
SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 28, 1901.
SECTION 1. Whenever a province shall have been organized by the passage of a special Act applying to it the provisions of the General Provincial Act, and the Commission is not prepared to make permanent appointments to any or all of the provincial officers, or by reason of a refusal of appointees to accept the appointments made by the Commission, or for any other cause, vacancies shall exist so that the provincial boards can not organize, or act under the terms of the General Provincial Act, the Military Governor is hereby authorized, upon the request of the Commission, temporarily to fill the vacancies by detail of military officers.
SEC. 2. The Military Governor shall report to the Commission any action taken by him under the provisions of the foregoing section.
SEC. 3. The officers detailed under section one of this Act shall perform the duties of their offices until successors are duly appointed and qualified.
SEC. 4. Bonds shall not he required of officers detailed under section one, although by the General Provincial Act bonds are required of the incumbents of such offices.
SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 28, 1901.