By authority of the United Stairs, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section one of  Act Numbered  Seven hundred and nine, entitled "An Act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within certain distances of lands used by the United States for military purposes and at certain camps therein named," as amended, is hereby further amended by adding ;it the end thereof the following:

"Provided further, That the Governor-General, upon the request of the commanding general of the Philippines Division, or the admiral commanding the Philippine Squadron, may. in his discretion, by proclamation, extend Act .Numbered Seven hundred and nine, as amended, or any part thereof, to any public lands reserved by the President of the United States for military or naval purposes in the Philippine Islands, or to any place or premises within a distance to be prescribed in such proclamation, not exceeding two miles, of any such reservation, provided that within such distance the central  part  (casco  de  poblacion)  of  a municipality  is not included."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 19, 1909.