nicipality of Biñan, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipality, as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three. SEC. 3. 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. 4. This Act shall take effect on its [No. 1554.] passage. AN ACT Providing for a loan of twenty thousand pesos to the Province of Sorsogon for the completion of the provincial high school building of said province. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand pesos, to be loaned to the Province of Sorsogon. SEC. 2. The money appropriated in section one of this Act shall be paid to the treasurer of the Province of Sorsogon upon the production and delivery by him to the Insular Treasurer of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Province of Sorsogon accepting the loan hereinbefore authorized and agreeing to repay the same, without interest, in annual installments of one-half of the total amount, the first installment to be paid on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven. SEC. 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be used in the completion of the provincial high school building of the Province of Sorsogon, and for no other purpose, and shall be expended under the direction of the provincial board of said province. 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. [No. 1555.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Tarlac from nine, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, to ten, by making the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of Lauangcupang, now a part of the municipality of Tarlac, and the barrio of Bantug, in the present municipality of Concepción, a new municipality. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The nine municipalities of the Province of Tarlac, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to ten, by separating the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of Lauangcupang from the present municipality of Tarlac, and constituting, with their territories and that of the barrio of Bantug, in the present municipality of Concepción, a new municipality which shall be known as La Paz, with the seat of municipal government at La Paz. SEC. 2. The municipal election for the reconstituted municipality of La Paz shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in the Province of Tarlac in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officials thus elected shall not take office nor shall the reconstituted municipality come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities of Tarlac and Concepción, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipalities as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three. SEC. 3. 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. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1556.] AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the province of Pangasinan from thirty-two to forty-one, by reconstituting certain municipalities in said province, and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-one. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The thirty-two municipalities of the Province of Pangasinan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to forty-one, by separating the former municipalities of Aguilar, Alava, Balungao, Natividad, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Manuel, San Jacinto, and Urbiztondo, from the present municipalities of Salasa, San Fabian, Rosales, San Nicolas, Calasiao, Tayug, Asingan, Manaoag, and Mangatarem, respectively, reconstituting the said former municipalities and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-one. SEC. 2. The municipal elections for the reconstituted municipalities of Aguilar, Alava, Balungao, Natividad, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Manuel, San Jacinto, and Urbiztondo shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in the Province of Pangasinan in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twentyeight, but the officials thus elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted municipalities come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities of Salasa, San Fabian, Rosales, San Nicolas, Calasiao, Tayug, Asingan, Manaoag, and Mangatarem, unless through the operation of this Act the class of said municipalities, as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three. SEC. 3. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1557.] AN ACT Reducing the number of municipalities in the province of Albay from twenty-seven to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the said province located in the subprovince of Catanduanes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-seven municipalities of the Province of Albay shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the said province located in the subprovince of Catanduanes as follows: 1. The municipality of Bato shall consist of its present territory, excepting the visita of Cabugao, and that of the municipality of Baras, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Bato. 2. The municipality of Virac shall consist of its present territory and that of the visita of Cabugao, in the present municipality of Bato, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Virac. 3. The municipality of Viga shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Payo and Bagamanoc, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Viga. 4. The municipality of Pandan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Caramoran, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Pandan. SEC. 2. The municipal elections for each of the new municipalities of Bato, Virac, Viga, and Pandan shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities men tioned in paragraphs numbered one, two, three, and four of section one of this Act shall be thereby abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities, as described in said paragraphs numbered one, two, three, and four of section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue. SEC. 3. 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. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1558.] AN ACT To increase the number of municipalities in the Province of Samar from twenty-five, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixty, to thirty-two. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Samar as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixty, as amended, are hereby increased to thirty-two by separating the former municipality of Tarangnan and its barrios from the municipalities of Catbalogan and Gandara, the former municipality of San Antonio from the municipality of Allen, the former municipality of Bobon from the municipality of Catarman, the former municipalities of Paric, Sulat, and San Julian from the municipality of Taft, and the former municipality of Santa Rita from the municipalities of Basey and Villareal, reconstituting Tarangnan, San Antonio, Bobon, Paric, Sulat, San Julian, and Santa Rita as municipalities, each consisting of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixty, and providing that the municipalities of Catbalogan, Gandara, Allen, Catarman, Taft, Basey, and Villareal shall each consist of its present territory minus the territory of the municipality separated from it by this Act. The municipality of Paric hereafter shall be known as the municipality of Dolores. SEC. 2. The municipal elections for the reconstituted municipalities of Tarangnan, San Antonio, Bobon, Dolores, Sulat, San Julian, and Santa Rita shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal elections in the Province of Samar in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officers thus elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted municipalities come into existence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officers to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities of Catbalogan, Gandara, Allen, Catarman, Taft, Basey, and Villa real, unless through the operation of this Act the class of any such municipality, as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirtythree. SEC. 3. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1559.] AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An Act providing for the diminution of sentences imposed upon prisoners convicted of any offense and sentenced for a definite term of more than thirty days and less than life in consideration of good conduct and diligence," by prescribing that the applications of diminution of sentences allowed thereunder shall be made on the basis of legal months of thirty days. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. For the purpose of computing, under Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-three, the diminution of sentences imposed on certain prisoners, and for no other purpose, the word "month" whenever used in said Act shall be construed to mean a legal month of thirty days, and Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-three is hereby amended accordingly. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1560.] AN ACT Canceling one-half the amounts loaned to the Province of Cebu by Acts Numbered Thirteen hundred and forty-three and Thirteen hundred and eighty. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Of the amounts loaned to the Province of Cebu by Acts Numbered Thirteen hundred and forty-three and Thirteen hundred and eighty, one-half is hereby declared canceled on condition that the provincial government and each municipal government that received funds from said loans shall expend from their general funds for the support of schools an amount equal to one-half the amount received by them from said loans. |