the officer, there shall be charged for each one hundred words in excess of three hundred and fifty words in the original complaint, in each copy of the complaint served, five cents; but if copy of complaint for each defendant is furnished by the complainant no additional fee shall be charged for said copy. "During the sessions of the Supreme Court, at other places than in the city of Manila, the officer of the court shall receive three dollars per day, in money of the United States, for each day the Supreme Court is in session in his province for attendance at such court by himself and necessary deputies." SEC. 3. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An Act to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to lands in the Philippine Islands," as amended by section five of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eight and by section four of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 17. The Court of Land Registration, in all matters over which it has jurisdiction, may enforce its orders, judgments, or decrees in the same manner as orders, judgments, and decrees are enforced in the Court of First Instance, including a writ of possession directing the governor or sheriff of any province, or the sheriff of the city of Manila, to place the applicant in possession of the property covered by a decree of the court in his favor; and, upon the request of the judge of the court of Land Registration, the governor or sheriff of any province or the sheriff of the city of Manila, as the case may be, shall assign a deputy to attend the sittings of the court in that province or city; and for the purpose of attending the sessions of the court and enforcing good order in and about the court room, the provincial governor is hereby authorized to designate a provincial guard or a member of the municipal police of the town in which the court is held; or if none such is available, to appoint a bailiff, at a salary not to exceed twenty-five pesos per month, to be paid from the provincial treasury, for such time as the court may be in session in said province. "The Court of Land Registration, in all matters over which it has jurisdiction, may issue an injunction for the protection of either or any of the parties in interest in the following cases: "(1) When it appears by the application, by verified petition, or by affidavits that the commission or continuance of some act during the proceedings for registration of title would produce waste or great or irreparable injury to the subject-matter of the registration proceedings. "(2) When it appears during the pendency of the proceedings that either or any of the parties in interest is doing, or is about to do, or is threatening to do, or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act in violation or to the prejudice of the rights of another party to the action respecting the subject-matter of the proceedings and tending to render the judgment ineffectual. "Except as herein provided, preliminary and permanent injunctions shall be obtained, enforced, dissolved, or modified in the same manner as such injunctions are obtained, enforced, dissolved, or modified under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure." SEC. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. 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 October first, nineteen hundred and seven. Enacted, August 12, 1907. [No. 1681.] AN ACT To amend section eighteen of the Municipal Code, as amended, by authorizing the Governor-General to remove municipal treasurers from office for cause. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Paragraph (1) of section eighteen of the Municipal Code as amended by section two of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) He shall appoint, by and with the consent of the majority of all the members of the council, the municipal secretary and all nonelective officers and employees who may be provided for by law or by ordinance, with the exception of the municipal treasurer and the employees of his office; and at any time, for cause, he may suspend any such officer or employee thus appointed for a period not exceeding ten days, which suspension may be continued for a longer period by the council; and by and with the consent of a majority of all the members of the council he may discharge any such officer or employee. "The municipal treasurer shall be appointed by the provincial treasurer, subject to the approval of the provincial board, and may be removed from office by the provincial board or the GovernorGeneral for cause. The position of municipal treasurer shall be classified and subject to all the provisions of the Civil Service Act and Rules. "The municipal treasurer shall appoint such clerks and other employees as are necessary to aid him in the discharge of his duties when the number and salaries thereof are determined in the manner provided by this Act. In case it shall appear that the number or salaries authorized by the municipal council are manifestly inadequate it shall be within the power of the provincial board, on application, to modify the number or salaries fixed by the municipal council for such clerks or other employees. The municipal treasurer may, for cause, suspend from office any employee thus appointed and shall immediately notify the municipal council of any such action. The municipal council shall, within ten days after the receipt of this notice, take such action as the circumstances of the case may justify and order the reinstatement or the removal from office of the suspended employee, or may confirm his suspension until full evidence in the case can be presented before the council and final action taken thereon. Where reinstatement is ordered, the municipal council may direct payment of compensation for all or any part of the period of suspension, but in case suspension results in a removal no compensation shall be paid from and after the date of such 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. [No. 1682.] AN ACT To amend section two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twentysix, entitled "An Act for the purpose of empowering provincial boards to subpoena witnesses and to require testimony under oath in conducting certain investigations, and for other purposes," by extending the authority of the governor-general to disqualify from holding office all officials removed for cause. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. In all cases where an official shall be removed from office for cause by the action of any official or branch of the Government, the Governor-General is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to declare such official disqualified thereafter from holding office. Such disqualification may be either special or general and either temporary or permanent." 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 [No. 1683.] passage. AN ACT To amend section five of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-one by making it the duty of municipal officers to furnish notice of ladrones immediately, both to the provincial governor and the nearest constabulary officer. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-one as amended is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of all municipal officers and all officers and members of municipal police forces to give notice immediately, both to the provincial governor and the nearest Constabulary officer or station in the province, provided that said officer or station is within fifteen kilometers of such municipal officer or member of the police force, of the presence of any bands of ladrones or brigands or other persons threatening the peace of the community within their jurisdiction, or any act of robbery or theft by such bands, when the offenders or any of the members of such bands are at large; and any officer or person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand pesos and imprisonment not exceeding two years." SEC. 2. Section four of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twentyone is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactments 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-six, nineteen hundred. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1684.] AN ACT Prohibiting the importation by private persons of silkworms, their eggs or cocoons. Whereas the Bureau of Science has succeeded in importing silkworms into the Philippine Islands without the introduction of any of the diseases which have caused serious injury to the silk industry in other countries; and Whereas said Bureau of Science is prepared to furnish, without charge, eggs or unhatched cocoons of silkworms in reasonable numbers to the people of these Islands; and Whereas the importation of silkworms, their cocoons or eggs, by private persons would ultimately result in the introduction of disease: Now, therefore, By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The importation, except by the Bureau of Science, into the Philippine Islands of silkworms, their eggs or cocoons, or of the moths which produce silkworm eggs, is hereby prohibited, and any of the aforementioned objects which are imported, or of which the importation is attempted, shall be liable to forfeiture under due process of law. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended by Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-four, as amended. 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. 1685.] AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to prevent the use of explosives and poisons for taking fish in the waters of the Philippine Islands," by providing that the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the use of explosives and poisons for taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to prevent the use of explosives and poisons for taking fish in the waters of the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SECTION 1. The use of dynamite or other explosive for the killing or taking of fish, or under water for any purpose except in the execution of bona fide engineering work and the destruction of wrecks or obstructions to navigation, shall be unlawful: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be understood to interfere with or prohibit the use of mechanical bombs for the killing of whales, crocodiles, sharks, or other large dangerous fishes: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may issue permits for the use of explosives in taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes only." SEC. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninetynine is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The use of any poisonous substance liable to cause the death of fishes for the taking of the same, or the placing of any such substance in fresh or marine waters of the Philippine Islands where it may cause the death of fishes and is intended to cause such death, shall be unlawful: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may issue permits for the use of poisonous substances in taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes only." 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. 1686.] AN ACT To provide for the reimbursement to the provinces and municipalities of fifty per centum of the sums which they will lose by reason of the suspension of the land tax for the last half of the calendar year nineteen hundred and seven, to appropriate for such reimbursement such sums as may be necessary from any funds in the insular treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to repeal section two of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and seventy-nine. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Whenever the assessment provided for by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five, as amended, and Act Num |