ing copy of memorandum on one instrument or on a duplicate certificate when required, one dollar and fifty cents. "For making and attesting copy of memorandum on each additional instrument or duplicate certificate if required, fifty cents. "For filing and registering an adverse claim, three dollars. "For entering statement of change of residence or post-office address, including indorsing and attesting the same on a duplicate certificate, twenty-five cents. "For entering any note in the entry book or in the registration book, twenty-five cents. "For the registration of a suggestion of death or notice of bankruptcy, insolvency, or analogous proceeding, twenty-five cents. "For the registration of a discharge or release of mortgage or other instrument creating an incumbrance, fifty cents. "For the registration of any levy, or of any discharge or dissolution of any attachment or levy, or of any certificate of or receipt for the payment of taxes, or notice of any pending action, or of a judgment or decree, fifty cents. "For indorsing on any mortgage, lease, or other instrument a memorandum of partition, one dollar. "For every petition filed under this Act after original registration, one dollar. "For a certified copy of any decree or registered instrument, the same fees as are provided by the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings for clerks of Courts of First Instance for like services. "In all cases not expressly provided for by the law the fees of all public officers for any official duty or service under this Act shall be at the same rate as those prescribed herein for like services.” SEC. 8. Upon a decision being rendered by any judge serving on the Court of Land Registration, either party in interest may, within thirty days after the decision is rendered by such judge, petition the court in banc, consisting of all the judges serving on the court, or at least three of said judges, for a rehearing of the case, and, if it shall appear to such court in banc that the decision on which a rehearing is asked is in conflict with any previous decision of the court, or of any judge thereof, or with any decision of the Supreme Court of these Islands, or of any other competent appellate tribunal, then the court in bane, may, in its discretion, by vote of a majority of its members, grant the rehearing petitioned for, annul the decision of the single judge, and rehear the case sitting in bane; and the decision of the court in bane shall be the decision of the Court of Land Registration in the case, and may be regularly appealed from as in other cases. SEC. 9. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby, to that extent, repealed. SEC. 10. 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. 11. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and seven. Enacted, May 16, 1907. [No. 1649.] AN ACT Declaring all of the territory comprised in the island of Marinduque a subprovince of Tayabas, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. All of the territory comprised in the Island of Marinduque, Province of Tayabas, formerly constituting the Province of Marinduque, is hereby declared to be the subprovince of Marinduque, forming a part of the Province of Tayabas. There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the said subprovince, to be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission. He shall have his office in the municipality of Boac and shall receive an annual salary of one thousand four hundred and forty pesos, payable monthly from funds of the subprovince hereinafter provided for; he shall represent the provincial governor in the subprovince and shall carry out the legal orders of that official transmitted to him from time to time; he shall inspect the municipalities of the subprovince at least once every six months and at such other times as may be necessary and shall make report of such inspections to the provincial board through the provincial governor; he shall make such recommendations to the provincial board, through the provincial governor, as he shall deem necessary for the best interests of the subprovince; he shall employ and discharge, with the approval of the provincial board, all subordinate employees of the subprovince that may be authorized by the board; he shall be the custodian of the public records and documents of the subprovince; and, in general, he shall exercise in the subprovince of Marinduque, subject to the supervision of the provincial governor, the powers and duties conferred upon a provincial governor by the Provincial Government Act. SEC. 2. The provincial government of Tayabas is hereby authorized to establish a permanent suboffice of the provincial treasury of Tayabas at Boac, Island of Marinduque, and to provide adequate quarters for the said suboffice. SEC. 3. Seventy per centum of all taxes, imposts, or fines collected on and after April first, nineteen hundred and seven, in behalf of the Province of Tayabas in the subprovince of Marinduque, under the provisions of existing law, or of laws which may hereafter be enacted, shall remain in the subtreasury of Marinduque for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants of the subprovince; and the remaining thirty per centum of such collections shall be transmitted to the provincial treasury of Tayabas and shall inure to the general funds of the province. SEC. 4. The funds provided for the subprovince of Marinduque shall be expended on resolution of the provincial board of Tayabas, and the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the subtreasury at Boac shall make payments from funds of the subprovince only by direction of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince, accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution of the provincial board authorizing the expenditure. The salary of the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the provincial subtreasury at Boac and the salaries of the deputies of the provincial treasurer in the munici 11027-WAR 1907-VOL 10- -11 palities of the subprovince of Marinduque shall be paid from the funds of such subprovince. SEC. 5. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. 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. 7. This Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hundred and seven. Enacted, May 17, 1907. [No. 1650.] AN ACT Appropriating the sum of one hundred and seventy thousand pesos from the funds realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds authorized by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-four for the purpose of improving the port of Iloilo. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and seventy thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of funds realized from the sale of publicimprovement bonds authorized by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-four, to be used in the improvement of the port of Iloilo, for the construction of a section of new river wall, not less than three hundred feet in length, beginning at Point Llorente and extending along the edge of the channel of the Iloilo River, and to repair the present river wall: Provided, That not more than thirty thousand pesos of such sum shall be used for the repair of the present river wall: And provided further, That in case there shall be raised by private subscription and paid into the Insular Treasury within three months after the date of the passage of this Act the sum of twenty-five thousand pesos, the sum of fifty thousand pesos of the funds provided by this Act shall be added to said twenty-five thousand pesos raised by private subscription, making a total of seventyfive thousand pesos, which latter sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for dredging the channel and turning basin in the Iloilo River. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby authorized to advertise for bids for the construction of the new river wall and for repairing the present river walls; and, in the event of a subscription of twenty-five thousand pesos by private parties, as provided for in the preceding section, for the dredging of the Iloilo River as herein provided. Said bids may be advertised for the entire work herein mentioned or for such part or parts thereof as to the Secretary of Commerce and Police may seem advisable, and shall be made under such conditions as he may prescribe and upon plans and specifications to be prepared by the Bureau of Navigation. Subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the Secretary of Commerce and Police shall award the contract for the entire work to the best bidder, or, if the same is divided, and bids called for on parts of the work, then to the best bidder in each instance. The right shall be reserved to reject any or all bids, and in case of the rejection of all bids the work may be done under the direction of the Bureau of Navigation. In case said work is let by contract such contract shall contain a provision under which at least ten per centum of each partial payment due shall be retained until the final acceptance of the work as additional security for the performance of the contract: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce and Police, if in his judgment it shall seem advisable to do so, may order the Director of Navigation to undertake the dredging of the Iloilo River without advertising for bids, and in such case the Director of Navigation shall take immediate steps to undertake and carry the work to completion. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the military authorities by which the dredged material may be given to them free of charge, under such conditions as may seem to him advantageous. 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 twentysixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1651.] AN ACT To authorize graduates of certain schools of medicine and pharmacy in the Philippine Islands to practice medicine and surgery and pharmacy without taking the examinations prescribed by Acts Numbered Three hundred and ten and Five hundred and ninety-seven, respectively, and for other purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Any graduate of a school of medicine or of a school of pharmacy in the Philippine Islands who shall receive therefrom the degree of Doctor of Medicine or of Licentiate of Pharmacy shall, upon presenting his diploma from said school to the Board of Medical Examiners for the Philippine Islands or to the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, as the case may be, be entitled to receive from the proper board, and the proper board shall issue to him, without examination, a certificate of registration, entitling him to practice. medicine and surgery or pharmacy, and upon duly recording the same in the office of the register of deeds in the province or provinces within which he may intend to practice, or in the city of Manila, he shall be entitled to practice medicine and surgery or pharmacy, as the case may be, in the Philippine Islands: Provided, however, That such school of medicine or pharmacy, as aforesaid, shall have been duly incorporated as a university, college, or school in accordance with Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An Act providing for the formation and organization of corporations, defining their powers, fixing the duties of directors and other officers thereof, declaring the rights and liabilities of shareholders and members, prescribing the conditions under which such corporations may transact business, and repealing certain articles of the Code of Commerce and all laws or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with this Act," and shall also previous to the matriculation of said graduate in such school of medicine or pharmacy, as the case may be, have been empowered in writing by the Secretary of Public Instruction, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to grant diplomas and confer degrees in medicine and pharmacy pursuant to section one hundred and sixty-eight of said Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine: And provided further, That such school or schools shall, in the judgment of the board of control of the Philippine Medical School, have brought its instruction in medicine and surgery or pharmacy to the standards prescribed for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Medicine in said Philippine Medical School, or to the standards of instruction fixed by said board of control for granting the degree of Licentiate of Pharmacy, as the case may be: And provided further, That the board of control of the Philippine Medical School shall have been permitted, directly or through its agents, to make such inspections of the curriculum, text-books, laboratory work, methods of instruction, and student work of any such school of medicine or pharmacy, and to exercise such general supervision over the examinations given in such schools as to said board of control may seem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 2. Persons practicing medicine and surgery or pharmacy in the Philippine Islands under the terms of section one of this Act shall, in all other respects, be subject to the provisions and liable to the penalties prescribed in Acts Numbered Three hundred and ten and Five hundred and ninety-seven, respectively. 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. 1652.] AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Eighty-three by enabling provincial boards to increase the amount of the cedula tax and apply the increased revenue to the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads and bridges, and amending sections one hundred and twenty-one and one hundred and forty-nine of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine to correspond. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. Act Numbered Eighty-three is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be numbered forty-five and to read as follows: "SEC. 45. The provincial board of any province organized under the Provincial Government Act, when in its judgment the public |