REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 92. WILLIAM H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Manila, November 4, 1903. Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, series nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended by adding the surveyor of customs for the Philippine Islands to the list of officials mentioned therein. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Eighty-seven, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real estate tax-assessment list for the province of Ilocos Sur-that is, October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three-is hereby extended to November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 95. Dr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera, Philippine Commissioner, the chief of the bureau of coast and geodetic survey, the chief of the bureau of ethnological survey, the chief of the bureau of public lands, the director of posts, and Manuel X. Burgos are hereby constituted a committee to be called the "Philippine Committee on Geographical Names," which committee shall discharge the same duty in respect to Philippine names as has heretofore been discharged by the Board on Geographical Names appointed by President Harrison in eighteen hundred and ninety. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 97. Executive Order Numbered Four, current series, is hereby amended by adding the following: "Hereafter no sick leave shall be allowed to a civil official or employee by reason of sickness occurring during the time when he is enjoying earned leave of absence: Provided, however, That when an official or employee shall be entitled to sick leave by reason of illness and shall ask for the same, and shall at the same time ask for his accrued leave of absence, his application for sick leave shall be noted, and the period of his accrued leave of absence shall not be deemed to have begun until his recovery from the illness from which he is suffering, but the proof as to the period of continuous illness preceding the beginning of his accrued leave, to be determined by proper authority after his return to duty, must be exact, full, and certain, and any doubt created therein shall be resolved against the applicant." WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Ninety-four, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real estate tax-assessment list for the province of Ilocos Sur-that is, November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three-is hereby extended to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by Executive Order Numbered Eighty-seven, current series, as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent-that is, January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four-is also extended to February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 100. Manila, November 25, 1903. H. B. McCoy, acting collector of customs for the Philippine Islands; W. E. Pulliam, special deputy collector of customs; J. S. Stanley, acting insular deputy collector of customs; M. F. Loewenstein; Francisco Reyes, president of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce, and Frank L. Strong are hereby appointed members and Henry D. Woolfe secretary of a committee which shall meet and take the evidence of persons interested, to form the basis of conclusions which are to be submitted by the said committee within thirty days after their appointment, in the form of a report to the Philippine Commission, as to needed changes in the existing tariff law, to enable the Commission to recommend to Congress amendments to the law in such particulars as experience has shown the said law to be defective, inconsisttent with itself, or oppressive in the matter of prohibiting useful importations. The nonofficial members of this committee and the secretary thereof will be allowed a per diem of ten dollars, United States currency, when in actual attendance upon the meetings of the committee, to be paid from the appropriation disbursed at the discretion of the undersigned. The above appointments are made under authority of a resolution of the Philippine Commission of November twenty-third, nineteen hundred and three. WM. II. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 101. EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Paul S. Black, bureau of public lands, is hereby designated to act temporarily as administrator of the San Lazaro estate, during the absence from this city of Will M. Tipton, the present administrator of said estate. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 102. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, The provisions of Executive Order Numbered Sixty-two, current series, are hereby extended so as to authorize municipal treasurers, pursuant to a resolution of the municipal council, to exchange with the insular treasurer through the provincial treasurer all local currency in their respective municipal treasuries for Philippine currency at the current official rate. The cost of transportation of such funds to and from the insular treasury shall be a proper charge against the insular government payable by the insular treasurer. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 103. Owing to the heavy demands made upon the insular telegraph lines, the attention of all civil officials and employees of the government and officers of the Philippines Constabulary is called to the necessity for making as brief as possible, consistent with clearness, all official telegrams sent over the telegraph lines in the Philippine Islands. Only matters of the utmost importance and urgency should be sent by telegraph, and in the messages all words which can be readily supplied by the addressee through the context should be entirely omitted. The telegraph should not be used when the mail affords a sufficiently rapid means of communication. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, series nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended by adding the insular purchasing agent and the local purchasing agent to the list of officials mentioned therein. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 105. EXECUTIVE BUREAU, The committee appointed under Executive Order Numbered One hundred, current series, is hereby authorized and directed, in addition to the powers and duties already prescribed, to inquire into and make recommendations in respect of the alleged burdens now imposed by the customs regulations upon the owners of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Executive Order Numbered Fifty, dated July seventh, nineteen hundred and three, is amended to read as follows: "No chief of bureau or office of the government of the Philippine Islands shall, directly or or indirectly, invite, solicit, or even discuss with an employee, subordinate, or official of another bureau or office, or of the Army or Navy of the United States in these islands, his transfer to the bureau or office of such chief until the consent in writing of the head of the bureau or office in which the desired employee or official is a subordinate, or of the civil governor, or the officer of the Army or Navy under whom he may be employed or serving, is first had." WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. WAR 1904-VOL 11- -44 EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 107. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The consulting engineer to the Commission, the commissioner of public health, and the officer in charge of the improvement of the port of Manila are hereby appointed a committee to investigate and report upon the lamentable accident which occurred on the twelfth instant at the quarries of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company, at Mariveles; said report to be for the purpose of record or for such action as may be deemed advisable in the premises. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 108. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Manila, December 21, 1903. The time specified in Executive Order Numbered One hundred, current series, within which the committee appointed under the provisions thereof shall submit its report to the Philippine Commission is hereby extended thirty days. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 109. Pursuant to the provisions of section five, subsection (c), Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six as amended by Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven, Philippine Commission, and upon the recommendation of the chief justice of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands, the following-named judges are hereby designated to remain on duty, subject to call, for the preformance of interlocutory jurisdiction throughout the Philippine Islands during the vacation period authorized by the said Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven: For the supreme court of the Philippine Islands, Manila: Honorable E. Finley Johnson. For the courts of first instance, city of Manila: Honorable Manuel Araullo. For the courts of first instance, second and third judicial districts and the mountain district: Honorable Charles H. Burritt. For the courts of first instance, fourth, fifth, and sixth judicial districts: Honorable Julio Llorente. For the courts of first instance, first, seventh, and eighth judicial districts: Honorable Albert E. McCabe. For the courts of first instance, ninth, tenth, and fifteenth judicial districts: Honorable William F. Norris. For the courts of first instance, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth judicial districts: Honorable James H. Blount, jr. And of the judges at large: Honorable Miguel Logarta. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Acting Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 1. EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved March second, nineteen hundred and three; and in order that all the various kind of money coined by the Spanish Government for circulation in the Philippine Islands, and commonly known as SpanishFilipino currency, may be speedily withdrawn from circulation, and the introduction of the new Philippines currency thereby expedited, it is hereby Ordered, That the insular treasurer and each provincial treasurer in the Philippine Islands shall, for a period of six months, beginning at the date of this order and continuing up to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, exchange on demand Philippines currency for said Spanish-Filipino currency, at such rates as the insular government may, from time to time, determine; and that after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, said Spanish-Filipino currency shall not be so redeemed. That the insular treasurer and the various provincial and municipal treasurers of the Philippine Islands and all other officials authorized by law to receive government dues, imports, or taxes of any kind, whether insular, provincial, or municipal, shall, for a period of nine months, beginning with the date of this order and continuing up to and including September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, receive Spanish-Filipino currency in payment of all such dues, imposts, or taxes, at the aforementioned official rates to be from time to time determined. That after September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, said Spanish-Filipino currency shall not be receivable by insular, provincial, or municipal governments in payment of government dues, imposts, or taxes of any kind, but after said date may be exchanged for Philippine pesos at the insular treasury and the various provincial treasuries, at its bullion value, until such a time to be hereinafter fixed, when the government will no longer redeem the same. The provincial treasurers are hereby authorized and directed to exchange with municipal treasurers Philippines currency for all Spanish-Filipino currency which may have been received by them, respectively, according to law and the provisions of this order, and at the official rates at which said Spanish-Filipino currency shall have been so received; and the insular treasurer is also hereby authorized and directed to make the same exchanges with all provincial treasurers, at the rates at which such Spanish-Filipino currency was received by them in accordance with law and the provisions of this order. The Spanish-Filipino currency so received shall be withdrawn from circulation. The cost of transporting SpanishFilipino currency and Philippines currency, pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, shall be a proper charge against the insular treasury, payable out of the gold-standard fund. The official rate for the redemption of Spanish-Filipino currency and its acceptance for public dues, from the date of this order until further notice, is hereby fixed at the ratio of one peso and twelve centavos, Spanish-Filipino currency, for one peso, Philippines currency. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Acting Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, No. 2. The provisions of Exectutive Order Numbered One hundred, series of 1903, are hereby modified to the extent that the secretary of the committee appointed thereunder shall be remunerated for each full day's service in connection therewith as certified by the chairman thereof, and by providing that a messenger at a monthly compensation of twenty pesos, Philippines currency, be allowed the committee from the date of its organization. Luke E. WrigHT, Acting Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU No. 3. Pursuant to the provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty, the office hours in all bureaus and offices in the Philippine civil service, including the insular government, the city of Manila, and the provincial governments, are fixed as follows: They shall not be less than six and one-half hours of labor each day, not including time for lunch and exclusive of Sundays and of days declared public holidays by law or executive order, except that on Saturdays throughout the year and during the heated term from the first of April to the fifteenth of June the head of any department, bureau, or office may reduce the required number of hours of labor on each day to not less than five hours, but this reduce tion shall not apply to the officers or employees of any bureau or office to whom an overtime wage is allowed and paid. When the nature of the duties to be performed or the interests of the public service require it, the head of any department, bureau, or office may extend the daily hours of labor herein specified for any or all of the employees under him, and in case of such extension it shall be without additional compensation unless otherwise provided by law. Officers and employees may be required by the head of the bureau or office to work on Sundays and public holidays also, without additional compensation unless otherwise specifically authorized by law. It shall be the duty of heads of bureaus or offices to require of all employees of whatever grade or class not less than the number of hours of labor required by this order. Wherever practicable, each head of a bureau or office shall require a daily record of attendance of all the officers and employees under him to be kept on Philippine civil service board Form Numbered Forty-eight, and shall report monthly to the board on its Form Numbered Three the exact amount of undertime of each person for each day. The provisions of this order shall not apply to judges and teachers. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Acting Civil Governor. |
