Gutierrez for failure to execute a lease for city property on Calle Tabora, are the only municipal funds collected during the year by this office.

During the fiscal year just ended the municipal board sat in session 304 times and considered 7,380 items of municipal business, of which, for the purpose of assisting the board in taking final action, 97 were referred to the advisory board for their consideration and recommendations. No written communications, however unimportant, have been ignored by this office; 5,020 letters have been received and, based upon the action of the board, 5,893 letters have been written.

There were presented to the board 32 ordinances, of which 17 were enacted, while 15 have passed one or two readings. Twenty-three contracts were entered into by the city during the year. Deeds were executed for the sale of four pieces of city property and for the purchase of three pieces of property by the city. There were four leases for city property executed during the year. Leases entered into by the city for private property are not shown in this report as the same were entered into by the superintendent of buildings and illumination and were merely authorized by the board.

The ordinances, contracts, leases, and deeds, in detail, were as follows:

No. 34. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 2, enacted by the municipal board December 5, 1901, entitled "An ordinance relating to gambling."

No. 35. An ordinance establishing a public slaughterhouse and providing for the regulation, inspection, and use thereof.

No. 36. An ordinance relating to the sale and supply of electricity and telephone service, and the inspection and installation of electric wires, meters, and other appa

ratus.

No. 37. An ordinance prescribing the fees to be charged by the secretary of the municipal board for certified copies of city records and documents.

No. 38. An ordinance relating to guest registers in hotels and lodging houses. No. 39. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 9, issued by the provost-marshalgeneral June 12, 1901, entitled “An ordinance relating to licenses and permits," amended by ordinances Nos. 17, 29, and 32, enacted by the municipal board.

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No. 40. An ordinance relating to exits and fire protection in public halls and theaters.

No. 41. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 40, entitled "An ordinance relating to exits and fire protection in public halls and theaters."

No. 42. An ordinance relating to pawnbrokers.

No. 43. An ordinance relating to the misuse of and obstruction of approach to police and fire-alarm apparatus and systems.

No. 44. An ordinance granting to Charles M. Swift a franchise to construct an electric street railway on the streets of Manila and its suburbs, and a franchise to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system in the city of Manila and its suburbs.

No. 45. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 39, enacted by the municipal board January 23, 1903, by which is again amended ordinance No. 9, issued by the provostmarshal-general June 12, 1901, entitled "An ordinance relating to licenses and permits."

No. 46. An ordinance providing regulations for the government of the Carriedo water supply of the city of Manila.

No. 47. An ordinance regulating the manufacture, storage, sale, transportation, and use of gunpowder, gun cotton, dynamite, nitroglycerin, calcium carbide, benzine, gasoline, turpentine, petroleum, tar, pitch, resin, and all other highly explosive or combustible materials.

No. 48. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 4, issued by the provost-marshalgeneral May 2, 1901, entitled "An ordinance relating to the collection of garbage and rubbish," as amended by ordinance No. 7, enacted by the municipal board December 24, 1901.

No. 49. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 10, issued by the provost-marshalgeneral June 19, 1901, entitled "An ordinance regulating the use of public vehicles.' No. 50. An ordinance amending ordinance No. 46, enacted by the municipal board April 1, 1903, entitled "An ordinance providing regulations for the government of the Carriedo water supply of the city of Manila.'

Ordinances have been introduced and considered and given one or two readings, but final action thereon withheld, as follows:

Amending the building ordinances in the matter of the construction of balconies, projections, arcades, etc.

A general health ordinance for the city of Manila.
Regulating plumbing and the licensing of plumbers.
Relating to immoral publications.

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Relating to the ringing of church bells and the making of loud and unusual noises. A proposed substitute for ordinance No. 36, regulating the sale and supply of electricity and telephone service.

Establishing Bancusay fish market.

Providing for the quarantine of contacts of bubonic plague and smallpox.

Permitting cable companies to lay pipe lines from stations in Malate to offices in Binondo.

Relating to the slaughter of suckling pigs.

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(Amendment to Ord. No. 35, Mun.

Defining the powers and duties of health inspectors.

Amending the gambling ordinance (Ord. No. 2, Mun. Board) by the exemption of race tracks and certain parlor games from the provisions of the ordinance. Regulating the fire-hydrant service within the city.

Repealing section 42 of ordinance No. 11, provost-marshal-general, residents of unlighted streets to hang out lights from their houses.

which requires

Relating to the filling and terrepleining of private property for the abatement of nuisances.

The following contracts were entered into by the board during the fiscal year, viz:

ments in English.

1c. Mex. per line for advertisements, ordinances free.

Publishing ordinances and advertise- July 2 Ordinances, 5c. Mex.

per line; advertisements, 8c. first insertion, 5c. thereafter.

The following real property of the city was sold during the fiscal year, viz: To Generio Herredia, on December 2, 1902, a piece of land 44.48 square meters in area, situated at the corner of Calle Soler, Tondo, and the road known as "Calle Para el Mercado;" consideration, $202.68 United States currency.

To José Machuca, on February 13, 1903, a piece of land 33.54 square meters in area, situated at the corner of Calles Azcarraga and Antonio Rivera, Tondo; consideration, $262.14 United States currency.

To Pedro Sy Guia, on May 10, 1903, a piece of land 97.79 square meters in area, situated on Calle Azcarraga, near Antonio de Rivera, Tondo; consideration, $489.95 United States currency.

To Luisa Lichauco, on May 23, 1903, a piece of land 46.99 square meters in area, situated on Calle Jaboneros, San Nicolas; consideration, $1,500 United States currency. The following real property was purchased by the city during the fiscal year, viz: From Ramon Fabie y Gutierrez, a piece of property at the corner of Calles Camba and Lara, San Nicolas, to be used for street purposes. Date, November 19, 1902; consideration, $206.30 United States currency.

From Doña Maria Barbara Padilla, a piece of land on Calle Sevilla, San Nicolas, to be used for street purposes. Date, November 25, 1902; consideration, $783.93 United States currency.

From Tomas Rodriguez y Lopez, a piece of land 42.96 square meters, situated at the corner of Calles Jolo and Meisic, to be used for street purposes. Date, April 24, 1903; consideration, $243.36 Mexican currency.

The following city land was leased during the fiscal year, viz:

To Fred H. Hilbert, a piece of land in the rear of No. 249 Calle Real Malate, for two years and four months from January 1, 1903, at a rental of $100 United States currency per annum.

To Robert J. Harrison and J. W. Marker, the city land at the corner of the Escolta and Calle Nueva, upon which is situated the kiosko, for five years from June 1, 1903, at a monthly rental of $155 United States currency.

To Joseph H. Hartman, a piece of land on the Estero Binondo, just north of Calle Soledad, for nine years and two months from October 3, 1902, at a monthly rental of $7.50.

To Vicenta Rodriguez, a piece of land in block 82, Tondo, for two years from August 17, 1903, at an annual rental of $80 United States currency. Respectfully,

EXHIBIT B.

JNO. M. TUTHER, Secretary Municipal Board.

REPORT OF THE DISBURSING OFFICER.

The MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA.

CITY OF MANILA,

OFFICE OF CITY DISBURSING OFFICER,
Manila, P. I., August 21, 1908.

GENTLEMEN: In compliance with the provisions of the city charter, I have the honor to submit herewith my report of the business of this office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and also a summary report of the work connected with the

office.

The scope of the duties of this office is narrowly defined by law to consist of "the disbursing of all moneys drawn from the insular treasury pursuant to appropriations made by the Philippine Commission," and in accounting for the same "in such a manner as the auditor for the Philippine Archipelago may prescribe." In this respect I believe the law has been strictly complied with. In addition to the foregoing prescribed duties, the municipal board has made it part of the work of the disbursing office to perform in part those functions devolving upon the city comp troller in the ordinary form of municipal government, and to keep such records in detail of the expenses of the city of Manila as the board might require from time to time for statistical purposes, and as a basis for estimating amounts of required appropriations.

The work of the department is carried on by the disbursing officer and a meager corps of 3 able assistants.

Realizing that the salary list of the city is very large, and that every employee desires his pay promptly on the last day of the month, to satisfy which, however, would be a physical impossibilty, every effort has been put forth to so carefully systematize the salary payments by schedule as to accommodate the largest number of employees in the shortest period of time.

Ten days are required during the first part of each month to pay off all of the employees of the city, including those located outside of the city at San Juan del Monte, the pumping station, at Santolan, and the rock quarry on Talim Island.

Funds to the amount of 400,000 pesos are disbursed monthly, of which sum about 250,000 pesos go toward paying the salaries of the city's 4,250 employees, and the fair portion of this sum is paid over the disbursing office counter in actual cash, which, owing to the cumbersome monetary system, entails considerable manual

labor in the handling of these funds, it having been found that over a ton of silver dollars are passed over the counter daily during the first ten days of each month when the pay rolls are being paid.

In this connection it may be a matter of interest to note that 44 policemen or 53 peones (laborers) can be paid in the same space of time that it requires to pay one lady school teacher.

It has been observed with some pride that the insular government has, to a certain extent, utilized the disbursing office as a preparatory school of instruction for disbursing clerks, inasmuch as this office claims the honor of having trained and furnished to the insular government two of its most capable and efficient disbursing officers, viz, Mr. A. J. Robertson, chief paymaster, Philippine Constabulary, and Mr. Paul A. Weems, disbursing officer of the bureau of coast guard and transportation, both of whom were formerly clerks in this office.

In conclusion, I take pleasure in expressing my appreciation of the deep interest manifested by the clerks of this office in the execution of their duties and their untiring efforts to perfect the efficiency of the office, and especially their uniform courtesy toward all persons whose business brought them in contact with the office. Very respectfully,

R. C. BALDWIN, Disbursing Officer, Municipal Board.

a Funds for the installation of the fire and police alarm system were appropriated for under both contingent expenses and equipment. Total cost of installing system, $38,777.27.

Statement of expenditures for the fiscal year 1903—Continued.

station.

Construction of garbage crema

tory.

104.39 2, 703. 12 34, 980.95

282.38

4, 448.25
1,327.45
9, 130.45

11,093.03

3,576,22 40, 341.24

3,975.57 27,001.45 7,417.41

118.14

15, 051.69

18, 094.32

35,849.13

Repairs to Paco police station

100, 462.45
484 59

8,981.75

144, 425.15

286.95

771.54 a Funds for the installation of the fire and police alarm system were appropriated for under both contingent expenses and equipment. Total cost of installing system, $38,777.27.