[No. 131.]

AN ACT providing for the establishment of a weather bureau for the Philippine Islands and appropriating eight thousand and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents ($8,066.50), in money of the United States, for the purchase of meteorological instruments and apparatus and the installation of the same.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. A weather bureau is hereby established for the Philippine Islands. It shall be known as the Philippine Weather Bureau. SEC. 2. The officers of this bureau shall be: A Director, at an annual salary of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500); three Assistant Directors, at an annual salary of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800) each; and one Corresponding Secretary and Librarian, at an annual salary of one thousand, four hundred dollars ($1,400). They shall be appointed by the Commission.

SEC. 3. The employees of the Weather Bureau shall be:

(a) For the central station: three first-class observers, at an annual salary of nine hundred dollars ($900) each; three calculators, at an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720) each; two assistant observers and an assistant librarian, at an annual salary of six hundred dollars ($600) each; two assistant calculators, at an annual salary of three hundred dollars ($300) each; one first-class draughtsman, at an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720); one second-class draughtsman, at an annual salary of six hundred dollars ($600); one first-class mechanic, at an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720); three assistant mechanics, at annual salaries of six hundred dollars ($600), four hundred and twenty dollars ($420) and three hundred dollars ($300) respectively; two janitors, at an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) each; and two messengers, at an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) each.

(b) For the branch stations: nine (9) chief observers for first-class stations, at an annual salary of six hundred dollars ($600) each; nine (9) assistant observers for first-class stations, at an annual salary of one hundred dollars ($100) each; twenty-five (25) observers for secondclass stations, at an annual salary of three hundred dollars ($300) each; seventeen (17) observers for third-class stations, at an annual salary of one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) each; twenty (20) observers for rain stations, at an annual salary of ninety dollars ($90) each.

(c) All employees of the Weather Bureau shall be appointed by the Director, subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and of Act 25. SEC. 4. The Director shall have general supervision and control over the work of the Bureau, and shall define the duties of the Assistant Directors, of the corresponding Secretary and Librarian and of all employees. He shall maintain an efficient system of weather forecasts and storm warnings, and shall each day forward forecasts and storm warnings, if any, to the captains of all ports in the Archipelago which are in telegraphic communication with the capital, to the chief executive of the Insular Government, to the Commission, to the heads of all civil departments and bureaus in Manila, to the commandant of the naval station at Cavite, and to the public press of Manila, Cebu and Iloilo. When dangerous storms threaten any portion of the Archipelago, he shall send telegraphic warnings to the threatened district, if practicable. Forecasts and storm warnings shall be sent

to all branch stations in telegraph communication with the central station, and there posted for the benefit of the public. Warnings of dangerous storms likely to strike the Asiatic coast, Formosa or Japan, shall, if practicable, be communicated by telegraph to the directors of meteorological observatories situated within the threatened areas, or to such persons as may be officially designated by other governments to receive them. The Director shall further cause to be prepared a monthly bulletin and a monthly report. The monthly bulletin shall contain a brief resumé of the chief meteorological phenomena of the preceding month, and a comparison between the phenomena observed and the normal conditions for the month in question, as well as a résumé of the crop reports received from the branch stations. Five hundred copies of this bulletin in English and five hundred in Spanish shall be published by the Director for free public distribution. The monthly report shall contain the observations made at the central station and the branch stations, together with such discussions of them as the director may deem profitable, also crop reports from the several Five hundred copies shall be printed. It shall be published in the Spanish language until January 1, 1902, and thereafter in the English language. The bulletin and report shall be published by the Manila Observatory, but the Insular Government shall pay the actual cost of paper, typesetting, presswork and binding. The Director shall further cause such special reports and maps to be prepared from time to time as the Commission may authorize or direct. When it is deemed desirable to publish special reports or maps, the number of copies to be printed and the method of publication shall, in each case, be fixed by the Commission.

SEC. 5. The central station of the bureau shall be the Manila Observatory. A monthly expenditure of three hundred and seventyfive dollars ($375), in money of the United States, is hereby authorized for the rental of the instruments, instrument rooms and towers, offices, library, printing room, lithographing room and printing press of the Manila Observatory, for the type necessary to print the monthly bulletins and reports which shall be furnished by the Director, and for the maintenance of instruments.

SEC. 6. There shall be, besides the central station, nine (9) firstclass stations, twenty-five (25) second-class stations, seventeen (17) third-class stations and twenty (20) rain stations. First-class stations shall be established and maintained at: Zamboanga, Mindanao; Cebu, on the island of Cebu; Iloilo, Panay; Ormoc, Leyte; Daet, province of Ambos Camarines, Luzon; Albay or Legaspi, province of Albay, Luzon; Baguio, province of Benguet, Luzon; Dagupan, province of Pangasinan, Luzon; and Aparri, province of Cagayan, Luzon. Secondclass stations shall be established and maintained at: Jolo, on the island of Jolo; Iligan, Mindanao; Dumaguete, Eastern Negros; Loon, Bohol; Maasin, Leyte; Calbayog, Samar; Concepcion, Panay; Tacloban, Leyte; Capiz, Panay; Sorsogon, province of Sorsogon, Luzon; Pasacao, province of Ambos Camarines, Luzon; Cabo Santiago, province of Batangas, Luzon; Atimonan, province of Tayabas, Luzon; Bacolod, in Western Negros; Mariveles or Corregidor, at the entrance to Manila Bay; Olongapo, province of Zambales, Luzon; San Isidro, province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon; Iba and Cape Bolinao, province of Zambales, Luzon; Baler, district of Principe, Luzon; Bayombong, province of Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon; Vigan, province of Ilocos Sur, Luzon; Tuguegarao, province of Cagayan, Luzon; Laoag, province of Ilocos Norte, Luzon; Cabo Bojeador, province of Ilocos Norte,

Luzon. Third-class stations shall be established and maintained at: Mati, Mindanao; Cottabato, Mindanao; Davao, Mindanao; Tandag, Mindanao; Butuan, Mindanao; Caraga, Mindanao; Tuburan, Cebu; Surigao, Mindanao; San José de Buenavista, Panay; Palanoe, Masbate; Romblon, on the island of Romblon; Batangas, province of Batangas, Luzon; Nueva Caceres, province of Ambos Camarines, Luzon; Calapan, Mindoro; Mamburao, Mindoro; Tarlac, province of Tarlac, Luzon; and Cabo Engaño, province of Cagayan, Luzon. Rain stations shall be established and maintained at: Isabela de Basilan, Basilan; Dinagat, on the island of Dinagat; Puerto Princesa, Palawan; Cuyo, on the island of Cuyo; Tagbilaran, province of Bohol; Borongan, province of Samar; San Pascual, island of Burias; Ragay, province of Ambos Camarines, Luzon; Santa Cruz, province of Laguna, Luzon; Cavite, province of Cavite, Luzon; Morong, province of Morong, Luzon; Balanga, province of Bataan, Luzon; Masinloc, province of Zambales, Luzon; Cabanatuan, province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon; Carranglan, province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon; San Fernando, province of Union, Luzon; Carig, province of Isabela, Luzon; Ilagan, province of Isabela, Luzon; Candon, province of Ilocos Sur, Luzon, and Alcalá, province of Cagayan, Luzon: provided, that if, as the work of establishing stations progresses, the Director shall find that in some instance, places other than those named in this section are better suited to the requirements of the weather service, he is authorized to change the location of second-class stations, thirdclass stations or rain stations, in his discretion.

SEC. 7. At the central station hourly meteorological observations shall be made, and a continuous record of meteorological phenomena shall be kept. Weather forecasts and storm warnings shall be prepared and sent out as herein before prescribed, and all reports shall be prepared for publication. Such other meteorological work shall be performed as the Director may require.

SEC. 8. At all first-class stations, hourly meteorological records shall be kept and compiled, and they shall be forwarded to the central station by mail at regular intervals, to be prescribed by the Director, together with monthly reports as to the state of the crops in the vicinity. Such daily telegraphic reports of the state of the weather shall be forwarded to the central station as the Director may require. SEC. 9. At all second-class stations six daily meteorological observations shall be made at times to be specified by the Director, and the results for each month shall be compiled and forwarded to the central station before the end of the next succeeding month. Such daily telegraphic reports of the state of the weather shall be forwarded to the central station as the Director may require. Monthly crop reports shall be forwarded to the central station by mail.

SEC. 10. At all third-class stations two daily meteorological observations shall be made, at hours to be fixed by the Director. They shall be forwarded to Manila by wire, if possible, otherwise by mail. Monthly crop reports shall be forwarded by mail.

SEC. 11. At all rain stations there shall be recorded the daily maximum and minimum temperature, barometric readings at 6 a. m. and 2 p. m., and daily rainfall. Reports from rain stations shall be forwarded by mail to the central station, together with monthly crop reports.

SEC. 12. Officers or employees of the Bureau employed in the establishment of stations shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling expenses and the actual cost of transportation of instru

ments, apparatus and shelters for the same. The nine first-class stations shall be established by the Director immediately, and the other stations authorized in Section 6 as soon as practicable. Employees for the several stations shall be appointed as they are established.

SEC. 13. The officers and employees of the weather bureau shall make such observations and reports on astronomical, magnetic and seismic phenomena as the Director may prescribe. The results of such observations may be included in the monthly reports when their publication is deemed desirable by the Director.

SEC. 14. The Director shall cause standard time to be furnished to the city of Manila, at noon daily, and to all branch stations in telegraphic communication with the central station, at 11 a. m., daily. He shall further provide for the free rating of all chronometers brought to the Manila Observatory for this purpose.

SEC. 15. The following sums in money of the United States are hereby appropriated for the purposes named:

(a) For the purchase of additional instruments and apparatus for the equipment of nine (9) first-class stations, and for suitable shelters for the same, one thousand, seven hundred and eight dollars and fifty cents ($1,708.50).

(b) For the erection of shelters and the installation of instruments for nine (9) first-class stations, five hundred dollars ($500).

(c) For the purchase of instruments and apparatus sufficient to equip twenty-five (25) second-class stations, for shelters for the same and for cost of installation, four thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars ($4,250).

(d) For the purchase of instruments and apparatus sufficient to equip seventeen (17) third-class stations, and for the installation of the same, one thousand and eighty-eight dollars ($1,088).

(e) For the purchase of instruments and apparatus sufficient to equip twenty (20) rain stations, five hundred and twenty dollars ($520).

SEC. 16. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 22, 1901.

[No. 132.]

AN ACT to amend the municipal code, No. 82.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: (a) Section 10 of the Municipal Code, providing that any votes cast for any member of the Board of Election Judges shall be void and of no effect, shall not be construed to apply to the first elections held under sections 93 and 95 of the same code, and elections heretofore held in accordance with the construction now put upon such sections are hereby declared to be valid and legal.

(b) The following words shall be added to section 12: "In case of a tie vote, the candidates who have received the same number of votes shall draw lots for the office in question. The lots shall be prepared by the Board of Election Judges, the drawing shall take place in their presence, and they shall certify to the fact of the drawing and to its result in the election returns."

(c) Section 14 (a) shall not be construed to disqualify from holding

office any person who has the qualifications of an elector but who fails to register before the election.

(d) After the word "employees" in the second line of section 39 (a) insert the words "except teachers in the public schools," so that the sentence shall read: "Establish and fix the salaries of municipal officers and employees, except teachers in the public schools, subject to the limitations expressed in section 22."

(e) Change section 39 (ff) to read: "Establish and maintain primary schools, subject to the approval and supervision of the Division Superintendent."

(f) Add to section 39 the following sub-section: "(kk) Elect onehalf of the members, except the member ex-officio, of the school board, as provided in Act 74, section 10."

(g) In section 40 (a), after the word "officer" in the second line, insert the words "except a member of the local school board," so that the sentence shall read: "To order the suspension or removal at any time, for cause, of any non-elective officer, except a member of the local school board, provided that a two-thirds vote of all the members shall be required for such removal."

(h) In section 40 (f), after the word "provide" in the first line, insert the words "subject to the restrictions of section 16 of act No. 74," and after the word "schools" in the third line, insert the words "without intervention by the General Superintendent of Public Instruction or any Division Superintendent;" and after the word "fees" in the last line, insert the words "provided that such institutions of learning receive no aid from provincial or insular funds," so that the sub-section shall read: "To provide, subject to the restrictions of section 16 of Act No. 74, for the establishment and maintenance of special and professional institutions of learning, other than primary schools, without intervention by the General Superintendent of Public Instruction or any Division Superintendent, and to charge and collect matriculation fees, provided that such institutions of learning receive no aid from provincial or insular funds."

(i) In section 43 (g), insert the word "solely" before the word "by" in the second line, so that the sentence shall read: "Fees for tuition in institutions of instruction, other than primary schools, founded and maintained solely by the municipality; but nothing herein shall require the charging of such fees."

(j) Change the first sentence of section 52 to read: "On or after the first day of June, 1901, the Board of Assessors may meet, take the oath of office and organize and proceed to make a list of all taxable real estate in the municipality by barrios; and it shall do so not later than September 1, 1901.

(k) The restrictions of section 65 as to the time when licenses and privilege taxes shall be due shall not apply to industrial, urbana or stamp taxes, or to collections made under the Forestry Regulations, in accordance with section 18 of the Provincial Government Act as amended on the twenty-second day of May, 1901; but the penalties prescribed for the failure seasonably to pay the inland revenue taxes by the law now in force shall apply to such taxes when collected as provincial and municipal taxes by the Provincial Treasurer under said section 18.

(1) The requirement of section 74 of the Municipal Code that all taxes shall be payable within the three months ending May 31 of each year shall not apply to any taxes collected during and for the year 1901, either for the municipality or for the province. All provincial