DEPARTMENT OF FIRES AND BUILDING INSPECTION.

SEC. 11. The Chief of the Department of Fires and Building Inspection shall receive an annual compensation of $3,000.

There may be employed in the Department of Fires and Building Inspection a deputy chief of class six, who shall act as Chief Inspector of Buildings; one electrician of class six; one chief engineer of class eight at fifteen hundred dollars per annum; one clerk of class nine; six captains of fire stations, of class nine; four lieutenants of class A; two linemen and building inspectors of class A; fifteen drivers of class C; six lieutenats of class D; five engineers of class D; three drivers of class J; thirty-seven pipemen and twelve truckmen at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum each.

LAW DEPARTMENT.

SEC. 12. The City Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of $3,500, and the Assistant City Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of $2,500.

There may be employed in the office of the City Attorney: Two law clerks of class six; two clerks and typewriters of class nine; one interpreter of class A; one translator of class nine; and one messenger at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per

annum.

The Prosecuting Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of $3,500; the first assistant shall receive an annual compensation of $2,500; the second assistant shall receive an annual compensation of $2,250; and the third assistant shall receive an annual compensation of $2,000.

There may be employed in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney: Two clerks of class nine; one interpreter of class A; one translator of class nine; and one messenger at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum.

The two judges of the municipal courts shall each receive an annual compensation of $3,000, and the two clerks of the court shall each receive an annual compensation of $1,000.

DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND COLLECTIONS.

SEC. 13. The City Assessor and Collector shall receive an annual compensation of $4,000; the Chief Deputy Assessor and the Chief Deputy Collector shall receive an annual compensation of $3,000 each. There may be employed in the Department of Assessments and Collections: One appraiser and inspector of class four; one superintendent of the License Department of class six; one chief clerk of class six; one cashier of class seven; one clerk of class seven; four clerks of class eight; eleven clerks of class nine; four clerks of class A; four clerks of class C; four clerks of class G; ten clerks of class I; twenty clerks of class J; forty-two collectors at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; two messengers and eight laborers at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; provided, that within sixty days from the passage of this act, the City Assessor and Collector shall report to the Municipal Board, for its recommendation and reference to the Commission, a plan for the reorganization of his office force with a view to increased efficiency and economy.

It shall be the duty of the City Assessor and Collector on or before the first day of January, 1902, to make a report to the Municipal Board showing the location and value of each piece of land and of each building exempt from taxation under the provisions of Section 48 of Act No. 183, organizing the city of Manila, and the name of the owner thereof and the specific use to which each such piece of land or building is devoted, and the reason for its exemption from taxation.

SEC. 14. Sections 15 and 16 of Act No. 102, passed March 9, 1901, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 15. This act shall take effect at the same time that the act incorporating the city of Manila takes effect.

Enacted, August 3, 1901.

[No. 186.]

AN ACT transferring actions and proceedings now pending in courts of justices of the peace and provost courts in the city of Manila, to the new courts created by Act No. 183, incorporating the city of Manila.

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

SECTION 1. Section 69, of Act No. 136, relating to the organization of courts, is hereby repealed and the existing Courts of Justices of the Peace in the city of Manila are hereby abolished. All civil actions and proceedings now pending therein, together with all records, books and papers relating to such actions and proceedings, are hereby transferred to the Courts of Justices of the Peace established under Act No. 183 incorporating the city of Manila, which shall have the same power and jurisdiction over them as if they had been primarily commenced, lodged and filed therein.

SEC. 2. All criminal actions and proceedings now pending in the existing Courts of Justices of the Peace in the city of Manila, together with all records, books and proceedings relating to such actions and proceedings, are hereby transferred to the Municipal Courts established under the said Act No. 183, which shall have the same power and jurisdiction over them and over the defendants therein as if they had been primarily commenced, lodged or filed therein. Such criminal actions and proceedings shall be tried in that judicial district of the city of Manila in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. SEC. 3. All military orders, and all acts conferring upon Provost Courts in the city of Manila jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed against the laws of the Philippine Islands, are hereby repealed. All criminal prosecutions now pending on the Provost Courts of the city of Manila are hereby transferred to the Municipal Courts established under Act No. 183 or to the Courts of First Instance for the District of Manila, each prosecution to be transferred to the proper tribunal in which it would have been brought under the provisions of Act No. 136 providing for the organizations of courts, and of Act No. 183, incorporating the city of Manila, had the last named act been in force at the time said prosecutions were commenced, and the Courts of First Instance in the city of Manila, and Municipal Courts therein, are authorized to try and determine the prosecutions so transferred to them respectively from the Provost Courts, in the same manner, and

with the same legal effect as though such actions had originally been commenced in said Courts of First Instance or Municipal Courts, provided nevertheless that nothing herein contained shall affect the jurisdiction of Provost Courts over purely military offenses.

SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this act, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2, of An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect at the same time as Act No. 183, incorporating the city of Manila.

Enacted, August 5, 1901.

[No. 187.]

AN ACT transferring the employés of the Manila Board of Health to the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands.

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

SECTION 1. All employés of the Manila Board of Health are hereby transferred to the the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, at their present salaries.

SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Public Health shall report to the Commission at the earliest possible time a plan for the reorganization of the employés of the Board, with a view to increased efficiency and

economy.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 5, 1901.

[No. 188.]

AN ACT authorizing the Civil Governor temporarily to take charge of all departments, bureaus or offices heretofore under the supervision of the Provost Marshal General of Manila and not provided for by the Charter of Manila.

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

SECTION 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized and directed temporarily, and until other provision shall he made by law, to provide for the administration of any department, bureau or office heretofore under the direction and supervision of the Provost Marshal General of the city of Manila, and not provided for in Act No. 183 incorporating the city of Manila, by the appointment of the necessary officers and employés of such department, bureau or office, or by assigning the administration of such department, bureau or office, to any officer of the Insular Government, or to any officer appointed under the Charter of the city of Manila.

SEC. 2. The Civil Governor is further authorized and directed to designate the officer of the city of Manila or of the Insular Government who shall receive and receipt for any funds or property now in the hands of the Provost Marshal General of Manila, or of any officer under his control, transfer of which is not otherwise provided for in the Charter of the city of Manila.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 6, 1901.

[No. 189.]

AN ACT providing for medical attendance on civil officers and employés and on their families.

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

SECTION 1. There shall be at Manila an Attending Physician and Surgeon and an Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon for civil officers and employés and for their families.

SEC. 2. The Attending Physician and Surgeon shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission. He shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per year in currency of the United States, payable monthly. He shall keep his office at the Ayuntamiento, or at such other place as the Civil Governor shall designate, and shall be present therein from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. daily, and shall there prescribe for all civil officers and employés, or members of their families, applying to him for treatment. He shall also there attend to minor surgical cases not requiring hospital treatment. Until such time as a public hospital for civilians shall be established at Manila, he shall perform major surgical operations for civil officers and employés and for members of their families in the operating room of the Women's Hospital, or at the homes of patients, as he may deem desirable. He shall hold himself in readiness at all times to respond to calls in consultation by the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon.

SEC. 3. The Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon shall be appointed by the Attending Physician and Surgeon and shall be under his immediate direction. He shall receive compensation at the rate of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per year in currency of the United States, payable monthly. He shall assist the Attending Physician and Surgeon in all major surgical operations and on all other occasions whenever requested to do so. He shall visit patients who, in the opinion of the Attending Physician and Surgeon, should be treated at their homes or in hospital, and shall answer night calls. Except in case of emergency, he shall be at the office from 2:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. daily.

SEC. 4. There shall be a properly equipped room for minor surgical operations and for dressings connected with the office.

SEC. 5. There shall be a dispensary connected with the office, where

the prescriptions of the Attending Physician and Surgeon and of the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon shall be filled without charge.

SEC. 6. The dispensary shall be in charge of a properly qualified dispensing clerk, who shall be appointed by the Attending Physician and Surgeon and shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per year in currency of the United States, payable monthly. He shall be at the dispensary from 8:30 a. m. to 1 p. m., from 3 p. m. to 5:30 p. m., and at such other hours as the Attending Physician and Surgeon may require. He shall assist the Attending Physician and Surgeon at operations whenever requested to do so.

SEC. 7. Civil officers and employés or members of their families who are not personally known to the Attending Physician and Surgeon shall, except in emergency cases, present notes of identification from the immediate heads of their several departments when they apply for medical treatment.

SEC. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this act, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900.

SEC. 9. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 6, 1901.

[No. 190.]

AN ACT providing a Code of Procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands.

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

PART I.

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL AND PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS.

SECTION 1. Interpretation of words. In the interpretation of this Code, unless the context shows that another sense was intended, the word "person" includes a private corporation; "writing" includes printing; "oath" includes affirmation or other solemn declaration in such form as the Court shall find to be obligatory upon the conscience of the witness; "of unsound mind" includes every species of mental deficiency or derangement; "bond" includes an undertaking or recognizance; "and" may be read "or," and "or" read "and," if the sense requires it; "writ" signifies an order or precept in writing issued in the name of the government, or of a Court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings; an "action" means an ordinary suit in a Court of Justice, by which one party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection of a right, or the redress or prevention of a wrong; every other remedy furnished by law is a special proceeding; "pleadings" are