bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Com mission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, September 28, 1901.

[No. 244.]

AN ACT authorizing the purchase of a tract of land for provincial, insular and military purposes in Tacloban, Leyte.

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

SECTION 1. The Provincial Board of Leyte is hereby authorized to expend from the Provincial Treasury the sum of eleven thousand and thirty dollars ($11,030) Mexican to purchase a tract of land in Tacloban lying northeast of the street known as "Gran Capitan," for provincial purposes.

SEC. 2. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to purchase for the Insular Government for three thousand, three hundred and seventy dollars ($3,370), Mexican, six lots, numbered 14, 15 (two lots), 16, 17, 18 and 19, as shown on the plat on file with the Commission, prepared under the direction of the Governor and Treasurer of Leyte, these lots also being northeast of the street known as "Gran Capitan;" and the sum of three thousand, three hundred and seventy dollars ($3,370), Mexican, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of making the purchase hereby authorized. The lots thus purchased for the Insular Government shall be held for the uses of that Government, or as a military reservation, or to be otherwise disposed of hereafter as may seem desirable.

SEC. 3. The purchase shall not be completed on behalf of the Insular Government until the Provincial Fiscal of the Province of Leyte, shall examine the titles to the property held by the proposed vendors and shall make a certificate that such titles are good, to be approved by the Attorney-General, to the Civil Governor.

SEC. 4. 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. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 30, 1901.

[No. 245.]

AN ACT to amend section 19 of Act No. 83, providing for the organization of Provincial Governments.

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

SECTION 1. Section 19 of Act No. 83 (the Provincial Government

Act) is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is substituted as Section 19 of said Act:

"Should the Civil Governor have reason to believe that any provincial officer is guilty of disloyalty, dishonesty, oppression or misconduct in office, he may suspend him from the discharge of the duties of his office, and, after due notice to the suspended officer, shall investigate the cause of suspension and either remove him, with the advice and consent of the Commission, from office, or reinstate him, as the circumstances may require; pending the suspension of the provincial officer the Civil Governor shall have the power temporarily to appoint a person who shall in the interim discharge the duties of the suspended officer, and in case the suspended officer is a treasurer, to make such provision with respect to the bond of the temporary appointee as may to him seem wise. The temporary appointee shall receive the same compensation as is given by law to the permanent appointee, to be paid from the provincial treasury as other salaries. In case the suspension results in a removal, the removed appointee shall not receive any compensation from and after the date of his suspension. Should he be reinstated, it shall be in the discretion of the Civil Governor to direct that his compensation, during the period of his suspension, shall be withheld, or paid from the Provincial Treasury. Suspension or removal under this section shall not prevent the institution of criminal proceedings against the person suspended or removed. Every provincial officer shall be subject to prosecution, for a criminal act committed by him, in courts of the First Instance, in the same manner as any other person.'

SEC. 2. 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. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 30, 1901.

[No. 246.]

AN ACT amending in several particulars Act No. 185, which regulates the salaries of officers and employés in the municipal service of Manila.

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

SECTION 1. Act No. 185, entitled, "An Act Regulating the Salaries of Officers and Employés in the Municipal Service of Manila, hereby amended, by adding an additional section, which shall read as follows:

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"OFFICE OF THE CITY SUPERINTENDENT, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

There may be employed in the office of the City Superintendent, under the Department of Public Instruction, the following employés: One chief clerk, class 7; one assistant clerk, class 9; one property clerk, class 9; one clerk, class G; one janitor and messenger, class K; at an annual compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120).”

SEC. 2. Section 2 of said Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"Members of the Board shall receive an annual compensation of four thousand, five hundred dollars ($4,500) each; the Secretary of the Board, shall receive an annual compensation of three thousand dollars ($3,000); the Disbursing Officer of the Board shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500). The Board is also hereby authorized, if it shall certify that such employment is indispensably necessary for the proper prosecution of its business, to employ three clerks of class 7. There may be employed in the office of the Secretary one clerk of class 6, one interpreter of class 6, three clerks of class 9, two clerks of class A, one translator and typewriter of class 9, three messengers at an annual salary of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) each. In the office of the Disbursing Officer, one assistant of class 7; one clerk, of class 8; one clerk, of class 9; one clerk, of class 10; one messenger, at an annual compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120)."

SEC. 3. The four paragraphs of section 5, of said Act No. 185, is hereby amended by striking out the words, "three assistant engineers of class F," and substituting therefor, "one assistant engineer, of class C, one assistant engineer, of class D, one assistant engineer, of class F. The change in salaries of officers at the pumping station affected by this section, shall take effect and apply to the month of September, 1901, as well as to the future."

SEC. 4. Section 12 of said Act is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following words:

"There may also be employed in the office of the clerk of each of the Municipal Courts, two deputy clerks, to be appointed by the clerks respectively, one at a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, and one at a salary of six hundred dollars ($600) per annum, and one interpreter for each court, to be appointed by the judge thereof, at a maximum salary of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum. Special interpreters versed in Chinese, Japanese or other languages may be temporarily employed by the judge of either court, when necessary for the due administration of justice, at a reasonable compensation, to be fixed by the judge making the appointment.

SEC. 5. 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. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 30, 1901.

[No. 247.]

AN ACT providing for the establishment of a civil hospital at Manila.

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

SECTION 1. There shall be a civil hospital at Manila which shall be known as the Philippine Civil Hospital.

SEC. 2. In the admission of patients, preference shall be given to

the officers and employés of the insular and provincial governments and of the city of Manila. Emergency cases among other civilians shall be received at the hospital and treated free of charge until such time as they can safely be removed. Civilians, other than civil officers and employés, may be admitted for treatment up to the limit of the capacity of the institution under such regulations as may be established by the Attending Physician and Surgeon and the Commissioner of Public Health and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 3. The Civil Hospital shall have wards and private rooms. Patients who desire private rooms shall pay for them at the rate of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than twenty dollars ($20) per week, the exact amount to be permanently fixed for each room by the Attending Physician and Surgeon. Medical and surgical attendance, medical supplies, nursing and food shall be furnished to all patients, except emergency cases, at a uniform charge of one dollar ($1.00) per day each; provided, that the charge of one dollar ($1.00) per day may be remitted, in view of the circumstances of the patient, in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the Attending Physician and Surgeon and the Commissioner of Public Health, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 4. The Attending Physician and Surgeon, the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon and the Dispensing Clerk, appointed under Act No. 189, shall become the Attending Physician and Surgeon, the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon and the Dispensing Clerk of the hospital herein created, without additional compensation. There shall be in addition to the foregoing, the following employés in the hospital:

(a) A superintendent, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200) per year;

(b) A chief nurse, who shall receive compensation at the rate of nine hundred dollars ($900) per year;

(c) A dietist, who shall receive compensation at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600) per year;

(d) Four trianed nurses, who shall receive compensation at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600) per year each;

(e) Four ward attendants, who shall receive compensation at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600) per year each;

(f) One cook, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per year;

(g) One assistant cook, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) per year;

(h) One ambulance driver, who shall receive compensation at the rate of six hundred dollars ($600) per year;

(2) One driver for market-wagon, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per year;

(j) Four servants, who shall receive compensation at the rate of ninety dollars ($90) per year each;

(k) Two laborers for the hospital grounds, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per year each; provided, that there may be temporarily employed such other servants and laborers as may be deemed necessary by the Attending Physician and Surgeon and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 5. The superintendent, the dispensing clerk, the nurses, the

dietist, the ward attendants, the cook, the assistant cook, the drivers, the servants and regularly employed laborers shall be furnished food and lodging on the hospital grounds free of charge.

SEC. 6. The Attending Physician and Surgeon shall have direct supervision and control over the Civil Hospital, and shall appoint all its other officers and employés and shall define and supervise the discharge of their duties. He shall visit the hospital at least twice daily, and he and the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon shall render all necessary medical and surgical attendance to its inmates; provided, that should the number of patients become so great as to necessitate additional medical attendance, the Attending Physician and Surgeon may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, appoint a House Surgeon, who shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year, who shall live on the hospital grounds and shall be furnished board and lodging free of charge; provided further, that patients occupying private rooms may employ, at their own expense, other physicians to attend them. Physicians not attached to the hospital staff, who may attend patients in private rooms, shall conform to the rules and regulations of the hospital.

SEC. 7. The Attending Physician and Surgeon, the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon and the Dispensing Clerk shall continue to discharge the duties prescribed for them respectively in Act No. 189; provided, that the office and the operating room of the Attending Physician and Surgeon and the dispensary shall be transferred to the hospital building and that all surgical operations for civil officers and employés and for members of their families shall be performed in the operating room of the Civil Hospital, except when the Attending Physician and Surgeon shall deem it advisable to perform an operation at the home of a patient. The Attending Physician and Surgeon is hereby authorized to direct the transfer to the Civil Hospital of all civilian patients who in his judgment can best be treated there, and he shall not be compelled to treat any civil officer or employé or member of his family who shall refuse to go to the hospital when so directed.

SEC. 8. Disbursements for the Civil Hospital shall be made by the Disbursing Officer of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands. SEC. 9. 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. 10. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 1, 1901.

[No. 248.]

AN ACT appropriating one thousand, one hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty cents ($1,117.30), in Mexican currency, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining schools in the Island of Luban."

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

SECTION 1. The sum of one thousand, one hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty cents ($1,117.30), in Mexican currency, an amount