SEC. 2. Postmasters outside the city of Manila are hereby authorized to cash from postal funds checks issued by Disbursing Officers of the Insular Government in payment of salaries due to officers, employés and servants of the Insular Government and in payment of other obligations due from the Insular Government, upon the proper endorsement of such checks and identification of the payee, and to treat the checks so received as cash on hand. And it is hereby made the duty of each Postmaster outside the city of Manila to cash such checks, when presented in accordance with the provisions of this section, at all times when such checks can be cashed without embarrassment to the Postmaster. Postmasters outside the city of Manila are also hereby authorized to dispose of, for cash, checks so received to persons desiring to transmit funds to Manila. All checks so cashed or sold shall be cashed or sold at par. It shall be the duty of the Director General of Posts to make provisión, so far as is in his power, to facilitate the cashing of such checks by postmasters and to make all necessary provisions therefor consistent with law.

SEC. 3. All officers and employés of the Insular Government performing duties outside the city of Manila, whether in provinces that are organized under the Provincial Government Act or otherwise, who collect and have in their hands money, belonging to the Insular Treasury, are hereby authorized to cash from Insular funds within their possession checks issued by Disbursing Officers of the Insular Government, in payment of the salaries due to officers, employés and servants of the Insular Government, and in payment of all obligations due from the Insular Government, upon the conditions named in the two preceding sections. They are likewise hereby authorized, upon proper endorsement of such checks and identification of the payee, to receive in lieu of cash such checks in payment of sums of money due to the Insular Government to be by them collected, and to treat the checks so received as cash on hand, and it is hereby made the duty of such officers and employés outside the city of Manila to cash or receive, as the case may be, such checks when presented in accordance with the provisions of this section, at all times when such checks can be cashed without embarrassment to the official or employé to whom the funds are due. All checks so cashed or received shall be cashed or received at par, and shall be treated as cash in the remittances of the officers or employés so cashing or receiving them to the Insular Treasurer or other official to whom such funds ought by law to be remitted.

SEC. 4. Neither Provincial Treasurers nor Postmasters, nor other officers or employés of the Insular Government, shall be under obligation, by virtue of this Act, to cash checks issued by Disbursing Officers in favor of officers, employés or servants of the Insular Government or other persons not resident or stationed within the province in which such Treasurer or Postmaster or other officers or employés of the Insular Government are officially located.

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, October 4, 1901.

[No. 258.]

AN ACT amending section 3 of act No. 88, increasing the bond of the provincial treasurer of the province of Bulacan to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

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

SECTION 1. Section 3 of Act No. 88, making applicable to the Province of Bulacan the Provincial Government Act, is hereby amended by increasing the amount of the bond to be required from the Treasurer of such province from eight thousand dollars ($8,000) to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), in money of the United States.

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, October 4, 1901

[No. 259.]

AN ACT providing that hereafter the official title of "The Collector of Customs of the Philippine Islands and of the Chief Port" shall be "Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago."

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

SECTION 1. After this date the official title of "The Collector of Customs of the Philippine Islands and of the Chief Port" shall be "Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago," and he is authorized to sign and use as his official title hereafter, in all papers and documents, the designation herein provided.

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 October 8, 1901.

[No. 260.]

AN ACT providing that all salaries paid to officers and employés in the Civil Service shall be paid in insular currency or in money of the United States as the appropriating authority shall determine, and repealing Act No. 34.

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

SECTION 1. All salaries and wages to be paid to officers and employés in the Civil Service of these islands, insular, provincial or municipal, shall hereafter be paid in money of the United States or in local currency as shall be provided in the act making appropriation for such payment. In case the appropriating authority shall order payment to be made in local currency, the ratio of local currency to money of

the United States shall be that fixed for the quarter for which the appropriations are made, by proclamation of the Civil Governor at the beginning of the quarter.

SEC. 2. Act No. 34, so far as it is in conflict with section 1 of this Act, is hereby repealed.

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, October 8, 1901.

[No. 261.]

AN ACT creating a Bureau of Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. There is hereby created, under the Department of the Interior, an Insular Bureau of Agriculture, which shall conduct investigations and disseminate useful information with reference to the agricultural resources of the Philippine Islands, the methods of cultivation at present in vogue and their improvement, the practicability of introducing new and valuable agricultural products, the introduction of new domesticated animals and the improvement of the breeds of domesticated animals now found in the islands; and shall, in general, seek to promote the development of the agricultural resources of the Archipelago. The Bureau shall take charge of and shall conduct the government farms at Magalang, in the province of Pampanga, and at La Carlota, in the province of Western Negros, and of the government agricultural experiment stations in the provinces of Iloilo, Cebú, Isabela, Ilocos and Albay.

SEC. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Insular Bureau of Agriculture, who shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per year, payable monthly, in money of the United States.

SEC. 3. The Chief of the Insular Bureau of Agriculture shall, after due consideration, submit to the Philippine Commission a plan for the organization of the Bureau, framed as nearly as may be after the organization of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, with such variations as may be required by the different conditions in the two countries and the provisions of Act No. 156, entitled "An Act Providing for the Establishment of Government Laboratories for the Philippine Islands." He shall have general supervision and control over the work of the Bureau and shall appoint its subordinate officers and employés, subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and of Act 25. He shall discharge all such other duties in connection with the work of the Bureau as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of the Interior.

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, October 8, 1901.

[No. 262.]

AN ACT providing for the interment or burning of the bodies of animals which die having rinderpest, and prohibiting the sale or use of any part thereof.

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

SECTION 1. The owners of animals which die having rinderpest shall, where practicable, cause their bodies to be burned and shall inter any unconsumed portions remaining. Where it is impracticable to burn such bodies, they shall cause them to be interred at a depth of at least one meter below the surface of the ground and thoroughly covered with earth.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to remove the skin, horns or any part of the body of an animal which dies having rinderpest, except the bile or blood serum for use in immunizing other animals against the disease.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to have in his possession, or knowingly to sell, offer for sale or export the skin, horns, or any other part of an animal which has died having rinderpest, except the bile or blood serum; and all persons having in their possession skins, horns, or other portions of such animals at the time of the passage of this act shall destroy them by burning or shall inter them. Officers of the law are hereby authorized to seize and destroy such skins, horns, or other portions of the body of any animal which has died having rinderpest wherever found.

SEC. 4. A violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars ($50), United States currency, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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 October 11, 1901.

[No. 263.]

AN ACT amending section 3 of Act No. 102, providing for employés in the office of the United States Philippine Commission.

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

SECTION 1. Section 3 of Act No. 102 and all amendments thereof, providing for employés in the office of the United States Philippine Commission, are hereby amended by adding to the employés therein authorized the following: One clerk, class A; One clerk, class D; two clerks, class H; and two messengers at a compensation at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars ($240) per annum each. The compensation of the four messengers authorized by Act 102 is increased from one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per annum each to one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) per annum each.

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 October 11, 1901.

RESOLUTIONS, ETC., OF PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

DEATH OF DR. JOAQUIN GONZALES.

[Extract from Minutes of Proceedings, September 24, 1900.]

The Commission records with regret the death on Friday, September 21, of Doctor Joaquin Gonzales, who had been appointed President of the Philippine Civil Service Board.

As a mark of respect to his memory, the Commission attended the funeral services from the Church of Santa Cruz Sunday morning, the 23d, and as a further mark of respect the following resolutions were adopted and ordered spread upon the minutes, and a copy to be furnished to his family.

Resolved, That in the untimely death of Dr. Joaquin Gonzales the Philippine people and all those interested in securing peace, contentment, stability and honest government in these islands have suffered an irreparable loss.

That Doctor Gonzales' probity, clear intellect, profound patriotism, and conservative statesmanship so commended him to the members of the Commission that he had been selected by it for the first important position that it has been called upon to fill.

That the members of the Commission extend to the sorrowing widow and family of the deceased, their sincere sympathy and cherish the hope that they may find consolation in his exalted character and useful life.

Resolved, That to the vacancy occurring by reason of the death of Doctor Joaquin Gonzales in the position of President of the Philippine Civil Service Board, the Honorable Cayetano S. Arellano is temporarily appointed.

2. That this appointment shall remain in force until the first day of March, 1901, when it is hoped that the Rules of the Board will be perfected, and the system provided by the Civil Service Act will be fully inaugurated.

3. That, as upon the tender of this temporary appointment Señor Arellano has signified his willingness to accept it on one condition, to-wit, that he shall receive no compensation in addition to his judicial salary, no compensation shall be paid to the President of the Civil Service Board during Señor Arellano's encumbency.

POWERS OF COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO COURTS.

[Extract of Minutes of Proceedings, September 28, 1900.]

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