Amendment to Act No. 1959

April 18, 1911

ACT NO. 2063

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING A TOLL ROAD OF ALL THAT PART OF THE BENGUET ROAD SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT, BY PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF PASSAGE OF TRAFFIC OF ALL KINDS THEREON, AND FIXING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF SUCH REGULATIONS

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended by Act Numbered Two thousand and eight, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. (a) The Governor-General is hereby authorized in his discretion to declare that portion of the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province a toll road for vehicles carrying freight or merchandise, to make and promulgate rates and method of payment of toll, and to regulate the passage of traffic of all kinds thereon and to make and promulgate such other regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act and to discontinue the collection of toll whenever in his judgment the public interests require. The proceeds of all tolls and fines collected under the provisions of this Act shall be devoted, under the direction of the Governor-General, to the payment of the expenses of collection of the toll and of the maintenance and repair of said road. The Governor-General may exempt vehicles of the Army, Navy, or other Department of the United States Government from the payment of the toll.

"(b) Any person who, by himself or acting through an agent or agents, drives, or being in charge thereof permits to be or to remain between stations on the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province, any automobile, bull cart, wagon, or other vehicle at any time other than during the hours specified in the regulations promulgated by the Governor-General, a copy of which in English, Spanish and the Ilocano dialect shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each toll or block station on the said road within the Mountain Province, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for the first offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five pesos nor more than twenty-five pesos, and upon conviction for a second or succeeding offense, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten pesos nor more than thirty pesos, or by imprisonment for not less than five days nor more than fifteen days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

"(c) Any person who injures or breaks or cause to be injured or broken any toll gate or other gate on such road within the Mountain Province or who offers any resistance to or hinders or interferes with any keeper of a toll or other gate on said road within the Mountain Province in the performance of his duty as defined in the aforesaid regulations promulgated by the Governor-General, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. DETACa

"(d) Any person who places, drops, throws, or who causes to be placed, dropped, or thrown, or any portion of the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province, any nail, tack, piece of wire, broken glass, or other matter of such nature as to tend to cause injury to tires of automobiles using said road or to obstruct or endanger in any other way the traffic on said road, is guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, April 18, 1911.