An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty, Making the Province of Nueva Vizcaya a Separate Judicial District, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 508, enacted on November 10, 1902, amends previous legislation to establish Nueva Vizcaya as a separate judicial district. It temporarily exempts the provincial secretary-treasurer from clerical duties until December 15, 1902, allowing the judge to appoint a clerk for the Court of First Instance at an annual salary of $400. The act emphasizes the need for swift implementation for the public good and is effective immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 508
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- Philippines
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November 10, 1902
ACT NO. 508
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY, MAKING THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA A SEPARATE JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Until December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, the provincial secretary-treasurer of Nueva Vizcaya shall not be required to perform the duties of clerk of Court of First Instance of the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya, provided in section three of Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty. The judge of the Court of First Instance of the Judicial District of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk for such Court of First Instance, at a compensation at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, whose duties shall be the same as those of clerks of Courts of First Instance in other provinces. The office of such clerk shall cease on December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. SaCIDT
ENACTED, November 10, 1902.
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty, Making the Province of Nueva Vizcaya a Separate Judicial District, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 508, Nov 10, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty, Making the Province of Nueva Vizcaya a Separate Judicial District, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 508 (Phil. 1902)
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