An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Twenty-Two, Providing for the Organization of a Provincial Government in the Province of Paragua and Defining the Limits of that Province, by Fixing New Boundaries for the Province of Paragua

December 22, 1902

ACT NO. 567

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF A PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PROVINCE OF PARAGUA AND DEFINING THE LIMITS OF THAT PROVINCE, BY FIXING NEW BOUNDARIES FOR THE PROVINCE OF PARAGUA

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of a provincial government in the Province of Paragua, and defining the limits of that province," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The Province of Paragua shall consist of all that portion of the Island of Paragua north of a line beginning in the middle of the channel at the mouth of the Ulugan River in the Ulugan Bay, thence following the main channel of the Ulugan River to the village of Bahile, thence along the main trail leading from Bahile to the Tapul River, thence following the course of the Tapul River to its mouth in the Honda Bay; except that the towns of Bahile and Tapul the west boundary line shall be the arc of a circle with one mile radius, the center of the circle being the center of the said towns of Bahile and Tapul. There shall be included in the Province of Paragua the small islands adjacent thereto, including Dumaran and the islands forming the Calamianes group and the Cuyos Group."

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.

ENACTED, December 22, 1902.