An Act Amending Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nineteen, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen"
Act No. 1005, enacted on November 21, 1903, amends a previous law (Act No. 719) concerning the municipalities of Iloilo Province. It redefines the municipality of Barotac Nuevo to include its current territory along with that of Dumangas, establishing Barotac Nuevo as the seat of municipal government. The Act emphasizes the urgency for immediate implementation for public good and takes effect upon its passage.
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- Act No. 1005
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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November 21, 1903
ACT NO. 1005
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT REDUCING THE FIFTY-ONE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO TO SEVENTEEN"
SECTION 1. Paragraph fifteen of section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Act reducing the fifty-one municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to seventeen," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"15. The municipality of Barotac Nuevo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Dumangas, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Barotac Nuevo."
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, November 21, 1903.
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nineteen, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen", Act No. 1005, Nov 21, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nineteen, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen", Act No. 1005 (Phil. 1903)
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