An Act Amending Act Numbered Seventeen, Entitled "An Act for the Organization of the Mining Bureau"
Act No. 233, enacted on September 20, 1901, amends the previous Act Numbered Seventeen regarding the organization of the Mining Bureau in the Philippines. It outlines the authorized positions within the Bureau along with their respective annual salaries, including a chief, mining engineer, stenographer, translator, draftsmen, clerks, janitor, and laborer. The act emphasizes the importance of prompt enactment for public benefit and establishes that it takes effect immediately upon passage. This amendment reflects the government's commitment to structuring the Mining Bureau effectively.
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- Act No. 233
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 20, 1901
ACT NO. 233
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MINING BUREAU"
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventeen, entitled "An Act for the reorganization of the Mining Bureau," is hereby amended to read as follows: ATICcS
"SECTION 1. The following employees are hereby authorized for the Mining Bureau:
"(a) A chief of the Mining Bureau, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars per year;
"(b) A mining engineer and assayer, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year;
"(c) A stenographer and typewriter, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per year;
"(d) A translator, who shall receive compensation at the rate of one thousand dollars per year;
"(e) A draftsman, who shall receive compensation at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per year;
"(f) A draftsman, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three hundred dollars per year;
"(g) One clerk, Class C;
"(h) One clerk, Class D;
"(i) One clerk, Class I;
"(j) One janitor, at a compensation of one hundred and twenty dollars per year;
"(k) One laborer, at a compensation of eighty dollars per year."
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. TIADCc
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, September 20, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered Seventeen, Entitled "An Act for the Organization of the Mining Bureau", Act No. 233, Sep 20, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Seventeen, Entitled "An Act for the Organization of the Mining Bureau", Act No. 233 (Phil. 1901)
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