An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight
Act No. 1613, enacted on March 14, 1907, amends the earlier Act No. 308 concerning municipal boards of health in the Philippines. It allows district health officers to organize neighboring municipalities into municipal health districts with the approval of local councils and the Director of Health. The president of these districts, who also serves as the president of each municipal board of health, can receive a salary and reimbursement for travel expenses. Additionally, the act stipulates that in these districts, meetings are to be convened by the district president, emphasizing the need for prompt enactment for public benefit. This amendment took effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight about?
- Act No. 1613, enacted on March 14, 1907, amends the earlier Act No. 308 concerning municipal boards of health in the Philippines. It allows district health officers to organize neighboring municipalities into municipal health districts with the approval of local councils and the Director of Health. The president of these districts, who also serves as the president of each municipal board of health, can receive a salary and reimbursement for travel expenses. Additionally, the act stipulates that in these districts, meetings are to be convened by the district president, emphasizing the need for prompt enactment for public benefit. This amendment took effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 1613?
- An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight (Act No. 1613) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight enacted?
- An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight (Act No. 1613) was enacted on Mar 14, 1907.
- What is the citation for An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight?
- An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight, Act No. 1613, Mar 14, 1907 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 1613
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 14, 1907
ACT NO. 1613
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL BOARDS OF HEALTH AND FIXING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES"
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and eight is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words: "PROVIDED, That with the approval of the respective municipal councils and the approval of the Director of Health, the district health officer may organize any two or more neighboring municipalities into a municipal health district, and such municipalities composing a district may employ jointly a president of the municipal health district thus constituted who shall also act as president of the municipal board of health of each municipality comprised in the said municipal health district and shall receive such compensation as may be appropriated by the respective municipal councils and approved by the Director of Health and shall be reimbursed by the municipality for which travel is performed for traveling expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his official duties, all other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding. Presidents of municipal health districts shall be subject to the same requirements of law as other presidents of municipal boards of health, except as to restriction of salary, and shall be appointed in the same manner." aCIHcD
SECTION 2. Section three of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting after the word "president" and before the words. "The other members of the board shall serve without compensation" in the seventh line, the words "but nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent a duly appointed president of a municipal health district from receiving such additional salary as may be appropriated for the position and approved by the Director of Health."
SECTION 3. Section five of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting after the word "members" and before the words "Subject to the supervision and control" in the fourth line, the words "PROVIDED, That in municipalities which are a competent part of a municipal health district, meetings shall be held at the call of the president."
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, March 14, 1907.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight, Act No. 1613, Mar 14, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eight, Act No. 1613 (Phil. 1907)
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