An Act Amending Act Numbered Two Hundred and Fifty-Three, Creating the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes for the Philippines, and Changing the Name of this Bureau to the Ethnological Survey for the Philippine Islands
Act No. 841, enacted on August 24, 1903, amends Act No. 253, renaming the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes to the "Ethnological Survey for the Philippine Islands." This new designation expands the Bureau's responsibilities to include systematic scientific research in anthropology and ethnology among all Philippine inhabitants. Additionally, the head of any Insular Government department can request investigations and reports from the Ethnological Survey on relevant matters. The Act emphasizes its urgent enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 841
- Date Enacted
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- Acts
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 24, 1903
ACT NO. 841
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, CREATING THE BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES FOR THE PHILIPPINES, AND CHANGING THE NAME OF THIS BUREAU TO THE ETHNOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Two hundred and fifty-three is hereby amended so as to provide that the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes shall hereafter be known and designated as "The Ethnological Survey for the Philippine Islands." In addition to the investigation and duties with which it is charged by said Act, the Ethnological Survey shall also conduct systematic scientific researches in anthropology and ethnology among all the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. The head of any Department of the Insular Government may, through the Secretary of the Interior, call upon the Ethnological Survey to make investigation and report of any matters referring to the inhabitants of the Philippines upon which information is required. aScITE
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, August 24, 1903.
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Two Hundred and Fifty-Three, Creating the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes for the Philippines, and Changing the Name of this Bureau to the Ethnological Survey for the Philippine Islands, Act No. 841, Aug 24, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Two Hundred and Fifty-Three, Creating the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes for the Philippines, and Changing the Name of this Bureau to the Ethnological Survey for the Philippine Islands, Act No. 841 (Phil. 1903)
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