An Act Amending Article One of the Immigration Regulations for the Philippine Islands, Promulgated by the War Department, June Sixth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Relating to a Duty to be Paid by Passengers Coming into the Philippine Islands from Foreign Ports
Act No. 241, enacted on September 26, 1901, amends the immigration regulations for the Philippine Islands, specifically regarding duties imposed on incoming passengers. It establishes a duty of one dollar for each passenger arriving by steam or sail vessel from foreign ports, exempting U.S. citizens and natives of the Philippines owing allegiance to the United States. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and states that it shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 241
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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September 26, 1901
ACT NO. 241
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE ONE OF THE IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PROMULGATED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE SIXTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, RELATING TO A DUTY TO BE PAID BY PASSENGERS COMING INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FROM FOREIGN PORTS
SECTION 1. Article one of the Immigration Regulations for the Philippine Islands, promulgated by the War Department June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended, by express authority of the Secretary of War, given September fourth, nineteen hundred and one so as to read as follows: AIDSTE
"Collectors of Customs will collect a duty of one dollar for each and every passenger who shall come by steam or sail vessel from any foreign port to any port of the Philippine Islands, except citizens of the United States and persons, natives of the Philippine Islands or otherwise, owing allegiance to the United States."
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, September 26, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Article One of the Immigration Regulations for the Philippine Islands, Promulgated by the War Department, June Sixth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Relating to a Duty to be Paid by Passengers Coming into the Philippine Islands from Foreign Ports, Act No. 241, Sep 26, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Article One of the Immigration Regulations for the Philippine Islands, Promulgated by the War Department, June Sixth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Relating to a Duty to be Paid by Passengers Coming into the Philippine Islands from Foreign Ports, Act No. 241 (Phil. 1901)
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