An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Twenty-Four, by Providing for the Payment of Fees for Recording Declarations of Location of Mining Claims and Affidavits Accompanying the Same Direct to the Provincial Treasurers Instead of to Mining Recorders in Provinces Organized under the Provincial Government Act
Act No. 859, enacted on August 27, 1903, amends Section 5 of Act No. 624 regarding the recording of mining claims in the Philippines. The amendment stipulates that fees for recording declarations of mining claims and accompanying affidavits should be paid directly to the provincial treasurers, rather than to mining recorders. Specifically, a fee of two Philippine pesos is required for each declaration and affidavit filed. These fees will be accounted for and deposited as per existing regulations. The Act emphasizes the importance of timely enactment for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 859, enacted on August 27, 1903, amends Section 5 of Act No. 624 regarding the recording of mining claims in the Philippines. The amendment stipulates that fees for recording declarations of mining claims and accompanying affidavits should be paid directly to the provincial treasurers, rather than to mining recorders. Specifically, a fee of two Philippine pesos is required for each declaration and affidavit filed. These fees will be accounted for and deposited as per existing regulations. The Act emphasizes the importance of timely enactment for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Twenty-Four, by Providing for the Payment of Fees for Recording Declarations of Location of Mining Claims and Affidavits Accompanying the Same Direct to the Provincial Treasurers Instead of to Mining Recorders in Provinces Organized under the Provincial Government Act (Act No. 859) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Twenty-Four, by Providing for the Payment of Fees for Recording Declarations of Location of Mining Claims and Affidavits Accompanying the Same Direct to the Provincial Treasurers Instead of to Mining Recorders in Provinces Organized under the Provincial Government Act (Act No. 859) was enacted on Aug 27, 1903.
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- An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Twenty-Four, by Providing for the Payment of Fees for Recording Declarations of Location of Mining Claims and Affidavits Accompanying the Same Direct to the Provincial Treasurers Instead of to Mining Recorders in Provinces Organized under the Provincial Government Act, Act No. 859, Aug 27, 1903 (Philippines)
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August 27, 1903
ACT NO. 859
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, BY PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES FOR RECORDING DECLARATIONS OF LOCATION OF MINING CLAIMS AND AFFIDAVITS ACCOMPANYING THE SAME DIRECT TO THE PROVINCIAL TREASURERS INSTEAD OF TO MINING RECORDERS IN PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT
SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An Act prescribing the regulations governing the location and manner of recording mining claims, and the amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, under the provisions of Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,'" is hereby amended to read as follows: DcHSEa
"SEC. 5. There shall be paid to the provincial treasurer, or in the Moro Province to the district treasurer of the proper district, a fee of two Philippine pesos for each declaration of location of a mining claim and for each affidavit accompanying such declaration filed for record, and on the presentation of the receipt of the provincial or district treasurer the said declaration and affidavit shall be recorded by the mining recorder, providing all requirements of the law before recording shall have been complied with. These fees shall be accounted for as other collections of the officers receiving them and deposited for the credit of the proper province or district, in accordance with section six of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-four."
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 27, 1903.
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An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Twenty-Four, by Providing for the Payment of Fees for Recording Declarations of Location of Mining Claims and Affidavits Accompanying the Same Direct to the Provincial Treasurers Instead of to Mining Recorders in Provinces Organized under the Provincial Government Act, Act No. 859, Aug 27, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Twenty-Four, by Providing for the Payment of Fees for Recording Declarations of Location of Mining Claims and Affidavits Accompanying the Same Direct to the Provincial Treasurers Instead of to Mining Recorders in Provinces Organized under the Provincial Government Act, Act No. 859 (Phil. 1903)
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