An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nine so as to Provide that Where the Commanding Officer of a Military Garrison is a General Officer of the United States Army a Field Officer of the United States Army may be Designated by Him, Who shall have the Power of a Justice of the Peace to Perform the Duties Authorized by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nine

June 26, 1906

ACT NO. 1502

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHERE THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF A MILITARY GARRISON IS A GENERAL OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY A FIELD OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY MAY BE DESIGNATED BY HIM, WHO SHALL HAVE THE POWER OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine, entitled "An Act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within certain distances of land used by the United States for military purposes and at certain camps therein named," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. For the purpose of enforcing this Act and for no other purpose, the commanding officers of the United States troops stationed at the places named in the first section of the law, or where the commanding officer is a general officer of the United States Army then a field officer who may be designated by him, shall have the powers of a justice of the peace as defined by existing laws. Prosecutions before such officers, acting as justices of the peace, shall be governed by the provisions of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-eight, office of the Military Governor for the Philippine Islands, dated Manila, Philippine Islands, April twenty-third, nineteen hundred, and the amendments thereof, and all rights of appeals secured by such order and the amendments thereof shall be allowed to defendants prosecuted under this Act. Any order for arrest issued by authority of this Act may be executed by a military officer or soldier designated for that purpose by the officer commanding, as justice of the peace. The imprisonment of defendants convicted under this Act shall be in the civil jail of the province or the city of Manila, as the case may be. All questions of appeal shall be determined in the manner provided in said General Orders, Numbered Fifty-eight. Commanding officers or field officers acting as justices of the peace by virtue of this section shall not be entitled to fees as justices of the peace for services so rendered; nor shall military officers or soldiers making arrests or serving process be entitled to fees for said services. All fines and costs imposed by virtue of this Act shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality in which the offense was committed, or into the Insular Treasury for the benefit of the city of Manila, as the case may be."

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, June 26, 1906.