An Act Amending Section Twelve of Act Numbered One Hundred and Two Providing for Employees in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Amended by Acts Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Seven and Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine, by Providing for the Appointment of a Property Clerk in Said Office
Act No. 407, enacted on May 24, 1902, amends Section 12 of Act No. 102 regarding the staffing of the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Philippines. The amendment reduces the number of clerks of class seven from four to three and introduces a new position for a property clerk of class five. This property clerk is responsible for managing school books, supplies, and property, and must account for them to the Auditor, as well as provide a bond to the Government. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 407, enacted on May 24, 1902, amends Section 12 of Act No. 102 regarding the staffing of the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Philippines. The amendment reduces the number of clerks of class seven from four to three and introduces a new position for a property clerk of class five. This property clerk is responsible for managing school books, supplies, and property, and must account for them to the Auditor, as well as provide a bond to the Government. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- An Act Amending Section Twelve of Act Numbered One Hundred and Two Providing for Employees in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Amended by Acts Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Seven and Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine, by Providing for the Appointment of a Property Clerk in Said Office (Act No. 407) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Amending Section Twelve of Act Numbered One Hundred and Two Providing for Employees in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Amended by Acts Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Seven and Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine, by Providing for the Appointment of a Property Clerk in Said Office (Act No. 407) was enacted on May 24, 1902.
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- An Act Amending Section Twelve of Act Numbered One Hundred and Two Providing for Employees in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Amended by Acts Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Seven and Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine, by Providing for the Appointment of a Property Clerk in Said Office, Act No. 407, May 24, 1902 (Philippines)
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May 24, 1902
ACT NO. 407
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWO PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, BY PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PROPERTY CLERK IN SAID OFFICE
SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and two, as amended by Acts Numbered One hundred and ninety-seven and Three hundred and thirty-nine, is hereby amended by reducing the number of clerks of class seven therein provided from four to three, and inserting one property clerk of class five, and by adding at the end thereof, the following:
"It shall be the duty of the property clerk to receive, care for, and issue, under the instructions of the General Superintendent, all school-books, supplies, and other property belonging to the Bureau of Public Instruction, and to account for same to the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago in accordance with law. He shall be held responsible for all damage to or for loss or destruction of such property under and subject to the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred and fifteen, and Acts in amendment thereof. He shall give bond to the Government of the Philippine Archipelago in such amount as may be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, who shall approve the sufficiency of the surety or sureties thereon, and with whom the bond shall be filed and safely kept."
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, May 24, 1902.
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An Act Amending Section Twelve of Act Numbered One Hundred and Two Providing for Employees in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Amended by Acts Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Seven and Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine, by Providing for the Appointment of a Property Clerk in Said Office, Act No. 407, May 24, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Twelve of Act Numbered One Hundred and Two Providing for Employees in the Office of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction, as Amended by Acts Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Seven and Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine, by Providing for the Appointment of a Property Clerk in Said Office, Act No. 407 (Phil. 1902)
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