An Act Amending Sections Two, Three, and Five of Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty, Entitled "An Act Creating an Honorary Board of Commissioners Composed of Fifty Filipinos of Prominence and Education, to Visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis at Government Expense"
Act No. 1080, enacted on March 10, 1904, amends specific sections of a prior act that established an Honorary Board of Commissioners to attend the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at government expense. The amended provisions specify that the Board will travel together for a maximum of five months, with travel and subsistence arrangements managed by the Executive Secretary and a designated disbursing officer. Additionally, it clarifies that officials participating in this act waive any claims for leave of absence during their trip. The act emphasizes the need for prompt implementation for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 1080, enacted on March 10, 1904, amends specific sections of a prior act that established an Honorary Board of Commissioners to attend the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at government expense. The amended provisions specify that the Board will travel together for a maximum of five months, with travel and subsistence arrangements managed by the Executive Secretary and a designated disbursing officer. Additionally, it clarifies that officials participating in this act waive any claims for leave of absence during their trip. The act emphasizes the need for prompt implementation for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Amending Sections Two, Three, and Five of Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty, Entitled "An Act Creating an Honorary Board of Commissioners Composed of Fifty Filipinos of Prominence and Education, to Visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis at Government Expense" (Act No. 1080) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Amending Sections Two, Three, and Five of Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty, Entitled "An Act Creating an Honorary Board of Commissioners Composed of Fifty Filipinos of Prominence and Education, to Visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis at Government Expense" (Act No. 1080) was enacted on Mar 10, 1904.
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- An Act Amending Sections Two, Three, and Five of Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty, Entitled "An Act Creating an Honorary Board of Commissioners Composed of Fifty Filipinos of Prominence and Education, to Visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis at Government Expense", Act No. 1080, Mar 10, 1904 (Philippines)
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March 10, 1904
ACT NO. 1080
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND AND THIRTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING AN HONORARY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COMPOSED OF FIFTY FILIPINOS OF PROMINENCE AND EDUCATION, TO VISIT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION AT SAINT LOUIS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE"
SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered One thousand and thirty is hereby amended by striking out the whole of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"SEC. 2. The Honorary Board of Commissioners herein authorized to be appointed shall travel in a body, so far as practicable, and the period between the date of their departure from Manila for the United States and the date of their return to Manila shall not exceed five months. The Civil Governor shall fix the date of the departure of the Board. The Board shall be accompanied by and be in charge of the Executive Secretary for the Philippine Islands as the representative of the Philippine Government, who shall as such representative make all arrangements for travel and subsistence. A second official of the Philippine Government shall be designated by the Civil Governor as the disbursing officer to disburse the funds needed to pay the expenses of the Board." cTDaEH
SECTION 2. Section three of said Act Numbered One thousand and thirty is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"The per diems of the Executive Secretary and of the disbursing officer shall be fixed by the Civil Governor. Persons holding office in the Philippine Islands who accept appointment or are detailed for duty under the terms of this Act and visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in pursuance hereof, shall be deemed thereby to have waived all claim for leave of absence that may have accrued to them under existing laws both heretofore and down to the time of their return from the visit to the United States provided by this Act."
SECTION 3. Section five of said Act Numbered One thousand and thirty is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first sentence thereof the following words: "and the Executive Secretary," so that the said sentence shall read:
"The Honorary Board of Commissioners shall not only visit Saint Louis, where it shall spend at least a month in the examination of the exposition, but it shall also visit those principal cities of the United States which shall be agreed upon by the executive committee of the Board, after conference with the Philippine Exposition Board and the Executive Secretary."
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, March 10, 1904.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Sections Two, Three, and Five of Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty, Entitled "An Act Creating an Honorary Board of Commissioners Composed of Fifty Filipinos of Prominence and Education, to Visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis at Government Expense", Act No. 1080, Mar 10, 1904 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Sections Two, Three, and Five of Act Numbered One Thousand and Thirty, Entitled "An Act Creating an Honorary Board of Commissioners Composed of Fifty Filipinos of Prominence and Education, to Visit the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis at Government Expense", Act No. 1080 (Phil. 1904)
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