An Act Amending the Customs Administrative Act, Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, so as to Authorize the Civil Governor to Set Apart Certain Portions of the Wharf, Landing Place, Street, or Other Public Ground Adjacent to the Seashore and Custom-House in Any Municipality for Customs Purposes, and to Place the Same Under the Jurisdiction of the Collector of Customs
Act No. 1149, enacted on May 10, 1904, amends the Customs Administrative Act to empower the Civil Governor to designate specific public areas such as wharfs and landing places for customs purposes. This designation allows the Collector of Customs to have exclusive jurisdiction over these areas, enhancing customs operations at ports of entry. However, this authority does not infringe on the general police powers of the respective municipalities. The Act emphasizes the urgency for its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 1149, enacted on May 10, 1904, amends the Customs Administrative Act to empower the Civil Governor to designate specific public areas such as wharfs and landing places for customs purposes. This designation allows the Collector of Customs to have exclusive jurisdiction over these areas, enhancing customs operations at ports of entry. However, this authority does not infringe on the general police powers of the respective municipalities. The Act emphasizes the urgency for its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- An Act Amending the Customs Administrative Act, Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, so as to Authorize the Civil Governor to Set Apart Certain Portions of the Wharf, Landing Place, Street, or Other Public Ground Adjacent to the Seashore and Custom-House in Any Municipality for Customs Purposes, and to Place the Same Under the Jurisdiction of the Collector of Customs (Act No. 1149) was enacted on May 10, 1904.
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- An Act Amending the Customs Administrative Act, Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, so as to Authorize the Civil Governor to Set Apart Certain Portions of the Wharf, Landing Place, Street, or Other Public Ground Adjacent to the Seashore and Custom-House in Any Municipality for Customs Purposes, and to Place the Same Under the Jurisdiction of the Collector of Customs, Act No. 1149, May 10, 1904 (Philippines)
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May 10, 1904
ACT NO. 1149
AN ACT AMENDING THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT, NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO SET APART CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE WHARF, LANDING PLACE, STREET, OR OTHER PUBLIC GROUND ADJACENT TO THE SEASHORE AND CUSTOM-HOUSE IN ANY MUNICIPALITY FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES, AND TO PLACE THE SAME UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
SECTION 1. Section twenty-six of the Customs Administrative Act, Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of said section the following: "Provided, however, That whenever, in the opinion of the Civil Governor, any public wharf, landing place, street, or land is necessary or desirable in loading and unloading ships, or for any proper customs purpose, at any port of entry, he is hereby given power and authority, by executive order to declare that such wharf, landing place, street, or land shall be under the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the collector of customs or other customs official at such port of entry; but the exercise of such jurisdiction shall in no wise affect the general police powers of the municipality in which said wharf, landing place, street, or land is situated. After the issuance by the Civil Governor of an executive order setting apart such wharf, landing place, street, or land as above specified for customs purposes, all the provisions of this section shall apply thereto."
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 10, 1904.
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An Act Amending the Customs Administrative Act, Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, so as to Authorize the Civil Governor to Set Apart Certain Portions of the Wharf, Landing Place, Street, or Other Public Ground Adjacent to the Seashore and Custom-House in Any Municipality for Customs Purposes, and to Place the Same Under the Jurisdiction of the Collector of Customs, Act No. 1149, May 10, 1904 (Philippines)
An Act Amending the Customs Administrative Act, Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, so as to Authorize the Civil Governor to Set Apart Certain Portions of the Wharf, Landing Place, Street, or Other Public Ground Adjacent to the Seashore and Custom-House in Any Municipality for Customs Purposes, and to Place the Same Under the Jurisdiction of the Collector of Customs, Act No. 1149 (Phil. 1904)
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