An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction
Act No. 911, enacted on September 29, 1903, authorizes the Civil Governor of the Philippines to instruct disbursing officers to withhold pay from any employee of the Insular, provincial, or municipal governments who is indebted to any branch of the United States Government. The withheld amount will be paid directly to the appropriate U.S. Government officer. Disbursing officers who fail to comply with this directive may be held liable on their official bonds. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt enforcement for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 911, enacted on September 29, 1903, authorizes the Civil Governor of the Philippines to instruct disbursing officers to withhold pay from any employee of the Insular, provincial, or municipal governments who is indebted to any branch of the United States Government. The withheld amount will be paid directly to the appropriate U.S. Government officer. Disbursing officers who fail to comply with this directive may be held liable on their official bonds. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt enforcement for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction (Act No. 911) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction (Act No. 911) was enacted on Sep 29, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction?
- An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction, Act No. 911, Sep 29, 1903 (Philippines)
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September 29, 1903
ACT NO. 911
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO DIRECT ANY DISBURSING OFFICER OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, OR OF ANY PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THEREUNDER, TO WITHHOLD PAY FROM ANY PERSON EMPLOYED IN SUCH SERVICE WHEN IT APPEARS TO HIS SATISFACTION THAT SUCH PERSON IS INDEBTED TO ANY BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND REQUIRING DISBURSING OFFICERS TO COMPLY WITH SUCH DIRECTION
SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Civil Governor that any officer or employee of the Insular Government, or of any provincial or municipal government thereunder, is indebted to the United States Government on account of the War Department, the Navy Department, or any other Department of said Government, the Civil Governor is hereby authorized to direct the disbursing officer through whom such insular, provincial, or municipal officer or employee receives his pay or salary, to withhold such pay or salary to the amount of such indebtedness to the United States, and pay the same to the officer of the United States Government authorized to receive the same.
SECTION 2. Any disbursing officer who wilfully fails or neglects to withhold pay or salary as directed by the Civil Governor shall be deemed liable for the amount on his official bond, in any case where such officer or employee whose pay or salary is withheld under the provisions of this Act shall refuse or fail to sign proper receipts to the disbursing officer for pay or salary due but withheld under the provisions of this Act, the disbursing officer may take credit in his account for any such sum paid for the benefit of such officer or employee, supporting such credit by a voucher reciting the order of the Civil Governor directing that such pay or salary be withheld, and the receipt of the officer of the United States Government authorized to receive the amount.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, September 29, 1903.
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An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction, Act No. 911, Sep 29, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Direct Any Disbursing Officer of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government thereunder, to Withhold Pay from Any Person Employed in Such Service when it Appears to His Satisfaction that Such Person is Indebted to Any Branch of the United States Government, and Requiring Disbursing Officers to Comply with such Direction, Act No. 911 (Phil. 1903)
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