An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 611, enacted on February 2, 1903, authorizes the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands to issue passports to individuals deemed citizens under U.S. law. This includes those who were Spanish subjects as of April 11, 1899, and their descendants, except for those who retained allegiance to Spain. The Act outlines that passports, referred to as "Philippine passports," will be issued with a prescribed form and rules, and a fee of two dollars will be charged for each passport. The passage of this Act was expedited for the public good and took effect immediately upon enactment.
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- What is An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands about?
- Act No. 611, enacted on February 2, 1903, authorizes the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands to issue passports to individuals deemed citizens under U.S. law. This includes those who were Spanish subjects as of April 11, 1899, and their descendants, except for those who retained allegiance to Spain. The Act outlines that passports, referred to as "Philippine passports," will be issued with a prescribed form and rules, and a fee of two dollars will be charged for each passport. The passage of this Act was expedited for the public good and took effect immediately upon enactment.
- What type of law is Act No. 611?
- An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands (Act No. 611) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands enacted?
- An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands (Act No. 611) was enacted on Feb 2, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands?
- An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 611, Feb 2, 1903 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 611
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 2, 1903
ACT NO. 611
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO ISSUE PASSPORTS TO CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
WHEREAS, the Act of Congress, approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," provides in section four thereof "That all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said Islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight":
SECTION 1. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to issue passports to the persons thereby made citizens of the Philippine Islands, identifying said persons as such citizens and as entitled to the protection of the United States by virtue of the provision of law above set forth.
SECTION 2. The Civil Governor shall prescribe the form of and rules governing the issuance of these documents, which shall be known and referred to as "Philippine passports."
SECTION 3. A fee of two dollars, in money of the United States, shall be charged for each passport issued hereunder. Such fees shall be paid to the disbursing officer of the Executive Bureau, who shall keep an account of same and who shall forthwith deposit same in the Insular Treasury.
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, February 2, 1903.
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An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 611, Feb 2, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Civil Governor to Issue Passports to Citizens of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 611 (Phil. 1903)
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