An Act Authorizing the Payment of Salaries, Wages and Subsistence of So-Called Volunteers in the Suppression of Brigandage in the Philippine Islands
Act No. 857, enacted on August 27, 1903, authorizes the payment of salaries, wages, and subsistence for volunteers involved in suppressing brigandage in the Philippine Islands. Funds for these payments are allocated from the budget of the Philippines Constabulary for the year 1903. The act emphasizes the need for prompt enactment, reflecting the urgency of addressing public safety concerns. It takes effect immediately upon passage and applies to the fiscal year 1903.
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- Act No. 857
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 27, 1903
ACT NO. 857
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES, WAGES AND SUBSISTENCE OF SO-CALLED VOLUNTEERS IN THE SUPPRESSION OF BRIGANDAGE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. Payment is hereby authorized, out of the funds appropriated under the heading "Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three," of salaries and wages of the so-called volunteers in the suppression of brigandage in the Philippine Islands, and payment of subsistence of such volunteers is authorized out of the funds appropriated under the heading "Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three."
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 and shall be considered as covering employment of such volunteers during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
ENACTED, August 27, 1903.
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An Act Authorizing the Payment of Salaries, Wages and Subsistence of So-Called Volunteers in the Suppression of Brigandage in the Philippine Islands, Act No. 857, Aug 27, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Payment of Salaries, Wages and Subsistence of So-Called Volunteers in the Suppression of Brigandage in the Philippine Islands, Act No. 857 (Phil. 1903)
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