An Act Consolidating the Municipalities of Cavite, San Roque, and La Caridad, in the Province of Cavite, into One Municipality under the Name of Cavite
Act No. 707, enacted on March 28, 1903, consolidates the municipalities of Cavite, San Roque, and La Caridad in Cavite Province into a single municipality named Cavite. The municipal government will be headquartered in the existing municipality of Cavite. A municipal election is mandated to be held on May 5, 1903, to establish new officials for the consolidated municipality, resulting in the immediate abolition of the current municipal organizations and offices. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect upon its passage.
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- Act No. 707
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 28, 1903
ACT NO. 707
AN ACT CONSOLIDATING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CAVITE, SAN ROQUE, AND LA CARIDAD, IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE, INTO ONE MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE NAME OF CAVITE
SECTION 1. The three municipalities of Cavite, San Roque, and La Caridad, in the Province of Cavite, shall be consolidated into one municipality under the name of Cavite, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the seat of the municipal government shall be in the present municipality of Cavite.
SECTION 2. The provincial governor of Cavite shall direct the holding of a municipal election in the new municipality under the provisions of sections ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-four of the Municipal Code on the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and three. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of said organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipality shall have qualified the present organizations of the three municipalities above named shall continue.
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, March 28, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Consolidating the Municipalities of Cavite, San Roque, and La Caridad, in the Province of Cavite, into One Municipality under the Name of Cavite, Act No. 707, Mar 28, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Consolidating the Municipalities of Cavite, San Roque, and La Caridad, in the Province of Cavite, into One Municipality under the Name of Cavite, Act No. 707 (Phil. 1903)
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