An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 1454, enacted on February 15, 1906, establishes Sitanki as a port of entry in the Jolo collection district, under the jurisdiction of the Jolo customs collector. It authorizes specific personnel for the Sitanki custom-house, including a deputy collector and a clerk. Additionally, this Act amends the personnel provisions for various custom-houses in Jolo, Zamboanga, Bongao, Balabac, and Jurata. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt enactment for public good and becomes effective immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes about?
- Act No. 1454, enacted on February 15, 1906, establishes Sitanki as a port of entry in the Jolo collection district, under the jurisdiction of the Jolo customs collector. It authorizes specific personnel for the Sitanki custom-house, including a deputy collector and a clerk. Additionally, this Act amends the personnel provisions for various custom-houses in Jolo, Zamboanga, Bongao, Balabac, and Jurata. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt enactment for public good and becomes effective immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 1454?
- An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes (Act No. 1454) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes enacted?
- An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes (Act No. 1454) was enacted on Feb 15, 1906.
- What is the citation for An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes?
- An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1454, Feb 15, 1906 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 1454
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 15, 1906
ACT NO. 1454
AN ACT CREATING THE ENTRY PORT OF SITANKI, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. The port of Sitanki, in the Jolo collection district, is hereby created a port of entry, and shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the collector of customs at Jolo.
SECTION 2. The following officers and employees are hereby authorized for the post of Sitanki: One deputy collector of customs, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, Class I.
SECTION 3. The entry ports of Bongao, Balabac, and Jurata (Cagayan de Jolo) are hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the collector of customs at Jolo.
SECTION 4. So much of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixteen as provides for the personnel of the Jolo, Zamboanga, Bongao, Balabac, and Jurata custom-houses, in the Bureau of Customs, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Jolo custom-house:
"Collector of customs, class three; one examiner, class seven; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, Class A; one clerk, Class I; four guards, Class J; three employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
"Zamboanga custom-house:
"Collector of customs, class two; one examiner, class seven; one clerk, class nine; one clerk, Class I; four guards, Class J; one patron, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum; four boatmen, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum each; one janitor, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum.
"Bongao custom-house:
"Deputy collector of customs, class seven; one clerk, Class D; four boatmen, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.
"Balabac custom-house:
"Deputy collector of customs, class seven; one clerk, Class D; four boatmen, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.
"Jurata custom-house:
"Deputy collector of customs, class seven; one clerk, Class D; four boatmen, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.
"Sitanki custom-house:
"Deputy collector of customs, class nine; one clerk, Class I."
SECTION 5. 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 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 15, 1906.
Cite This Law
An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1454, Feb 15, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1454 (Phil. 1906)
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