An Act Declaring All of the Territory Comprised in the Island of Siquijor a Subprovince of Oriental Negros, and for Other Purposes

October 8, 1907

ACT NO. 1753

AN ACT DECLARING ALL OF THE TERRITORY COMPRISED IN THE ISLAND OF SIQUIJOR A SUBPROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. All of the territory comprised in the Island of Siquijor, Province of Oriental Negros, is hereby declared to be the subprovince of Siquijor, forming a part of the Province of Oriental Negros. There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the said subprovince, to be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission. He shall have his office in the municipality of Canoan and shall receive an annual salary of not to exceed two thousand four hundred pesos, payable monthly from funds of the subprovince hereinafter provided for; he shall represent the governor in the subprovince and shall carry out the legal orders of that official transmitted to him from time to time; he shall inspect the municipalities of the subprovince at least once every six months and at such other times as may be necessary, and shall make report of such inspections to the provincial board through the provincial governor; as he shall deem necessary for the best interests of the subprovince; he shall employ and discharge, with the approval of the provincial board, all subordinate employees of the subprovince that may be authorized by the board; he shall be the custodian of the public records and documents of the subprovince; and, in general, he shall exercise in the subprovince of Siquijor, subject to the supervision of the provincial governor of the Provincial Government Act. AHCETa

SECTION 2. The provincial government of Oriental Negros is hereby authorized to establish an office for the lieutenant-governor and a permanent suboffice of the provincial treasury of Oriental Negros at Canoan, Island of Siquijor, and to provide adequate quarters for the said office and suboffice.

SECTION 3. Seventy per centum of all taxes, imposts, or fines collected on and after January first, nineteen hundred and seven, in behalf of the Province of Oriental Negros in the subprovince of Siquijor, under the provisions of existing law, or which may be collected under laws which may hereafter be enacted, shall be deposited in the subtreasury of Siquijor for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants of the subprovince; and the remaining thirty per centum of such collections shall be deposited in the provincial treasury of Oriental Negros and shall inure to general funds of the province.

There shall accrue to the treasury of the subprovince of Siquijor, as constituted by this Act, for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants hereof, seventy per centum of such proportion of internal revenue collected on and after January first, nineteen hundred and seven, which by law accrues to the Province of Oriental Negros as the number of inhabitants of such subprovince, as shown by the official census last taken, bears to the total population of the province of which it forms a part, as shown by said census.

SECTION 4. The funds provided for the subprovince of Siquijor shall be expended on resolution of the provincial board of Oriental Negros, and the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the subtreasury at Canoan shall make payments from funds of the subprovince only by direction of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince, accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution of the provincial board authorizing the expenditure. The salary of the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the provincial subtreasury at Canoan and the salaries of the deputies of the provincial treasurer in the municipalities in the subprovince of Siquijor shall be paid from the funds of such subprovince.

SECTION 5. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, October 8, 1907.