An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act
Act No. 1107, enacted on April 5, 1904, establishes fixed salaries for registers of deeds across various provinces in the Philippines, in accordance with the Land Registration Act. Salaries range from $500 to $1,200 depending on the province, with specific amounts designated for each. In provinces where the salary is set at $500, the Civil Governor may opt not to appoint a register of deeds unless land registration activities warrant it, allowing provincial treasurers to fulfill these duties temporarily. The act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- What is An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act about?
- Act No. 1107, enacted on April 5, 1904, establishes fixed salaries for registers of deeds across various provinces in the Philippines, in accordance with the Land Registration Act. Salaries range from $500 to $1,200 depending on the province, with specific amounts designated for each. In provinces where the salary is set at $500, the Civil Governor may opt not to appoint a register of deeds unless land registration activities warrant it, allowing provincial treasurers to fulfill these duties temporarily. The act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
- What type of law is Act No. 1107?
- An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act (Act No. 1107) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act (Act No. 1107) was enacted on Apr 5, 1904.
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- An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act, Act No. 1107, Apr 5, 1904 (Philippines)
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April 5, 1904
ACT NO. 1107
AN ACT FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE REGISTERS OF DEEDS IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES, APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT
SECTION 1. In pursuance of the provisions of section thirteen of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, the Land Registration Act, the salaries of the several registers of deeds for the provinces are hereby fixed at the following sums, in money of the United States, for each of the provinces named, namely: Abra, five hundred dollars; Albay, eight hundred dollars; Ambos Camarines, nine hundred dollars; Antique, five hundred dollars; Bataan, five hundred dollars; Batangas, eight hundred dollars; Benguet, five hundred dollars; Bohol, six hundred dollars; Bulacan, nine hundred dollars Cagayan, eight hundred dollars; Capiz, five hundred dollars; Cavite, eight hundred dollars; Cebu, one thousand two hundred dollars; Moro Province, nine hundred dollars; Ilocos Norte, seven hundred dollars; Ilocos Sur, nine hundred dollars; Iloilo, one thousand two hundred dollars; Isabela, five hundred dollars; Laguna, six hundred dollars; Leyte, one thousand dollars; Lepanto-Bontoc, five hundred dollars; Masbate, five hundred dollars; Mindoro, five hundred dollars; Misamis, five hundred dollars; Nueva Ecija, six hundred dollars; Nueva Vizcaya, five hundred dollars; Occidental Negros, one thousand two hundred dollars; Oriental Negros, seven hundred dollars; Pampanga, nine hundred dollars; Pangasinan, one thousand two hundred dollars; Paragua, five hundred dollars; Rizal, seven hundred dollars; Romblon, five hundred dollars; Samar, eight hundred dollars; Sorsogon, eight hundred dollars; Surigao, five hundred dollars; Tarlac, seven hundred dollars; Tayabas, one thousand dollars; La Union, five hundred dollars; and Zambales, five hundred dollars. aDSIHc
SECTION 2. The Civil Governor shall not appoint a register of deeds for any of the provinces in this Act named where the salary is fixed at five hundred dollars, unless in his judgment the business of land registration in such province shall become of sufficient importance to warrant the maintenance of a separate, office of register of deeds therein. Meanwhile in such provinces the duties of registers of deeds shall continue to be performed by provincial treasurers in accordance with existing law.
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, April 5, 1904.
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An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act, Act No. 1107, Apr 5, 1904 (Philippines)
An Act Fixing the Salaries of the Registers of Deeds in the Several Provinces, Appointed in Pursuance of the Provisions of the Land Registration Act, Act No. 1107 (Phil. 1904)
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