An Act for the Relief of Captain George D. Guyer, Sixteenth United States Infantry
Act No. 965, enacted on October 27, 1903, provides relief to Captain George D. Guyer of the Sixteenth United States Infantry for a theft that occurred while he was serving as a disbursing officer in the Philippine Islands. The Act authorizes the Auditor for the Philippine Islands to credit Captain Guyer's account with the amount of $2,543.47, which was stolen without any fault on his part. The legislation emphasizes the urgency of the matter, allowing for expedited passage. This Act took effect immediately upon its enactment.
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- Act No. 965
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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October 27, 1903
ACT NO. 965
AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CAPTAIN GEORGE D. GUYER, SIXTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY
WHEREAS, Captain George D. Guyer, Sixteenth United States Infantry, while acting as a disbursing officer for the Government of the Philippine Islands, was accountable for the sum of two thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and forty-seven cents, United States currency, which sum was stolen at Ilagan, Province of Isabela, on June twenty-first, nineteen hundred, and it appears from the evidence in the case that the loss occurred without fault on the part of said Captain Guyer: Therefore,
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of rule twenty-eight of Act Numbered Ninety, the Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to credit the account of Captain George D. Guyer, Sixteenth United States Infantry, by the sum of two thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and forty-seven cents, United States currency, on account of said loss by theft.
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.
ENACTED, October 27, 1903.
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An Act for the Relief of Captain George D. Guyer, Sixteenth United States Infantry, Act No. 965, Oct 27, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act for the Relief of Captain George D. Guyer, Sixteenth United States Infantry, Act No. 965 (Phil. 1903)
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