An Act for the Relief of L.M. Maus, Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Army, Late Commissioner of Public Health, by Authorizing the Settlement of his Property Returns without Charge Against Him
Act No. 868, enacted on September 5, 1903, provides relief to L.M. Maus, a former Lieutenant Colonel and Commissioner of Public Health in the Philippine Islands, by authorizing the settlement of his property returns without charge for certain losses. These losses occurred during his tenure while combating public health crises, such as the bubonic plague and cholera, and were deemed beyond his control. A committee investigation recommended that he not be held accountable for the loss of nonexpendable public civil property. The Act mandates the Auditor for the Philippine Islands to adjust Maus's property returns accordingly, emphasizing the public good and the need for swift action.
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- Act No. 868, enacted on September 5, 1903, provides relief to L.M. Maus, a former Lieutenant Colonel and Commissioner of Public Health in the Philippine Islands, by authorizing the settlement of his property returns without charge for certain losses. These losses occurred during his tenure while combating public health crises, such as the bubonic plague and cholera, and were deemed beyond his control. A committee investigation recommended that he not be held accountable for the loss of nonexpendable public civil property. The Act mandates the Auditor for the Philippine Islands to adjust Maus's property returns accordingly, emphasizing the public good and the need for swift action.
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September 5, 1903
ACT NO. 868
AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF L.M. MAUS, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, UNITED STATES ARMY, LATE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BY AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF HIS PROPERTY RETURNS WITHOUT CHARGE AGAINST HIM
WHEREAS, L.M. Maus, lieutenant-colonel, United States Army, when Commissioner of Public Health for the Philippine Islands, became accountable for certain public civil property; and
WHEREAS, said property was used for the purpose of combating bubonic plague and Asiatic cholera and in the interest of the public service; and in view of the fact that a committee convened by direction of the Civil Governor, under date of August twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and two, for the purpose of investigating, reporting upon, and making an inventory of all public civil property for which L. M. Maus, late Commissioner of Public Health, was chargeable, has recommended that he be held accountable for the loss of certain nonexpendable public civil property; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Commission the loss of the property was incident to a cholera epidemic and to conditions over which the said L.M. Maus had no control, and that the circumstances justify specific authorization for a credit in his accounts: Now, therefore,
SECTION 1. Credit for the loss of certain public civil property, by said L.M. Maus, late Commissioner of Public Health, is hereby authorized, and the Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized and directed to credit the property returns of said L.M. Maus with the nonexpendable property for which he was held accountable by the report of said committee.
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, September 5, 1903.
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An Act for the Relief of L.M. Maus, Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Army, Late Commissioner of Public Health, by Authorizing the Settlement of his Property Returns without Charge Against Him, Act No. 868, Sep 5, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act for the Relief of L.M. Maus, Lieutenant-Colonel, United States Army, Late Commissioner of Public Health, by Authorizing the Settlement of his Property Returns without Charge Against Him, Act No. 868 (Phil. 1903)
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