An Act for the Relief of W. E. Craighill, Major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and Clinton B. Sears, Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army
Act No. 1538, enacted on September 8, 1906, authorizes the Auditor for the Philippine Islands to credit W. E. Craighill and Clinton B. Sears, both officers in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with specific amounts due to disallowances related to unauthorized expenditures during their work on the Port of Manila. The act emphasizes the need for quick legislative action for the public good and is set to take effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 1538
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 8, 1906
ACT NO. 1538
AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF W. E. CRAIGHILL, MAJOR, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, AND CLINTON B. SEARS, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY
SECTION 1. The Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby directed to credit the account of W. E. Craighill, major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, with the sum of two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents, United States currency, and the account of Clinton B. Sears, lieutenant-colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, with the sum of twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents, United States currency, on account of disallowance by the Auditor for the Philippine Islands because of certain unauthorized expenditures made by the said officers while acting as Officer in Charge of the Improvement of the Port of Manila.
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. cAaDHT
ENACTED, September 8, 1906.
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An Act for the Relief of W. E. Craighill, Major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and Clinton B. Sears, Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Act No. 1538, Sep 8, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act for the Relief of W. E. Craighill, Major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and Clinton B. Sears, Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Act No. 1538 (Phil. 1906)
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