An Act Prescribing the Method of Applying to Governments of Municipalities, Except the City of Manila, and of Provinces for Franchises to Construct and Operate Street Railway, Electric Light and Power and Telephone Lines, the Conditions Upon which the Same may be Granted, Certain Powers of the Grantees of Said Franchises and of Grantees of Similar Franchises Under Special Act of the Commission, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 752, enacted on May 19, 1903, amends a previous law regarding the financial oversight of provincial governments in the Philippines. It mandates the establishment of a committee comprising the provincial governor, supervisor, and secretary to conduct a monthly cash count of the provincial treasurer's funds. This count must include all deposits and checks drawn, with detailed certification of the results sent to the Insular Auditor and Treasurer. The act emphasizes transparency and accountability in provincial financial management and became effective immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 752, enacted on May 19, 1903, amends a previous law regarding the financial oversight of provincial governments in the Philippines. It mandates the establishment of a committee comprising the provincial governor, supervisor, and secretary to conduct a monthly cash count of the provincial treasurer's funds. This count must include all deposits and checks drawn, with detailed certification of the results sent to the Insular Auditor and Treasurer. The act emphasizes transparency and accountability in provincial financial management and became effective immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Prescribing the Method of Applying to Governments of Municipalities, Except the City of Manila, and of Provinces for Franchises to Construct and Operate Street Railway, Electric Light and Power and Telephone Lines, the Conditions Upon which the Same may be Granted, Certain Powers of the Grantees of Said Franchises and of Grantees of Similar Franchises Under Special Act of the Commission, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 752, May 19, 1903 (Philippines)
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May 19, 1903
ACT NO. 752
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (f) OF SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, BY ADDING TO SAID PARAGRAPH A PROVISION REQUIRING A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, THE PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR, AND PROVINCIAL SECRETARY TO COUNT THE CASH OF THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER AT THE END OF EACH MONTH AND TO CERTIFY THE RESULT OF SUCH COUNT TO THE INSULAR AUDITOR AND THE INSULAR TREASURER
SECTION 1. Paragraph (f) of section nine of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands," as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
"Promptly at the close of business on the last day of each month a committee consisting of the provincial governor, the provincial supervisor, and the provincial secretary shall count the cash in the hands of the provincial treasurer. If the provincial treasurer is authorized to deposit funds in a designated depository, he shall keep a true and correct record of all deposits made by him therein, and a true and correct list of checks drawn against the said depository by him, showing the date and number of such checks, the name of the payee, and the purpose for which drawn. In counting the cash in the hands of the provincial treasurer the aforesaid committee shall include therein as a separate item the balance on deposit in such depository as shown by the records kept by the provincial treasurer. If the provincial treasurer is acting as a disbursing officer of Insular funds, the committee aforesaid shall count and determine the cash balance on hand of said account under each separate designation as disbursing officer of insular funds, in the same manner and at the same time as the balance of provincial funds is ascertained. The committee aforesaid shall certify in detail to the Insular Auditor and to the Insular Treasurer the result of each count and verification of cash herein provided for, and such certificate shall be signed by each member of the committee. In the absence or disability of any member of the aforesaid committee, two of the said committee may act and properly make the verification."
SECTION 2. A duplicate of the certificate forwarded in accordance with section one of this Act to the Insular Auditor and the Insular Treasurer shall be spread upon the minutes of the provincial board.
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, May 19, 1903. cSEDTC
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An Act Prescribing the Method of Applying to Governments of Municipalities, Except the City of Manila, and of Provinces for Franchises to Construct and Operate Street Railway, Electric Light and Power and Telephone Lines, the Conditions Upon which the Same may be Granted, Certain Powers of the Grantees of Said Franchises and of Grantees of Similar Franchises Under Special Act of the Commission, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 752, May 19, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Prescribing the Method of Applying to Governments of Municipalities, Except the City of Manila, and of Provinces for Franchises to Construct and Operate Street Railway, Electric Light and Power and Telephone Lines, the Conditions Upon which the Same may be Granted, Certain Powers of the Grantees of Said Franchises and of Grantees of Similar Franchises Under Special Act of the Commission, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 752 (Phil. 1903)
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