An Act Providing for the Payment of Certain Sums of Money to the Present Sultan of Sulu and His Principal Advisers, and Making Permanent Appropriation Therefor
Act No. 1259, enacted on November 12, 1904, establishes an annual payment system to the Sultan of Sulu and his principal advisers, with specific amounts designated for each individual. Payments are to be made from the Insular Treasury starting from March 21, 1904, and will continue monthly thereafter. The treasurer of the Moro Province is responsible for disbursing these funds and must account for them as required by law. The Act emphasizes the need for swift enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1259
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 12, 1904
ACT NO. 1259
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY TO THE PRESENT SULTAN OF SULU AND HIS PRINCIPAL ADVISERS, AND MAKING PERMANENT APPROPRIATION THEREFOR
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to make the following annual payments, which shall continue during the pleasure of the Commission, from and after March twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four:
To the present Sultan of Sulu, six thousand pesos, Philippine currency; to Hadji Butu, one thousand eighth hundred pesos; to Hadji Taib, nine hundred pesos; to Hadji Mahomet, nine hundred pesos; to Hadji Abdallah, nine hundred pesos; to Hadji Bandahalla, one thousand two hundred pesos; to Datto Joakanain, nine hundred pesos; and to Datto Kalbi, nine hundred pesos.
SECTION 2. Payment at the rate prescribed in section one hereof shall be made to each of the persons therein mentioned from and after March twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four, the date upon which payments under the so-called Bates Treaty were stopped, to and including November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, upon the first day of December, nineteen hundred and four, and monthly thereafter on the last day of each month. Payment of the sums herein specified shall be made by the treasurer of the Moro Province, and the money herein appropriated shall be withdrawn from the Insular Treasury upon proper requisition by him and shall be accounted for by him as provided by law.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, November 12, 1904.
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An Act Providing for the Payment of Certain Sums of Money to the Present Sultan of Sulu and His Principal Advisers, and Making Permanent Appropriation Therefor, Act No. 1259, Nov 12, 1904 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Payment of Certain Sums of Money to the Present Sultan of Sulu and His Principal Advisers, and Making Permanent Appropriation Therefor, Act No. 1259 (Phil. 1904)
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