An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve
Act No. 935, enacted on October 9, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of La Union province from fifteen to twelve. The municipalities of Caba and Galiano will be incorporated into Aringay, while Santo Tomas will merge with Rosario, retaining their municipal seats. The remaining municipalities—Ago, Bacnotan, Balaoan, Bangar, Bauang, Naguilian, Namagpacan, San Fernando, San Juan, and Tubao—will maintain their current boundaries. Municipal elections for the newly formed municipalities will follow existing electoral regulations, and the current municipal organizations will be dissolved once new officials are elected and qualified. The law is effective immediately upon its passage.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve about?
- Act No. 935, enacted on October 9, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of La Union province from fifteen to twelve. The municipalities of Caba and Galiano will be incorporated into Aringay, while Santo Tomas will merge with Rosario, retaining their municipal seats. The remaining municipalities—Ago, Bacnotan, Balaoan, Bangar, Bauang, Naguilian, Namagpacan, San Fernando, San Juan, and Tubao—will maintain their current boundaries. Municipal elections for the newly formed municipalities will follow existing electoral regulations, and the current municipal organizations will be dissolved once new officials are elected and qualified. The law is effective immediately upon its passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 935?
- An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve (Act No. 935) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve (Act No. 935) was enacted on Oct 9, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve?
- An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve, Act No. 935, Oct 9, 1903 (Philippines)
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Full Law Text
October 9, 1903
ACT NO. 935
AN ACT REDUCING THE FIFTEEN MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION TO TWELVE
SECTION 1. The fifteen municipalities of the Province of La Union shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twelve, as follows:
1. The municipality of Aringay shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Caba and Galiano, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Aringay.
2. The municipality of Rosario shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santo Tomas, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Rosario.
3. The municipality of Agoô shall preserve its present boundaries.
4. The municipality of Bacnotan shall preserve its present boundaries.
5. The municipality of Balaoan shall preserve its present boundaries.
6. The municipality of Bangar shall preserve its present boundaries.
7. The municipality of Bauang shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Naguilian shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Namagpacan shall preserve its present boundaries.
10. The municipality of San Fernando shall preserve its present boundaries.
11. The municipality of San Juan shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. The municipality of Tubao shall preserve its present boundaries.
SECTION 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraph numbered three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of the present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one hereof shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue.
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, October 9, 1903. caITAC
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve, Act No. 935, Oct 9, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Fifteen Municipalities of the Province of La Union to Twelve, Act No. 935 (Phil. 1903)
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