An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen
Act No. 719, enacted on April 4, 1903, reorganizes the fifty-one municipalities of Iloilo Province into seventeen municipalities, specifying the boundaries and seats of government for each. Municipalities such as Iloilo, Santa Barbara, and Pototan will absorb surrounding territories and retain their current governance locations. The act mandates municipal elections to establish new officials for the reorganized municipalities by June 1, 1903. Existing municipal organizations will be dissolved upon the swearing-in of the newly elected officials, ensuring a smooth transition. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen about?
- Act No. 719, enacted on April 4, 1903, reorganizes the fifty-one municipalities of Iloilo Province into seventeen municipalities, specifying the boundaries and seats of government for each. Municipalities such as Iloilo, Santa Barbara, and Pototan will absorb surrounding territories and retain their current governance locations. The act mandates municipal elections to establish new officials for the reorganized municipalities by June 1, 1903. Existing municipal organizations will be dissolved upon the swearing-in of the newly elected officials, ensuring a smooth transition. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good.
- What type of law is Act No. 719?
- An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen (Act No. 719) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen (Act No. 719) was enacted on Apr 4, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen?
- An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen, Act No. 719, Apr 4, 1903 (Philippines)
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April 4, 1903
ACT NO. 719
AN ACT REDUCING THE FIFTY-ONE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO TO SEVENTEEN
SECTION 1. The fifty-one municipalities of the Province of Iloilo shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to seventeen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Iloilo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of La Paz, Mandurriao, Molo, and Jaro, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Iloilo.
2. The municipality of Santa Barbara shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Pavia, Leganés, Zárraga and Lucena, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santa Barbara.
3. The municipality of Pototan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Mina and Dingle, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Pototan.
4. The municipality of Cabatuan shall consist of its present territory and that of Maasin, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Cabatuan.
5. The municipality of Miagao shall consist of its present territory and that of San Joaquin, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Miagao.
6. The municipality of Janiuay shall consist of its present territory and that of Lambunao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Janiuay.
7. The municipality of Passi shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Duenas, San Enrique, and Calinog, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Passi.
8. The municipality of Sara shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Ajuy, Lemery, Concepción, and San Dionisio, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Sara.
9. The municipality of León shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of San Miguel and Alimodian, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Leon.
10. The municipality of Tibauan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cordoba, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Tigbauan.
11. The municipality of Guimbal shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Igbarás and Tubuñgan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Guimbal.
12. The municipality of Arévalo shall preserve its present boundaries.
13. The municipality of Otón shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of Banate shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Barotac Viejo and Anilao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Banate.
15. The municipality of Dumangas shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Barotac Nuevo, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Dumangas.
16. The municipality of Buenavista shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Nabalás, Nagaba, and Nueva Valencia, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Buenavista.
17. The municipality of Balasan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Batad, Estancia, and Carlos, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Balasan.
SECTION 2. The provincial governor of Iloilo shall direct the holding of a municipal election in each of the new municipalities under the provisions of sections ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-four of the Municipal Code on or before the first day of June, nineteen hundred and three, and not earlier than the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and three. 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 paragraphs numbered twelve and thirteen of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their 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 shall have qualified the present organizations of the existing municipalities shall continue. cAaDHT
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, April 4, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen, Act No. 719, Apr 4, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Fifty-One Municipalities of the Province of Iloilo to Seventeen, Act No. 719 (Phil. 1903)
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