An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes
Act No. 1557, enacted on October 31, 1906, reduces the number of municipalities in the Province of Albay from twenty-seven to twenty-three by consolidating certain municipalities in the sub-province of Catanduanes. Specifically, it reorganizes the municipalities of Bato, Virac, Viga, and Pandan, defining their new territories and establishing their respective seats of government. Municipal elections for the newly formed entities will be conducted under the provisions of a prior act, and the current municipal organizations will be abolished once new officials are elected and qualified. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes about?
- Act No. 1557, enacted on October 31, 1906, reduces the number of municipalities in the Province of Albay from twenty-seven to twenty-three by consolidating certain municipalities in the sub-province of Catanduanes. Specifically, it reorganizes the municipalities of Bato, Virac, Viga, and Pandan, defining their new territories and establishing their respective seats of government. Municipal elections for the newly formed entities will be conducted under the provisions of a prior act, and the current municipal organizations will be abolished once new officials are elected and qualified. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
- What type of law is Act No. 1557?
- An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes (Act No. 1557) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes (Act No. 1557) was enacted on Oct 31, 1906.
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- An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes, Act No. 1557, Oct 31, 1906 (Philippines)
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October 31, 1906
ACT NO. 1557
AN ACT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY FROM TWENTY-SEVEN TO TWENTY-THREE, BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF THE SAID PROVINCE LOCATED IN THE SUBPROVINCE OF CATANDUANES
SECTION 1. The twenty-seven municipalities of the Province of Albay shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the said province located in the sub-province of Catanduanes as follows:
1. The municipality of Bato shall consist of its present territory excepting the visita of Cabugao, and that of the municipality of Baras, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Bato.
2. The municipality of Virac shall consist of its present territory and that of the visita of Cabugao, in the present municipality of Bato, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Virac.
3. The municipality of Viga shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Payo and Bagamanoc, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Viga.
4. The municipality of Pandan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Caramoran, with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Pandan.
SECTION 2. The municipal elections for each of the new municipalities of Bato, Virac, Viga, and Pandan shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven 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 paragraphs numbered one, two, three, and four of section one of this Act shall be thereby 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 said paragraphs numbered one, two, three, and four of section one of this Act, 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 31, 1906.
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An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes, Act No. 1557, Oct 31, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay from Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Three, by Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovince of Catanduanes, Act No. 1557 (Phil. 1906)
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