An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen
Act No. 993, enacted on November 17, 1903, reorganized the municipalities of the Province of Masbate, reducing them from seventeen to thirteen. It established new municipal boundaries and designated the seats of government for the newly created municipalities, while preserving the boundaries of several existing municipalities. Municipal elections for these new municipalities would be held according to specified rules, and upon the election of new officials, current municipal organizations would be abolished. The Act was expedited for immediate effect upon passage.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen about?
- Act No. 993, enacted on November 17, 1903, reorganized the municipalities of the Province of Masbate, reducing them from seventeen to thirteen. It established new municipal boundaries and designated the seats of government for the newly created municipalities, while preserving the boundaries of several existing municipalities. Municipal elections for these new municipalities would be held according to specified rules, and upon the election of new officials, current municipal organizations would be abolished. The Act was expedited for immediate effect upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 993?
- An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen (Act No. 993) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen (Act No. 993) was enacted on Nov 17, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen?
- An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen, Act No. 993, Nov 17, 1903 (Philippines)
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November 17, 1903
ACT NO. 993
AN ACT REDUCING THE SEVENTEEN MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE TO THIRTEEN
SECTION 1. The seventeen municipalities of the Province of Masbate shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to thirteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Masbate shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Magdalena, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Masbate.
2. The municipality of Milagros shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Malbug, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Milagros.
3. The municipality of Aroroy shall consist of the territory comprised in the present municipalities of San Agustin and Baleno, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Agustin.
4. The municipality of Pascual shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Claveria, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Pascual.
5. The municipality of Dimas-Alang shall consist of the territory of the present municipality of Palanas, with the seat of the municipal government at the barrio of Naro in the present municipality of Palanas.
6. The municipalities of Mobo, Uson, Cataingan, Placer, Pulanduta, Mandaon, San Jacinto, and San Fernando shall preserve their present boundaries.
SECTION 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities created in paragraphs one, two, three, and four of section one of this Act 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 organizations in the territory embraced in the new municipalities 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 therein 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, November 17, 1903. HSAcaE
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An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen, Act No. 993, Nov 17, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Seventeen Municipalities of the Province of Masbate to Thirteen, Act No. 993 (Phil. 1903)
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