An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven
Act No. 956, enacted on October 23, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of the Province of Tayabas, reducing their number from thirty-one to twenty-seven. Specifically, it consolidates municipalities such as Mulanay, Pitogo, and Sampaloc by incorporating territories from neighboring municipalities while preserving the boundaries of others. Municipal elections for the newly formed municipalities will be conducted according to previously established laws, and upon the election of new officials, the current municipal organizations will be abolished. The Act emphasizes the urgency of this restructuring for public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven about?
- Act No. 956, enacted on October 23, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of the Province of Tayabas, reducing their number from thirty-one to twenty-seven. Specifically, it consolidates municipalities such as Mulanay, Pitogo, and Sampaloc by incorporating territories from neighboring municipalities while preserving the boundaries of others. Municipal elections for the newly formed municipalities will be conducted according to previously established laws, and upon the election of new officials, the current municipal organizations will be abolished. The Act emphasizes the urgency of this restructuring for public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 956?
- An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven (Act No. 956) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven (Act No. 956) was enacted on Oct 23, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven?
- An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven, Act No. 956, Oct 23, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 956
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Full Law Text
October 23, 1903
ACT NO. 956
AN ACT REDUCING THE THIRTY-ONE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS TO TWENTY-SEVEN
SECTION 1. The thirty-one municipalities of the Province of Tayabas shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twenty-seven, as follows:
1. The municipality of Mulanay shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Bondoc and San Narciso, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Mulanay.
2. The municipality of Pitogo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Macalelón and Unisan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Pitogo.
3. The municipality of Sampáloc shall consist of its present territory and that of the barrios of Bilucao, Banot, and Sambueno, of the present municipality of Maubán, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Sampaloc.
4. The municipality of Maubán shall consist of its present territory, except that of the barrios of Bilucao, Banot, and Sambueno, now a part of the municipality of Maubán, which shall be united with the municipality of Sampáloc.
5. The municipalities of Alabat, Atimonan, Baler, Boac, Calauag, Candelaria, Catanauan, Gasán, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Infanta, Casiguran, Lopez, Lucena, Lucbán, Mogpog, Pagbilao, Polillo, Santa Cruz, Sariaya, Tayabas, Tiaong, and Torrijos shall preserve their present boundaries.
SECTION 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities described in the first four paragraphs of section one hereof 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 five 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 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 23, 1903. cSaATC
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven, Act No. 956, Oct 23, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Thirty-One Municipalities of the Province of Tayabas to Twenty-Seven, Act No. 956 (Phil. 1903)
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