An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen
Act No. 932, enacted on October 8, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of Bulacan Province from twenty-five to thirteen. It delineates the new municipalities and their boundaries, merging several existing municipalities while preserving others intact. The act also mandates municipal elections for the newly formed entities, leading to the abolition of the current municipal organizations, except for those that remain unchanged. The law emphasizes the need for swift implementation for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen about?
- Act No. 932, enacted on October 8, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of Bulacan Province from twenty-five to thirteen. It delineates the new municipalities and their boundaries, merging several existing municipalities while preserving others intact. The act also mandates municipal elections for the newly formed entities, leading to the abolition of the current municipal organizations, except for those that remain unchanged. The law emphasizes the need for swift implementation for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 932?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen (Act No. 932) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen (Act No. 932) was enacted on Oct 8, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen, Act No. 932, Oct 8, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 932
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 8, 1903
ACT NO. 932
AN ACT REDUCING THE TWENTY-FIVE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN TO THIRTEEN
SECTION 1. The twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Bulacan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to thirteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Malolos shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Barasoain and Santa Isabela, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Malolos.
2. The municipality of Hagonoy shall preserve its present boundaries.
3. The municipality of Calumpit shall preserve its present boundaries.
4. The municipality of Quingua shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Pulilan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Quingua.
5. The municipality of Baliuag shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of San Rafael and Bustos, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Baliuag.
6. The municipality of San Miguel shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Ildefonso, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Miguel.
7. The municipality of Angat shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Norzagaray, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Angat.
8. The municipality of Polo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Obando, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Polo.
9. The municipality of Santa Maria shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San José, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santa Maria.
10. The municipality of Meycauayan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Marilao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Meycauayan.
11. The municipality of Bigáa shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Bocaue, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bigaa.
12. The municipality of Bulacan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Guiguinto, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bulacan.
13. The municipality of Paombong 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 paragraphs numbered two, three, 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 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. EcTCAD
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 8, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen, Act No. 932, Oct 8, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Twenty-Five Municipalities of the Province of Bulacan to Thirteen, Act No. 932 (Phil. 1903)
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